PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Brian Jenen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hank Marvin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marvin has chosen Apache as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Brian Jenen has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Jenen
vs
Marvin

182 cm
27
185 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

186 cm
24
190 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

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 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Brian Jenen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Hank Marvin!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Daniel Bishop and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Jenen shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

Marvin throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Jenen prevents Marvin from getting back to his feet.
Jenen trying to control the position from guard on top but Marvin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Jenen thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Marvin really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Jenen. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Jenen thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Jenen prevents Marvin from getting back to his feet.
Jenen throwing strikes from guard but Marvin blocks nicely.

Jenen is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Jenen is breathing heavily.
Marvin wants to stand but Jenen is controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jenen accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Marvin is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Jenen wants to control from the top but Marvin keeps moving.
Jenen won't allow Marvin to sweep him here.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Marvin is on top in guard.
Jenen is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Jenen looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jenen working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Marvin.
Marvin trying to control but Jenen is working from the bottom.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Jenen keeping full guard, as Marvin tries to pass.
Marvin showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Hank Marvin was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Jenen stuffs the takedown attempt from Marvin. Marvin gets slowly back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marvin throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jenen.
Marvin throws a head kick but Jenen moves out of range.
No joy there for Marvin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Marvin tries to clinch but Jenen moves out of range.

Jenen rushes Marvin and presses him up against the cage.

Marvin breaks from the clinch.

Jenen gets the takedown into side control.
Marvin is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Jenen is controlling him well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jenen trying to control the action but Marvin is working from the bottom.

Jenen tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Jenen has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Marvin can't do much from the bottom here.
Marvin wants to get back to his feet but Jenen drags him back down.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Jenen is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Marvin has escaped the position, nice work there.
Jenen trying to control the action but Marvin is working from the bottom.
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 Brian Jenen will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Marvin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Marvin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jenen was well out of range. Poor timing from Marvin.

Jenen looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Marvin!

Jenen tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

Jenen has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Marvin is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Jenen yanks on the arm and Marvin is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Jenen.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Brian Jenen!
Brian Jenen seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.