PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Leroy Jinx (ranked 7630 p4p, 684 weight class) and Adrian Atkins (ranked 5709 p4p, 591 weight class). Jinx comes to the cage accompanied by What It's Like. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Jinx
vs
Atkins

184 cm
19
175 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

187 cm
21
183 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

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Crack Time Fitness Tycoon

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Leroy Jinx!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Adrian Atkins!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Steve Smith and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Atkins.
Atkins feints and then cracks Jinx's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Jinx down.
Atkins takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Atkins displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jinx throws out the jab.
And Atkins responds with a good body kick, but Jinx manages to step out the way in time.
Jinx definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Atkins throws a lazy body kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Atkins is looking to score with low kicks.
Atkins misses with a lunging right hand
and Jinx makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Atkins throws a head kick but Jinx moves out of range.
Atkins lands a head kick!

It looks like Leroy Jinx has been cut.
Jinx lands a really nice looking cross but Atkins seems unphased.

Jinx closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Atkins.
Jinx creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Atkins.
Jinx lands a body shot in the clinch.
Atkins misses with a punch on the inside.
Jinx working aggressively here.
Jinx working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Jinx lands a hook to the side of the head.
Atkins misses with a body punch.
Jinx pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Atkins.
Jinx stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Jinx misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jinx swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jinx lands with a light punch inside.
Jinx blocks an uppercut.
Jinx lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Jinx misses with a short punch on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Jinx.
Atkins takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Adrian Atkins has been cut.
Atkins fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jinx lands a body shot in the clinch.
Atkins looks winded!
A nice left hand lands by Jinx.
Jinx lands with a short shot to the head.
Jinx lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jinx throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Atkinss head.
Jinx lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Jinx lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Atkins backwards.
Jinx lands with a light punch inside.
Jinx working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Atkins's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jinx digs a right hand underneath Atkins's ribcage. Atkins let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Jinx lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Jinx lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Jinx throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Atkinss head.
Jinx is leaning against Atkins and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A short left from Jinx.
Jinx lands with a right to the head.
Jinx lands a shoulder strike.
Jinx lands with a short shot to the head.
Jinx makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Atkins is rocked!
Jinx softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Atkins is still on wobbly legs! Can Jinx finish him?
Atkins takes a shot to the head.
Jinx works on Atkins's body with a couple of short punches.
A head punch on the inside from Jinx fails to land.
Jinx throws a head punch that misses.
Jinx throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Atkinss head.
Jinx throws a head punch that misses.
Jinx scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Jinx throws a punch but it's blocked by Atkins.
Atkins tries to throw a body punch but Jinx avoids it by throwing Atkins back against the cage.
Jinx lands a shoulder strike.
Jinx blocks an uppercut.
Jinx lands with a short shot to the head.
Jinx landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jinx scores with a nice hook to the head.
Jinx gets through Atkins's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jinx.
Jinx lands a body punch.
Jinx swings wildly with an uppercut but Atkins uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jinx swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jinx lands with a left to the head.
Jinx lands with a light punch inside.
Jinx swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jinx swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Atkins blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jinx tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Atkins blocking some punches.
A shot in the inside from Jinx.
A head punch on the inside from Jinx fails to land.
Still in the clinch, Jinx scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jinx misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Jinx as the two fighters clinch.
Jinx tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jinx misses with the head strike.
Jinx has a couple of punches blocked by Atkins.
Jinx has a couple of punches blocked by Atkins.
Jinx lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Jinx using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Atkins.
Jinx lands with a right to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jinx lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Jinx misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jinx tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jinx lands a hook that snaps the head of Atkins backwards.
Jinx lands a hook that snaps the head of Atkins backwards.
Jinx lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Atkins to his knees! Jinx keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Leroy Jinx!
An out of breath Leroy Jinx thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.