Wade vs Jenkins

Who won Wade vs Jenkins?

Bubba Jenkins beat Chris Wade by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of PFL 1, on Saturday 1st April 2023 at The Theater - Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Bubba Jenkins.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Wade vs Jenkins stats

Chris Wade stepped into the octagon with a record of 22 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Bubba Jenkins made his way to the cage with a record of 19 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Chris Wade's PFL record stood at 11-7-0, while Bubba Jenkins' came in at 7-3-0.

The stats suggested Jenkins had a large advantage in power over Wade, boasting a 37% knock out percentage over Wade's 9%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Wade had a slight advantage over Jenkins, with a 23% submission rate over Jenkins' 16%.

Chris Wade was the same age as Bubba Jenkins, at 36 years old.

Wade had a height advantage of 3 inches over Jenkins. Despite this, Jenkins had 2-inch reach advantage.

Wade was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 5 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 14 days earlier than Jenkins, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 18 more professional rounds, 83 to Jenkins' 65.

Wade vs Jenkins form

Wade had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Brendan Loughnane at PFL 2022 #9 on 20th August 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Copper Box Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had won against Kyle Bochniak at PFL 2022 #5 on 24th June 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta, United States.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Lance Palmer at PFL 2022 #2 on 28th April 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Esports Stadium Arlington, Arlington.

Before that, he had been beaten by Movlid Khaybulaev at PFL 2021 #10 on 27th October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas.

He had defeated Bubba Jenkins at PFL 2021 #9 on 27th August 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood.

Bubba Jenkins had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had been defeated by Brendan Loughnane at PFL 2022 #10 -World Championship on 25th November 2022 by knockout in the 4th round at Hulu Theater, Madison Square Garden, New York, United States.

Previous to that, he was victorious against Ryoji Kudo at PFL 2022 #9 on 20th August 2022 by submission in the 1st round at Copper Box Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Going into that contest, he had won against Reinaldo Ekson at PFL 2022 #5 on 24th June 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta, United States.

Before that, he had beaten Kyle Bochniak at PFL 2022 #2 on 28th April 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Esports Stadium Arlington, Arlington.

He had lost to Chris Wade at PFL 2021 #9 on 27th August 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Hollywood.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Bubba Jenkins had been fighting more than Chris Wade.

Going to this contest, Chris Wade had last fought 1 year, 8 months and 8 days ago, while Bubba Jenkins' last outing had been 1 year, 5 months and 3 days ago.

Wade's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 8 months and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Jenkins' last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 8 months and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Wade vs Jenkins?

Chris Wade was a 11/20 (+420) underdog going into the contest, while Bubba Jenkins made his way into the ring at 27/20 (+100) with oddsmakers.