After a gradual begin, issues acquired quick and livid between Mansur Abdul-Malik and Cody Brundage at UFC Atlanta.
Whereas the primary spherical was comparatively uneventful with each athletes preventing at a distance, Abdul-Malik landed a pleasant kick up the center that partially linked with Brundage’s chin. Issues acquired just a little fiery in the previous couple of seconds of the stanza, but it surely wasn’t sufficient to maintain the group from showering them with boos.
Sadly, issues didn’t actually choose up within the second, although Brundage was left bleeding profusely from behind his left ear after absorbing a punch. Nonetheless, neither fighter was concerned about pushing the tempo or closing the space, a lot to the chagrin of the stay crowd.
After taking issues straightforward for the primary 10 minutes, Brundage and Abdul-Malik come out swinging with reckless abandon. Abdul-Malik connects with a knee close to the fence that seems to drop Brundage. Abdul-Malik throws a barrage of ground-and-pound strikes that drive the referee to step in and name for the stoppage.
Brundage instantly protested the stoppage, indicating {that a} conflict of heads is what despatched him crashing to the canvas. Upon additional assessment, it does seem that Abdul-Malik’s head did make contact with Brundage’s instantly following the knee. Because of this, the referees waived off the bout 36 seconds into the third spherical with Brundage unable to proceed following the unlawful blow.
As a result of headbutt being unintended and the third spherical formally beginning, that takes us to the judges for a technical resolution, with all three rounds being scored as much as the purpose that the battle was halted.
Official End result: Mansur Abdul-Malik def. Cody Brundage by way of unanimous resolution (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
