PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Lucas Zafair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jamal Jenkis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lucas Zafair has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Zafair
vs
Jenkis

180 cm
22
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

186 cm
22
175 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lucas Zafair!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jamal Jenkis!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zafair bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jenkis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Zafair.

Zafair clinches up with Jenkis and pushes him back against the cage.
Zafair gets underhooks to prevent Jenkis's takedown attempt.
Jenkis trying to control the position but instead, Zafair has worked for underhooks and has pushed Jenkis into the cage.
Zafair drops down looking for an ankle pick but Jenkis pulls his leg out and moves away.
Jenkis connects with the punch.

Zafair gets a takedown into half guard.
Jenkis is trying to get back to full guard.
Zafair perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Zafair is thwarting Jenkis's attempts to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zafair slows the pace down in half guard.

Jenkis actively working from the bottom here.
Zafair seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Jenkis avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Zafair.
Still in half guard, Zafair seems content to control.

That's two 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.
Zafair has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Jenkis trying to control from the bottom.
Jenkis works his way to full guard. Good work.
Zafair not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Jenkis is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Jenkis is thwarting Zafair's attempts to control the position.

Zafair is defending against the submission attempts here by Jenkis.
Zafair knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Jenkis on the ground.
Zafair is not content to let Jenkis control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zafair wants to control but Jenkis is keeping busy.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Lucas Zafair just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Jenkis gets caught flat footed, as Zafair shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Zafair looking to pass the guard.
Jenkis is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jenkis is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Jenkis manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Zafair manages to get himself to full guard.
Zafair wants to improve his position but instead Jenkis has moved into half guard.
Jenkis wants to take a breather but Zafair is having none of it.
Zafair is trying to control but can't.
Zafair is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Zafair is trying to get back to full guard.
Zafair is breathing heavily.
Zafair throws a strike from the bottom that misses.

Jenkis is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Zafair defends it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Zafair darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Zafair stops Jenkis from getting back to his feet.
Jenkis wants to control but Zafair is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Zafair controlling the action here.
Jenkis wants to improve his position but Zafair is controlling well.
Zafair looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Zafair is figuring out what he wants to do next.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jenkis wants to control but Zafair is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Zafair looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
The fighters are battling for position here. Jenkis manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Zafair trying to control but Jenkis is working from the bottom.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Zafair looking to sit in guard and control but Jenkis gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Zafair is pulling down on Jenkis's head. It's preventing any offense from Jenkis, at least for the moment.
Zafair is trying to keep Jenkis in close.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Zafair keeping moving, preventing Jenkis from controlling successfully.
Zafair working a defensive guard but Jenkis manages to pass into side control anyway.
Zafair is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Jenkis wants to control but Zafair is keeping him busy.
Jenkis gets to mount! Zafair was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Jenkis looking to control but Zafair is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jenkis looking to secure an arm triangle but Zafair defends it well.
Jenkis looking to control but Zafair is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Zafair can't escape the position.
Zafair tries to hold on but Jenkis pushes him away.
Jenkis can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Zafair is looking to escape.
Zafair tries to lock up and control but Jenkis gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Jenkis sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Jenkis looking to finish with strikes here!
Zafair tries to hold on but Jenkis postures up.
Zafair wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
I really don't envy Zafair right now.
Jenkis misses with a punch to the head.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Zafair trying to control the hands but Jenkis won't let him.

Jenkis working for the choke.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jamal Jenkis showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Jenkis stuffs the takedown.

Zafair decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Jenkis trying to control but Zafair postures up.
Zafair looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Jenkis is trying to get back to full guard.
Zafair is trying to control. Jenkis wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Jenkis trying to hold on to Zafair's head to control him but Zafair postures up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jenkis is pressing down on Zafair's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jenkis is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Zafair tries to free his leg and advance position but Jenkis is retaining full guard.

Jenkis looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Zafair has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Zafair looking to sit in guard and control but Jenkis gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Jenkis pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Zafair is keeping the position for now.
Jenkis is fighting to break Zafair's control of his arms but Zafair is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Zafair's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Lucas Zafair just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Jenkis listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Zafair closes this distance looking for a takedown but Jenkis circles away.
Jenkis connects with a looping right hand.
Lucas Zafair is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jenkis scores with a three punch combo!
Zafair keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jenkis.
Jenkis connects with the punch.
Jenkis thows a body shot but no joy.
Jenkis lands a two punch combo.

Zafair closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Jenkis to the mat! Jenkis manages to get full guard.
Zafair controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Zafair trying to control the position from guard on top but Jenkis is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zafair is really struggling to control Jenkis but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Zafair is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Jenkis is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Jenkis trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Zafair trying to control but Jenkis is working from the bottom.
Jenkis looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Decent striking displayed by Jenkis there.
Zafair misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lucas Zafair. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jenkis misses with an uppercut.
Jamal Jenkis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd cheers as Jenkis lands an impressive looking overhand right. Zafair doesn't seem phased though.
Zafair slips a straight right by Jenkis.

Zafair looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Jenkis!
Zafair looking to control but Jenkis is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jamal Jenkis.
I think Jenkis has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Jamal Jenkis!