PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between John Van Deinsen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carl Jenkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Van Deinsen comes to the cage accompanied by Bonafide - Dirtbound. Carl Jenkins struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 157.1lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Van Deinsen
vs
Jenkins

180 cm
22
162 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

185 cm
18
160 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

Dragon

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, John Van Deinsen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Carl Jenkins!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Paul Aken and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Van Deinsen drives through with a takedown into guard.
Jenkins looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!

Van Deinsen thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Van Deinsen drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Van Deinsen seems to have locked his on tight now - Jenkins screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Van Deinsen, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). John Van Deinsen!
A pretty intense looking John Van Deinsen took the opportunity post-fight to ask for a shot at the title.