PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jenks Jenkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas Crim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Jenkins
vs
Crim

175 cm
20
160 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

173 cm
20
165 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jenks Jenkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Thomas Crim!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jenkins tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Crim swivels and escapes.
Crim stuffs the takedown.
Crim tries to clinch there but Jenkins circles away.
Thomas Crim seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jenkins throws a head kick but Crim moves out of range.

Crim looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Jenkins!
Crim lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Crim throwing strikes here but Jenkins is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Crim can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Jenkins is looking to escape.
Crim working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Jenkins tries to hold on but Crim pushes him away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Poor strikes thrown by Crim there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Jenkins tries to reverse the position but Crim maintains control.
Jenkins wants to control but Crim is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crim dominating with strikes here.
Jenkins wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Crim.
Jenkins bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Jenkins trying to control the position from guard on top but Crim is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Crim is looking for a triangle but Jenkins pushes his legs off easily.
Jenkins postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Crim throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Crim looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Jenkins looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Crim wants to sweep here but Jenkins controlling him for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jenkins got a little sloppy there for a moment and Crim has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Jenkins has managed to get both his arms back between Crim's legs - danger averted.
Crim has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Crim keeping full guard, as Jenkins tries to pass.
Jenkins wanted to stand there but Crim had control of the position.
Crim looking to hit a scissor sweep but Jenkins is one step ahead there.

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.

Crim has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Jenkins can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Jenkins looking to pass the guard.

Crim has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Jenkins can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Crim can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Jenkins controls the pace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thomas Crim dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Jenkins lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

It looks like Thomas Crim has been cut.
Jenkins looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Jenkins fails with an attempt to clinch.
Crim throws out a powerful jab.
Nice takedown defense from Jenkins. No joy for Crim on that attempt.
Jenkins shoots in for a takedown but Crim shows good takedown defense.
Crim avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Crim throws out a loose jab but Jenkins uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jenkins shoots in but Crim avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Jenkins throws a head kick that Crim semi-blocks.

Crim gets a clinch.
Crim working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Crim prevents Jenkins from breaking the clinch.
Crim looking for a takedown.
Jenkins is trying to force a seperation but Crim has the dominant position.
Jenkins is trying to break the clinch but Crim has him pressed against the cage.
Jenkins tries to circle away but Crim has him pinned against the cage.
Crim keeps control of Jenkins as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jenkins wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jenkins blocks an elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jenkins pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jenkins has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jenks Jenkins. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jenkins looks to throw the jab but Crim is out of range.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Crim uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Jenkins with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Crim to score with a decent uppercut.
Jenkins shoots in looking for a takedown. Crim tries to sprawl out of it but Jenkins keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Crim manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Crim shoots in but Jenkins avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Crim throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Jenkins was covering up waiting for the punch and Crim finishes the takedown easily into guard.

Crim avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Crim drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Crim seems to have locked his on tight now - Jenkins screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Crim, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Thomas Crim!