PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kurt Meyer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Jenkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Meyer has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Meyer
vs
Jenkins

204 cm
24
270 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

187 cm
22
265 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Powerful

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 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kurt Meyer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mark Jenkins!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Gwen Towbar and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jenkins gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

Meyer rushes Jenkins and presses him up against the cage.
Meyer lands a body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Meyer taking a breather.
Jenkins misses with a knee to the head.
Meyer prevents a body shot from Jenkins.
Meyer is leaning against Jenkins and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Meyer working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short right from Meyer.
A body shot lands from Meyer.
Jenkins looks gassed!
A left hand lands to the body for Meyer.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Meyer creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

It looks like Mark Jenkins has been cut.
Meyer is working Jenkins over against the cage.
Meyer just leaning against Jenkins, taking a breather.
Meyer seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
A short uppercut from Meyer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Meyer lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Meyer lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Meyer lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Jenkins.
A left hand lands to the body for Meyer.
Meyer lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Meyer pushes Jenkins back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Meyer.
Meyer lands a nice shot to the body.
Meyer makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Meyer lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Jenkins.
A nice right hand lands inside from Meyer.
Meyer cracks Jenkins with a nice body shot.
Meyer slows down the pace here.
Meyer lands an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Meyer scores with a nice short uppercut.
Jenkins tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Meyer avoids it.
A hook to the body from Meyer.
Meyer scores with a nice hook to the head.
Meyer lands a hook to the side of the head.
Meyer struggles to land a body shot inside as Jenkins controls his hands.
Meyer throws a punch but it's blocked by Jenkins.
Jenkins drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jenkins wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Meyer has him pressed against the cage.
Meyer working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Jenkins tries for a takedown but Meyer manages to get underhooks.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short left from Meyer.
The referee calls for Meyer to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meyer tries to stall but Jenkins uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Jenkins drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Meyer gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Kurt Meyer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mark Jenkins.
Meyer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Meyer prevents a body shot from Jenkins.
Meyer lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Jenkins wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Meyer as the two fighters clinch.
Jenkins has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Meyer is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Jenkins fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Meyer avoiding damage as Jenkins throws knees to the body.
Meyer scores with a shoulder strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Meyer.
Meyer is pressed up against the cage. Jenkins has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Meyer down to the mat. Meyer avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins slips a jab from Meyer.
The fighters circling - Meyer throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Meyer has managed to clinch.
Meyer letting Jenkins take a breather here.
Jenkins misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Meyer is struggling to control the position.
Jenkins is stalling here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Meyer misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Meyer.
Jenkins wants to break free but Meyer has control.
Jenkins misses with a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kurt Meyer dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mark Jenkins's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Meyer moves in looking to clinch but Jenkins pushes him off.
A big right from Meyer misses.
Meyer tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jenkins swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jenkins throws a low kick, looking for Meyer's leg but Meyer calmly moves out of range.
Meyer throws out a powerful jab.
Meyer misses with a body shot.
Meyer swats away the attempt to clinch by Jenkins.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Meyer throws a hook but Jenkins avoids it easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jenkins shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Meyer defends it nicely.
Meyer closes the distance but Jenkins moves to the side

and Jenkins counters with a nice double leg into side control. Meyer won't be happy with that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jenkins throws an elbow but Meyer slips to the side and avoids it well.
Jenkins looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Meyer is avoiding damage well.
The strikes coming from Jenkins are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Check out the look on Jenkins's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Check out the look on Jenkins's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Jenkins wants to lay and pray for a moment but Meyer keeps working.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meyer prevents Jenkins from moving into mount.
Jenkins advances to full mount.
Jenkins is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Meyer can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

It looks like Kurt Meyer has been cut.
Jenkins trying to control but he's not successful this time.

Jenkins with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jenkins working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins with good strikes from the mount here!
Jenkins is landing with some decent strikes but Meyer is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Jenkins has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Meyer's face.
Jenkins throwing strikes here but Meyer is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Jenkins trying to control but Meyer is having none of it.
Jenkins is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Jenkins controlling from the full mount.

Jenkins throws some shoulder strikes here and then postures up. Oh, he's gone for an armbar! Meyer has his hands clasped together but Jenkins breaks the hold and Meyer is forced to tap! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over! That was lightning fast by Jenkins!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Mark Jenkins!