PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kent Jenk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jan Kaare Strande (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jenk
vs
Kaare Strande

189 cm
20
205 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

191 cm
23
199 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kent Jenk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jan Kaare Strande!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Nard Betker and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice takedown defense from Jenk. No joy for Strande on that attempt.
A punch combination from Jenk misses.
Strande defending well as Jenk loads up on a big left hand.
Strande throws a head kick that misses.
Jenk lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Strande shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Jenk defends it nicely.
Jenk scores with a nice right hand.
Jenk swinging wildly here.
Strande is trying hard to land a takedown here. Jenk sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Kent Jenk has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jan Kaare Strande.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jenk fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jenk displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

It looks like Jan Kaare Strande has been cut.
Jenk looks to land a combination but Strande avoids it well.
Jenk ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Strande moves away.
Strande shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Jenk sprawls well. Jenk wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Strande gets slowly back to his feet.
Jenk tries to bum rush Strande with a series of wild strikes but Strande uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Strande shoots in but Jenk avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Jenk looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Strande striking off his back but it's not causing Jenk any problems.

Strande looking for subs off his back but Jenk has passed one foot through into half guard.
Strande looks gassed!
Jenk not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Strande is staying active underneath Jenk, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jenk throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Strande is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Strande wants to control but Jenk is keeping busy and won't allow it.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Jenk lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
A nice combination there by Jenk.
Jan Kaare Strande seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jenk misses with a series of wild punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Strande gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Jenk counters with a series of strikes. Strande will be more careful next time no doubt.
Jenk is throwing a storm of strikes! Right hook, left hook and follows it up with a spinning back fist! Strande hits the canvas like a rag doll! And just like that, this one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Kent Jenk!