PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Michal Sranc (ranked 4621 p4p, 0 weight class) and Christoph Keim (ranked 5089 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Sranc
vs
Keim

185 cm
25
222 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
24
200 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
KO power

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Michal Sranc!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Christoph Keim!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Daniel Blasius and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sranc misses with a jab, cross combination.

Keim rushes Sranc and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Sranc lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Keim goes for a takedown attempt but Sranc pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Keim gets the takedown into side control.
Sranc is trying to improve his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sranc can't do much from the bottom here.
Sranc tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sranc wants to control but Keim postures up.
Keim lands a decent elbow from side control.
Keim trying to control the position but Sranc is working away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Keim lands a few punches from side control.
Keim wants to stand but Sranc has his arm trapped.
Keim lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Sranc wants to control but Keim postures up.
Keim creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Sranc tries to buck Keim off but Keim is having none of it.
Sranc taking a bit of punishment here - Keim scoring with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sranc wants to control but Keim postures up.
Keim looks up at the clock and then as Sranc takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Keim smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Sranc trying his best to control but Keim has mounted him.
Sranc tries to lock up and control but Keim gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Keim trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Sranc tries to hold on but Keim postures up.
Keim pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Sranc is looking to improve his position but Keim isn't that keen on the idea.
Sranc flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Sranc working to try and regain half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sranc sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Keim is thwarting Sranc's attempts to control the position.
Sranc is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Sranc slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

Sranc isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Keim stacks Sranc on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Keim!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keim in side control lands a decent elbow.
Keim is working Sranc over with some ground and pound from side control.
Sranc is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Keim lands an elbow.
Keim creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Keim trying to control the action but Sranc is working from the bottom.
Keim lands an elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Christoph Keim dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Keim avoids the body shot from Sranc.
Sranc avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sranc fails to land with a series of punches.
Sranc leaves Keim with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Sranc changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Keim fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Sranc tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Keim manages to circle out of the way.
Some wild striking there from Sranc.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sranc stuffs the takedown attempt from Keim. Keim gets slowly back to his feet.
Michal Sranc has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Christoph Keim.
Sranc scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sranc swats away the attempt to clinch by Keim.
Sranc changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Keim tries to avoid it but Sranc manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Keim to the ground. Keim escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Keim gets cracked there but stands up to it.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Sranc enables Keim to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Sranc manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Sranc is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
We've been informed that Keim has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Keim postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Sranc had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Keim defends it easily.
Keim trying to control the position from guard on top but Sranc is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sranc trying to keep a closed guard but Keim is proving a slippery customer.
Keim controlling from the top position.
Keim has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Keim trying to control the position from guard on top but Sranc is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Sranc looking for a guillotine here but Keim defends easily.
Keim trying to control the position from guard on top but Sranc is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keim postures up in Sranc's guard and throws a big left but Sranc blocks it.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

Sranc is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Keim defends well.

Sranc has an active guard here but Keim has managed to pass into half guard.

Sranc looking for submissions off his back.
Christoph Keim has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Still in half guard, Keim seems content to control.
Sranc trying to hold on to Keim's head to control him but Keim postures up.
Sranc has hold of Keim's hands but Keim slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Sranc moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Keim throws a big right hand that misses.
Keim working some strikes from top position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Keim drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Keim jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Keim avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Michal Sranc will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Keim closes the distance and clinches up with Sranc, looking for a takedown. Keim pushes Sranc against the cage but Sranc circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Sranc appears to be looking for a big counter.
Sranc digs a good body shot into Keim's ribs.
Keim tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Sranc defends well and Keim ends up having to push Sranc into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Sranc looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Keim changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Sranc tries to avoid it but Keim manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Sranc to the ground. Sranc escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Michal Sranc has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Christoph Keim.
Sranc scores with a jab to the jaw.
Sranc throws a series of punches but Keim moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Keim shoots in but Sranc avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Keim takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sranc swinging wildly here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Sranc. No joy for Keim on that attempt.
A little feinted left hand from Sranc on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

Sranc looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Keim wants to get back to his feet but Sranc passes into half guard.

Sranc working the head and body with strikes.
Sranc trying to control from half guard but Keim is working away.
Sranc wants to free his trapped foot but Keim is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Sranc perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sranc is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Sranc is keen to just control but Keim is a slippery customer.
Keim is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Sranc is taking a breather. Keim says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Keim is not content to let Sranc control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keim is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Sranc's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Sranc's back!
Keim is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
Keim lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Sranc.
Sranc trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Sranc wants to escape the position.
Keim gets his hands free as Sranc looks to control.
Sranc is trying to break free.
Keim connects with a big shot to the side of Sranc's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keim softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Sranc tries to roll but Keim sticks to his back.
Sranc trying to control the action but Keim just sinks the hooks in.
Oooh a big shot gets through from Keim. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
Keim has Sranc flattened out and is raining down punches.
Keim avoiding Sranc 's attempts to control his hands.
Sranc tries to escape the position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sranc trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
I really don't envy Sranc right now.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Michal Sranc.
I think Sranc has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 29:29
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 29:29
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 29:28

The fight is ruled a majority draw!