Featherweight: Freddy Linares Vs. Jack Jenkins
Tale of the tape
25-years-old
5’7″
Ecuador
Bonebreakers MMA
8-1
6 KO/TKOs, 1 Submission
Combined opponent’s record: 18-4
28-years-old
5’7″
Victoria, Australia
Absolute MMA and Conditioning
9-2
4 KO/TKOs, 3 Submissions
Combined opponent’s record: 35-20
Pros and Cons
Freddy Linares
Pros
- Tough as hell
- Good ground and pound
- Good right hand
- Credible wrestling
- Good in the clinch
- Good kicks
Cons
- Easily hit/no head movement
- Poor gas tank
- Sloppy grappling
- Too willing to brawl
Jack Jenkins
Pros
- Good wrestling
- Strong grappling
- Submission threat
- Constant pressure
- Good TDD
- Good technical grappling
- Heavy top control
- Mixes up his kicking attack
- Damaging leg kicks
- High work rate
- Good combination
- Rips the body
- Throws in different varieties
Cons
- Grappling defense needs some work
- Hands wide at times
Who has the advantage?
Striking: Jenkins (?)
Speed: Linares
Output/Volume: Jenkins
Kickboxing: Jenkins
Striking defense: Jenkins
Footwork/movement: Jenkins
Wrestling: Jenkins
Grappling: Jenkins
More likely to finish on the mat: Jenkins
Gas tank: Jenkins
Prediction: This fight could very well be one of the best fights of the season.
Linares is a scrapper that has a lot of holes but his willingness outweighs the negatives. Jenkins will bring it to him 100% attacking him from anywhere and everywhere.
Linares could very well give him problems with his hands but more so his power. Linares is just too easily hit and I see Jenkins taking out the legs and going body-head. Jenkins can win the fight on the feet but it’s the wrestling he should go to.
Jenkins is easily the better wrestler and with the ground game, he should cruise. I like Jenkins cause he’s got more tools to win and should be better everywhere.
