PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Hannu Haapana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fenton Jenkinson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Haapana
vs
Jenkinson

169 cm
25
145 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Excellent MT
Granite chin

Great elbows
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Hannu Haapana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Fenton Jenkinson!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Michael Johnstone and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haapana thumps Jenkinson with a low kick.
Jenkinson misses with a wild body shot.
Jenkinson takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Haapana throws a series of punches but Jenkinson moves out of range.
Jenkinson wants to counter the offense by Haapana and move into the clinch position.
Haapana definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Jenkinson throws a head kick that misses.

Haapana closes the distance and clinches.
Haapana comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nice elbow from Haapana.
Jenkinson dodges an elbow strike from Haapana.
A head punch on the inside from Haapana fails to land.
Nice body punch from Haapana.
Haapana lands a nice elbow.
Jenkinson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jenkinson blocks the elbow strike.
Haapana lands an elbow inside that Jenkinson shrugs off.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Haapana creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jenkinson's defenses.
Haapana slowing the pace effectively.
Haapana lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Haapana keeps control of Jenkinson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jenkinson is trying to maintain a safe position but Haapana gets an underhook and turns Jenkinson into the cage.
Haapana blocks a body shot from Jenkinson.
Haapana lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Jenkinson avoids the elbow strike from Haapana, against the cage.
Jenkinson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jenkinson avoids the elbow strike from Haapana, against the cage.
Haapana working aggressively here.
Haapana pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Jenkinson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Jenkinson is looking to break free of the clinch but Haapana has double underhooks.
Haapana lands an elbow just above Jenkinson 's eye.
Haapana comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jenkinson missing with knees to the body.
Jenkinson is trying to break free.
Jenkinson dodges an elbow strike from Haapana.
Jenkinson blocks an elbow strike from Haapana.
A right handed body shot lands from Haapana.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Haapana.
Jenkinson is looking to break free of the clinch but Haapana has double underhooks.
Jenkinson avoids the elbow strike from Haapana, against the cage.
Haapana creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jenkinson working hard to break the clinch.
Haapana working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Jenkinson wants to get back to striking at distance but Haapana won't allow it.
Haapana lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jenkinson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Haapana throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Haapana lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Haapana leaning his opponent against the cage.
Jenkinson is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Haapana misses with a body punch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Haapana lands an elbow inside that Jenkinson shrugs off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jenkinson looking to stall.
Jenkinson is trying to break the clinch but Haapana is controlling him.
Jenkinson trying to stall but Haapana improves his position.
Haapana comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Haapana lands a damaging elbow.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Haapana takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Haapana has Jenkinson pressed against the cage, preventing Jenkinson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jenkinson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jenkinson avoiding damage.
Haapana comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Haapana swings wildly with an uppercut but Jenkinson uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haapana lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Jenkinson blocks an uppercut.
Jenkinson has had enough of the clinch but Haapana keeps him there for the moment.
Jenkinson blocks an elbow strike.
Haapana throws an elbow but it misses.
Jenkinson tries to stall but Haapana uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Haapana looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jenkinson takes a shot to the head.
Nice elbow from Haapana.
Haapana looking to slow down the pace here.
Haapana misses with an elbow over the top.
Jenkinson blocks a body shot from Haapana.
Haapana looking to slow down the pace here.
Jenkinson slowing the pace effectively.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Haapana has Jenkinson pressed against the cage, preventing Jenkinson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jenkinson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Haapana gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Haapana tries to throw a body punch but Jenkinson avoids it by throwing Haapana back against the cage.
Haapana misses with an elbow strike.
Haapana lands a hook that snaps the head of Jenkinson backwards.
Jenkinson dodges an elbow strike from Haapana.
Haapana is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Jenkinson is keeping busy.
Haapana is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Haapana seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Jenkinson is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
Haapana creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Haapana misses with an elbow strike.
Nice elbow from Haapana.
Jenkinson blocks the elbow strike.
Nice elbow from Haapana.
Haapana slowing the pace effectively.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Jenkinson is trying to break free.
Haapana gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Haapana creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jenkinson's defenses.
Jenkinson tries a knee to the head but Haapana blocks it.
Haapana lands an elbow that stopped Jenkinson in his tracks for a moment.
Jenkinson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Haapana or not.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jenkinson trying to stall but Haapana improves his position.
Haapana lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Haapana creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jenkinson's defenses.
Jenkinson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Haapana avoids it.
Haapana lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Haapana lands a nice elbow.
Haapana pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Jenkinson leaning his opponent against the cage.
Haapana keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jenkinson's efforts to push away.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Jenkinson blocks the elbow strike.
Jenkinson dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Jenkinson lands a nice uppercut.
Jenkinson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jenkinson blocks an elbow strike.
Haapana throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Haapana throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Haapana stalls.
Jenkinson tries to land a knee to the head but Haapana blocks with his arms.
Haapana lands an elbow that stopped Jenkinson in his tracks for a moment.
Haapana displaying some good clinch control by pressing Jenkinson up against the cage.
Haapana throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Haapana lands an elbow that stopped Jenkinson in his tracks for a moment.
Jenkinson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Haapana's elbow.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Haapana throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Jenkinson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jenkinson being controlled against the cage.
Haapana misses with some punches.
Jenkinson tries to stall but Haapana uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
The referee is keeping an eye on Haapana - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Haapana creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Haapana looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Haapana trying to control the position but instead, Jenkinson has worked for underhooks and has pushed Haapana into the cage.
Jenkinson dodges an elbow strike from Haapana.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Jenkinson controlling the action here for a moment.
Haapana lands a nice elbow.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Haapana.
Jenkinson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jenkinson tries to break the clinch but Haapana is controlling the position.
Haapana lands an elbow inside that Jenkinson shrugs off.
Jenkinson misses with the head strike.
Jenkinson displaying some good clinch control by pressing Haapana up against the cage.
Haapana pushes off an throws an elbow but Jenkinson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Jenkinson wants to break free but Haapana has control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hannu Haapana dominated that round.
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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Haapana moves in looking to clinch but Jenkinson pushes him off.
Haapana fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Haapana swats away the attempt to clinch by Jenkinson.
Haapana throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Haapana lands a nice shot that snaps Jenkinson's head back.
Jenkinson throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Haapana doesn't manage to clinch there - Jenkinson circles away.
Jenkinson swats away the attempt to clinch by Haapana.
Jenkinson steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Haapana.
Jenkinson wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Haapana connects with a solid leg kick.
Jenkinson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Haapana is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jenkinson.
Jenkinson tries a head kick but it misses.
Haapana connects with a right hand. Jenkinson shakes it off.
A telegraphed right hand from Jenkinson misses the target.
Haapana scoring well with a low kick there.
Jenkinson swinging wildly here.
Haapana is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jenkinson can do to turn this around?
Haapana fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jenkinson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Haapana wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Jenkinson tries to clinch but Haapana is having none of it.
Haapana is looking to clinch but Jenkinson is avoiding it.
Jenkinson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Haapana cracks a nice hook into Jenkinson's ribs.
Haapana scores with a head kick.

