PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Jenkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anderson Beerly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jenkins's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, take it like a man. Beerly has chosen Darude - Sandstorm as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Jenkins
vs
Beerly

186 cm
25
200 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

186 cm
26
202 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Bruce Jenkins!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Anderson Beerly!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Steven Brown and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Jenkins gets tackled into the cage by Beerly. Beerly maintains the clinch.

Beerly breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jenkins dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jenkins digs a good hook to Beerly's body.
Beerly tries to move into range but Jenkins moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Beerly throws a head kick but Jenkins moves out of range.
Beerly uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jenkins.
Nice uppercut lands for Jenkins. That snapped Beerly's head back.
Jenkins looks to land a combination but Beerly avoids it well.

Beerly closes the distance and pushes Jenkins back into the cage.
Jenkins doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Beerly trying to land knees to the body.
Beerly tries to land a knee to the head but Jenkins blocks with his arms.
Beerly lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Beerly has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Jenkins is leaning against Beerly and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jenkins lands a left hand.
Jenkins throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Beerlys head.
Beerly is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jenkins is defending well for now.
Jenkins throws a head punch that misses.
A frustrated look appears on Beerly's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Beerly wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jenkins.
Jenkins lands a right hand.
Jenkins avoiding damage as Beerly throws knees to the body.
Beerly looks gassed!
Jenkins lands a nice uppercut.
A short left from Jenkins.
A short right from Jenkins.
Beerly misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jenkins.
Jenkins lands a left hand that snaps the head of Beerly backwards.
Jenkins avoids a wild elbow strike from Beerly.
Jenkins lands a hook to the side of the head.
Beerly tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Jenkins jumps guard and drags Beerly to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Beerly preventing the sweep.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Beerly avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Beerly must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins keeping full guard, as Beerly tries to pass.
Jenkins has a closed guard, preventing Beerly from standing up.
Jenkins tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Jenkins is looking for a triangle but Beerly pushes his legs off easily.

Jenkins had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Beerly defends it easily.
Beerly won't allow Jenkins to sweep him here.

Beerly got a little sloppy there for a moment and Jenkins has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Beerly has managed to get both his arms back between Jenkins's legs - danger averted.
Jenkins wants to sweep here but Beerly controlling him for the moment.

Jenkins throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Beerly preventing the sweep.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Beerly is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Jenkins's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Jenkins's back!
Good control from Beerly.
I really don't envy Jenkins right now.
Jenkins tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!

Beerly stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
Jenkins ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Beerly moves away.
Jenkins misses with an uppercut.
Jenkins throws a hook but Beerly blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jenkins lands a jab to the nose.

Jenkins pushes Beerly up against the cage in a clinch.

Jenkins lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jenkins tries to pass to full mount but Beerly defends it.
Jenkins throwing shots but Beerly is blocking nicely.
Jenkins thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Beerly's head.
Beerly keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Jenkins not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Beerly trying to hold on to Jenkins's head to control him but Jenkins postures up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jenkins wants to free his trapped foot but Beerly is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Beerly wants to get back to full guard.
Jenkins is trying to control. Beerly wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Jenkins dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Jenkins tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Beerly swivels and escapes.
Decent striking displayed by Jenkins there.
Beerly uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jenkins.
Jenkins blocks a leg kick.
Beerly takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Beerly throws a low kick, looking for Jenkins's leg but Jenkins calmly moves out of range.
A slow jab from Jenkins misses its intended target.
Beerly misses with a body kick.
Jenkins has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Beerly.

Beerly clinches up with Jenkins and pushes him back against the cage.
Jenkins lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Beerly backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jenkins scores with a nice hook to the head.
Beerly tries a knee to the head but Jenkins blocks it.
Jenkins misses with the head strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Jenkins.
Jenkins lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Beerly manages to break the clinch.
Anderson Beerly is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Beerly shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Jenkins lands a lovely overhand right.
Jenkins cracks Beerly with a good jab.
Jenkins is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Beerly moves away from the strike by Jenkins.
Jenkins fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Jenkins looks to land a right hand but Beerly moved out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Beerly uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jenkins.
Jenkins avoids the head kick by Beerly.
Bruce Jenkins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jenkins misses with an uppercut
and Beerly makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Beerly takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Jenkins shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Beerly as he avoids it easily.
Anderson Beerly is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Beerly throws a head kick that misses.
Jenkins throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice shot lands for Jenkins.
Jenkins swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Beerly.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beerly takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Jenkins throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Beerly sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jenkins misses with a hook
and Beerly counters with an outside leg kick.
Jenkins fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jenkins throws a nice looking combination but Beerly bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bruce Jenkins is winning the standup battle so far.
Jenkins blocks a head kick by Beerly.

Beerly has closed the distance and engaged Jenkins in a clinch.
Jenkins lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Jenkins pushes Beerly back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Beerly tries a knee to the head but Jenkins blocks it.
Beerly is breathing heavily.
Jenkins works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Jenkins.
Beerly looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Beerly looking to throw knees to the head but Jenkins is blocking nicely.
Jenkins goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Beerly tries to land a knee to the head but Jenkins blocks with his arms.

Jenkins jumps guard.
Bruce Jenkins overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jenkins is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Beerly wanted to stand there but Jenkins had control of the position.
Beerly stopping the sweep attempt from Jenkins.
Jenkins is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jenkins lands strikes from half guard.
Beerly moves into full guard.
Jenkins trying to control but Beerly is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Jenkins dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Beerly moves into the clinch.
Jenkins lands a left hand.
Beerly wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jenkins is trying to pull guard but Beerly has him pressed against the cage.
Jenkins effectively controlling the action here.

Beerly breaks from the clinch.
Beerly looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Beerly throws a head kick that misses.
Jenkins cracks Beerly with a good jab.
Jenkins is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Jenkins lands a really nice looking cross but Beerly seems unphased.
Beerly dodges the punch combination from Jenkins.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jenkins misses with a lunging right hand
and Beerly counters with a two punch combo.
Beerly takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jenkins keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Beerly moves away from the strike by Jenkins.
Beerly slips under a jab.
Jenkins thows a body shot but no joy.
Jenkins misses with a lunging right hand
and Beerly counters with a head kick. That will keep Jenkins thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Jenkins fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Beerly on the side of the head.

Beerly takes the fight into the clinch.
Jenkins stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Beerly is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jenkins is defending well for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Jenkins.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jenkins lands with a right to the head.
Beerly looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Jenkins tries to pull guard but Beerly forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Jenkins throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Beerlys head.
Jenkins tries to throw a body punch but Beerly avoids it by throwing Jenkins back against the cage.

Jenkins ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Jenkins no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Beerly wants to stand but Jenkins is controlling his posture from full guard.
Jenkins looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Jenkins manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Jenkins lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beerly sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Jenkins works his way into full mount!
The referee warns Beerly that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Beerly wants to hold on but Jenkins pushes him away.
Jenkins connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Beerly is looking to get to half guard.
Jenkins with the ground and pound from mount.

Beerly is rocked!
Jenkins postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Beerly in real trouble here! The ref calls for Beerly to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bruce Jenkins!
Bruce Jenkins is the new middleweight champion!