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ACB Clarifies ‘No Draw Rule’ After Judging Incident at Manchester Show

Mixed martial arts organization Absolute Championship Berkut has clarified its “no draw rule” stipulation after questions were raised when an official from the promotion asked a judge to re-score a fight between Joshua Aveles and Amirkhan Adaev on Saturday night in Manchester.

Following the 15-minute fray at ACB 54 at the Manchester Arena, the fight was announced as a split draw. One judge gave the fight to Aveles, another to Adaev, with judge Dan Mellor scoring the fight a draw.

Mellor confirmed to Sherdog.com that an ABC official asked him to pick a winner in the bout between Aveles and Adaev following the initial announcement, and after some of his own inquiries, he selected Aveles as the winner of the bout.