Jenkinson is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jenkinson tries to clinch but Haapana is having none of it.
Jenkinson is still on wobbly legs! Can Haapana finish him?
Jenkinson tries to clinch up but Haapana circles away and keeps his distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Haapana fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Jenkinson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Haapana feints and then cracks Jenkinson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Jenkinson down.
Jenkinson seems to have recovered his senses.
Haapana slips a jab from Jenkinson.
Jenkinson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Haapana avoids a punch combination nicely.
Haapana is looking to counter the offense by Jenkinson and move into the clinch.

Haapana forces Jenkinson back against the cage and clinches.
Jenkinson avoids a wild elbow strike from Haapana.
Jenkinson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Jenkinson misses with a body punch.
Haapana lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Jenkinson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Haapana has Jenkinson pressed against the cage, preventing Jenkinson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Haapana lands a damaging elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haapana lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Haapana lands an elbow just above Jenkinson 's eye.
Jenkinson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Jenkinson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Haapana misses with an elbow over the top.
Jenkinson avoids a wild elbow strike from Haapana.
Haapana lands a nice elbow.
Haapana lands a damaging elbow.
Haapana lands a damaging elbow.
Haapana misses with a short punch on the inside.
Haapana will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Jenkinson up against the cage.
Jenkinson is trying to stall.
Haapana lands a nice elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jenkinson blocks the elbow strike.
Haapana is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Haapana wants to stall.
Jenkinson is trying to break the clinch but Haapana is controlling him.
Jenkinson tries to work over Haapana's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Haapana is looking to control Jenkinson's arms but Jenkinson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Haapana has his back to the cage.
Jenkinson is trying to push Haapana away but Haapana has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Jenkinson blocks the elbow strike.
Jenkinson working hard to break the clinch.
Haapana working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A left hand lands to the body for Haapana.
Haapana comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Haapana creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jenkinson's defenses.
Jenkinson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Jenkinson trying to land knees to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Haapana.
Haapana lands an elbow that stopped Jenkinson in his tracks for a moment.
Jenkinson blocks an elbow strike from Haapana.
Jenkinson is trying to break free.
Haapana is trying to stall.
Haapana misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jenkinson takes an elbow to the temple.
Haapana is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Haapana misses with an elbow strike.
Haapana misses with an elbow over the top.
Haapana manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Haapana keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jenkinson's efforts to push away.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Haapana lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Haapana pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Haapana.
Jenkinson pressing his opponent against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Jenkinson takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Jenkinson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Haapana.
Jenkinson taking a breather.
Haapana lands a nice elbow.
Haapana wants to stall.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Haapana lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Haapana creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Haapana creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jenkinson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jenkinson blocks an elbow strike.
A bit of stalling here from Haapana.
Haapana lands an elbow that stopped Jenkinson in his tracks for a moment.
Haapana misses with some punches.
Jenkinson can't break the clinch.
Haapana misses with an elbow strike.
Jenkinson trying to land knees to the body.
Haapana creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jenkinson's defenses.
Haapana misses with an elbow strike.
Haapana lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The referee calls for Haapana to work.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Jenkinson avoids the elbow strike from Haapana, against the cage.
Jenkinson avoids the elbow strike from Haapana, against the cage.
Nice elbow from Haapana.
Haapana misses with an elbow strike.
Hannu Haapana has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Jenkinson looking to slow down the pace here.
Haapana taking a breather.
Haapana lands a nice elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Haapana misses with an elbow strike.
Haapana avoiding damage as Jenkinson throws knees to the body.
Haapana is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Jenkinson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Jenkinson.
Jenkinson can't find room to land a body shot as Haapana controls the action.
Jenkinson tries to break the clinch but Haapana is controlling the position.
Jenkinson is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Jenkinson is trying to stall.
Haapana lands an elbow that stopped Jenkinson in his tracks for a moment.
Jenkinson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Jenkinson will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Haapana up against the cage.
Hannu Haapana is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Haapana lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Fenton Jenkinson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Haapana looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Haapana lands a shot to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hannu Haapana showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Haapana has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight for Hannu Haapana!
Judge Michael Johnstone scores the fight for Hannu Haapana!
Judge Bart Greer scores the fight for Hannu Haapana!

Hannu Haapana wins by unanimous decision!