Career
Background
Following his first fight against Travis Fulton in February 1997, he did not compete again until June 2002. Jensen quit his day job in November 2006, and has been training and fighting full-time since then Ultimate Fighting Championship
Instead, Jensen faced late replacement Thales Leites and after a strong start, got caught by an armbar submission in the first round.
He followed this up with another loss to Demian Maia before leaving the UFC. On March 29, 2008, Jensen accepted a fight against Joey Villasenor on four days notice in the Strikeforce promotion.
Again, after a strong start, Jensen lost by KO with 15 seconds remaining in the first round at Strikeforce: Shamrock versus Le. Since then, Jensen rebounded with a first round TKO over Mitch Whitesel at SportFight 23 in June 2008, as well as a first round submission victory over Aaron Praschack due to strikes in VFC 23.
Jensen then returned to the UFC and was defeated by Wilson Gouveia at UFC Fight Night: Diaz vs Neer via submission (armbar). Jensen faced Mark Muñoz at UFC 108 on January 2, 2010.
He lost the fight via submission (punches) at the 2:30 mark of the first round.
Jensen faced Jesse Forbes at UFC 114 on May 29, 2010. He defeated Forbes by guillotine choke submission in the first round. Jensen fought Court McGee at UFC 121.
He lost the fight via arm triangle choke in the third round.
Jensen was defeated by Jason MacDonald via first round submission at UFC 129 and was subsequently released from the promotion. Post-UFC
One year after his UFC release, Jensen returned to Mobile Marketing Association and faced Jason Louck at Disorderly Conduct: Warriors on May 19, 2012.
He then faced Rudy Bears in the main event of Victory Fighting Championship 39 on March 30, 2013. Jensen faced Victor Moreno at Victory Fighting Championship 40 on July 27, 2013.
Jensen then faced Ryan McClain at Victory Fighting Championship 42 on March 15, 2014.
Bellator Mobile Marketing Association
After compiling a 4-0 record on the regional Mobile Marketing Association circuit, Jensen made his Bellator Mobile Marketing Association debut on April 18, 2014 at Bellator 117. He defeated Mark Stoddard by submission in the first round. Ultimate Fighting Championship
Submission of the Night (One time) versus
Jesse Forbes.