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UCBL: UP wins by forfeiture vs JRU after scuffle

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Screengrab from UCBL and UP Fight Club’s Twitter" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/sports/07/26/20220726-up-jru.jpg"/><figcaption><em>Screengrab from UCBL and UP Fight Club’s Twitter</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA – The University of the Philippines (UP) walked away with a victory over Jose Rizal University (JRU) via forfeiture in the PG Flex Linoleum-UCBL Preseason Tournament after a Heavy Bomber punched a Fighting Maroon. </p><p>On Tuesday, the match between UP and JRU had to be stopped in the third quarter after John Amores threw a punch at Mark Gil Belmonte of the Fighting Maroons. </p><p>Amores and Belmonte were jostling for position when they both fell to the ground before the former gave the latter a punch. UP was ahead 52-41 and eventually awarded the win. </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Q3: Mark Belmonte is down due to a JRU player punching him. He’s currently bleeding and being attended to by the medical team. 😢😢😢 <a href="https://t.co/tXD4VFs9fo">pic.twitter.com/tXD4VFs9fo</a></p>— UP Fight Club | CHAMPIONS ✊🏻 (@upmaroonclub) <a href="https://twitter.com/upmaroonclub/status/1551779641882738689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 26, 2022</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Amores was ejected from the court due to his act.</p><p>In a photo released by UP Fight Club’s Twitter, Belmonte was seen down on the floor. He was bleeding and had to be assisted by a medical team, according to the tweet. </p><p>It was the Fighting Maroons’ third win in the tournament. They are also playing in the FilOil EcoOil Preseason Cup. </p>

UP walked away with a victory over JRU via forfeiture in PG Flex Linoleum-UCBL Preseason Tournament after a Heavy Bomber punched a Fighting Maroon. 