PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Saul Alvarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julius Jenkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alvarez's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Survivor - 'Burning Heart'. Julius Jenkins has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Saul Alvarez's chin.

Alvarez
vs
Jenkins

175 cm
24
163 lbs
7 - 5 - 1

185 cm
25
170 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Saul Alvarez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Julius Jenkins!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yukihiro Shimada and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Jenkins.
Jenkins lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Alvarez circles away quickly and effectively.
Alvarez lands with a cross.
Jenkins connects with a good right hand that stumbles Alvarez. Alvarez circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Alvarez throws out a loose jab but Jenkins uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jenkins lands a jab to the head.
Jenkins gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Alvarez.
A telegraphed right hand from Alvarez misses the target.
Jenkins misses the shot to the body.
Alvarez misses with a hook.
Jenkins thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Alvarez if he has to take too many more of those.
Jenkins moves out of range of the body kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Alvarez.
Jenkins takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jenkins throws a shot to the body.
Alvarez clobbers Jenkins with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jenkins digs a good hook to Alvarez's body.
Jenkins throws the kick towards the body but Alvarez avoids it.
A good leg kick by Jenkins.
Jenkins lands a high kick!
Jenkins moves out of range of the strikes.
Jenkins feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Alvarezs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Jenkins throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jenkins throws a leg kick but Alvarez moved away.
Alvarez misses with a hook.
Jenkins fails to land with a series of punches.
Good standup being displayed there by Alvarez as he connects with a hook.
Alvarez throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Jenkins counters with a nice body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jenkins swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Alvarez takes the fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins is looking to break free of the clinch but Alvarez has double underhooks.
Jenkins is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Jenkins misses with a hook to the ribs.

Alvarez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Alvarez drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Jenkins dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Alvarez moves into range and clinches up with Jenkins.
Jenkins goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Alvarez lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Alvarez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jenkins.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jenkins working hard to break the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Jenkins as Alvarez tries to tie him up.
Alvarez manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Julius Jenkins will probably get the nod.
That's time! Alvarez's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Jenkins throws a leg kick but Alvarez moved away.
Jenkins has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Alvarez.
Jenkins works the jab nicely.
Alvarez throws a leg kick but Jenkins checks it.
A leg kick checked by Jenkins.
Alvarez misses with a body shot.
Alvarez looks to throw a body kick
and Jenkins counters with a nice kick to the body.
Jenkins misses with a wild combination.
Jenkins connects with an inside leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Alvarez checks a leg kick.
A punch lands to the side of Alvarez 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Jenkins misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Jenkins scores with the left hand. Alvarez knows he should have avoided that one.
Alvarez throws a leg kick
and Jenkins cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jenkins moves out of range of the body kick from Alvarez.
Alvarez throws a head kick but Jenkins moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jenkins. Alvarez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Good exchange - Alvarez coming out on top.
Jenkins lands a body shot.
Jenkins ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Alvarez moves away.
Jenkins lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Alvarez scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alvarez missing with a left hand there. Jenkins was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Alvarez is looking to land body kicks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez thows a left - swing and a miss!
Alvarez throws a poor cross that misses
letting Jenkins counter with a right hand.
Julius Jenkins seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Alvarez checks a low kick from Jenkins.
Jenkins uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Alvarez.
Alvarez lands a jab to Jenkins's midsection.
Alvarez misses with an uppercut.
Jenkins lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Jenkins lands a nice looking kick to the body. Alvarez takes a step back to recover.
Jenkins misses with a body shot
and Alvarez makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Jenkins misses with a body shot.
Alvarez slips under a jab from Jenkins.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jenkins throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Alvarez takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Jenkins just misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Julius Jenkins showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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.

