PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cam Stroud (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Casper Jenkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Stroud
vs
Jenkins

186 cm
22
214 lbs
8 - 4 - 1

190 cm
24
212 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Virtual Fighter Clothing

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 8 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cam Stroud!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Casper Jenkins!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Tiny Johnson and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stroud tries to clinch but Jenkins is having none of it.
Stroud tries to clinch but Jenkins is having none of it.
Jenkins takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Stroud pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jenkins misses with a hook. Stroud ducked under it nicely.
Stroud tries to close the distance and clinch but Jenkins swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Stroud ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jenkins moves away.
Jenkins avoids the head kick by Stroud.
Jenkins wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Stroud fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Jenkins avoids it really well and circles away.
Jenkins tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Stroud.
Jenkins lands a two punch combo.
Stroud moves in looking to clinch but Jenkins pushes him off.
Jenkins throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Stroud sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Stroud tries to close the distance and clinch but Jenkins swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Stroud connects with the punch.
Jenkins connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Stroud's hands.
Stroud lands with a thumping leg kick.
Jenkins swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Stroud will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Stroud tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stroud tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Stroud doesn't manage to clinch there - Jenkins circles away.
Stroud keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jenkins.
Stroud shoots for a double leg takedown but Jenkins sprawls well. He's pushed Stroud's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cam Stroud. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Some bone on bone action there as Jenkins checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Stroud wants to slow Jenkins down by chopping away at his legs.
Stroud pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jenkins lands with a cross.
Jenkins misses the shot to the body.
Stroud tries to clinch there but Jenkins circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stroud chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Stroud misses with a body shot.
Stroud ducks under a wild hook from Jenkins.
Stroud will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Stroud misses with a body kick.
Stroud moves out of range as Jenkins strikes.
Stroud misses with an uppercut. Jenkins saw that one coming.
Jenkins slips a straight right by Stroud.
Stroud slips a jab from Jenkins.
Jenkins circles away from the clinch attempt.
Stroud lands a nice looking body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins throws a jab when Stroud was well out of range.
Casper Jenkins is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Stroud tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jenkins swats away the attempt to clinch by Stroud.
A jab from Stroud misses.
Jenkins throws a right and a left that Stroud avoids nicely.
Stroud lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Stroud fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jenkins takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Jenkins looks gassed!
Stroud throws a head kick that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Stroud tries to clinch there but Jenkins circles away.
Stroud lands with a thumping leg kick.
Stroud moves in looking to clinch but Jenkins pushes him off.
Stroud tries a head kick but it misses.

Stroud has Jenkins up against the cage in a clinch.
Stroud tries to land a knee to the head but Jenkins blocks with his arms.
Jenkins takes an elbow to the forehead.
Stroud unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Stroud lands an elbow inside.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Stroud lands an elbow inside.
Stroud misses with the head strike.
Jenkins blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stroud slowing the pace effectively.
Jenkins avoids a wild elbow strike from Stroud.
Stroud throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Jenkins blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Stroud tries to land a knee to the head but Jenkins blocks with his arms.
Stroud throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Stroud with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Stroud tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Stroud utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Stroud has Jenkins pressed against the cage, preventing Jenkins from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Stroud throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jenkins blocks it with crossed arms.
Jenkins is trying to maintain a safe position but Stroud gets an underhook and turns Jenkins into the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Stroud just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jenkins's brow.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Stroud goes for a takedown in the clinch but Jenkins prevents it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Jenkins on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Stroud wants to stall.
Jenkins managing to block the knees to the body from Stroud.
Jenkins wants to break free but Stroud has control.
Stroud is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Stroud effectively controlling the action here.
Stroud trying to land knees to the body.
Stroud lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Stroud can't get the takedown.
Stroud misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jenkins.
Stroud misses with an elbow strike.
Stroud tries to land knees in the clinch but Jenkins avoids the damage to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stroud tries a knee to the head but Jenkins blocks it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Stroud misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jenkins.
Stroud misses with the head strike.
Jenkins blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Stroud throws a knee to the head but misses.
Stroud looking to stall.
Stroud is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jenkins is defending well for now.
Jenkins is looking to break free of the clinch but Stroud has double underhooks.
Stroud misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jenkins managing to block the knees to the body from Stroud.
Stroud stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Jenkins on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Jenkins manages to break the clinch.
Stroud connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Jenkins's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Jenkins swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jenkins ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Stroud throws a wild body kick that Jenkins sees coming a mile off.
Stroud takes one to the side of the head.
Stroud throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cam Stroud is winning the standup battle so far.
Stroud looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Stroud misses with a hook to the body
enabling Jenkins to counter with a crisp jab.
Jenkins throws a series of punches but Stroud avoids them all with ease.
Jenkins lands a really nice looking cross but Stroud seems unphased.
Stroud throws a head kick but Jenkins moves out of range.
Stroud throws a sloppy head kick and Jenkins moves out of range 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 Cam Stroud 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!

Stroud tries to land a front kick but Jenkins steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A head kick misses from Stroud.
Stroud closes the distance but Jenkins moves to the side
and Jenkins counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Stroud is rocked!
Stroud tries to get into range but Jenkins steps to the side and lands a beautiful hook that drops Stroud! He's faceplanted into the mat, ass in the air... he's out cold! That's an image he won't want to show his grandkids when he gets older! Jenkins scores the big KO victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:29 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Casper Jenkins!