The UFC's light heavyweight championship will remain vacant after a title bout between Poland's Jan Blachowicz and Russia's Magomed Ankalaev at UFC 282 ended in a controversial split draw at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday.
The headline event was initially supposed to be a bout between Jiri Prochazka and Glover Teixeira, but Prochazka was forced to vacate his title due to a serious shoulder injury.
However, judge Derek Cleary scored the fight 48-46 for Ankalaev, Mike Bell scored it 48-47 for Blachowicz and Sal D'Amato was split down the middle at 47-47, leading to just the fifth draw in UFC history. In an act of sportsmanship, Blachowicz, who previously held the belt between September 2020 and October 2021, said the win should have been awarded to Ankalaev and tried to raise his opponent's hand after the fight.
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