Two judges scored the fight 29-28 and 30-27 for the former Sun Devils mat champ, while the third judge awarded the bout to Parsons, 28-29.
"This was a fun fight that saw a mix of striking and grappling. Jenkins won the fight by split decision after controlling two of the three rounds," MMAnewssource.com reported.
"Jenkins delivered the signature blow of the 15-minute bout when he slammed home a head kick in the second round," according to Sherdog.com . "Parsons collapsed in serious trouble but survived the follow-up volley and managed to recover. Jenkins executed takedowns in rounds one and three, and while he did not consolidate them with damage, they allowed him to bottle up the former Championship Fighting Alliance titleholder for long stretches."
Bubba Jenkins (Photo/Bellator)In his profile of Bubba Jenkins a day before Bellator 146, MMAFighting.com's Chuck Mindenhall noted that the two-time NCAA All-American is coming up on the fourth anniversary of his first professional MMA fight in December 2011.
"When Bubba Jenkins got rolling in MMA after a decorated collegiate wrestling career, it came with a buzz," Mindenhall wrote. "With his base, people were wondering not only how far he could go, but how fast he could get there. It was a lot to live up to out of the gate."
In that article, Jenkins disclosed, "I should probably be a little bit more ahead than where I am. I didn't take the first year-and-a-half to two years I'd say too seriously. Coming off of college wrestling I jumped right into MMA, and I probably should have took a break. I probably should have relaxed a minute. Because I've been competing all my life. Soon as I stopped wrestling season in high school, I'd go into football season, then wrestling again. Then I went straight to college."
Jenkins, who announced his MMA career plans at the 2011 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships, split his career at two major college wrestling programs. For the first three years, the Virginia Beach, Va. native wrestled at Penn State, making it to the 149-pound finals at the 2008 NCAAs, where he lost to Iowa's Brent Metcalf. Then Jenkins had a falling-out with Nittany Lion head coach Cael Sanderson, and was dismissed from the program. He landed at Arizona State for his senior year, where completed his collegiate career by pinning former Penn State teammate David Taylor in the 157-pound finals at the 2011 NCAAs.
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