Transcript (en)

Ladies and gentlemen, after three rounds, we turn to the judges' scorecards, where Judge Hopper scored the fight. 29-28, battle. Judge Mason scored the fight. 29-28, Rasta. Judge Farragher scored the fight. 29-28 for your winner. By split decision, Brian the Buncher battle! Brian Battle by Split Decision. Over to celebrate with the family and back into our cage for an interview with Dan Hardy. Ladies and gentlemen of Charlotte, make some noise for your very own Brian the Butcher Battle. That was a hard-fought one for you. Hey, good one, brother. I know y'all didn't think the butcher was gonna lose in a fist fight in Charlotte. I know y didn think the butcher was gonna lose in a fist fight at home baby that ain never gonna happen first pfl win a big pfl win you're ranked you're moving up in the division where do you go from here what do you want next we know the champ costello's got the belt eblen's going to be fighting him he's the interim champ but you're putting yourself right in this picture for a title shot very soon right absolutely brother but i'm looking to stay busy so whoever wants some can get some you know what i'm saying the butcher likes to stay active i'm not going to sit around and wait for something let me whoop someone's ass please and just one more question what's it been like to fight at home for you this kind of pressure that you've been feeling man it was um it's just a pleasure to fight at home well it's tough as fighting a tough guy like He really, I was hoping he'd give me a couple more openings, but he stayed pretty technical tonight. We're both looking to bounce back, so, you know, neither one of us were looking to take massive risks, but he was technical, he was clean, he was strong. It was a tough fight, but we got it done, baby. We move on, my friend. Congratulations. Ladies and gentlemen, make some noise for the butcher, Brian Battle.