Brundage vs Dumas

Who won Brundage vs Dumas?

Sedriques Dumas beat Cody Brundage by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of UFC Fight Night – Emmett vs. Topuria, on Saturday 24th June 2023 at : VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Sedriques Dumas.

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).

Brundage vs Dumas stats

Cody Brundage stepped into the octagon with a record of 8 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Sedriques Dumas made his way to the cage with a record of 7 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

This was Cody Brundage's 9th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2021.

Cody Brundage's UFC record stood at 4-5-0, while Sedriques Dumas' came in at 2-2-0.

The stats suggested Dumas had a slight advantage in power over Brundage, with a 57% knock out percentage over Brundage's 50%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Brundage had a slight advantage over Dumas, with a 38% submission rate over Dumas' 29%.

Cody Brundage was the older man by 1 year, at 29 years old.

Dumas had a height advantage of 1 inch over Brundage. That also extended to a 7-inch reach advantage.

Brundage was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 4 more fights, and made his debut in 2019, 1 year and 4 months earlier than Dumas, whose first professional fight was in 2020. He had fought 9 more professional rounds, 29 to Dumas' 20.

Brundage vs Dumas form

Brundage had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Rodolfo Vieira at UFC Fight Night – Song vs. Simon on 29th April 2023 by submission in the 2nd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Michal Oleksiejczuk at UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Strickland on 17th December 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had won against Tresean Gore at UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Fiziev on 9th July 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had beaten Dalcha Lungiambula at UFC Fight Night on 12th March 2022 by submission in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had been defeated by Nick Maximov at UFC 266 on 25th September 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Brundage's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 7 months and 13 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.6 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Brundage vs Dumas?

Cody Brundage was a 16/25 (-160) favourite going into the contest, while Sedriques Dumas made his way into the ring at 13/10 (+130) with oddsmakers.