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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Jenkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dexter Morgan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jenkins comes to the cage accompanied by take it like a man. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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190 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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ADCC Champion
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 11 - 1, fighting out of London, Bruce Jenkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dexter Morgan!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Ackerman and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jenkins lands with a cross.
It looks like Dexter Morgan has been cut.
Jenkins swings for the body but Morgan moves out of range.
Morgan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Morgan throws a leg kick which misses Jenkins's front leg but catches the back leg as Jenkins tries to avoid it.
Jenkins stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Morgan.
Morgan closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Morgan is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Jenkins lands a body punch.
Morgan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Morgan is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Morgan 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's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Morgan tries to land a knee to the head but Jenkins blocks with his arms.
Jenkins swings away with an uppercut that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jenkins scores with a nice hook to the head.
Jenkins swings wildly with an uppercut but Morgan uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morgan blocks an uppercut.
Jenkins throws a head punch that misses.
Morgan jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Jenkins walks away with a smile on his face. Morgan gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Morgan looks to land a body kick but Jenkins moved away.
Jenkins closes the distance and pushes Morgan back into the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Morgan.
Jenkins blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jenkins is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Morgan to keep the fight standing.
Jenkins is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Morgan to keep the fight standing.
Morgan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Jenkins.
Jenkins jumps guard but Morgan stands there with Jenkins around his waist. Jenkins gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bruce Jenkins. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jenkins jumps guard and drags Morgan to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Jenkins looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Morgan tries to free his leg and advance position but Jenkins is retaining full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan trying to control but Jenkins is working from the bottom.
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 the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Jenkins thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Morgan's head.
Jenkins throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Morgan tries to get to full guard but Jenkins has control of the leg.
Jenkins has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Morgan looking for submissions off his back.
Jenkins is trying to control the action in half guard but Morgan is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Morgan gets back to full guard.
Morgan working for a triangle but Jenkins defends it easily.
Jenkins scoring with some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morgan keeping moving, preventing Jenkins from controlling successfully.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Jenkins might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Morgan is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Jenkins is aware though and is defending well.
Jenkins avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Morgan can't keep his opponent in guard - Jenkins advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jenkins works his foot free and advances to mount.
Jenkins lands a nice shot to the head.
Morgan in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morgan is wriggling around trying to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jenkins with shots to the head and body - Morgan looks very uncomfortable down there.
Morgan is rocked!
Jenkins connects with a bit shot that sees Morgan covering up! More strikes from Jenkins and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Jenkins is our winner by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bruce Jenkins!
Bruce Jenkins very nearly forgot to thank GTI - 1337 sponsors VERSUS amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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