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The most violent hitter in the middleweight division gets back in the Octagon against a hard-nosed veteran at UFC Denver — if this lasts past round one, something has gone wrong.
Abdul Razak Alhassan is one of those fighters whose arrival on a card generates a specific type of energy — the knowledge that someone is about to get hurt. The Ghanaian middleweight's knockout power is legendary in the division, producing highlight finishes that have elevated him to cult status among fight fans. What has held him back is everything else: a foul history, long stretches of inactivi…
Alhassan's inactivity is a persistent concern — he has fought sporadically throughout his UFC career and each return raises the same ring rust questions. His power never leaves him, but his footwork and defensive awareness can look compromised early in bouts when timing has not locked in.
Brundage arrives as the more recently active fighter and the more consistent performer at this tier. His pressure style makes him difficult to knock out cleanly because he rarely gives opponents the separation needed to load up. Against Alhassan, however, being close means being in danger even from half-shots.
Whether Alhassan's timing is sharp enough in round one to land his right hook before ring rust settles in
Brundage smothering Alhassan's power by closing distance and removing the separation needed to load up
Denver altitude effects in rounds two and three — Alhassan's conditioning is his weak point
Alhassan's foul tendency under pressure — a point deduction could prove costly in a close fight
Alhassan's one-shot knockout power operates above any model's ability to fully account for it
His inactivity and foul history make him genuinely hard to predict from fight to fight
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