PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leeeeooooooorrrrrryyyyy Jenkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Renato Crashing Mashin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jenkins comes into the arena with Mortal Kombat blaring out of the sound system. On his way into the cage it seems that Leeeeooooooorrrrrryyyyy Jenkins has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Leeeeooooooorrrrrryyyyy Jenkins seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Jenkins
vs
Crashing Mashin

191 cm
32
255 lbs
14 - 8 - 0

196 cm
34
257 lbs
16 - 13 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Good knees
Good chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Leeeeooooooorrrrrryyyyy Jenkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Renato Crashing Mashin!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Daniel Franklin and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crashing Mashin fails with the takedown.
Crashing Mashin fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Jenkins avoids it really well and circles away.

Crashing Mashin tries to keep at a distance but Jenkins has taken the fight into the clinch.
Jenkins lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Renato Crashing Mashin has been cut.
Crashing Mashin fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Leeeeooooooorrrrrryyyyy Jenkins has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Renato Crashing Mashin.
Jenkins tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jenkins missing with knees to the body.
Jenkins misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Crashing Mashin.
Jenkins connects with a nasty looking knee right to Crashing Mashin's face.
Jenkins trying to land knees to the body.
Jenkins tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Crashing Mashin tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Jenkins just stands there and leans against the cage.
Jenkins throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jenkins tries to land knees in the clinch but Crashing Mashin avoids the damage to the body.

Crashing Mashin gets control of Jenkins's arms and successfully pulls guard. Crashing Mashin will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Jenkins being controlled here momentarily.
Jenkins sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Crashing Mashin's guard.
Crashing Mashin is trying to get back to full guard.

Jenkins seems to be working for a kimura but Crashing Mashin defends the submission attempt.

Jenkins wants to work for an arm triangle but Crashing Mashin is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Crashing Mashin preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Jenkins wants to pass the guard but Crashing Mashin is defending well.

Crashing Mashin looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jenkins is working for a submission of some sort.

Jenkins is trying to work for a kimura but Crashing Mashin is defending well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Crashing Mashin looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Jenkins tries to pass the half guard into mount. Crashing Mashin knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

Jenkins is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Crashing Mashin has managed to free his arm - good work.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Crashing Mashin actively working from the bottom here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Crashing Mashin slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins postures up.
Crashing Mashin is looking to stand up but Jenkins isn't so interested in that idea.
Jenkins is fighting to break Crashing Mashin's control of his arms but Crashing Mashin is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jenkins postures up.
Crashing Mashin is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

Crashing Mashin looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Crashing Mashin wants to sweep here but Jenkins controlling him for the moment.
Crashing Mashin wants to stand up but Jenkins is controlling him.
Jenkins forces his way into half guard.
Crashing Mashin works his way to full guard. Good work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Jenkins avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Jenkins tries to free his leg and advance position but Crashing Mashin is retaining full guard.
Jenkins is working hard here to advance position.
Crashing Mashin trying to keep a closed guard but Jenkins is proving a slippery customer.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jenkins slips nicely into half guard.

Jenkins is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Crashing Mashin is just riding it out for now. Jenkins eventually gives up the hold.

Jenkins is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Crashing Mashin sees it coming and defends easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Leeeeooooooorrrrrryyyyy Jenkins will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Renato Crashing Mashin's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

A telegraphed takedown attempt from Crashing Mashin is defended easily by Jenkins.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Jenkins using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Crashing Mashin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jenkins using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Crashing Mashin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jenkins keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Crashing Mashin's efforts to push away.
Jenkins missing with knees to the body.
Jenkins missing with knees to the body.
Jenkins misses with a knee to the head.
Jenkins tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jenkins unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jenkins tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jenkins with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jenkins with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Crashing Mashin tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Jenkins tries to land a knee to the head but Crashing Mashin blocks with his arms.
Crashing Mashin managing to block the knees to the body from Jenkins.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Crashing Mashin jumps guard but Jenkins stands there with Crashing Mashin around his waist. Crashing Mashin gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Leeeeooooooorrrrrryyyyy Jenkins has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Renato Crashing Mashin.
Jenkins tries a knee to the head but Crashing Mashin blocks it.
Crashing Mashin avoiding damage as Jenkins throws knees to the body.
Jenkins missing with knees to the body.
Jenkins with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jenkins gets underhooks to prevent Crashing Mashin's takedown attempt.

