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.