Duel Arena 1 Results: Jenkins TKO Mike Perry

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Streamed free at kick.com/duelarenax after the $29.99 PPV was pulled. See how to watch for the full breakdown.

Duel Arena 1 Results

Every bout on the inaugural Duel Arena card, listed from the main event down:

• Brandon Jenkins beat Mike Perry by TKO at 2:38 of Round 1 (MMA main event)
• Paul Miller beat Ben Azoulay by split decision (30-27, 30-27, 28-29) in the co-main kickboxing bout
• Jimi Manuwa beat Chase Sherman by TKO at 1:52 of Round 2 (boxing)
• Blake Anthony beat Nate Morrow by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28) in MMA
• Phil Rowe beat Javanis Ross by unanimous decision (40-36, 39-37, 39-37) in a four-round boxing match
• Alex Nicholson beat Brad Taylor by KO at 2:47 of Round 1 (MMA)
• Ryan Pownall beat Patrick Clark Jr. by disqualification in Round 2 (boxing)
• Jack Grady beat Wade Stokan by TKO at 1:21 of Round 1 (influencer boxing)
• AJ Cunningham beat Joe Penafiel by KO (spinning back elbow) at 4:04 of Round 1 (MMA)
• Thomas Phillips beat Shane King by unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 29-28) on the prelims

The Duel Arena 1 Fight Card in Detail

Main event: Mike Perry vs. Brandon Jenkins (MMA)

Brandon Jenkins stopped Mike Perry by TKO at 2:38 of Round 1. Jenkins took the fight on about 48 hours notice after Dillon Danis withdrew.

Bare-knuckle star Perry came in off a win over Nate Diaz at the inaugural MVP MMA event in May 2026. Sherdog lists him at 15-8 in MMA. He was originally booked against Danis in a bout that had drawn predictions from Conor McGregor, among others.

Jenkins is a UFC veteran who left the promotion in 2022 and has since competed across MMA, bare-knuckle MMA and Karate Combat. He beat Chris Avila by split decision on the same May 2026 MVP MMA card as Perry. His record is reported inconsistently — Sherdog has him at 18-12, while Uncrowned lists 17-11.

Because the late switch meant Perry no longer had to make the original limit, the fight moved up in weight. At the weigh-ins Perry came in at 182 lb and Jenkins at 185.8 lb, which is why outlets variously described it as welterweight, middleweight or a catchweight.

Co-main: Paul Miller vs. Ben Azoulay (kickboxing)

The co-main event put Paul “Gypsy Crusader” Miller — a controversial internet figure — against Ben “King” Azoulay in a heavyweight kickboxing match, and drew a large share of the pre-event attention on its own. Miller won by split decision, 30-27, 30-27, 28-29. Full recap: Gypsy Crusader vs King Azoulay result.

Rest of the main card

• Jimi Manuwa vs. Chase Sherman — heavyweight boxing between two UFC veterans. Manuwa won by TKO at 1:52 of Round 2 after Sherman had dropped him in Round 1, per MMA Junkie.
• Blake Anthony vs. Nate Morrow — 145 lb MMA. Anthony won by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28).
• Phil Rowe vs. Javanis Ross — 175 lb boxing. Rowe won a four-round unanimous decision (40-36, 39-37, 39-37).
• Alex Nicholson vs. Brad Taylor — heavyweight MMA. Nicholson won by KO at 2:47 of Round 1.
• Patrick Clark Jr. (“Velveteen Dream”) vs. Ryan Pownall — 200 lb boxing, with the former WWE performer making a combat-sports appearance. Pownall won by disqualification in Round 2.
• Jack Grady vs. Wade Stokan — 165 lb influencer boxing. Grady won by TKO at 1:21 of Round 1.

Prelims

• AJ Cunningham vs. Joe Penafiel — 155 lb MMA. Cunningham won by KO (spinning back elbow) at 4:04 of Round 1.
• Daniel Cao vs. Mason Ajester — 165 lb boxing. On early cards; no official result posted with the rest of the night.
• Shane King vs. Thomas Phillips — 120 lb boxing. Phillips won by unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 29-28).

