Ok let's see if I can explain that last bit of nonsense for everyone not watching live:
At 4:58 of Round 2, Louis Taylor landed an illegal knee to John Howard's head while Howard was grounded.
Howard could not continue, but since the fight had gone past its midpoint (2:30 of R2) it did not end as a DQ and instead as a technical decision.
For whatever reason, the math still does not add up, the fight was scored a Technical Draw, presumably unanimous but not clear.
Since playoffs have to have a winner, the fighter who won the first round advanced, which meant Taylor is in the middleweight finals after throwing an illegal strike to stop his opponent.