Mansur Abdul-Malik

The first round was competitive and close, with Stoltzfus working his jab, closing distance into a body lock and landing a spinning elbow along the fence without being able to take the fight down. The second turned on his hands rather than his grappling. Stoltzfus stunned Abdul-Malik with right hands on the feet and backed him to the cage, and once he had him hurt he brought the fight to the mat, passed through a guillotine attempt and finished with the rear-naked choke at 4:25. The upset took one of the night’s $100,000 performance bonuses.

Key moments

• Stoltzfus worked the jab and a body lock, landing a spinning elbow on the fence but unable to get the takedown.
• Right hands stunned Abdul-Malik in the second and put him on the cage — the opening Stoltzfus needed.
• Stoltzfus took it to the ground from there and finished with the rear-naked choke at 4:25.

Before the Belgaroui setback, Abdul-Malik had gone back to looking like himself against Trocoli by forcing an early scramble and finishing the fight in 69 seconds.

Key moments

• Submitted Antonio Trocoli 1:09 into round one.
• The quick finish put Abdul-Malik back in the win column after the Brundage draw.
• It reinforced how dangerous he remains when the fight starts on his terms.

Abdul-Malik recovered from a difficult first round against Nick Klein, then broke free from the clinch early in the second and overwhelmed Klein with strikes for the TKO at 3:24.

Key moments

• Klein rocked Abdul-Malik with a spinning back forearm in the opening round.
• Abdul-Malik recovered and broke free from the clinch early in round two.
• A follow-up barrage of strikes forced the TKO at 3:24 of round two.