Emmers vs Jenkins

Who won Emmers vs Jenkins?

Jack Jenkins beat Jamall Emmers by split decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC Fight Night – Emmett vs. Topuria, on Saturday 24th June 2023 at : VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Jack Jenkins.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Emmers vs Jenkins stats

Jamall Emmers stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Jack Jenkins made his way to the cage with a record of 11 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Jamall Emmers' UFC record stood at 3-4-0, while Jack Jenkins' came in at 2-1-0.

The stats suggested Jenkins had a slight advantage in power over Emmers, with a 45% knock out percentage over Emmers' 37%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Jenkins had an advantage over Emmers, with a 27% submission rate over Emmers' 16%.

Jamall Emmers was the older man by 34 years, at 34 years old.

Emmers had a height advantage of 3 inches over Jenkins. That also extended to a 6-inch reach advantage.

Emmers was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 12 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 3 years and 8 months earlier than Jenkins, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 32 more professional rounds, 67 to Jenkins' 35.

Emmers vs Jenkins form

Emmers had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Dennis Buzukja at UFC 295 on 11th November 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Jack Jenkins at UFC Fight Night – Emmett vs. Topuria on 24th June 2023 by split decision in their 3 round contest at : VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Khusein Askhabov at UFC Fight Night: Andrade vs. Blanchfield on 18th February 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had been beaten by Pat Sabatini at UFC Vegas 35 on 28th August 2021 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Enterprise.

He had defeated Rafael Barbosa at LFA 81 on 31st January 2020 by submission in the 3rd round at The Hangar at the OC Fair & Event Center, Costa Mesa.

Activity check

Emmers' last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 2 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Emmers vs Jenkins?

Jamall Emmers was a 49/100 (-200) favourite going into the contest, while Jack Jenkins made his way into the ring at 33/20 (+170) with oddsmakers.