Crashing Mashin pulls Jenkins into guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins looking to pass the guard.
Crashing Mashin has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Crashing Mashin is trying to control the position but Jenkins postures up.
Renato Crashing Mashin has got the better of the ground game so far.

Renato Crashing Mashin has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Crashing Mashin shoots for a double leg takedown but Jenkins sprawls well. He's pushed Crashing Mashin's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Jenkins keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Crashing Mashin looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Jenkins!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jenkins manages to work his way to half guard, despite Crashing Mashin's best efforts.
Crashing Mashin prevents Jenkins from improving his position.
Nice strikes from Crashing Mashin there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins is looking to control Crashing Mashin's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Jenkins avoid being mounted?
Crashing Mashin seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Jenkins does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Crashing Mashin is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Crashing Mashin working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Crashing Mashin drops an elbow to the side of Jenkins's head.
Nice strikes from Crashing Mashin there.
Crashing Mashin wants to control but Jenkins is keeping him busy.
Crashing Mashin takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Jenkins wants to control but Crashing Mashin is keeping busy.
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. Crashing Mashin connects with a nice short shot to Jenkins's temple.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Crashing Mashin is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Jenkins defends it well.
Jenkins is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crashing Mashin lands strikes from half guard.

Crashing Mashin is working for a submission of some sort.
Jenkins wants to improve his position but Crashing Mashin is controlling well.
Crashing Mashin lands with a punch from half guard.
Crashing Mashin has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Jenkins is staying active underneath Crashing Mashin, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Crashing Mashin lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Crashing Mashin wants to lay and pray for a moment but Jenkins keeps working.
Crashing Mashin passes to side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Renato Crashing Mashin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Renato Crashing Mashin's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Jenkins stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Jenkins wants it to stay on the feet.

Jenkins moves into the clinch.
Jenkins tries to land knees in the clinch but Crashing Mashin avoids the damage to the body.
Jenkins throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Crashing Mashin blocks it with crossed arms.
Jenkins is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Crashing Mashin is defending well for now.
Crashing Mashin is trying to stall.
Jenkins tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jenkins unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Jenkins with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jenkins trying to land knees to the body.
Jenkins tries to land a knee to the head but Crashing Mashin blocks with his arms.
Crashing Mashin tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Jenkins just stands there and leans against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jenkins with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Crashing Mashin is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Jenkins to keep the fight standing.
Leeeeooooooorrrrrryyyyy Jenkins has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Renato Crashing Mashin.
Crashing Mashin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jenkins is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Leeeeooooooorrrrrryyyyy Jenkins has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Jenkins throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jenkins throws a knee to the head but misses.
Crashing Mashin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Crashing Mashin jumps guard but Jenkins stands there with Crashing Mashin around his waist. Crashing Mashin gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Jenkins throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Crashing Mashin blocks it with crossed arms.
Jenkins looking to throw knees to the head but Crashing Mashin is blocking nicely.
Jenkins tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Jenkins is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Crashing Mashin is defending well for now.
Jenkins misses with a knee to the head.
Crashing Mashin is trying to pull guard but Jenkins has him pressed against the cage.
Jenkins with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Crashing Mashin tries to pull guard but Jenkins holds him up against the cage and eventually Crashing Mashin drops back down to his feet.

Crashing Mashin pulls guard effortlessly.
Crashing Mashin is trying to keep Jenkins in close.
Crashing Mashin manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Crashing Mashin landing strikes from the mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Jenkins that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Crashing Mashin trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Crashing Mashin lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

It looks like Leeeeooooooorrrrrryyyyy Jenkins has been cut.
Crashing Mashin tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Crashing Mashin landing punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Crashing Mashin working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Crashing Mashin is in the full mount, landing strikes.

Leeeeooooooorrrrrryyyyy Jenkins's cut is getting worse.
Crashing Mashin lands a big elbow.

Leeeeooooooorrrrrryyyyy Jenkins's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Leeeeooooooorrrrrryyyyy Jenkins's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:54 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Renato Crashing Mashin!
In his post fight interview, Renato Crashing Mashin started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.