Bubba Jenkins was born on February 5,1988 and is an American mixed martial artist and former amateur wrestler.
55 Facts About Bubba Jenkins
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Bubba Jenkins has notably competed for Bellator MMA, Absolute Championship Berkut, Professional Fighters League, and Brave Combat Federation, where he was a former champion.
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Bubba Jenkins attended Cox High School in Virginia Beach, Virginia for three years before transferring to First Colonial High School, in Virginia Beach, as a senior.
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In 2006, Bubba Jenkins committed to the Penn State Nittany Lions.
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Sophomore: Before the season started, Bubba Jenkins won a gold medal at the Junior World Championships in freestyle at 66 kilograms.
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Redshirt: Bubba Jenkins redshirted this season because of athletic and academic issues.
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Senior: When Cael Sanderson arrived as the new head coach at PSU, Bubba Jenkins didn't feel comfortable with the way of teaching of Sanderson and Sanderson felt uncomfortable with the style of Bubba Jenkins.
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Bubba Jenkins graduated as an NCAA champion, two-time finalist and two-time All-American.
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Bubba Jenkins was scheduled to wrestle against Kyle Dake in a freestyle match on December 1 at the 2013 Grapple at the Garden event.
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Bubba Jenkins was defeated by technical fall in the first period.
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Bubba Jenkins made his mixed martial arts debut in the Lightweight division on December 2,2011 at Tachi Palace Fights 11: Redemption.
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Bubba Jenkins defeated Josh Williams by submission TKO in the first round.
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Bubba Jenkins returned for his second fight at Tachi Palace Fights 12: Second Coming on March 9,2010 He defeated Chris Gomez via rear-naked choke in the first round.
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One week before Bubba Jenkins defeated Chris Gomez at Tachi Palace Fights 12 - Second Coming, he signed an exclusive 6-fight deal with Resurrection Fighting Alliance.
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On June 30,2012, Bubba Jenkins made his promotional debut for the RFA against highly decorated amateur boxer Jesus Adame at RFA 3 - Stevenson vs Cochrane.
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Bubba Jenkins quickly slammed Adame to the ground and submitted him via Rear Naked Choke at 1:08 of the first round.
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On October 31,2012, it was announced that Bubba Jenkins joined Jon Jones' coaching staff on the seventeenth season of the UFC produced reality television show The Ultimate Fighter.
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Bubba Jenkins won the fight via TKO in the second round.
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Bubba Jenkins returned to the Bellator cage at Bellator 100 against LaRue Burley on September 20,2013.
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Bubba Jenkins suffered the first defeat of his professional MMA career as he was stopped by Burley via strikes in the third round.
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Bubba Jenkins then faced Sean Powers at Bellator 114 on March 28,2014.
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On July 25,2014, Bubba Jenkins faced Poppies Martinez at Bellator 122.
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Bubba Jenkins defeated Martinez via strikes at 4:10 in the first round.
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Bubba Jenkins faced Thiago Meller at Bellator 126 on September 26,2014 in Phoenix, Arizona.
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Bubba Jenkins lost the fight via technical submission in the first round.
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Bubba Jenkins faced Joe Wilk on June 26,2015 at Bellator 139.
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Bubba Jenkins won the fight via TKO in the second round.
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Bubba Jenkins faced Jordan Parsons on November 20,2015 at Bellator 146.
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Bubba Jenkins then faced Georgi Karakhanyan a rematch at Bellator 160 on August 26,2016 at a catchweight of 150lbs.
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Bubba Jenkins was favored to win the rematch, but Karakhanyan won, this time at 150lbs.
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Bubba Jenkins lost the fight by technical submission in the second round.
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On July 27,2018 it was announced that Bubba Jenkins had signed a multi-fight contract with Brave Combat Federation.
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Bubba Jenkins made his promotional debut against the reigning featherweight champion Elias Boudegzdame at Brave CF 16 on September 21,2018.
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Bubba Jenkins won the fight via unanimous decision and became the champion.
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On July 25,2019, Bubba Jenkins successfully defended his featherweight title by first-round TKO against Lucas Martins at Brave CF 24.
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Bubba Jenkins faced former collegiate wrestling rival Lance Palmer in his promotional debut, on April 23,2021 at PFL 1.
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Bubba Jenkins was scheduled to face Anthony Dizy at PFL 4 on June 10,2021.
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Bubba Jenkins faced Chris Wade in the Semifinals off the Featherweight tournament on August 27,2021 at PFL 9.
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Bubba Jenkins was scheduled to face Sung Bin Jo on April 28,2022 at PFL 2.
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Bubba Jenkins was scheduled to face Saba Bolaghi on June 24,2022 at PFL 5.
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Bubba Jenkins faced Ryoji Kudo in the Semifinals off the Featherweight tournament on August 13,2022 at PFL 8.
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Bubba Jenkins won the bout via rear-naked choke in the first round.
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Bubba Jenkins faced Brendan Loughnane in the finals of the Featherweight tournament on November 25,2022 at PFL 10.
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Bubba Jenkins lost the bout via TKO stoppage in the fourth round.
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Bubba Jenkins started off the 2023 season in a rematch against Chris Wade on April 1,2023 at PFL 1.
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Bubba Jenkins faced Sung Bin Jo on June 8,2023 at PFL 4.
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Bubba Jenkins won the fight via a technical submission due to a rear-naked choke in the first round.
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Bubba Jenkins was fined 20 percent of his purse, which went to his opponent Jenkins, and he started the bout with a one point subtraction.
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Bubba Jenkins went on to lose the bout via TKO in the second round.
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Bubba Jenkins was scheduled to rematch Chris Wade on November 24,2023 at PFL 10, however at weigh-ins, Wade came in at148.4 pounds, which was 2.4 pounds north of the non-title.
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Bubba Jenkins turned down the catchweight bout and the bout was scrapped.
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Bubba Jenkins faced Kai Kamaka III on April 19,2024 at PFL 3.
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Bubba Jenkins next faced Gabriel Alves Braga at PFL 6 on June 28,2024.
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Bubba Jenkins lost the fight via TKO due to arm injury in the second round.
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On December 11,2024, it was announced that Bubba Jenkins was eligible to be drafted in the Global Fight League.