PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Thurgood Jenkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rafael Narvaez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Jenkins might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Mary Jane. Narvaez is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Soca Warriors Anthem. 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
Narvaez

188 cm
26
190 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

191 cm
32
200 lbs
23 - 11 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Very quick

Olympic 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 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thurgood Jenkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rafael Narvaez!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Daniel Franklin and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jenkins throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Narvaez counters with a one-two to the body.
Jenkins swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jenkins thows a body shot but no joy.
Narvaez ducks under a wild hook from Jenkins.
Jenkins slips a jab and a cross from Narvaez.
Nice body punch from Narvaez.
Good shot there by Narvaez.
Narvaez shoots in looking for a takedown. Jenkins tries to sprawl out of it but Narvaez keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Jenkins manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Jenkins looking to score a takedown here. Narvaez is defending well but Jenkins drives through and ends up in Narvaez's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Narvaez looking to hit a scissor sweep but Jenkins is one step ahead there.
Narvaez is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Jenkins is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Narvaez has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Jenkins can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Narvaez is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Narvaez wants to hit a switch here but Jenkins passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Narvaez there!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jenkins is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Narvaez sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Narvaez's head.

Narvaez actively working from the bottom here.
Narvaez keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Narvaez trying to control but Jenkins postures up.
Narvaez wants to get back to full guard.
Narvaez trying to control but Jenkins postures up.
Narvaez is looking to improve his position.
Narvaez is not content to let Jenkins control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Narvaez gets back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jenkins lands a couple of digs.
We've been hearing good reports from Jenkins's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Jenkins throws a big right hand that misses.
Narvaez keeping moving, preventing Jenkins from controlling successfully.

Narvaez is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Jenkins stops Narvaez from standing up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins content to stall in guard here.

Narvaez looking for a guillotine here but Jenkins defends easily.
Narvaez looking to hit a scissor sweep but Jenkins is one step ahead there.
Narvaez is trying to control the position from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Narvaez will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rafael Narvaez dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Jenkins throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Narvaez on the side of the head.
Some wild striking there from Narvaez.
Jenkins looks for the body kick but Narvaez saw that one coming.
Jenkins explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Narvaez takes one to the chin there.
Jenkins misses the shot to the body.
Narvaez throws a head kick that misses.
The fighters circling - Jenkins throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Narvaez checks a leg kick.
Narvaez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jenkins swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A big right from Jenkins misses.
Jenkins lands with an overhand left.
Jenkins tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Narvaez is able to avoid easily.
Narvaez just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jenkins uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Narvaez has time to react.
Jenkins walks into a left hand.
Narvaez ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Narvaez avoids the head kick by Jenkins.
Jenkins swings for the body but Narvaez moves out of range.
Jenkins throws a jab when Narvaez was well out of range.
Narvaez lands with an uppercut that bounces Jenkins off the cage and back into range.
Nice takedown defense from Jenkins. No joy for Narvaez on that attempt.
Narvaez takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Rafael Narvaez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Narvaez paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Narvaez fails to land with a series of punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jenkins looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Jenkins closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Narvaez's guard.

Narvaez working for a triangle but Jenkins defends it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins landing some decent shots from guard.
Narvaez trying to control the position.
Jenkins is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Narvaez looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Jenkins looking to sit in guard and control but Narvaez gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Narvaez controls from within his opponent's guard.
Jenkins controlling Narvaez's posture.
Jenkins manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Narvaez manages to get himself to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins throwing strikes from guard but Narvaez blocks nicely.
Narvaez controlling the position.
Jenkins wants to control from the top but Narvaez keeps moving.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Jenkins's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Narvaez throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Jenkins throws a jab but it's blocked by Narvaez.
Narvaez tries to close the distance and clinch but Jenkins swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Narvaez takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Jenkins checks a leg kick.
Thurgood Jenkins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jenkins throws a leg kick that is checked
and Narvaez counters with a two punch combo.
A left and a right from Narvaez both land. Nice combination.
Narvaez throws a series of punches but Jenkins moves out of range.
Jenkins sizes up Narvaez with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jenkins ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Narvaez moves away.
Narvaez throws a series of punches but Jenkins moves out of range.
Jenkins will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Narvaez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jenkins.
Narvaez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jenkins scores with a shot to the body.
Narvaez shoots in looking for a takedown. Jenkins tries to sprawl out of it but Narvaez keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Jenkins manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Narvaez throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Jenkins counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Narvaez thinking.
Jenkins takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Narvaez avoids the body shot from Jenkins.
Narvaez misses the jab.
Narvaez blocks the body kick.
Narvaez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Narvaez gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Narvaez has a couple of punches blocked by Jenkins.
Narvaez scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Narvaez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jenkins wants to break free but Narvaez has control.
Jenkins lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins scores with a nice hook to the head.
Narvaez digs a right hand into Jenkins's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Jenkins's gas tank.
Jenkins scores with a nice hook to the head.

Narvaez is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jenkins misses with a hook from the clinch.
Narvaez is still on wobbly legs! Can Jenkins finish him?
Jenkins swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Narvaez blocks an uppercut.
Jenkins has a couple of punches blocked by Narvaez.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Jenkins as Narvaez tries to tie him up.
Jenkins working aggressively here.
Jenkins misses with a punch on the inside.
Narvaez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jenkins fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Narvaez wants to break the clinch but can't.

Jenkins gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Narvaez regains guard.
Jenkins postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Jenkins loads up on a big left hand. Narvaez felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Jenkins looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Narvaez can't hide his disappointment, as Jenkins celebrates the victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:45 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Thurgood Jenkins!
A very excited looking Thurgood Jenkins 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.