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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Connor Jenkins (ranked 4028 p4p, 0 weight class) and Muhsin Muhammad (ranked 4102 p4p, 0 weight class). Muhsin Muhammad acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Connor Jenkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Muhsin Muhammad!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, David Hoff and Winston Alpacca.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Muhammad closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Jenkins manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Jenkins manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Muhammad on his heels. He'll look to pass Muhammad's guard now, I'm sure.
Jenkins wants to control from the top but Muhammad keeps moving.
Jenkins is stalling in the full guard.
Muhammad pulls Jenkins in to control the position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Muhammad working for submissions but it's allowed Jenkins to get to half guard.
Muhammad throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Jenkins seems content to control.
Jenkins prevents Muhammad from improving his position.
Muhammad trying to control but Jenkins postures up.
Muhammad is trying to stand back up but Jenkins is controlling him
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Muhammad shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Jenkins as he avoids it easily.
Muhammad tries to keep at a distance but Jenkins has taken the fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Jenkins jumps into guard, dragging Muhammad to the mat.
Jenkins has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Jenkins looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
We've been hearing good reports from Jenkins's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Jenkins is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Muhammad trying to control the position from guard on top but Jenkins is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Muhammad content to stall in guard here.
Jenkins is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Jenkins manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Muhammad on his heels. He'll look to pass Muhammad's guard now, I'm sure.
Jenkins tries to free his leg and advance position but Muhammad is retaining full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Muhammad is trying to keep Jenkins in close.
Muhammad wants to hit a switch here but Jenkins passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Muhammad there!
Jenkins working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jenkins with a couple of short strikes.
Jenkins avoids the attempt from Muhammad to control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jenkins trying to control but Muhammad is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Connor Jenkins dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Muhammad has a takedown stuffed.
Jenkins appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Muhammad scores with a shot to the body.
Jenkins is looking to clinch.
Jenkins fails with the takedown
and Muhammad counters with a head kick. That will keep Jenkins thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Muhammad lands a nice leg kick that just misses Jenkins's sensitive parts.
Muhammad shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Jenkins manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Jenkins wriggles free and stands up.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jenkins tries to clinch but Muhammad moves out of range.
Muhammad feints the counter takedown.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Muhammad swats away the attempt to clinch by Jenkins.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Muhammad.
Jenkins seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Connor Jenkins is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Muhammad throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
so Jenkins counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Muhammad looking for a guillotine here but Jenkins defends easily.
Muhammad is breathing heavily.
Jenkins trying to control the position from guard on top but Muhammad is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Muhammad tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins wants to control from the top but Muhammad keeps moving.
Jenkins throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Muhammad works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Jenkins gets to his feet. Muhammad looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Jenkins is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Muhammad can do to turn this around?
Jenkins rushes Muhammad and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Muhammad manages to break the clinch.
Muhammad tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Jenkins manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Muhammad shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Jenkins pinned against the cage. Jenkins gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Muhammad tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Jenkins is in Muhammad's guard.
Connor Jenkins overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Jenkins controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Jenkins scoring with punches to the head and body.
Muhammad looking for a sweep. Not yet Muhammad, not yet.
Jenkins connects with a couple of short punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Muhammad had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Jenkins defends it easily.
Jenkins postures up.
Jenkins tries to free his leg and advance position but Muhammad is retaining full guard.
Jenkins wants to control from the top but Muhammad keeps moving.
Jenkins preventing the sweep.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jenkins stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Jenkins wants it to stay on the feet.
Connor Jenkins has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Muhsin Muhammad.
Jenkins is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Muhammad's half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Connor Jenkins dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Jenkins tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Muhammad defends well and Jenkins ends up having to push Muhammad into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Muhammad keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Muhammad throws a head kick but Jenkins moves out of range.
Jenkins misses with a head kick.
Jenkins chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Muhammad can pounce on him.
Jenkins shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Muhammad manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Jenkins drops back looking for a leg! Muhammad is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Muhammad manages to kick Jenkins off! Jenkins jumps back into Muhammad's guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Muhammad is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Muhammad wants to stand and escape but Jenkins is having none of it.
Jenkins trying to control the position from guard on top but Muhammad is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Muhammad 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.
Jenkins tries to free his leg and advance position but Muhammad is retaining full guard.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Muhammad looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Jenkins shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Muhammad sprawls well. Muhammad wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Jenkins gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Connor Jenkins. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Muhammad looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Muhammad tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Jenkins swivels and escapes.
Muhammad closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Muhammad lands in his opponent's guard.
Jenkins pushes Muhammad off and scrambles back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins tries for a takedown but Muhammad sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Muhammad rushes Jenkins and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Muhammad has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Jenkins is trying to keep an underhook but Muhammad manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Jenkins tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Muhammad manages to move to mount!
Muhammad tries to stand up but he's trapped just for the moment.
Jenkins is working to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Muhammad landing shots from mount.
Muhammad wants to take Jenkins's back but he can't do it this time.
Jenkins regains half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jenkins is looking to improve his position.
Muhsin Muhammad has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Connor Jenkins is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Muhsin Muhammad.
I think Jenkins has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Santiago Holmes scores the fight 29:28
Judge David Hoff scores the fight 30:27
Judge Winston Alpacca scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Connor Jenkins!
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