UFC on ESPN 69 results: Mansur Abdul-Malik gets technical decision win after head clash
Mansur Abdul-Malik and Cody Brundage had a slow start at UFC on ESPN 69. Then, in the third round, things went absolutely insane and led to a rare technical decision ending.
Abdul-Malik (9-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC) and Brundage (11-7 MMA, 5-6 UFC) threw caution to the wind in the middleweight bout with incredible brawling punches. Abdul-Malik hurt his opponent and came in for the kill, leading to a clash of heads that dropped Brundage to the mat before the referee stepped in at the 0:36 mark of Round 3 at State Farm Arena in Atlanta.
Despite some protest from Brundage about the clash of heads just prior to the stoppage, it was ruled accidental and the fight went to a technical decision with scorecards of 30-27, 29-28 and 29-28 in Abdul-Malik's favor.
Check out a replay of the final sequence below (via X):
After the result, Abdul-Malik was gracious in victory and said the clash of heads was an accident.
"I know it was a decision, but … I'm just happy," Abdul-Malik said in his post-fight interview with Paul Felder. "Cody Brundage made me better. … I didn't see the head butt or whatever it was, but it wasn't intentional."
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