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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between desmond thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tallahassee Jenkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). desmond thomas has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, desmond thomas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tallahassee Jenkins!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
thomas will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
thomas shoots in and drives through. Jenkins sprawls well.
Jenkins scores a takedown into full mount!
thomas gets back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
thomas tries to roll over but Jenkins keeps him under control.
Jenkins wants to pass to mount but thomas is defending the position.
thomas is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Jenkins's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Jenkins's back!
Jenkins tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Jenkins tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Jenkins blocking the ground and pound.
Jenkins slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
thomas takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Jenkins gets full guard.
Jenkins is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Jenkins is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jenkins goes for an armbar but he's not got it… thomas turns into him and now he's in Jenkins's guard.
thomas tries to stand but Jenkins is controlling from the bottom.
thomas is breathing heavily.
Jenkins has his foot on thomas's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. thomas works his way back into a safe position though.
thomas advances to half guard.
Jenkins is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but thomas pulls his head out easily.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
thomas drops an elbow to the side of Jenkins's head.
Jenkins wants to get back to full guard.
Jenkins looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
thomas looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Jenkins works his way to full guard. Good work.
Jenkins is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
thomas trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
thomas throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Jenkins misses with a takedown
and thomas counters with a nice leg kick.
Jenkins looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Jenkins forces his way into half guard.
Jenkins is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins prevents thomas from improving his position.
thomas is looking to control Jenkins's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can thomas avoid being mounted?
thomas is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Jenkins's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Jenkins's back!
Jenkins turns into thomas and is now in his guard.
thomas looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
thomas is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
thomas wants to sweep but no luck.
thomas is trying to keep Jenkins in close.
Jenkins tries to free his leg and advance position but thomas is retaining full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
thomas wants to sweep but no luck.
Jenkins drops back, looking for a kneebar! thomas looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. thomas looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from thomas!
thomas is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Jenkins's shoulder. That is not cool.
Jenkins taking a bit of punishment here - thomas scoring with strikes.
thomas cracks Jenkins with a big right hand but Jenkins just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Jenkins can do anything to dispel that myth.
Jenkins is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked thomas off and has taken his back!
thomas is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Jenkins gets his way!
Jenkins is trying to stick to thomas's back but thomas is turning into Jenkins. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Jenkins's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by thomas.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
thomas postures up in Jenkins's guard and throws a big left but Jenkins blocks it.
thomas wants to control from the top but Jenkins keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tallahassee Jenkins dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Jenkins stuffs the takedown.
Jenkins fails with the takedown
and thomas counters with a two punch combo.
Jenkins with a poor takedown
and thomas counters with a one-two to the body.
thomas misses with a takedown attempt - Jenkins sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Tallahassee Jenkins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice sprawl there from thomas as Jenkins shoots in.
desmond thomas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tallahassee Jenkins.
Jenkins fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
thomas feints and as Jenkins raises his hands in defense, thomas changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
thomas trying to control but Jenkins is working from the bottom.
thomas is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Jenkins wants to sweep here but thomas controlling him for the moment.
thomas throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Jenkins works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Jenkins working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. thomas doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. thomas manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
That's one minute gone in the round.
thomas landing some decent shots from guard.
thomas loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
thomas looking to pass the guard.
Tallahassee Jenkins has got the better of the ground game so far.
thomas distracts Jenkins with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Jenkins is on top in guard.
thomas manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
thomas connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Jenkins is looking to get to half guard.
Jenkins sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Jenkins is breathing heavily.
Jenkins gets full guard.
thomas is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Jenkins is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
thomas wants to get back to full guard.
Jenkins seems to be trying to get a kimura but instead thomas has recovered full guard.
thomas striking off his back but it's not causing Jenkins any problems.
Jenkins drops back looking for a leg! thomas is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and thomas manages to kick Jenkins off! Jenkins jumps back into thomas's guard.
thomas is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Jenkins is pushing down on thomas's leg trying to pass to half guard. thomas is fighting to maintain full guard but Jenkins has managed to sneak the leg through.
thomas is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Jenkins moves nicely into side control.
Jenkins tries to advance to mount but thomas denies him.
thomas misses with a strike from the bottom.
Jenkins looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Jenkins is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. thomas knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
thomas regains half guard.
thomas lands with a few short shots to the body.
thomas trying to control but Jenkins postures up.
thomas connecting with a few gentle strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jenkins looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
thomas is trying to maintain the position but Jenkins is very close to passing his half guard.
Jenkins wants to pass the guard but thomas is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
desmond thomas dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
thomas shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Jenkins's guard.
Jenkins looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Jenkins is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Jenkins is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, thomas has managed to free his arm - good work.
Jenkins is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Jenkins wants to work for an arm triangle but thomas is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Jenkins is looking for a kimura here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
thomas won't allow Jenkins to pass to mount.
Jenkins is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Jenkins uses his free foot to push down on thomas's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for thomas.
Jenkins looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Jenkins is dominating on the ground here - he's now on his opponent's back, looking to sink in the hooks. thomas is in real trouble.
Jenkins has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Jenkins has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, thomas has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins doesn't have the hooks in and thomas manages to turn into his guard.
thomas missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Jenkins working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. thomas doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. thomas manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jenkins working for a triangle but thomas defends it easily.
thomas won't allow Jenkins to sweep him here.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as thomas accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
thomas trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
thomas is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
thomas has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Jenkins escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. thomas gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
thomas trying to control but Jenkins is working from the bottom.
thomas with a nice head shot there.
thomas is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
thomas throws a strike but Jenkins rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
thomas bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Jenkins's guard.
thomas lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Jenkins working for submissions but it's allowed thomas to get to half guard.
Jenkins wants to get back to full guard but thomas has mounted him!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins tries to reverse the position but thomas maintains control.
thomas punishing his opponent with strikes.
Jenkins avoids a series of strikes thrown by thomas.
Jenkins is trying to escape the mount.
Jenkins gets back to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jenkins is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of thomas's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take thomas's back!
Jenkins is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but thomas has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
thomas turns into Jenkins and is now in his guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tallahassee Jenkins comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Jenkins has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tallahassee Jenkins!
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