PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kaiser Soze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Jenkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jenkins has chosen In The Morning as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Soze
vs
Jenkins

188 cm
32
192 lbs
14 - 7 - 0

188 cm
27
199 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kaiser Soze!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Steve Jenkins!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, David Schapiro and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Soze connects with a body shot that sends Jenkins's belly button to the back.
Jenkins buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Jenkins wants to clinch up but Soze keeps it at a distance.
Soze chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Jenkins can pounce on him.
Jenkins fails in his attempt to clinch.
Soze thows a body shot but no joy.
Soze tries a low kick but Jenkins avoids it.
Jenkins throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Soze swats away the attempt to clinch by Jenkins.
Soze tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jenkins was well out of range. Poor timing from Soze.
Soze scores with a shot to the body.

Jenkins has closed the distance and engaged Soze in a clinch.
Jenkins is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jenkins misses with an elbow over the top.
A hook to the body from Jenkins.

Soze has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Jenkins uses from the top position.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Jenkins trying to control but Soze is working from the bottom.
Jenkins is looking to stand up but Soze won't let him.
Soze pulls Jenkins in close to his closed guard and prevents Jenkins from doing any damage or advancing position.
Jenkins is looking to stand up but Soze won't let him.
Soze is pulling down on Jenkins's head to control his posture.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Jenkins throws a wild body kick that Soze sees coming a mile off.
Soze will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Soze has a takedown stuffed.
Jenkins throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Soze shoots in and drives through. Jenkins sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kaiser Soze. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Soze steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Jenkins. That one must have hurt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jenkins lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Soze tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

Soze fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Jenkins to the ground. Soze is now in Jenkins's guard.
Jenkins wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Jenkins can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Soze controls the pace.
Soze trying to control but Jenkins is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soze stops Jenkins from standing up.

We're going to have a standup here because Kaiser Soze wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Jenkins throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Jenkins tries to land a front kick but Soze steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Jenkins throws a sloppy head kick and Soze moves out of range easily.
Soze has a takedown stuffed.
Jenkins throws a push kick but Soze slaps the foot to one side.
Jenkins throws a left and a right that both miss
and Soze counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Jenkins thinking.
Jenkins throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Soze checks a low kick from Jenkins.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soze checks a leg kick.
Jenkins fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jenkins blocks a jab.
Jenkins tries to clinch up.
Soze circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jenkins explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Jenkins misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jenkins scoring well with a low kick there.
Jenkins throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Jenkins clinches up with Soze and pushes him back against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jenkins gets underhooks to prevent Soze's takedown attempt.
Jenkins misses with a punch to the body.
Soze working hard to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Jenkins misses with a low kick as Soze jumps back.
Soze throws a shot to the body.
Soze keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jenkins.
Jenkins throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Soze tries to score a power double leg takedown but Jenkins sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Soze somewhat.

Soze closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Jenkins quickly recovers to half guard.
Soze is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Jenkins looks like he's trying to stand up.
Jenkins wants to get back to full guard.

Jenkins has one foot on Soze's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Soze tries to bum rush Jenkins with a series of wild strikes but Jenkins uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Steve Jenkins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jenkins misses with a head kick.
Jenkins throws a head kick that Soze semi-blocks.
Jenkins takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Jenkins tries to land a front kick but Soze steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Danga de danga de dang - Soze scores with a four punch combination!
Soze misses with a two punch combination.
Soze looks to land a right hand but Jenkins moved out of range.
Soze misses the shot to the body.
Soze moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Soze throws a right and a left that Jenkins avoids nicely.
Soze's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Soze duly obliges.

Jenkins closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins lands a left hand that snaps the head of Soze backwards.
Jenkins tries a knee to the head but Soze blocks it.
Soze dodges an elbow strike from Jenkins.
Soze prevents a body shot from Jenkins.
Jenkins stalling the fight.
Jenkins tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Soze's elbow.
Soze wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jenkins looking to throw knees to the head but Soze is blocking nicely.
Jenkins pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Soze is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Jenkins misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jenkins stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Jenkins looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins pushes off an throws an elbow but Soze leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

Soze breaks the clinch.
Soze shoots in for a takedown but Jenkins shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kaiser Soze. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jenkins looks to score with a jab to the body but Soze is just out of range.
Steve Jenkins is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Jenkins.
Jenkins misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Jenkins tries to sprawl but Soze drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Jenkins avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Soze.
Soze 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.
Soze thows a huge punch but Jenkins dodges it nicely.

Soze is looking for a kimura here.

Jenkins kicks off Soze and gets to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Soze manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Soze drives through with a takedown into Jenkins's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Jenkins not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Soze missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Soze trying to control but Jenkins is working from the bottom.
Jenkins is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Soze trying to control the position from guard on top but Jenkins is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jenkins wants to get back to his feet but Soze is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Soze throwing strikes from guard but Jenkins blocks nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kaiser Soze dominated that second 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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Jenkins slips under a jab.
Soze scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Soze swats away the attempt to clinch by Jenkins.
Jenkins feints and then cracks Soze's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Soze down.
Jenkins pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Soze closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Jenkins avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Soze.
Jenkins tries to kick Soze off but Soze keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Jenkins blocking the ground and pound attempt from Soze.
Jenkins is trying to stand up here but Soze is controlling him well.
Soze not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Jenkins wants to get back to his feet.
Kaiser Soze overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soze throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Jenkins is looking for a sweep. Soze is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Jenkins takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jenkins is looking to escape.
Jenkins is refusing to be controlled, as Soze sits in half guard.
Jenkins is looking for a sweep. Soze is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Soze throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Soze has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Soze landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Jenkins avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Soze.
Jenkins is trying to escape back to his feet but Soze uses the scramble to pass into side control.
Soze scoring with punches and elbows.
Soze trying to control the action but Jenkins is working from the bottom.
Jenkins is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soze in side control, throwing shots but Jenkins defends.
Soze controls the position from side control.
Soze misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Soze lands some shots froms side control.
Soze looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Jenkins is avoiding damage well.
You can see the frustration on Jenkins's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Soze controlling from side mount.
Soze prevents Jenkins from escaping the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Jenkins bucks up and tries to throw Soze off but instead Soze has got his back!
Soze scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.

Jenkins is rocked!
Soze lands shots to the head and Jenkins turtles up! The ref has seen enough and stops the fight! This one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:43 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kaiser Soze!
After the fight, Kaiser Soze was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.