PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Leo Lucky (ranked 3780 p4p, 5285 weight class) and Jens Jensen (ranked 188 p4p, 221 weight class). Jens Jensen is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Lucky
vs
Jensen

174 cm
25
141
0 - 1 - 0

177 cm
25
130
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

Good takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Leo Lucky!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jens Jensen!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Dmitry Maklakov and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lucky misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lucky fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lucky dips to his left and cracks Jensen with an uppercut!

Jensen forces Lucky back against the cage and clinches.
Lucky misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lucky lands with a left to the head.
Jensen is trying to break free.
Jensen is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Lucky missing with knees to the body.
Jensen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jensen.
Jensen takes a shot to the head.
Jensen tries to pull guard but Lucky holds him up against the cage and eventually Jensen drops back down to his feet.
Lucky lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Lucky wants to stall.
The referee is keeping an eye on Lucky - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lucky lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Lucky manages to break the clinch.
Jensen takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

Jensen scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Jensen thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Lucky knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Jensen on the ground.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lucky controls the position for a moment.
Lucky prevents Jensen from moving into mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jensen wants to control but Lucky is keeping him busy.

Jensen stands up.

Jensen gets a clinch.

Lucky's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lucky pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Jensen back to the cage. Lucky follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Jensen walks into a left hand.
Lucky misses the jab.
Jensen gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Lucky.
Jensen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Lucky manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lucky seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Jensen darts in looking for a takedown but Lucky gets double underhooks and turns Jensen into the cage.
Lucky stuffs the takedown.
Leo Lucky has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jens Jensen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lucky throws a shot from downtown. Jensen moves away and avoids it.
Lucky throws a hook but Jensen blocks it.
Lucky slaps away a takedown attempt from Jensen, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Leo Lucky seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lucky lands a glancing blow to the side of Jensen's head.
Lucky misses with a double jab

and Jensen decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Lucky's guard.

Jensen decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Lucky, up you get!

Jensen closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Lucky's guard.
Jensen's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Jensen pushes down on Lucky's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Jensen controlling the pace.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jensen not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jensen works his way into full mount!
Jensen lands a nice shot to the head.
Lucky in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Jensen tries to control but Lucky wriggling away.
Lucky in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leo Lucky dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Jensen closes this distance looking for a takedown but Lucky circles away.
Lucky rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jensen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jensen shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Lucky as he jumps to the side.
Jensen avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lucky misses with a wild combination.
Lucky is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jensen can do to turn this around?
Lucky throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Good standup being displayed there by Lucky as he connects with a hook.
Lucky connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lucky throws a combination. Jensen tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Lucky looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Lucky defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Jensen.
Leo Lucky has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jens Jensen.
A punch lands to the side of Jensen 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Jensen fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Lucky to the ground. Jensen is now in Lucky's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lucky keeping moving, preventing Jensen from controlling successfully.
Jensen throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Lucky is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Jensen controlling from the top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Jensen content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Jensen has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Jensen stopping the sweep attempt from Lucky.
Lucky pulls Jensen in close to prevent any damage.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Leo Lucky is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lucky looks to score with a jab to the body but Jensen is just out of range.
Jensen is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Lucky misses with an uppercut. Jensen saw that one coming.

Jensen has Lucky up against the cage in a clinch.

Jensen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jensen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jensen looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Lucky is fending him off so far but Jensen persists. Nope, Lucky circles away and we're back to standing.
Lucky misses the shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Lucky does no damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lucky takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Lucky lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Jensen backs up against the cage.
Lucky swings for the body but Jensen moves out of range.
Jensen wants to land a leg kick but Lucky is out of range.
Jensen on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Jensen slips a jab from Lucky.
Jensen feints the counter takedown.
Jensen fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lucky throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jensen.
Jensen is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Jensen shoots in looking for a takedown but Lucky manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Jensen's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.

Jensen gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Lucky can't find room to land a body shot as Jensen controls the action.
Lucky stalling in the clinch but Jensen improves position.

Jensen pulls Lucky into guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jensen is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Lucky is controlling him.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Jensen is on top in guard.

Jensen sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Jensen slips nicely into half guard.
Jensen is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Leo Lucky dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Jensen takes one on the button.
A big right from Lucky misses.
Nice sprawl there from Lucky as Jensen shoots in.
Jensen fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Jensen closes this distance looking for a takedown but Lucky circles away.
Leo Lucky has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jens Jensen.
Jensen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lucky.
Jensen unleashes a big counter combination but Lucky bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Lucky connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Lucky scores with a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lucky throws a right and a left that both miss.

Jensen closes the distance and pushes Lucky back into the cage.
Lucky is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Lucky.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lucky effectively controlling the action here.
Jensen is working for takedown but Lucky is calmly controlling the position for now.
Jensen tries to pull guard but Lucky forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Jensen is looking to break free of the clinch but Lucky has double underhooks.

Jensen has hold of one of Lucky's legs. Lucky is fighting the takedown attempt but Jensen gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Jens Jensen has got the better of the ground game so far.
Jensen wants to control from the top but Lucky keeps moving.
Lucky pulls Jensen in to control the position.
Jensen trying to control but Lucky is working from the bottom.
Lucky wants to hit a sweep here but Jensen passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Lucky there!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lucky tries to lock up and control but Jensen gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Lucky wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
Jensen has good solid back control here.

Jensen is working on the RNC. He looks like he's got it but Lucky won't tap... Oh, he's out! The ref rips Jensen off his unconscious opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Jens Jensen!