Jenkins vs Ekson

Who won Jenkins vs Ekson?

Bubba Jenkins beat Reinaldo Ekson by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of PFL 2022 #5, on Friday 24th June 2022 at Overtime Elite Arena in Atlanta.

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).

Jenkins vs Ekson stats

Bubba Jenkins stepped into the octagon with a record of 17 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Reinaldo Ekson made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 0 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws.

This was Bubba Jenkins' 12th fight in the PFL, having made his debut for the promotion in 2021.

Bubba Jenkins' PFL record stood at 7-5-0, while Reinaldo Ekson's came in at 1-1-0.

The stats suggested Jenkins had a massive power advantage over Ekson, boasting a 35% knock out percentage over Ekson's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Jenkins had an advantage over Ekson, with a 18% submission rate over Ekson's 0%.

Bubba Jenkins was the older man by 1 year, at 36 years old.

Ekson had a height advantage of 2 inches over Jenkins.

Jenkins was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 22 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 12 years and 9 months later than Ekson, whose first professional fight was in . He had fought 16 more professional rounds, 70 to Ekson's 54.

Jenkins vs Ekson form

Bubba Jenkins had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Kai Kamaka III at PFL 3: 2024 Regular Season on 19th April 2024 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Wintrust Arena, Chicago, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Jesus Pinedo at PFL 7 on 4th August 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at Boeing Center, San Antonio.

Going into that contest, he had won against Sung Bin Jo at PFL 4 on 8th June 2023 by submission in the 1st round at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta.

Before that, he had beaten Chris Wade at PFL 1 on 1st April 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The Theater - Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas.

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.

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Jenkins' last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 10 months and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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