PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lino Dodson (ranked 24461 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tiger Jenkins (ranked 5885 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Dodson
vs
Jenkins

199 cm
19
214 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

200 cm
20
195 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

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 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lino Dodson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tiger Jenkins!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Eddie Farnsworth and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Dodson closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Jenkins looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Dodson controlling from side mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dodson lands a nice forearm strike.
Dodson scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Jenkins to see if he's OK.
Dodson landing a few strikes.

Dodson stands up and beckons Jenkins to his feet.

Dodson darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Jenkins really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Dodson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dodson scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Dodson 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.
Dodson content to control rather than advance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dodson working the head and body with strikes.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Dodson in particular looking to stall.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Dodson connects with a nice short shot to Jenkins's temple.
Dodson lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dodson is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Dodson takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Dodson connects with a nice short shot to Jenkins's temple.
Dodson working Jenkins over with strikes.
Jenkins has hold of Dodson's hands but Dodson slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Dodson controlling the pace.
Dodson seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Dodson is controlling the pace.
Jenkins has hold of Dodson's hands but Dodson slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Dodson perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Dodson looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Jenkins with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Dodson is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Jenkins has managed to free his arm - good work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dodson performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Jenkins is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Dodson scores with a couple of nice shots.
Dodson perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Dodson lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Dodson working Jenkins over with strikes.
Dodson is figuring out what he wants to do next.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Dodson passes to full mount!
Jenkins is bucking up trying to escape but Dodson cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Jenkins takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Jenkins in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Dodson looking to control and managing it successfully.
Dodson is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Dodson raining down shots from the mount!

Dodson looking for a guillotine from mount but Jenkins is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lino Dodson 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.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Dodson breaks from the clinch.
Lino Dodson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Dodson scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Jenkins takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Dodson has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Jenkins!
Jenkins taking shots to the head.
Dodson looking to finish Jenkins with some ground and pound. This is bad for Jenkins!
Lino Dodson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Dodson controlling from mount.
Dodson working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dodson controlling from mount.
Jenkins is breathing heavily.
Dodson fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dodson working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Jenkins looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Dodson! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Lino Dodson!