PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Simon Jensen (ranked 5459 p4p, 463 weight class) and James Winkle (ranked 4203 p4p, 392 weight class). Jensen comes to the cage accompanied by Imagine Dragons - On Top of the World. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Jensen
vs
Winkle

175 cm
26
162 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

180 cm
26
163 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Experienced

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Simon Jensen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, James Winkle !
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Ryoma Takatsuka and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Winkle on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Winkle swats away the attempt to clinch by Jensen.
Jensen throws a nice inside leg kick.

Winkle throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Jensen was covering up waiting for the punch and Winkle finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Winkle scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Winkle trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Winkle working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
Jensen is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Jensen has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Winkle can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jensen seems keen to control Winkle 's posture.
Winkle throws a big right hand that misses.
Winkle trying to control the position from guard on top but Jensen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Jensen isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Winkle stacks Jensen on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Winkle !
Jensen manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Winkle stalling away here and it's allowed Jensen to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Jensen not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Jensen had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Winkle defends it easily.
Winkle must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Winkle is sitting in close to Jensen's body. Jensen has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Winkle is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Winkle is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Jensen.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Simon Jensen!
After the big win, Simon Jensen made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Dauntless and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.