How to Watch Duel Arena 1

The main card was sold as a $29.99 pay-per-view through duelarena.tv, with PlayLive handling the stream — then made free last-minute. MMA Junkie reported the whole show going out on YouTube (prelims listed at 6 p.m. ET, main card at 7 p.m. ET). Duel.com’s live chat during the event also directed viewers to the free Kick stream at kick.com/duelarenax. International availability and supported devices varied by region.

Who Runs Duel Arena?

This is the part most fight coverage skips. Duel Arena is not an independent promotion that happened to find a sponsor — it comes from Duel.com, the crypto casino that launched in July 2025 and is owned and operated by Immortal Snail LLC (Nevis registration L22982) under Anjouan gaming licence ALSI-202411026-FI1. Company and licensing detail sits on our Duel.com overview.

The public face is Ossi “Monarch” Ketola, Duel’s Finnish founder. If that name is unfamiliar but the vibe is not, Ketola is the person publicly tied to the Freakbob costume — the chaotic SpongeBob-style character from Duel’s viral live blackjack streams. The same chaos-marketing instinct that put a costumed character at a blackjack table is what produced a combat-sports card blending professional MMA with influencer boxing.

That lineage explains a lot about how Duel Arena 1 was received. Duel’s own chat during the broadcast was a mixture of fight questions and casino talk, with viewers asking where to watch and how to bet in the same breath as they discussed slots. If you are assessing the operator behind it rather than the fights, start with Is Duel legit? and our Duel review.

“Duel Arena” Means Three Different Things

Search for Duel Arena and you will get three unrelated results mixed together. Here is how to tell them apart.

1. Duel Arena, the fight promotion

The subject of this page: Duel.com’s combat-sports brand, which debuted with Duel Arena 1 in Orlando on 29 August 2026. Official streaming home is duelarena.tv.

2. The Old School RuneScape Duel Arena

For years, “Duel Arena” meant the OSRS minigame south-east of Al Kharid where players staked gold on one-on-one fights. It became the game’s biggest real-world-trading problem — Jagex reported that 38% of all RWT bans traced back to it. Jagex capped stakes at 10 million coins per duel in November 2021, then removed the Duel Arena entirely on 6 July 2022, replacing it with the PvP Arena (Emir’s Arena). The replacement has ranked matches and reward points but no staking, and Jagex has since ruled that workaround “chucking” and middleman staking also break the rules.

Nothing about the RuneScape minigame is connected to Duel.com or to the fight promotion. The name overlap is a coincidence.

3. duel.com/arena, the PvP games section

Confusingly, Duel.com also has a page literally called Duel Arena at duel.com/arena. It is a BETA section for skill-based player-versus-player games rather than house games: 8 Ball, EthnoGuessr, Tetris, Type Racer and Sudoku, with a Rock Paper Scissors mode alongside them. You are matched against another user rather than playing the house, which changes the economics from a house edge to a rake.

If that is what you were looking for, our Duel Originals guide covers the wider in-house game lineup, and Duel Casino covers the third-party lobby.

Betting on Duel Arena

Duel.com operates a sportsbook alongside its casino — our Duel Sports guide covers what that side of the platform looks like. We could not verify that Duel.com listed markets on the Duel Arena 1 card itself, and the promotion did not publish official odds on its own pages, so check the live sportsbook rather than assuming a market exists for a given bout.

Whatever you are betting on, treat a first-time promotion with short-notice replacements as high variance. If gambling is causing problems for you or someone you know, start at responsible gambling.

What Comes Next for Duel Arena

Duel Arena 1 was explicitly branded as a first event, and the promotion’s naming implies a series. We will keep this page as the standing home for Duel Arena cards, so future events, results and streaming details land here rather than on a new URL each time.

Related Guides

• Gypsy Crusader vs King Azoulay — fight result
• Who is Freakbob? (Monarch and the Duel.com costume)
• Duel.com overview — company and licence
• Duel Sports — the Duel.com sportsbook
• Is Duel legit?
• Duel review
• Duel Originals
• Duel promo code (DUEL5)