PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeremy Jenkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Black's entrance music is Darude - Sandstorm . A fine choice. The crowd seem to be enjoying Jenkins's choice of entrance music: 3 little pigs. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Black
vs
Jenkins

187 cm
25
202 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

190 cm
25
220 lbs
4 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ryan Black!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jeremy Jenkins!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Black jabs at Jenkins's body.
Black tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jenkins swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Black throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Jenkins's waist but Jenkins gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Black off to one side.
Black tries to clinch but Jenkins is having none of it.
Black changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Jenkins tries to avoid it but Black manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Jenkins to the ground. Jenkins escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Black misses with the combination.

Black looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Jenkins!
Jenkins is looking to get to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Black is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Jenkins can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Jenkins is desperately trying to improve his position but Black has a good base and remains in mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Black trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jenkins is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Jenkins gets back to half guard.

Jenkins is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Black pulls his head out easily.
Jenkins is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Black scores with a couple of nice shots.
Black working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Jenkins pushes Black off looking to stand but Black dives back in and keeps control.
Black sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Jenkins defending well though.
Jenkins is looking to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins looks like he's trying to stand up.

Jenkins manages to escape and get back to his feet!
A punch combination from Jenkins misses.
Jenkins blocks a head kick by Black.
Black with a lazy takedown attempt

and Jenkins counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ryan Black. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jenkins looks gassed!

Black is defending against the submission attempts here by Jenkins.
Jenkins is looking to advance position but Black won't allow it.
Black is trying to stand.
Black blocking the ground and pound attempt from Jenkins.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Black does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Jenkins looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Jenkins is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Black!
Jenkins putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

Jenkins working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Jenkins lands a big elbow.
Jenkins lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Jenkins lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Black sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Jenkins lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Jenkins working the head and body with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins is pressing down on Black's thigh, looking to free his foot. Black is holding on for now.
Jenkins working Black over with strikes.
Jenkins scoring with strikes to the body and head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Black gets full guard.
Black is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Jenkins is controlling him.
Jenkins stopping the sweep attempt from Black.
Jenkins stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Black swivels though and keeps the full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jenkins stays in close to Black's body and controls the position.
Jenkins postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeremy Jenkins dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Black tries to clinch up.
A big right from Jenkins misses.
Jenkins showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Black.
Black looks to land a combination. Jenkins sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Black walks into a straight right hand from Jenkins.

It looks like Ryan Black has been cut.
Black throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Jenkins counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Black plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Black shoots and misses
and Jenkins counters with a three punch combo that has Black backing up. Black nods at Jenkins to acknowledge the strikes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jenkins throws a series of punches but Black avoids them all with ease.
Black throws a lazy head kick
and Jenkins counters with a three punch combo that has Black backing up. Black nods at Jenkins to acknowledge the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Black swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Black seems to be squinting his left eye. Perhaps he got a poke in that previous exchange. Jenkins shows no mercy and swarms him with a barage of strikes! Black is backing up but Jenkins catches him with a final right hook that drops him! Black covers up and the referee steps in to end the fight! Jenkins Jumps to his feet and flashes his guns to the crowd. Oh yeah, baby! How'd you like them apples?!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jeremy Jenkins!