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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ken Jenkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marshall Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jenkins comes into the arena with Fuck like a Beast blaring out of the sound system. Harris is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Kiss Me I'm Shit Faced. Ken Jenkins looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.
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208 cm
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260 lbs
4 - 0 - 0 |
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196 cm
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225 lbs
5 - 6 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Brawler
KO power |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Knockout power |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ken Jenkins! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marshall Harris! The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Gwen Towbar and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Harris leaves Jenkins with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt. Jenkins closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Harris did well to prevent Jenkins getting side control. The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up. The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Jenkins connects with a nice short shot to Harris's temple. Harris pushes Jenkins off looking to stand but Jenkins dives back in and keeps control.
Harris taking some punishment here, with Jenkins in his half guard. Jenkins is working for a kimura but Harris is defending it quite comfortably.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. This has been an exciting period of action! Jenkins thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas. Jenkins throws a strike but Harris avoids it easily and moves to full guard. Jenkins prevents Harris from getting back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round. Jenkins trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat. Jenkins wants to pass the guard but Harris is keeping the position. Harris wants to stand up but Jenkins is controlling him. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Jenkins trying to control the position from guard on top but Harris is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Jenkins makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard. Jenkins throwing strikes from guard but Harris blocks nicely. Jenkins controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Jenkins makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard. Jenkins scoring with punches to the head and body. Jenkins advances position into side control! Jenkins looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything. Jenkins looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Harris is avoiding damage well.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Harris is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Jenkins is controlling him well. Jenkins is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Harris has escaped the position, nice work there. Jenkins lands a decent elbow from side control. Harris takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Jenkins working the strikes but Harris uses the opportunity to regain half guard. Harris is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Jenkins scores with a couple of nice shots. Jenkins will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Jenkins throwing shots but Harris is blocking nicely. Jenkins lands strikes from half guard. Jenkins is looking to stall here but Harris recovers full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Jenkins lands a couple of elbows. Jenkins prevents Harris from getting back to his feet. Harris is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first. Jenkins stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Harris swivels though and keeps the full guard. Jenkins works over Harris with some ground and pound from guard. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Jenkins working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Harris's head. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ken Jenkins dominated that round. That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Nice takedown defense from Harris. No joy for Jenkins on that attempt. Jenkins has a takedown stuffed. Jenkins shoots for a double leg takedown but Harris sprawls well. He's pushed Jenkins's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ken Jenkins. That's going to take a lot out of him. Harris moves in looking to clinch but Jenkins pushes him off. Jenkins shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Harris pinned against the cage. Harris gets the underhooks and manages to circle away. Marshall Harris is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. Jenkins misses with a body shot.
Harris has a takedown stuffed. Harris fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. Harris fails to land the takedown.
That's one minute gone in the round. Harris tries to clinch there but Jenkins circles away.
Jenkins fails with a takedown attempt. Harris fails miserably with a takedown attempt. Jenkins decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard. Jenkins is just content to waste time from the top position. Harris takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard. Jenkins looking to sit in guard and control but Harris gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Jenkins has control of Harris's left arm, preventing Harris from doing any damage. Jenkins is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Jenkins has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall. Harris thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position. Both fighters really going for it on the ground here! Harris drops back looking for a leg! Jenkins is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Jenkins manages to kick Harris off! Harris jumps back into Jenkins's guard. Harris drops back, looking for a kneebar! Jenkins looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Jenkins looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Jenkins!
That's three minutes gone in the round. Jenkins thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead. Jenkins lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Harris down.
Jenkins lands a few punches from side control. Harris is working to avoid the ground and pound but Jenkins connects with a decent elbow. This has been an exciting period of action! Jenkins lands a decent elbow from side control.
Harris is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round. Jenkins in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Harris looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Jenkins turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ken Jenkins! Ken Jenkins made sure to mention his sponsor, Burning Fist Apparel in his post fight interview.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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