PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ken Misuki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leeroy Jenkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Leeroy Jenkins will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Misuki
vs
Jenkins

185 cm
27
300 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

200 cm
25
265 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Ken Misuki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Leeroy Jenkins!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Steven Brown and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jenkins pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Misuki back to the cage. Jenkins follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

It looks like Ken Misuki has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Misuki is trying hard to land a takedown here. Jenkins sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Sloppy strikes from Jenkins. Those never looked like landing.
Misuki fails to land the takedown.
Misuki fails in his attempt to clinch.
Misuki shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ken Misuki. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jenkins scores with a decent looking hook.
Jenkins blocks the body kick.
Jenkins lets loose with a powerful body kick. Misuki will feel that in the morning.
Ken Misuki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Misuki throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jenkins misses with a wild combination.
Misuki could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Jenkins misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jenkins throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

Misuki clinches.
Misuki keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jenkins's efforts to push away.
Jenkins wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Misuki has him pressed against the cage.
Jenkins tries to break free but Misuki pushes him back against the cage.
Jenkins is trying to force a seperation but Misuki has the dominant position.

Misuki breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Leeroy Jenkins is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Misuki forces Jenkins back against the cage and clinches.

Misuki manages to pull guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Misuki pulls Jenkins in close to prevent any damage.
Jenkins has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Misuki is proving hard to escape from.
Misuki might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Misuki. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Misuki is controlling Jenkins's posture.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Ken Misuki has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.

Misuki rushes Jenkins and presses him up against the cage.
Misuki keeps control of Jenkins as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Misuki keeps control of Jenkins as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Misuki is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.

Misuki pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jenkins throws a hook to the side of Misuki's head but Misuki sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Misuki has managed to clinch.
Misuki changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Jenkins fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Misuki fails with the takedown.
Jenkins throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Misuki throws a hook but Jenkins blocks it.
A cross from Jenkins lands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Misuki takes the fight into the clinch.
Jenkins can't break the clinch.
Misuki crunches a lovely knee into Jenkins's ribcage.
Misuki has Jenkins pressed against the cage, preventing Jenkins from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Misuki takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Jenkins wants to break free but Misuki has control.
Jenkins wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Misuki keeps control of Jenkins as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Misuki effectively controlling the action here.
Misuki is working for takedown but Jenkins is calmly controlling the position for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leeroy Jenkins dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ken Misuki's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Jenkins stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Jenkins wants it to stay on the feet.
Jenkins connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Jenkins throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Misuki.
Jenkins defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Misuki.
Jenkins leaves Misuki with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ken Misuki. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Misuki tries to clinch but Jenkins is having none of it.

Misuki closes the distance and clinches.
Jenkins is trying to break the clinch but Misuki is controlling him.
Misuki keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jenkins's efforts to push away.

Misuki manages to break the clinch.
Leeroy Jenkins seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Misuki shoots for a takedown but Jenkins saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Misuki has taken the fight to the clinch.
Misuki has Jenkins pressed against the cage, preventing Jenkins from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Misuki prevents Jenkins from breaking the clinch.
Misuki's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Misuki is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Jenkins is defending well.
Jenkins tries to break free but Misuki pushes him back against the cage.
Jenkins is trying to break the clinch but Misuki is controlling him.

Misuki breaks the clinch.
Jenkins pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Misuki back to the cage. Jenkins follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Jenkins rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Misuki moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Misuki clinches up against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jenkins has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Misuki has Jenkins pressed against the cage, preventing Jenkins from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Misuki gets control of Jenkins's arms and successfully pulls guard. Misuki will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Jenkins has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Misuki is proving hard to escape from.
Jenkins is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Misuki bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Jenkins's guard.
Jenkins is wriggling around but Misuki manages to pass to half guard.
Misuki stops Jenkins from getting back to his feet.
Jenkins is breathing heavily.
Misuki moves into full mount! Jenkins won't be happy about that!
Misuki looking to ground and pound but Jenkins is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Misuki sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Misuki sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

Misuki looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Misuki controlling his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Misuki sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Misuki's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

Misuki working for a guillotine from mount but Jenkins is in no mood to give up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Misuki throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Ken Misuki will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ken Misuki's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Misuki fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Misuki fails in his attempt to clinch.
Misuki takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
No luck for Misuki with that takedown attempt.
Jenkins connects with a good right hand that stumbles Misuki. Misuki circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Misuki shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Jenkins but Jenkins pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ken Misuki. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Misuki is looking to clinch.
Jenkins throws a series of punches but Misuki moves out of range.
Jenkins keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Misuki changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Jenkins tries to avoid it but Misuki manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Jenkins to the ground. Jenkins escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Jenkins. No joy for Misuki on that attempt.
Jenkins has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Misuki.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jenkins misses with the combination.
Misuki moves forwards but Jenkins connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Misuki misses with a takedown attempt - Jenkins sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Jenkins lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Jenkins.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Misuki shoots in and drives through. Jenkins sprawls well.
Jenkins tries to bum rush Misuki with a series of wild strikes but Misuki uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jenkins connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Misuki scoring well with a low kick there.
Jenkins avoids the head kick by Misuki.
Misuki gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Misuki shoots in but Jenkins avoids the takedown attempt easily.
A jab from Jenkins does it's job there.
Jenkins stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Jenkins wants it to stay on the feet.
Jenkins uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Jenkins is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Misuki has a takedown stuffed.
Misuki doesn't manage to clinch there - Jenkins circles away.
Jenkins's jab looks to have found its range, popping Misuki under the eye.
Misuki throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jenkins.
Jenkins jabs Misuki right on the nose. Misuki blinks but takes it well.
Jenkins connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Misuki momentarily.
Misuki shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Jenkins defends it nicely.
Jenkins misses with a double jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins stuffs the takedown.
Jenkins displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Misuki.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Misuki walks into a jab.
Misuki walks into a straight right hand from Jenkins.

Misuki is rocked!
Jenkins darts in and lands a big hook, right on the button! Misuki's legs crumble underneath him as he falls to the canvas! The ref tackles Jenkins before he gets to land any more shots to his stricken foe.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:40 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Leeroy Jenkins!
In his post fight interview, Leeroy Jenkins started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.