Jake Matthews and Jack Della Maddalena capped off a huge day for Australian UFC, with devastating stoppage victories on the pay-per-view card. WWOS
Training partner and former middleweight champion Robert Whittaker clearly disagreed with the decision, as he watched along from ringside.
But Malkoun's defeat aside, it was a perfect day for the Australian contingent - culminating in Matthews recording the biggest win of his life, knocking out Portugal's Andre Fialho in the second round. "I've had this sort of skill level my entire career, and thank god we were able to bring it to the fight this time," he said after the fight.
Jake Matthews could only shrug as he walked away from opponent Andre Fialho following a devastating knockout. Matthews used his time on the microphone to make his case to appear on the UFC's Paris card in September, which will already include Whittaker, Tai Tuivasa and hopefully Tyson Pedro."My boys in Australia are fighting in France, I want to get on that card as well, let's go.
His win came just minutes after Della Maddalena's round one TKO of Ramazan Emeev, a flurry of body shots proving too much for the Russian.Emeev had never been stopped in the UFC before, winning or losing each of his first seven fights by decision.it was his goal to win via a stoppage