Zach Reese has never seen a second round. Making his professional mixed martial arts debut in 2021, ‘Savage’ has…
Zach Reese has never seen a second round.
Making his professional mixed martial arts debut in 2021, ‘Savage’ has finished every one of his opponents in the opening round. Even in his last outing when he came up short, he went out in the first. However, on Saturday night, Reese climbed back into the win column with another highlight-reel stoppage against Julian Marquez at UFC Louisville.
Coming out looking to put the pressure on his opponent early, Reese landed a body kick followed up with a perfectly placed uppercut that sent Marquez crashing to the canvas. Pour on the ground and pound, referee Dan Miragliotta had no choice, but to step in and call for the stoppage mere seconds into the scrap
Official Result: Zach Reese def. Julian Marquez via TKO (strikes) at 0:20 of Round 1.
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An Instagram user has pleaded with UFC middleweight, Julian Marquez to refrain from exposing abusive direct messages he had issued to the Octagon feature following his UFC Austin knockout defeat against Gregory Rodrigues last weekend, claiming that he has now himself received backlash for his comments. Julian Marquez, a five-fight Octagon veteran and product of […]
Julian Marquez, a five-fight Octagon veteran and product of Dana White’s Contender Series, featuring opposite grappling standout, Rodrigues at UFC Austin last weekend at the Moody Center, suffering a first round knockout defeat.
Julian Marquez landed in the UFC following a high kick KO win against Phil Hawes at DWCS
Following the loss, the Missouri native revealed a slew of derogatory and abusive messages aimed at him by an Instagram user.
“This is part of being a fighter,” Julian Marquez tweeted, accompanied by a series of direct messages sent to him. “This kid lost money betting on me and is super upset.”
“Wake up sleepy head,” The Instagram user messaged Marquez. “You num you just got pieced to the shadow realm. Ur dead. Na ur not good ur f*cking dosh*t and u sold the lay so hard.Go to hell you f*cking bum. F*ck you. Miley Cyrus doesn’t want your c*ck. You made Greg rich tonight good sh*t. He’s laughing that 50k to the bank after 4 knockdowns in the first round. Gregory knocked any last brain cells u had into another dimension my boy.”
“They are threatening me and my family. And what I’ve sent today, is an apology, so if you want something to post you can post that or just posting about me. Please, I regret what I have said to you and I am dealing with my ranking being sent threats. So please understand that and just please stop posting about me, I’m asking very nicely.”
“It’s one thing for people to threaten me, I can take it. But my family? It’s not right, just please leave it be and move on and just forget about posting about me please. … C’mon man, you already did enough you have it on your Twitter feed forever, can you please just be done posting about me.”
UFC middleweights Gregory Rodrigues and Julian Marquez fit a lot of action into just over three minutes of fight time at UFC Austin, and Rodrigues eventually came out on top. The Brazilian’s striking was on point early as he carefully picked his shots in order to hurt Marquez without wasting too much energy. Marquez eventually…
UFC middleweights Gregory Rodrigues and Julian Marquez fit a lot of action into just over three minutes of fight time at UFC Austin, and Rodrigues eventually came out on top.
The Brazilian’s striking was on point early as he carefully picked his shots in order to hurt Marquez without wasting too much energy. Marquez eventually started swinging back with big punches, but “Robocop” finished the fight with a right hand.
Fans had already been spoiled with a number of great finishes at UFC Austin, but that didn’t stop fighters from getting excited about Rodrigues’s win.
Rodrigues rebounds from his first UFC loss after he dropped a split-decision to Armen Petrosyan earlier this year.
The former LFA middleweight champion missed a chance to earn a UFC contract on Contender Series 2020, but the Brazilian persevered and joined the promotion in 2021. He quickly earned victories against Duško Todorovi? and Jun Yong Park that year and is now 3-1 in the UFC after beating Marquez.
UFC Austin tied the record for knockouts at a single UFC event, and MMA News has all of the results and highlights here.
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Displaying his ever-improving striking chops, decorated Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu player, Gregory Rodrigues manages to lodge his third Octagon victory — running through Julian Marquez with a brutal first round knockout after a wild back-and-forth exchange on the main card of UFC Austin. Rodrigues, an alum of LFA, entered tonight’s showdown against Marquez off the back of […]
Displaying his ever-improving striking chops, decorated Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu player, Gregory Rodrigues manages to lodge his third Octagon victory — running through Julian Marquez with a brutal first round knockout after a wild back-and-forth exchange on the main card of UFC Austin.
Rodrigues, an alum of LFA, entered tonight’s showdown against Marquez off the back of a split decision loss to Armen Petrosyan, had began his UFC tenure with a series of back-to-back victories against both Dusko Todorovic, and Jun Yong Park.
A staple of Black House MMA, Rodrigues, a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt managed to hurt Marquez during an exchange on a card jam-packed with brutal and often knockout finishes, sending his opponent reeling toward the Octagon fence.
Following up with a series of uppercuts in the clinch, Marquez eventually forced some separation, however, was once again stunned during an exchange, allowing Rodrigues to patiently pick a massive overhand right shot — sending him to the Octagon canvas.
Below, catch the highlights from Gregory Rodrigues’ dominant KO win against Julian Marquez
Sam Alvey was understandably very emotional following his fight with Julian Marquez. Despite having a few moments in their middleweight encounter at UFC Vegas 23 last night, Alvey ended up getting dropped by Marquez in the second round and proceeded to go to sleep after receiving a rear naked choke. It means Alvey remains winless […]
Sam Alvey was understandably very emotional following his fight with Julian Marquez.
It means Alvey remains winless in six outings, having suffered three finishes during that stretch. It was also the first time he had been choked unconscious — at least in the UFC — as he reflected on the fight moments after it concluded.
“It’s minutes after my fight, guys, and yeah, it didn’t go as planned,” Alvey posted on social media. “But God is in my corner — his plan is always better than my plan. I’ll be back. Man, that hurts.
“Well, at least I’ve been choked out in front of millions of people now. I can get that off my bucket list. Praise be to God always. Win or lose, he’s in my corner.”
It’s definitely been a tough run for Alvey whose last win came back in June 2018 when he defeated Gian Villante via split decision.
There’s no word on how many fights the 34-year-old has left on his contract but one can imagine the UFC could be tempted to add Alvey to its string of recent roster cuts.
Julian Marquez has now gone 2 for 2 from the field on his post-fight callouts, and he now has three top-level professional football players ready to take him on. After defeating Maki Pitolo at UFC 258, UFC middleweight Julian Marquez made quite the uni…
Julian Marquez has now gone 2 for 2 from the field on his post-fight callouts, and he now has three top-level professional football players ready to take him on. After defeating Maki Pitolo at UFC 258, UFC middleweight Julian Marquez made quite the unique post-fight callout, only it wasn’t a fight he was calling for, […]