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Ľudovít Klein lost the first and only Slovak representative in the most prestigious MMA organization in his second match at the UFC. In the main duel of prelims at the UFC on ESPN 24 in Las Vegas, he lost to American Michael Trizan for points (28-29, 28-29, 27-30).
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Representative of the Trnava Spartacus Fight Gym entered the match relaxed represented by coaches Attil Végh, Richard Konc and Eduard Gerek. He proudly carried the Slovak flag on his shoulders, with a smile, sang the opening track Highway to Hell by AC / DC.
1. round
He also entered the match well. At the beginning, he struck the “units” with his front hand, gradually adding combinations ending in the back. Throughout the duel, Trizano controlled the center of the octagon and pushed Klein. In the 1st round, he intervened mainly from the contours, sending the new man twice into the mesh.
Klein was looking for an ideal distance in the 1st round and in the next course. Trizano covered the initial attempt at the dreaded high kick, but a minute and a quarter before the end did not defend the takedown. The Slovak plunged beautifully and thanks to a successful shot he won a careful 1st round, although according to the points tickets, only one of the three referees scored it.
Round 2
The second round was opened by a good combination and a hard low kick by Klein. The duel favorite didn’t even make a second attempt at a high kick, well back fistom shook the opponent. He did not take the partially open opportunity to close, when he chose an unprepared takedown attempt. Trizano ended his opponent’s effort to control his knees in the clinch.
The rest of the round was in a standing position. Klein hit another back fist, adding quick triples. Trizano continued with a hard back from the contours. Klein didn’t even make his third high kick in the end, which landed on the American’s head only through a good block. The matched round was attributed to Slovák again by only one point referee.
Round 3
However, what happened in the cage indicated that Klein led to points 20-18 after two laps. Horn encouraged Trizan to be more active and ideal for trying to end a match before the limit. The American responded perfectly to the challenges when he opened the final round with a hard combination and shook Klein.
Slovák’s reaction was also good, Trizana fell to the ground. However, the winner of the 27th series of Ultimate Fighter stood up and the rest of the match was directed by him. Still shaken, Klein remained in place, unable to respond to Trizan’s interventions as in the first two rounds. The American was not frightened and gradually shook the back.
Klein has long solved inexperienced problems takedownami. Paradoxically, the American was more dangerous in them. In the first shot, a minute and a half before the end, the Slovak was passive and Trizano from the defensive position intervened more often.
In the end, he could decide to win before the limit when after a Slovak attempt to takedown, he grabbed a guillotine. Klein saved the end of the match with a protector on the verge of force.
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Verdict
The verdict of the point judges had two real scenarios. Draw or close win Trizana. The two saw two rounds in favor of the American, the Japanese arbiter Junichiro Kamijo scored all three against Klein.
The American prevailed in strikes 91-50 (on wheels 17-16, 35-22, 39-12), in significant 56-45 (11-14, 18-19, 27-12).
Klein won at takedowns 4-0 (1-0, 1-0, 2-0), but he did not threaten his opponent with a submission or ground and pound in either of them.
Statistics show Trizan’s huge dominance in the 3rd round, but also Klein’s victory in the first, which was attributed to him by only one of the three point judges.
Novozámčan suffered a third loss in the jubilee 20th match of his professional career and the first after eight victories since October 2017. After a knockout and a commission, he lost to points for the first time.
Klein did not get to the ideal pace throughout the match and did not meet the high standard of performance. He lacked the traditional lightness, dynamism and “move to the goal”. The dreaded high kick did not cover behind the blows and the opponent read it in all three attempts.
Trizano yes after a two-year break due to two knee surgeries he scored the ninth victory in a single loss. The winner of the Ultimate Fighter with experience from Bellator announced before the fight that he wanted to fight in quick succession after the break.
