PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Donnell Jenkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Caleb Hensley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hensley has chosen Eye of The Tiger as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Jenkins
vs
Hensley

167 cm
18
214 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

185 cm
25
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

Good takedowns
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

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 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Donnell Jenkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Caleb Hensley!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Micheangelo Fripello and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hensley shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Hensley was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jenkins is trying to control Hensley's posture but Hensley avoids it.
Hensley tries to stand but Jenkins is controlling his head.
Hensley is staying tight to Jenkins's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Hensley prevents Jenkins from escaping the position.
Jenkins knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Hensley on the ground.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hensley slows the pace down.
Jenkins is trying to buck Hensley off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jenkins struggling a bit here.
Hensley content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Jenkins shoots for a takedown but Hensley saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Hensley closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Jenkins quickly recovers to half guard.
Jenkins wants to control but Hensley is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Jenkins wants to improve his position but Hensley is controlling well.
Hensley tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Jenkins.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hensley controlling the action here.
Jenkins wants to sweep but Hensley has passed to side control!
Hensley slows the pace down.
Jenkins really is a fat lump.
Jenkins can't do much from the bottom here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hensley just content to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hensley wants to stand but Jenkins has his arm trapped.

Hensley is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Jenkins knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Jenkins holds on to Hensley's head and controls the position momentarily.
Hensley wants to stand but Jenkins has his arm trapped.
Hensley just content to control the position.
Jenkins is trying to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Hensley controlling from the full mount.
Hensley prevents Jenkins from getting the reversal.
Hensley controlling his opponent.
Jenkins wants to control but Hensley is having none of it.
Hensley controlling the pace for now.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Jenkins has given up his back. Will we see Hensley going for some submissions?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Caleb Hensley dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Hensley has managed to clinch.

Hensley jumps guard and drags Jenkins to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Jenkins wanted to stand there but Hensley had control of the position.
Jenkins trying to control the position from guard on top but Hensley is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Hensley working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Jenkins doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Jenkins manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Hensley is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jenkins is trying to maintain the position but Hensley is very close to passing his half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jenkins wants to sweep but Hensley has passed to side control!

Hensley working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Hensley has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hensley wants to stand but Jenkins has his arm trapped.
Jenkins is trying to control Hensley's posture but Hensley avoids it.
Hensley working the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins taking punishment in the form of punches.
You can see the frustration on Jenkins's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Jenkins gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Hensley takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Hensley with a couple of short strikes.
Hensley prevents Jenkins from getting the reversal.
Hensley controlling from the full mount.
Hensley is landing with some decent strikes but Jenkins is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hensley controlling the position easily from mount.

Hensley looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Hensley tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Hensley fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

It looks like Donnell Jenkins has been cut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Jenkins is in a horrible position here. Hensley smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Jenkins is rocked!

Donnell Jenkins's cut is getting worse.
Hensley cracks Jenkins with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Caleb Hensley!
Caleb Hensley thanked the fans post fight for their support.