PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jimbo Jenkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Maddox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jimbo Jenkins has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Jenkins
vs
Maddox

167 cm
24
155 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

150 cm
24
149 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

Good takedowns
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jimbo Jenkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Brian Maddox!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jenkins throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Maddox stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A shot to de liver by Maddox. Beautiful body shot.
Maddox throws a body punch but Jenkins moves out of range.
Maddox misses with a wild body shot.
Maddox shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Jenkins defends it nicely.
Jenkins moves in looking to clinch but Maddox pushes him off.
Nice shot lands for Maddox.
Jenkins is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Maddox on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Jenkins fails to land with a series of punches.
Maddox throws a combination. Jenkins tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Maddox throws a jab when Jenkins was well out of range.
Maddox uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jenkins.
Jenkins fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jenkins misses with a jab to the body

and Maddox counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Jenkins manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Maddox manages to get himself to full guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jenkins landing some decent shots from guard.
Jenkins throws a big right hand that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jenkins content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

Maddox working for a triangle but Jenkins defends it easily.
Jenkins stands up over Maddox, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

Maddox throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Jenkins will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Jenkins keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Maddox's head.

Jenkins got a little sloppy there for a moment and Maddox has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Jenkins has managed to get both his arms back between Maddox's legs - danger averted.
Maddox keeping moving, preventing Jenkins from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Maddox escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Jenkins gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Jenkins wants to pass the guard but Maddox is keeping the position.
Jenkins distracts Maddox with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Jenkins tries to free his leg and advance position but Maddox is retaining full guard.
Jenkins lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Jenkins with a flurry of punches that miss.
Jenkins thows a big elbow that misses.
Maddox has a closed guard, preventing Jenkins from standing up.

Maddox is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins trying to control but Maddox is working from the bottom.
Jenkins missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Jenkins works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Maddox blocking the ground and pound attempt from Jenkins.
Jenkins scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Maddox tries to roll over but Jenkins keeps him under control.
Jenkins wants to pass the guard but Maddox is defending well.

Maddox is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Jenkins pulls his head out easily.
Maddox looks gassed!

That's four 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 working the head and body with strikes.
Jenkins throwing shots but Maddox is blocking nicely.
Jenkins throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Jenkins tries to pass the half guard into mount. Maddox knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

Maddox looking for submissions off his back.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Maddox with a nice cross.
Jenkins shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Maddox as he jumps to the side.
Good standup being displayed there by Jenkins as he connects with a hook.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Maddox looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Maddox sizes up Jenkins with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brian Maddox 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 staying out of range there.
Jenkins drops his hands momentarily and Maddox takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Jenkins connects with a solid leg kick.
Jenkins swinging wildly here.
An inside leg kick from Jenkins misses.
Jenkins takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Jenkins tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Maddox counters with a shoot takedown. Jenkins fights it but they end up in guard.
Jenkins avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Maddox drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Jenkins dives on top into guard.
Maddox looking for a sweep. Not yet Maddox, not yet.

Maddox escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Jenkins gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Jenkins postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Maddox is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Maddox is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Jenkins defends well.
Jenkins throwing strikes but missing.
Jenkins throwing strikes but missing.
Jenkins trying to control the position from guard on top but Maddox is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jenkins is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Jenkins working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

Maddox working for a triangle but Jenkins defends it easily.

That's two 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.

Maddox has his foot on Jenkins's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Jenkins works his way back into a safe position though.
Jenkins lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Jenkins trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Maddox utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Jenkins trying to control but Maddox is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Maddox keeping full guard, as Jenkins tries to pass.
Maddox keeping moving, preventing Jenkins from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Jenkins clinches but Maddox breaks the clinch
and Maddox counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Maddox steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jenkins.
Maddox throws a shot from downtown. Jenkins moves away and avoids it.
Jenkins uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Maddox.
Maddox lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Jenkins throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jenkins throws a nice looking combination but Maddox bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jenkins moves in looking to clinch but Maddox pushes him off.
Maddox missing with a left hand there. Jenkins was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jenkins digs a good body shot into Maddox's ribs.
Maddox takes a swing at Jenkins's ribcage but misses.
Maddox connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Maddox ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jenkins moves away.

Jenkins clinches up against the cage.
Maddox tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Jenkins taking a breather.
Maddox tries to pull guard but Jenkins holds him up against the cage and eventually Maddox drops back down to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins is pressed up against the cage. Maddox has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Jenkins down to the mat. Jenkins avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Jimbo Jenkins has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brian Maddox.
Jenkins gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Jenkins closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Decent striking displayed by Maddox there.
Maddox misses with a series of wild punches.
Jenkins throws a body punch but Maddox moves out of range.
Jenkins takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Maddox.
Jenkins takes a body punch but keeps moving.

Jenkins has managed to clinch.
Maddox jumps guard but Jenkins stands there with Maddox around his waist. Maddox gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Jenkins lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Maddox or not.
Jenkins trying to control the position but instead, Maddox has worked for underhooks and has pushed Jenkins into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Brian Maddox will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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. This is the final round!

Jenkins uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Maddox.
Jenkins throws a solid leg kick but Maddox takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Jenkins.
Jimbo Jenkins is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jenkins fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jenkins is looking to clinch.
Jenkins throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Maddox pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Maddox looks to land a combination. Jenkins sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Jenkins swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jenkins uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Maddox.
Maddox scores with a body shot.
Maddox misses with a body shot.

Maddox tries to keep at a distance but Jenkins has taken the fight into the clinch.
Maddox fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Jenkins breaks from the clinch.
Jenkins fails to land with a series of punches.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Maddox misses the jab.
Maddox just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jenkins swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Maddox scores with a jab to the jaw.
Maddox throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jenkins takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A slow jab from Maddox misses its intended target.
A shot to the body from Jenkins misses
and Maddox connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jenkins uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Maddox.
Jenkins wants to clinch up but Maddox keeps it at a distance.

Jenkins gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Maddox to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Maddox sitting in guard here, content to control.
Maddox trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Jenkins preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Jenkins looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maddox with a flurry of punches that miss.
Maddox trying to control but Jenkins is working from the bottom.
Jenkins looking to control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Maddox's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Maddox loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Jenkins takes one to the chin there.

Jenkins gets a clinch.

Jenkins breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Jenkins gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Maddox postures up in Jenkins's guard and throws a big left but Jenkins blocks it.
Maddox trying to control the position from guard on top but Jenkins is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Maddox trying to move into half guard but instead Jenkins has managed to sweep!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Maddox is looking for a triangle but Jenkins pushes his legs off easily.
Jenkins trying to control the position from guard on top but Maddox is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jenkins throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Jimbo Jenkins has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Maddox keeping moving, preventing Jenkins from controlling successfully.

Maddox looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Jenkins postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Jenkins cracks Maddox with a solid left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Jenkins stands up over Maddox, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

Maddox 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 loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Maddox throws his legs up looking for a submission but Jenkins uses it to pass to side control.
Jenkins lands a few punches from side control.
Maddox is looking to reverse the position.
Jenkins lands some shots froms side control.
Jenkins lands a nice forearm strike.
Jenkins working the ground and pound from side control.
Jenkins lands a decent elbow from side control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brian Maddox comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Maddox winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 27:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brian Maddox!