Cody Brundage now not has a loss on his file from his combat in opposition to Mansur Abdul-Malik on the UFC Atlanta combat card in June.
The Georgia Athletic and Leisure Fee in the end voted to overturn the end result from a technical determination to a majority draw as confirmed to MMA Preventing on Wednesday.
The fee issued a press release you may learn under:
“Following an enchantment listening to from Cody Brundage, the GAEC has overturned the end result from the June 14th, 2025, occasion from a Unanimous Choice loss (29-28, 29-28, 30-27) to a Majority Draw (19-19, 19-19, 18-20).
“GAEC Rule 85-3-.16(h) states that no incomplete spherical might be scored. The third spherical was scored the evening of the combat and the scored had been calculated. Upon evaluate of the purposes of our guidelines, the states Lawyer Basic in our assembly as we speak mentioned the GAEC rule 85-3-.16 would supersede the ABC rule and due to this fact the spherical can’t be counted.”
The combat in query got here to an finish after an unintended conflict of heads led to a ending sequence the place Abdul-Malik was initially declared the winner. Replays confirmed that the unintended head butt is what dropped Brundage to the canvas reasonably than authorized strikes however the bout was already stopped simply moments into the third spherical.
Fairly than declare a no-contest, the referee determined to ship the combat to the scorecards had been Abdul-Malik gained a technical determination with all three rounds being scored.
That didn’t sit effectively with Brundage, who beforehand told MMA Fighting that he planned to file an appeal over a loss he didn’t imagine he deserved on his file.
“In Georgia’s guidelines, in their very own bi-laws, individuals will contest some issues, they’ll enchantment sure selections based mostly off a choose’s discretion or a referee’s discretion and also you’re by no means going to win an enchantment based mostly on somebody’s discretion as a result of it’s simply their opinion,” Brundage defined again in June. “But it surely says within the Georgia bi-laws in the way in which they do MMA there, they won’t rating unfinished rounds. They scored the third spherical fully in opposition to their bi-laws. So me and my group filed an enchantment.
“The foul immediately impacted the combat. It wasn’t a foul that didn’t have a lot influence. It ended the combat after which to attain a 30 second spherical is simply insane to me. I don’t actually perceive it. One other factor is there’s no uniform why how they deal with these items. They’re simply doing shit on the fly. That once more, simply brings much less legitimacy to our sport.”
It seems the fee agreed with Brundage’s argument and now his loss has been erased and changed with a majority draw.