Alvarez lands a nice leg kick that just misses Jenkins's sensitive parts.
Alvarez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jenkins has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Alvarez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jenkins moves away.
Jenkins swats away the attempt to clinch by Alvarez.
Alvarez takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Jenkins moves out of range as Alvarez throws a body kick.
Alvarez connects with a leg kick. Jenkins looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A decent looking cross lands there for Jenkins.
A looping hook to the body misses from Alvarez. Jenkins does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jenkins throws a head kick but Alvarez moves out of range.
Alvarez throws a nice looking combination but Jenkins bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Alvarez throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jenkins throws a solid leg kick but Alvarez takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Jenkins.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez connects with a nice looking jab.
Jenkins tries to land a front kick but Alvarez steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Alvarez lands with a thumping leg kick.
Jenkins feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Alvarez's calf.
Alvarez avoids the body shot from Jenkins.
Jenkins misses with a straight right.
Alvarez fails to land with a series of punches.
Alvarez swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Jenkins counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jenkins takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Alvarez misses with a low kick.
Alvarez smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

Alvarez darts in and clinches Jenkins up against the ropes.
Jenkins wants to break the clinch but can't.
Alvarez lands a hook that snaps the head of Jenkins backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Alvarez lands with a short shot to the head.
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!
Alvarez tries to land a knee to the head but Jenkins blocks with his arms.
Jenkins is trying to force a seperation but Alvarez has the dominant position.
Alvarez misses with a knee strike.
Alvarez wants to stall.
Alvarez has Jenkins pushed against the ropes.
Jenkins can't find room to land a body shot as Alvarez controls the action.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jenkins misses with a punch to the body.
Alvarez works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Alvarez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Alvarez struggles to land a body shot inside as Jenkins controls his hands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Saul Alvarez clearly takes that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Jenkins missing with a left hand there. Alvarez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Alvarez walks into a left hand.
Alvarez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jenkins moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jenkins attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Alvarez avoids the body shot from Jenkins.
Nice shot by Alvarez.
Alvarez moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Jenkins connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Alvarez's hands.
Alvarez misses with a double jab.
Jenkins tries a head kick but it misses.
Alvarez thows a left - swing and a miss!
Alvarez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Alvarez connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jenkins connects with a good right hand that stumbles Alvarez. Alvarez circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Nice defenses there by Jenkins.
Alvarez is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Alvarez steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Jenkins. That one must have hurt.
Alvarez tries to bum rush Jenkins with a series of wild strikes but Jenkins uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jenkins ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Jenkins throws an overhand right that lands on Alvarez's shoulder, as Alvarez tries to avoid the shot.
Jenkins takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Alvarez swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Jenkins counters with a nice body kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Jenkins, right into the meat.
Jenkins avoids the body shot from Alvarez.
Jenkins lands an overhand right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jenkins throws a hook to the side of Alvarez's head but Alvarez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jenkins scores with a body shot.
The fighters circling - Alvarez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A nice leg kick lands there from Jenkins.
Alvarez throws a lazy uppercut
and Jenkins counters with a left to the body.
Alvarez looks to throw the jab but Jenkins is out of range.
Alvarez shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Jenkins checks a leg kick.
Jenkins jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Alvarez crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Jenkins - the referee stops the clock and Alvarez gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Jenkins. Alvarez manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Alvarez looks to land a left hand but Jenkins moved out of range nicely.
Alvarez checks a leg kick.
Jenkins lands a front kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Julius Jenkins dominated that fourth round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Jenkins connects with an inside leg kick.
Jenkins checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Jenkins 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 Alvarez has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Alvarez and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

Alvarez rushes Jenkins and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Jenkins tries to break free but Alvarez pushes him back against the ropes.
Alvarez manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Alvarez keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jenkins's efforts to push away.
A head punch on the inside from Jenkins fails to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jenkins is trying to force a seperation but Alvarez has the dominant position.
Alvarez stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Jenkins can't break the clinch.
Julius Jenkins is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Jenkins trying to stall but Alvarez improves his position.
Saul Alvarez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jenkins is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Alvarez.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Alvarez lands a right hand that snaps the head of Jenkins backwards.
Jenkins looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Alvarez is trying to maintain a safe position but Jenkins gets an underhook and turns Alvarez into the ropes.
Alvarez will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Saul Alvarez.
Jenkins avoids the body shot from Alvarez.
Alvarez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jenkins swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jenkins uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Alvarez.
Jenkins lands with a kick to the temple. Alvarez shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Alvarez moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Jenkins throws a nice inside leg kick.
A jab from Jenkins does it's job there.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Jenkins!
Alvarez thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Jenkins if he has to take too many more of those.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Alvarez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A solid leg kick lands there for Jenkins.
Alvarez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Alvarez takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Saul Alvarez.
I think Jenkins has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 47:48
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 47:48
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 47:48

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Julius Jenkins!