Jake Matthews and his workforce will file an enchantment following a controversial third-round submitting loss to Neil Manny at UFC Perth.
Later within the first spherical, Matthews sank right into a guillotine choke, with Ref halting the struggle at one second left. Nonetheless, Manny jumped out and protested so he by no means really stopped the struggle and the match did not final. Matthews had a stable second spherical, however Manny introduced collectively the Australians within the third spherical for a comeback victory.
Following the controversial losses, Matthews and his workforce are set to enchantment to the result.
“Sure, we’re engaging,” Matthews’ administration emailed bjpenn.com.
The hope is that the struggle will likely be overturned by no contests. Matthews’ administration workforce feels that the struggle shouldn’t resume after the REF has stopped.
Neil Manny responds to a controversial victory over Jake Matthews
After a tricky first two rounds, Neil Manny got here collectively to win an exciting submission victory over Jake Matthews at UFC Perth.
After the victory, he spoke to Paul Felder within the octagon and stated he knew he needed to proceed the struggle.
“It feels good,” Manny stated after the victory. “I am actually lucky and blessed to have the ability to do that. I really hunted that Powerbomb… Maintain preventing and all the time maintain shifting ahead.”
In a loss, Jake Matthews fell 22-8, turning down a straight win that misplaced his three matches. Earlier than the controversial loss, Matthews was offered to Chidi Nhokuani to win a choice victory over Francisco Prado and a choice victory over Phil Lowe. Matthews is at the moment 15-8 on the UFC.
In the meantime, Neil Manny has improved professionally on the UFC to 31-13. The veteran has received twice in a row after recording a TKO victory at Elizeu Zaleski Dos Santos final time.
