A squabble over the same piece of Professional Fighters League pie will bring featherweight hopefuls Bubba Jenkins and Kyle Bochniak together when they will lock horns as part of the PFL 2 undercard on Thursday at Esports Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Neither man can afford a backward step at the start of their respective 2022 campaigns.
Ahead of the forthcoming confrontation between Jenkins and Bochniak, a look at some of the numbers that have accompanied them to this point:
34: Years of age for Jenkins, who was born on Feb. 5, 1988 in Frankfurt, Germany.
9: Jenkins wins by knockout, technical knockout or submission, accounting for 56% of his career total (16). Lucas Martins, Joe Wilk and Poppies Martinez are among those he has victimized. Jenkins owns seven other wins by decision.
10: Calendar years in which Jenkins has fought at least once. He went 1-0 in 2011, 2-0 in 2012, 2-1 in 2013, 3-0 in 2014, 2-1 in 2015, 1-1 in 2016, 1-1 in 2017, 1-0 in 2018, 1-0 in 2019 and 2-1 in 2021.
6: Organizations for which Jenkins has plied his trade as a mixed martial artist. He has gone 8-3 in Bellator MMA, 2-1 in the PFL, 2-0 in Tachi Palace fights, 2-0 in Brave Combat Federation, 1-1 in Absolute Championship Berkut and 1-0 in the Resurrection Fighting Alliance.
94: Combined victories between the four opponents—Wade, Georgi Karakhanyan (twice), Ali Bagov and LaRue Burley—who have beaten Jenkins. They sport a .729 cumulative winning percentage (94-34-1).
35: Years of age for Bochniak, who was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, on Feb. 5, 1987.
4: Bochniak victories by knockout, technical knockout or submission, accounting for 36% of his career total (11). His complete list of victims: Taylor Trahan, Dominic Warr, Marius Enache and Peter Bertucci. Bochniak holds seven other victories by decision.
65: Seconds needed for Bochniak to submit Bertucci with a rear-naked choke in his pro debut at CES MMA 21 on Jan. 24, 2014. Having occurred more than eight years ago, it remains his fastest finish to date.
37: Rounds completed by Bochniak as a professional mixed martial artist. He has gone the distance on 12 different occasions and carries a 7-5 record in those bouts.
.826: Cumulative winning percentage between the five opponents—Sean Woodson, Hakeem Dawodu, Zabit Magomedsharipov, Jeremy Kennedy and Charles Rosa—who have defeated Bochniak. They boast a combined record of 71-14-1.