Jake Matthews and his team will submit an appeal after his controversial loss of submission of the third round to Neil Magny at UFC Perth.
In the first round, let Matthews sank in a guillotine choke, and with another second on the left the referee stopped the fight. Magny, however, immediately came up again and protested, which led to the referee he never really stopped with the fight and that the match would continue. Matthews had a solid second round, but Magny collected and served the Aussie in the third round for a comeback victory, which resulted in a lot of controversy.
After the controversial loss, Matthews and his team will appeal against the result, referring to the referee who stopped the match, his management team confirmed to Bjpenn.com.
“Yes, we will be attractive,” sent Matthews management in an e-mail to Bjpenn.com.
The hope is that the fight will be destroyed into a NO competition. The Matthews management team believes that the fight should not have started again after the referee had stopped.
Neil Magny responds to controversial victory over Jake Matthews
After a tough first two rounds, Neil Magny suggested scoring an exciting entry on Jake Matthews on UFC Perth.
After the victory, he spoke with Paul Felder in the Octagon And said he knew he had to keep fighting.
“It felt great,” Magny said after the victory. “I am really happiness and blessed to be able to do this. I was actually hunting that power bomb … Always keep fighting, always keep pressing ahead.”
With the loss, Jake Matthews fell to 22-8 and let his three-fertrem losing streak break. Before the controversial loss, Matthews obtained a submission victory on Chidi Njokuani, a decision victory over Francisco Prado and a decision victory over Phil Rowe. Matthews is now 15-8 in the UFC.
Neil Magny meanwhile improved to 31-13 as a pro and 24-12 in the UFC. The veteran is now on a two-fighter-winning series after scoring a TKO victory on Elzeueu Zaleski Dos Santos last time-out.
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