PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Arthur Jenkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nik Stalberg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jenkins
vs
Stalberg

186 cm
24
196 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

195 cm
24
196 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Arthur Jenkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Nik Stalberg!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Steve Smith and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jenkins throws the left hand but Stalberg avoids the punch easily.
Stalberg misses with a body shot.
Stalberg swinging wilding here.
Stalberg scores with a nice strike.
A punch combination from Stalberg misses.
Stalberg takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

Jenkins looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Stalberg tries to kick Jenkins off but Jenkins keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

Jenkins is actively looking for submissions here but good counter grappling here from Stalberg as he works his way to full guard.
Stalberg avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Stalberg really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Jenkins. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Jenkins throws a big right hand that misses.

Jenkins is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Stalberg avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Jenkins stops Stalberg from standing up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stalberg is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Jenkins misses with an uppercut.
Stalberg throws a right and a left that Jenkins avoids nicely.
Jenkins with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Stalberg to score with a decent uppercut.
Stalberg cracks a nice hook into Jenkins's ribs.
Stalberg stuffs the takedown attempt from Jenkins. Jenkins gets slowly back to his feet.
Jenkins throws out a loose jab but Stalberg uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jenkins swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jenkins misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Jenkins takes a jab right on the kisser.
Jenkins shoots in for a double leg but Stalberg sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Arthur Jenkins. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jenkins is breathing heavily.
A slow jab from Jenkins misses its intended target.
Nik Stalberg is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Jenkins looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

Jenkins is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stalberg is trying to stand.
Jenkins sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Stalberg defending well though.
Jenkins missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Jenkins is trying to work for a kimura but Stalberg is defending well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jenkins throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Stalberg wants to get back to his feet.
Stalberg keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Nice takedown defense from Stalberg. No joy for Jenkins on that attempt.
Jenkins takes a jab right on the kisser.
Stalberg bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Stalberg looks to land a combination but Jenkins avoids it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins misses with a takedown attempt - Stalberg sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Stalberg looks to land a combination. Jenkins sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Stalberg goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Jenkins will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Jenkins tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Stalberg swivels and escapes.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Stalberg scores with a nice strike.
Horrible takedown by Jenkins or perhaps it was just good defense by Stalberg which made him look bad.
Stalberg cracks Jenkins with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

Jenkins scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Stalberg is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Jenkins asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Jenkins works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.

Jenkins is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Stalberg knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stalberg wants to get back to his feet.
Jenkins throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Jenkins grinds an elbow into Stalberg's temple.
Jenkins lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Stalberg dodges the ground and pound from Jenkins.
Jenkins landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Jenkins tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Jenkins has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Jenkins thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Nik Stalberg will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Left hook, right uppercut from Stalberg.
Stalberg tries to bum rush Jenkins with a series of wild strikes but Jenkins uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jenkins cracks Stalberg with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

It looks like Nik Stalberg has been cut.

Jenkins shoots in and bounces Stalberg off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jenkins thows a big elbow that misses.

Stalberg wriggles free and stands up.
Nice takedown defense from Stalberg. No joy for Jenkins on that attempt.
Stalberg throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Jenkins ducks under a wild hook from Stalberg.

Jenkins scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Jenkins looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stalberg has hold of Jenkins's hands but Jenkins slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jenkins drops an elbow to the side of Stalberg's head.
Jenkins passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Stalberg!
Stalberg is trying to stand.
Jenkins connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
BOOM! Jenkins connects with a massive shot to the dome!

Jenkins jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Stalberg manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Jenkins is working Stalberg over with some ground and pound from side control.
Arthur Jenkins overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stalberg takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Stalberg wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Jenkins works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Stalberg is trying to get back to his feet.
Stalberg takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Stalberg is pushing Jenkins's head away, looking to escape. Jenkins manages to hold on to the position though.

Jenkins tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Jenkins has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Jenkins is chipping away with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.

Jenkins decides to stand back up.
Stalberg misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jenkins.
Jenkins misses the shot to the body.
Jenkins fails with the takedown.
Stalberg cracks Jenkins with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Jenkins is looking to clinch.
Jenkins scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Nice sprawl there from Stalberg as Jenkins shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Arthur Jenkins. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jenkins fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stalberg manages to avoid it.
Jenkins dodges the punch combination from Stalberg.
Jenkins fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Jenkins shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stalberg swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Jenkins looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Jenkins in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Stalberg wants to get back to his feet but Jenkins is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Jenkins trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Jenkins drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Jenkins jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Stalberg wants to stand up but Jenkins is controlling him.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jenkins is working Stalberg over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Jenkins working some strikes from top position.
Stalberg wants to stand but Jenkins is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arthur Jenkins dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Nik Stalberg's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Jenkins uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Stalberg has time to react.
Jenkins dodges the punch combination from Stalberg.
Jenkins fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Jenkins takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Stalberg will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Stalberg throws an overhand right that lands on Jenkins's shoulder, as Jenkins tries to avoid the shot.
Jenkins shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Stalberg as he jumps to the side.
Jenkins shoots in for a takedown but Stalberg shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Arthur Jenkins. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jenkins takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Stalberg lands a nice shot to the body.

Jenkins changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Stalberg looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Jenkins scores with a couple of short elbows.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The strikes coming from Jenkins are missing the target in this wave of attacks.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jenkins is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Stalberg has escaped the position, nice work there.

Jenkins tries for a kimura but Stalberg is defending well.
Sloppy strikes there by Jenkins.
Stalberg is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Jenkins is controlling him well.
Stalberg taking punishment in the form of punches.
Jenkins working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Jenkins lands some shots froms side control.
Stalberg takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Jenkins lands a few punches from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stalberg pushes Jenkins away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Jenkins gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

Jenkins in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Stalberg is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Arthur Jenkins!