PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jeremy Jenkins Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ruslan Hagush (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Jenkins Jr
vs
Hagush

179 cm
21
157 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

150 cm
23
145 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jeremy Jenkins Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ruslan Hagush!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by Hagush.
Hagush shoots for a takedown but Jenkins Jr saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Jenkins Jr on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Jenkins Jr scores with a sloppy right hand. Hagush should have avoided that one.

Hagush shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Jenkins Jr is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Hagush jumps into side control!
Hagush working the ground and pound.
Hagush works to advance to full mount. Jenkins Jr defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Hagush working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
Jenkins Jr is working to get back to half guard.
Hagush pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jenkins Jr keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Hagush really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Jenkins Jr. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Hagush raining down hammerfists from mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hagush dominating with strikes here.

It looks like Jeremy Jenkins Jr has been cut.
Hagush raining down shots from the mount!
Hagush lands a couple of good shots and Jenkins Jr has given up his back, trying to escape the position!

Jenkins Jr is rocked!
Hagush tries to keep control of the position but Jenkins Jr is staying busy.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jenkins Jr rolls, trying to escape but Hagush keeps control of the position.
Hagush scores with punches and elbows.
Jenkins Jr is taking damage to the body and head.
Oh Jenkins Jr is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hagush is punishing Jenkins Jr with strikes - can he finish him?!
Oooh a big shot gets through from Hagush. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
Jenkins Jr covering up well under a barage of strikes.
Jenkins Jr seems to have got his legs back now.
Hagush lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
Hagush lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins Jr is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Hagush lands a shot to the body.
Hagush drops a couple of huge strikes from the back position and Jenkins Jr is in real trouble here! Hagush lands more strikes and the referee has to step in to end the fight! Hagush is delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ruslan Hagush!
Ruslan Hagush spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.