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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Blue Rak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimbo Jenkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jenkins has chosen Heaven Shall Burn - Combat as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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214 lbs
9 - 5 - 0 |
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188 cm
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205 lbs
8 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Blue Rak!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jimbo Jenkins!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Chris Saunders and Paul Gruel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rak blocks a head kick by Jenkins.
Jenkins throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rak throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Rak throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jenkins.
Rak jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Rak looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jenkins throws out a leg kick but Rak moves out of range and Jenkins only half commits.
Jenkins lands a high kick!
Rak moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Rak has closed the distance and engaged Jenkins in a clinch.
I was talking to Rak's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jenkins misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jenkins throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Jenkins lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
It looks like Blue Rak has been cut.
Rak jumps guard but Jenkins turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Jenkins lands with a short punch from the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Jenkins throws an elbow but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rak avoids the elbow strike from Jenkins, against the cage.
Jenkins lands an elbow just above Rak 's eye.
Rak tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jenkins misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rak.
Jenkins misses with an elbow over the top.
Rak breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rak throws a series of punches but Jenkins moves out of range.
Jenkins bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rak darts in and clinches Jenkins up against the cage.
Rak lands a nice shot to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Rak working hard to break the clinch.
Jenkins trying to stall but Rak improves his position.
Jenkins pushes off an throws an elbow but Rak leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Jenkins goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rak working hard to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rak is looking to break free of the clinch but Jenkins has double underhooks.
Jenkins tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jenkins misses with an elbow strike.
Rak breaks the clinch.
Jenkins tries to keep at a distance but Rak has taken the fight into the clinch.
Rak avoiding damage as Jenkins throws knees to the body.
Jenkins lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jenkins lands an elbow just above Rak 's eye.
Rak dodges an elbow strike from Jenkins.
Jenkins missing with knees to the body.
Jenkins misses with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Jenkins throws an elbow but misses.
Jenkins lands an elbow inside.
Jenkins comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jenkins tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins lands an elbow just above Rak 's eye.
Jenkins misses with a body punch.
Jenkins breaks the clinch.
Rak throws a left and a right that both miss
and Jenkins counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Rak is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Rak avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rak rushes Jenkins and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Rak managing to block the knees to the body from Jenkins.
Rak takes an elbow to the forehead.
Rak takes an elbow to the temple.
Jenkins is working Rak over against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rak blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rak is working for takedown but Jenkins is calmly controlling the position for now.
Rak tries to break free but Jenkins pushes him back against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Jenkins scores with a nice short uppercut.
Jenkins breaks from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rak throws a right hand that Jenkins ducks under and follows up with a left that Jenkins also avoids with ease.
Jenkins connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Jenkins clinches up with Rak and pushes him back against the cage.
Jenkins misses with a knee to the head.
Jenkins lands a nice elbow.
Jenkins has Rak pressed against the cage, preventing Rak from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jenkins lands a body shot in the clinch.
Jenkins throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rak takes an elbow to the forehead.
Jenkins tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jenkins lands an elbow inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jenkins can't find room to land a body shot as Rak controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rak.
Jenkins scores with a nice hook to the head.
Jenkins throws a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jimbo Jenkins dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Blue Rak's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Rak looks to land a left hand but Jenkins moved out of range nicely.
Rak takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Rak's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Rak duly obliges.
Jenkins throws a head kick but Rak moves out of range.
Rak misses with a few strikes there.
Rak has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Jenkins.
Rak pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Jenkins throws a head kick that misses.
Rak swats away the attempt to clinch by Jenkins.
Rak takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rak bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Jenkins's head backwards.
Jenkins slips a jab and a cross from Rak.
Rak avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Jenkins lands a brutal head kick. Rak looks out on his feet and Jenkins throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Jimbo Jenkins!
A very excited looking Jimbo Jenkins made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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