Malkoun vs Brundage

Who won Malkoun vs Brundage?

Cody Brundage beat Jacob Malkoun by during the prelims of UFC Fight Night – Fiziev vs Gamrot, on Saturday 23rd September 2023 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Cody Brundage.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 185 pounds (13.2 stone or 83.9 KG).

Malkoun vs Brundage stats

Jacob Malkoun stepped into the octagon with a record of 7 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Cody Brundage made his way to the cage with a record of 8 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Cody Brundage marked his 10th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2021.

Jacob Malkoun's UFC record stood at 4-3-0, while Cody Brundage's came in at 4-5-0.

The stats suggested Brundage had a large advantage in power over Malkoun, boasting a 50% knock out percentage over Malkoun's 29%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Brundage had a massive advantage over Malkoun, boasting a 38% submission rate over Malkoun's 0%.

Jacob Malkoun was the younger man by 1 year, at 29 years old.

Brundage had a height advantage of 4 inches over Malkoun. Despite this, he had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Malkoun was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 4 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2017, 2 years and 1 month earlier than Brundage, whose first professional fight was in 2019. He had fought 4 less professional rounds, 26 to Brundage's 30.

Malkoun vs Brundage form

Jacob Malkoun had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Nick Maximov at UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs. Araujo on 15th October 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Brendan Allen at UFC 275 on 11th June 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Going into that contest, he had beaten AJ Dobson at UFC 271 on 12th February 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Toyota Center, Houston, United States.

Before that, he had defeated Abdul Razak Alhassan at UFC Vegas 24 on 17th April 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had been beaten by Phil Hawes at UFC 254 on 24th October 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Activity check

Malkoun's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 2 months and 24 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Malkoun vs Brundage?

Jacob Malkoun was a 9/50 (-560) favourite going into the contest, while Cody Brundage made his way into the ring at 4/1 (+400) with oddsmakers.