PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bubba Jenkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ken Doll (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ken Doll has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Jenkins
vs
Doll

182 cm
25
270 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

182 cm
25
260 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bubba Jenkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ken Doll!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, David Hoff and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Excellent takedown into side control there by Jenkins.
Jenkins throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Jenkins lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Doll regains half guard, as Jenkins was trying to land strikes.
Doll is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Jenkins scores with a couple of nice shots.
Doll keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Jenkins not landing any meaningful shots this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jenkins with the ground and pound but Doll uses the opportunity to regain guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Doll wants to stand up but Jenkins is controlling him.
Jenkins postures up in Doll's guard and throws a big left but Doll blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jenkins working some strikes from top position.
Doll throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Jenkins has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Jenkins's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Doll keeping moving, preventing Jenkins from controlling successfully.
Jenkins postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Jenkins postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Jenkins lands a couple of elbows.
Jenkins being controlled here momentarily.
Jenkins could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Jenkins is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Jenkins loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Jenkins working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Jenkins pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Doll is keeping the position for now.
Jenkins landing some decent shots from guard.
Jenkins throws an elbow that misses. Doll uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Jenkins's guard. Nice move by Doll!

Doll wants to control from the top but Jenkins keeps moving.
Jenkins looking for a sweep. Not yet Jenkins, not yet.
Jenkins wants to improve his position but instead Doll has moved into half guard.
Jenkins is trying to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins gets back to full guard.
Doll tries to stand but Jenkins is controlling from the bottom.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Jenkins is on top in guard.

Jenkins throws a big elbow that misses.
Jenkins looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Jenkins connects with a couple of short punches.
Jenkins is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Jenkins's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins lands a couple of digs.
Jenkins throwing strikes from guard but Doll blocks nicely.
Jenkins lands a couple of digs.
Jenkins loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Doll working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Jenkins.
Jenkins showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Doll looking to control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jenkins preventing the sweep.
Jenkins content to stall in guard here.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bubba Jenkins dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Jenkins misses with a takedown

and Doll counters by clinching up.
Jenkins wants a takedown.
Jenkins has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Doll avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bubba Jenkins. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Doll pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Doll misses with a takedown attempt - Jenkins sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Jenkins is looking to chop away at Doll's legs.
Doll is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Doll fails in his attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Doll tries for a takedown but Jenkins sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

Jenkins shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Jenkins thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jenkins lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Jenkins winds up and cracks Doll with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Jenkins is trying to control the action in half guard but Doll is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Doll is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Jenkins is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Jenkins is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Jenkins takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Jenkins lands a nice short elbow.
Doll is breathing heavily.
Doll has hold of Jenkins's hands but Jenkins slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins scoring with strikes to the body and head.

Doll is rocked!
Jenkins 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.
Doll is still in real trouble! Can Jenkins finish him?
Jenkins lands a big elbow - Doll is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Jenkins!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bubba Jenkins!
After winning the bout, Bubba Jenkins thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.