PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Chang Jenkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Weidman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Weidman has chosen Alab ng Puso-Abra as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Jenkins
vs
Weidman

210 cm
19
193 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

182 cm
25
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Chang Jenkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Chris Weidman!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jenkins misses with a looping right.
Chris Weidman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Weidman fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Jenkins, pushing him back against the cage.
Weidman stalling against the cage.

Weidman breaks from the clinch.
A head kick misses from Weidman.

Weidman rushes Jenkins and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Weidman lands a body shot.
Jenkins really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Weidman breaks the clinch.

Weidman tries to keep at a distance but Jenkins has taken the fight into the clinch.

Weidman's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jenkins swats away the attempt to clinch by Weidman.
Weidman throws a head kick that misses.
Weidman misses with a looping right.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Weidman clinches with his opponent.
Weidman dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Jenkins wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Weidman has him pressed against the cage.
Jenkins on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jenkins drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Weidman gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Weidman gets underhooks to prevent Jenkins's takedown attempt.
Weidman scores with a hook to the body.
Jenkins is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Weidman to keep the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chang Jenkins. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Jenkins takes a knee to the side of the body.
Jenkins is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Weidman crunches a lovely knee into Jenkins's ribcage.
Weidman comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Chang Jenkins has been cut.

Weidman pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Weidman swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Jenkins makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

Weidman darts in and clinches Jenkins up against the cage.
Weidman lands a shot to the body.
Weidman effectively controlling the action here.

Weidman escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jenkins circles away from the clinch attempt.

Weidman instigates a clinch.

Weidman escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Weidman fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Jenkins, pushing him back against the cage.
Weidman throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Jenkinss head.

Weidman breaks from the clinch.

Weidman has Jenkins up against the cage in a clinch.
Jenkins is looking to break free of the clinch but Weidman has double underhooks.
Jenkins tries to pull guard but Weidman holds him up against the cage and eventually Jenkins drops back down to his feet.
Weidman unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jenkins lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Weidman pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

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

Weidman escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Weidman rushes Jenkins and presses him up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Weidman breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Weidman instigates a clinch.
Jenkins is trying to drag Weidman to the mat but Weidman just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Weidman stalling.
Jenkins has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Weidman breaks from the clinch.
Jenkins avoids the head kick by Weidman.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A solid leg kick lands there for Weidman.
Jenkins blocks a head kick by Weidman.
Crunch! Weidman slams his shin into Jenkins's torso.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris Weidman dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Chang Jenkins's cut.
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 gets tackled into the cage by Weidman. Weidman maintains the clinch.
Weidman lands a knee to the body.
Weidman stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

Weidman manages to break the clinch.
Weidman fails with an attempt to clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Weidman comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Weidman escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Weidman lands a jab to Jenkins's midsection.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
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!

Jenkins fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Weidman, pushing him back against the cage.
Weidman connects with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Weidman 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.

Weidman's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Weidman wants to clinch.

Jenkins tries to keep at a distance but Weidman has taken the fight into the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Weidman creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Jenkins is rocked!

Weidman escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Weidman darts in and clinches Jenkins up against the cage.

Weidman's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Weidman throws a right and a left that Jenkins avoids nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Jenkins tries to pull guard but Weidman forces him back to his feet, against the cage.

Weidman's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Jenkins gets tackled into the cage by Weidman. Weidman maintains the clinch.
Weidman has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Jenkins is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Weidman gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Weidman leaning against his opponent.
Weidman has Jenkins pressed up against the cage in a tight Thai clinch. Jenkins is arching his back, trying to avoid the knees but a big one sneaks through from Weidman - that's hurt Jenkins badly! Oh, another knee lands and Jenkins is covering up! The referee steps in to save him - possibly a bit early but Jenkins doesn't seem to be complaining.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Chris Weidman!
Chris Weidman bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.