PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Yuu Saga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sim Jenkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Saga
vs
Jenkins

174 cm
28
159 lbs
21 - 2 - 0

177 cm
18
145 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Tokyo Defiance

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 21 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yuu Saga!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sim Jenkins!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yukihiro Shimada and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saga lands with a good body shot.
Saga keeps the fight on the outside.
Jenkins wants to clinch up but Saga keeps it at a distance.
Jenkins shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Saga defends it nicely.

Saga closes the distance and clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Saga drops down looking for an ankle pick but Jenkins pulls his leg out and moves away.
Saga misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Saga shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Jenkins is trying to defend but Saga finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Saga moves into full mount! Jenkins won't be happy about that!
Saga landing strikes, looking to finish!
Jenkins tries to reverse the position but Saga maintains control.
Jenkins is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Jenkins is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Jenkins takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Jenkins can do anything to dispel that myth.
Saga lands a heavy elbow.
Jenkins really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Saga. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Saga landing strikes, looking to finish!

Jenkins is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jenkins tries to hold on but Saga pushes him away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Saga landing punches.
Saga lands a big shot there that rocks Jenkins but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Jenkins is still in real trouble! Can Saga finish him?

Saga with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Jenkins seems to have recovered his senses.
Jenkins in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
A nice elbow there by Saga.
Jenkins looks gassed!
Saga is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Saga working Jenkins over with strikes here.

Saga working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Saga raining down shots from the mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saga trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Saga in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Saga cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Saga with shots to the head and body - Jenkins looks very uncomfortable down there.
Saga lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Saga working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Saga cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Saga with the ground and pound from mount.
Saga putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Saga cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saga fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Saga lands a heavy elbow.
Saga connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Saga is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Saga raining down shots from the mount!
Saga looking to finish Jenkins with some ground and pound. This is bad for Jenkins!
Saga raining down shots from the mount!
Jenkins takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jenkins is looking to get to half guard.
Saga punishing his opponent with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Yuu Saga 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.

A nice inside leg kick there by Saga. That's going to slow Jenkins down.
Saga wants to clinch.
Yuu Saga seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Saga changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jenkins gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Saga counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Jenkins is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saga passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Saga lands a few punches from side control.
Saga landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.

Saga is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Jenkins has escaped the position, nice work there.
Saga scoring with punches and elbows.
Jenkins takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.

Saga is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Jenkins looks calm but he's in trouble here. Saga gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Jenkins is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Saga lets go of the hold and Jenkins can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Yuu Saga!