PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brandon Banks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jim Keller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brandon Banks has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Banks
vs
Keller

193 cm
21
215 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

175 cm
29
215 lbs
4 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Brandon Banks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jim Keller!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shigeki Fujiwara and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for Keller, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Keller misses the shot to the body.
Banks drops down looking for a counter takedown but Keller sprawls and moves away.

Banks forces Keller back against the ropes and clinches.
Keller fails to pull guard.

Banks decides to pull guard.
Banks looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Keller wants to stand but Banks is controlling his posture from full guard.

Banks is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Keller is aware though and is defending well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Keller passes Banks's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Banks is in trouble now - Keller has advanced to mount!

Keller has control of Banks's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Banks regains control of the situation pretty easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Keller tries to control but Banks wriggling away.

Banks defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Keller.
Banks wants to control but Keller is having none of it.
Banks is looking to improve his position but Keller isn't that keen on the idea.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Keller is landing with some decent strikes but Banks is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Banks is wriggling around trying to escape.
Banks wants to hold on but Keller pushes him away.
Keller landing punches.
Keller landing shots from mount.
Banks is trying to escape the mount.
Keller trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Banks tries to control Keller's body but Keller pushes him off. Banks squirms to his side and now Keller has his back!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Banks defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Banks looking very determined here, making life difficult for Keller.
Banks is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
Keller is looking to finish with some ground and pound!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Banks staying busy and making it hard for Keller to control.
Banks looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Banks just trying to survive but Keller is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Keller doesn't have the hooks in and Banks manages to turn into his guard.
Banks passes into half guard.
Banks is trying to control. Keller wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Banks throwing shots but Keller is blocking nicely.
Keller is trying to get back to full guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Keller trying to control from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jim Keller dominated that round.
That's time! Banks's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Keller slips under a jab.
Keller fails in his attempt to clinch.
Keller stuffs the takedown attempt from Banks. Banks gets slowly back to his feet.
Keller dives in and grabs Banks's left leg, looking for a takedown. Banks pushes down on Keller's head and hops out.
Keller slips a jab and a cross from Banks.
A head kick misses from Keller.

Keller drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Banks is trying to control Keller's posture but Keller avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Banks manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Banks throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Keller tries to roll over but Banks keeps him under control.
Keller is looking to control Banks's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Keller avoid being mounted?

Banks is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Keller defends it well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Keller kicks off Banks and gets to his feet.

Keller lands a big head kick that sends Banks tumbling to the mat! Keller takes a step backwards and waves Banks back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Banks is rocked!

It looks like Brandon Banks has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keller connects with a nice cross there... Banks is looking wobbly and Keller recognises it - he's rushed in and lands two more brutal shots that send Banks to the canvas, out cold! A brutal finish to the fight - Keller jumps onto the ropes to celebrate with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:07 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Jim Keller!