Cody
Brundage (10-6) might have to bear the wrath of Abdul
Razak Alhassan (12-6) due to no fault of his own in their
upcoming bout this weekend.
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Both Alhassan (12-6) and Brundage (10-6) will be fighting in front
of a home crowd at
UFC on ESPN 59 at Ball Arena in Denver on July 13. Alhassan
vented out a lot of pent-up anger at UFC Denver media day,
promising to unleash the worst of it on Brundage come fight
night.
“I have some demons in me that I’m trying to unleash on that
motherfuc*er,” Alhassan said. “Of course, my word is going to make
it sound like I hate him. I have nothing against him. I swear to
God, I’m going to unleash some fuc*ing demons on that
motherfuc*er.”
The anger in Alhassan stems from past sexual assault allegations
which he was later acquitted of. Alhassan was working as a bouncer
at a Fort Worth, Texas, bar in 2018 when two women, aged 20 and 22,
accused him of raping them at one of their houses after a party.
Alhassan consistently denied the charges, claiming to have had
consensual sex with one of the women. Alhassan’s defense argued
that the allegations were made to pacify a jealous boyfriend of one
of the women. The UFC fighter was finally acquitted of all charges
after almost two years.
Alhassan admitted that he has still been trying to deal with mental
trauma he has been through, without much success.
“There was a time in my life that some bad accusations happened to
me and I’m not going to lie, it fuc*ed me up mentally, I swear to
God. All my fights I try to come back and try to find that me, I
couldn’t find it no matter what I do. I’ll be walking in there and
I feel ashamed. Because that’s the most evil, the most disgusting
thing you can attack for somebody – I’m a very prideful person – to
even have something [like that] to attach to my name, it’s very
disgusting.”
Alhassan had won 10 of his 11 total fights thus far via first-round
knockout when he was indicted in 2018. The once-promising prospect
went on a three-fight slump on his return to the Octagon in 2020.
Alhassan has since gone 2-2 in his last four, suffering a
submission loss against Joe Pyfer in
his most recent outing in October 2023. However, the Ghanaian
thanks Pyfer for bringing out the demon in him that he plans on
unleashing in his upcoming clash against Brundage. Alhassan said
through clenched teeth:
“In my head I was thinking to myself I have fixed myself, I’ve
fixed it. But I swear to God, I never. Until… I’ll thank [Joe]
Pyfer for that last fight… I feel like that guy made me find that
fuc*ing demon in me that f*ck everything and think of myself. I’m
going to cry, I’m going to do everything I have to do, but I’ll
never give up. And this is that f*cking time, I swear to God, I
cannot wait to put my hand on that motherf*cker. I swear all the
anger I have in me, all the [clenches teeth and fists], I’m going
to unleash it on this motherfuc*er. The revenge I didn’t get on
those evil motherfuc*ers, the revenge that the law didn’t allow me
to get from that, those fuc*ing bitches, I swear I’m going to
unleash it on this motherfuc*er.”