PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Jenkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raz Matazz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Jenkins might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to take it like a man. Matazz has chosen Tool - Eulogy as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Jenkins
vs
Matazz

186 cm
32
200 lbs
25 - 12 - 2

188 cm
34
194 lbs
42 - 13 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 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 42 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Raz Matazz!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Sam Margolis and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jenkins misses with a hook
letting Matazz counter with a right hand.
Matazz throws a hook to the side of Jenkins's head but Jenkins sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jenkins is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Jenkins has managed to clinch.
Jenkins lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Matazz backwards.
Jenkins tries for a takedown. No joy.
Jenkins is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Matazz stalling the fight.

Jenkins pulls guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Matazz stays in close to Jenkins's body and controls the position.
Matazz trying to control but Jenkins is working from the bottom.
Matazz tries to free his leg and advance position but Jenkins is retaining full guard.
Matazz trying to control but Jenkins is working from the bottom.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Raz Matazz hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.

Jenkins has Matazz up against the cage in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jenkins.
Jenkins lands with a right to the head.
Jenkins lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jenkins misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jenkins avoids a wild elbow strike from Matazz.
Jenkins misses with a hook from the clinch.
Matazz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Matazz tries a knee to the head but Jenkins blocks it.
Jenkins misses with a punch on the inside.
Matazz taking a breather.
Matazz misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jenkins.
Matazz manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Jenkins jumps guard but Matazz stands there with Jenkins around his waist. Jenkins gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bruce Jenkins. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Matazz tries to throw a body punch but Jenkins avoids it by throwing Matazz back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Matazz.
Matazz lands with a short shot to the head.
Matazz throws an elbow that misses.
Jenkins lands with a short shot to the head.
Matazz lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Jenkins or not.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jenkins leaning his opponent against the cage.
A short left from Jenkins.
Nice body punch from Matazz - that landed with a thud.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Matazz.
A short uppercut from Jenkins.
Jenkins jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Matazz walks away with a smile on his face. Jenkins gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Matazz clinches.
Matazz lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Jenkins drops down looking for an ankle pick but Matazz pulls his leg out and moves away.
Jenkins is looking to clinch but Matazz is avoiding it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matazz chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Jenkins walks into a left hand.
Matazz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bruce Jenkins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jenkins tries to clinch there but Matazz circles away.
Jenkins fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jenkins wants to clinch up but Matazz keeps it at a distance.
Raz Matazz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jenkins displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Matazz throws out the jab.
Jenkins misses with a takedown

and Matazz moves into the clinch.
Jenkins lands with a right to the head.
Matazz tries to throw a body punch but Jenkins avoids it by throwing Matazz back against the cage.
Matazz trying to stall but Jenkins improves his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The referee calls for Matazz to work.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Matazz obliges.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Matazz throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Matazz lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Bruce Jenkins has been cut.
Jenkins tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Matazz just stands there and leans against the cage.
Matazz stalling in the clinch.
Matazz makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jenkins.
Jenkins throws a head punch that misses.
Jenkins gets through Matazz's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Matazz is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Matazz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Matazz lands with a right to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Matazz looking to stall.
Jenkins fails to pull guard.
Matazz is looking to control Jenkins's arms but Jenkins gets an underhook and turns him. Now Matazz has his back to the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Raz Matazz dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bruce Jenkins's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Jenkins moves in looking to clinch but Matazz pushes him off.
Matazz connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Matazz lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Jenkins has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Jenkins and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Jenkins lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Matazz throws a low kick but Jenkins moves out of range easily.
Jenkins paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Matazz walks into a left hand.
Matazz throws a body punch but Jenkins moves out of range.
Jenkins lands a head shot.
Jenkins uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Matazz.
Jenkins steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Matazz.
Jenkins wants to clinch up but Matazz keeps it at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Matazz ducks under a wild hook from Jenkins.
Raz Matazz seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Matazz scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Matazz moves into range and connects with a jab.
Matazz looks to land a combination but Jenkins avoids it well.
Matazz throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Jenkins's head.
Matazz pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Matazz misses with a head kick.

Jenkins has managed to clinch.
Jenkins is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Matazz pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Matazz working aggressively here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jenkins gets through Matazz's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Matazz looking to stall.
Matazz controlling the action here for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins working aggressively here.
A shot in the inside from Jenkins.

It looks like Raz Matazz has been cut.
Raz Matazz seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Jenkins struggles to land a body shot inside as Matazz controls his hands.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Matazz creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Matazz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jenkins has a couple of punches blocked by Matazz.
Jenkins is trying to pull guard but Matazz turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Jenkins lands a body shot.
Matazz stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Jenkins lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Jenkins fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Matazz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Matazz stalling the fight.
Jenkins throws a punch but it's blocked by Matazz.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins avoids a wild elbow strike from Matazz.
Jenkins doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Matazz creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jenkins's defenses.
Matazz blocks an uppercut.
Jenkins swings wildly with an uppercut but Matazz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jenkins misses with a punch on the inside.
Jenkins is stalling here.
Matazz is trying to maintain a safe position but Jenkins gets an underhook and turns Matazz into the cage.
Jenkins has Matazz pushed against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Jenkins fails to land.
Jenkins fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bruce Jenkins. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Matazz blocks a body shot from Jenkins.
Jenkins working aggressively here.
Matazz is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Jenkins is keeping busy.
Jenkins digs a right hand into Matazz's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Matazz's gas tank.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Jenkins tries to pull guard but Matazz holds him up against the cage and eventually Jenkins drops back down to his feet.
Jenkins tries to pull guard but Matazz holds him up against the cage and eventually Jenkins drops back down to his feet.
Jenkins lands a shoulder strike.
Jenkins jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Matazz walks away with a smile on his face. Jenkins gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Matazz lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Matazz punishes Jenkins's body with a nice straight punch.
Jenkins fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jenkins fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jenkins needs to keep his hands up - Matazz had a free shot at his head there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Raz Matazz will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.

Jenkins is looking to clinch.
Matazz lands a nice shot that snaps Jenkins's head back.
Jenkins closes the distance looking to clinch
and Matazz counters with a left and a right... And another left! Jenkins is down! He's done! The ref dives in to save him and that's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:16 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Raz Matazz!
A very excited looking Raz Matazz made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.