PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Jenkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andre Van der Laan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jenkins comes to the cage accompanied by take it like a man. Van der Laan has chosen Eazy-E ft. Tupac, The Game - How We Do as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Andre Van der Laan was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Jenkins
vs
Van der Laan

186 cm
31
200 lbs
21 - 12 - 2

185 cm
35
195 lbs
29 - 14 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 21 - 12 - 2, fighting out of London, Bruce Jenkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Andre Van der Laan!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Colin Fotheringham and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jenkins misses the jab.
Van der Laan pivots, looking for a leg kick but Jenkins is out of range and Van der Laan settles back down.

Jenkins darts in and clinches Van der Laan up against the cage.
Van der Laan wants to get back to striking at distance but Jenkins won't allow it.
Van der Laan is pushing Jenkins up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Jenkins scores with a shoulder strike.
Van der Laan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jenkins tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Van der Laan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jenkins tries to throw a body punch but Van der Laan avoids it by throwing Jenkins back against the cage.
Jenkins misses with a short punch on the inside.
Van der Laan looking to throw knees to the head but Jenkins is blocking nicely.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jenkins.
Jenkins tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Van der Laan smiles and moves away.
Jenkins throws a jab when Van der Laan was well out of range.
Van der Laan slaps away a takedown attempt from Jenkins, before circling back to the center of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jenkins clinches with his opponent.
Jenkins scores with a nice hook to the head.
A shot in the inside from Jenkins.

Jenkins has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Van der Laan uses from the top position.
Van der Laan wants to stand but Jenkins is controlling his posture from full guard.

Jenkins working for a triangle but Van der Laan defends it easily.
Van der Laan is looking to stand up but Jenkins won't let him.
Jenkins looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Van der Laan got a little sloppy there for a moment and Jenkins has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Van der Laan has managed to get both his arms back between Jenkins's legs - danger averted.
Van der Laan wants to stand but Jenkins is controlling his posture from full guard.
Van der Laan must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Jenkins looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jenkins lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Van der Laan!
Van der Laan avoids a series of strikes thrown by Jenkins.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Van der Laan in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Jenkins working away from the top, dropping strikes.
A nice elbow there by Jenkins.
Jenkins is landing with some decent strikes but Van der Laan is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Van der Laan is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Van der Laan takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Jenkins lands a big elbow.
Jenkins lands a big elbow - Van der Laan is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Van der Laan is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Bruce Jenkins!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Bruce Jenkins made sure he mentioned GTI - 1337 sponsors VERSUS, along with how happy he was to win his fight.