Official Result: Eric McConico defeats Cody Brundage by split decision (29-28, 27-30, 29-28)
Eric McConico and Cody Brundage kicked off Saturday’s action with a gruelling clash between traditional middleweights elevated a weight class as a result of the fight coming together on short notice.
McConico clipped Brundage in the opening seconds of the contest, hurting the Factory X representative, but failed to capitalize, allowing Brundage to wrestle and work back into the frame. The second was a grind, with the more experienced Brundage leaning on his wrestling and McConico landing the better strikes in their sporadic exchanges. In the third, the duo once again spent a great deal of time stapled against the fence, with McConico being the fresher of the two, but Brundage doing well to land sharp, individual shots.
The judges were tasked with determining the victor, and when the scorecards were collected and totalled, it was McConico that came out ahead, registering his first UFC victory in the process.
