{"id":153806,"date":"2025-09-19T01:07:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T01:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/153806\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T01:07:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T01:07:11","slug":"mansur-abdul-malik-eyes-3rd-ufc-win-as-coda-to-exciting-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/153806\/","title":{"rendered":"Mansur Abdul-Malik Eyes 3rd UFC Win As Coda To Exciting 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t \"Mansur<\/a>June 14, 2025, Atlanta, Ga, USA: UFC FIGHT NIGHT: USMAN VS BUCKLEY – ATLANTA, GA – JUNE 14 : R-L Mansur Abdul-Malik faces off Cody Brundage Middleweight fight during the UFC Fight Night event at State Farm Arena on June 14, 2025 in Atlanta, GA. Atlanta USA – ZUMAht \u00c3 20250614_zsp_r187_075 Copyright: xJustinxRenfroex\t\t\t \t\t\t <\/p>\n

Middleweight phenom Mansur Abdul-Malik makes his return to the cage this December on one of the last UFC cards of the year, where he will look to complete a perfect 3-0 record inside the Octagon for 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n


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Mansur Abdul-Malik faces Antonio Tr\u00f3coli in Las Vegas<\/p>\n

Standing among the hottest up-and-comers from Dana White\u2019s Contender Series we\u2019ve seen in recent times, the undefeated Mansur Abdul-Malik<\/a> will throw down one final time this year at UFC 323 at the T-Mobile Arena in Nevada, where he will come to blows with the 12-year veteran Antonio Tr\u00f3coli.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

After earning his contract with the promotion last year<\/a> on Dana White\u2019s Contender Series, Abdul-Malik has built himself up as a middleweight prospect to watch out for after logging three successful trips to the cage this year, with all but one of those fights ending by knockout.<\/p>\n

\"Mansur<\/a>June 14, 2025, Atlanta, Ga, USA: UFC FIGHT NIGHT: USMAN VS BUCKLEY \u2013 ATLANTA, GA \u2013 JUNE 14 : R-L Mansur Abdul-Malik faces off Cody Brundage Middleweight fight during the UFC Fight Night event at State Farm Arena on June 14, 2025 in Atlanta, GA. Atlanta USA \u2013 ZUMAht \u00c3 20250614_zsp_r187_075 Copyright: xJustinxRenfroex
\nMansur Abdul-Malik Begins UFC Tenure with Hot Streak<\/p>\n

Kicking off his run with a sensational stoppage over company veteran Du\u0161ko Todorovi\u0107, the MMA MASTERS representative once again captivated fight fans by starching Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu brown belt and fellow Contender Series alum Nick Klein.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Heading into his contest with middleweight standout Cody Brundage<\/a> at UFC Atlanta,<\/a> the Pennsylvania native was looking to be on his way toward a solid unanimous decision victory. That was until an accidental clash of heads rendered Brundage unable to continue fighting, resulting in an initial majority decision for Abdul-Malik. \u2018<\/p>\n

However, the Georgia State Athletic Commission was quick to change the result of the tilt<\/a> to a draw, citing that rounds that were not finished are deemed void.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Anthony Trocoli Has Had Rough Time at Middleweight in UFC<\/p>\n

Originally earning a UFC contract after a first round submission on the Contender Series back in 2019, Tr\u00f3coli\u2019s <\/a>entrance into the organization was canceled after he tested positive for nandrolone. This forced the Brazilian back to the regional scene, netting another win before being invited back to the promotion three years later. Despite his success outside the UFC, \u201cMalvado\u201d has largely struggled inside the Octagon, losing to Shara Magomedov and Tresean Gore. It should be noted that these scraps took place at middleweight, a weight class that Tr\u00f3coli had only fought in once back in 2017, fighting mainly at welterweight and light heavyweight.\u00a0<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"June 14, 2025, Atlanta, Ga, USA: UFC FIGHT NIGHT: USMAN VS BUCKLEY – ATLANTA, GA – JUNE 14…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":153807,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,638,82],"class_list":["post-153806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153806\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}