PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Matheo Kranc (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andriano Ham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Andriano Ham will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Kranc
vs
Ham

183 cm
18
135 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

170 cm
25
130 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Likes musicals

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Matheo Kranc!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Andriano Ham!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Dirk Anderson and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kranc throws a right and a left that Ham avoids nicely.
Ham slaps away a takedown attempt from Kranc, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Kranc feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Kranc is breathing heavily.
Ham looking for a sweep. Not yet Ham, not yet.
Ham pulls Kranc in close to his closed guard and prevents Kranc from doing any damage or advancing position.
Ham bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Kranc's guard.

Ham drops back looking for a leg! Kranc is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Kranc manages to kick Ham off! Ham jumps back into Kranc's guard.
Ham is stalling in the full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ham postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Ham controlling from the top position.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Andriano Ham was stalling too much, according to the referee.

Kranc gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ham tries to stand but Kranc is controlling from the bottom.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Ham working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Ham slips nicely into half guard.
Ham lands strikes from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kranc is defending against the submission attempts here by Ham.

Ham is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Kranc is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Andriano Ham!