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Did they make a mistake? How was that 'score' not a draw?

Do you not know what a majority decision is? Two judges gave it to Gaethje and one had it as a draw. Buffer announced it that way for maximum suspense just like how they do it for split-decisions (he could easily just say these two judges scored it for the winner by split decision...).
Buffer goofed the announcement by saying 29-28 Gaethje at first.

Was supposed to say the judges score it 29-28, 29-28, and 28-28

Instead, he started off like it was a split decision by naming the judge and fighter
 
He read it wrong. He said 1 judge gave it to Gayche. Another one to Fiziev. And the 3rd one had a draw. Everyone was confused.
 
Bruce omitted the name of the second score to trick us into thinking it was a split decision.
 
Right but you would know even faster if he stated the two cards for Gaethje first. I guess he could have had the first Gaethje card, the draw, and then the second Gaethje card but that's a minor quibble at best and hardly a screw-up. Majority decisions are so rare that there is no well-established protocol.
Well the way he started to thought it was going split decision but when he said 29-28 with no name and 28-28 then said winner by majority decision it was obvious it was Justin since he said his name. He did it right in the main event
 
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