Impact Brundage last fought five weeks ago. He accepted this one on short notice and entered as a +600 underdog, the largest on the card by a mile. When you take all that into consideration, a split decision loss certainly isn't the worst outcome in the world, but this was a winnable fight for Cody. Despite pleas from his corner to up his output and go for it, Brundage simply refuses to do so. He won Round 1 on the strength of his grappling and considering how bad Johnson looked, a similar outcome was well within reach the rest of the way. Brundage's entire UFC run has been characterized by him doing the bare minimum and this was the latest example of that. Maybe the company will keep him around considering this was a close result, but with three straight losses on his resume, a release is probably a more likely outcome.
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