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After news of Marvin Vettori’s injury-enforced withdrawal, a career first for the Italian on Thursday, rising middleweight contender Brendan Allen bullishly called for other top names to step into the breach on less than a month’s notice for a proposed UFC Fight Night main event on April 6. Chris Curtis, who scored a second-round stoppage at his expense in Dec. 2021, has answered the gauntlet. Continue reading “Vettori on hold with undisclosed injury, Curtis steps up to rematch Allen on Apr. 6”
After logging his fourth consecutive submission victory to cap a busy 2023 schedule at Paul Craig’s expense, #8 ranked middleweight contender Brendan Allen has a golden opportunity to do what he has publicly stated is his destiny: showcase his championship credentials against a one-time title challenger and catapult himself into the top-5 rankings at 185lbs in three months’ time.
Continue reading “Brendan Allen earns springboard shot at 185lbs against Marvin Vettori on Apr. 6”
Riding a five-fight win streak, #10 ranked middleweight Brendan Allen faces Paul Craig in Saturday’s main event and the 27-year-old believes his second headline slot in nine months shows the promotion’s faith in him as someone with championship potential. Paul Craig is no slouch and testing himself at a lower weight than his 205lb days, so this represents a fitting matchup. Continue reading “UFC Vegas 82: Brendan Allen feels main event slot shows belief in his title potential, but Paul Craig has little to lose”
He apologised for letting the pressure get to him, ‘fighting like a chump’ in his own words, but Sean Strickland’s winning streak improved to six as he exposed Jack Hermansson’s gameplan en route to a split decision win. Elsewhere, there were contrasting wins for welterweight prospect Shavkat Rakhmonov and TUF middleweight winner Bryan Battle among others.
Continue reading “UFC Vegas 47: Strickland outworks hesitant Hermansson, calls for Adesanya-Whittaker winner”
On a night packed with comeback wins, former two-time UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw returned from a two-year drug suspension while gritting through a knee injury and gruesome cut above his eye to eventually outlast #2 contender Cory Sandhagen – winning via split decision (47-48, 48-47, 48-47) on the scorecards after a tense, thrilling main event matchup.
Continue reading “UFC Vegas 32: TJ Dillashaw returns, defeats Cory Sandhagen in tense main event”
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There was to be no fairytale story ending on five days’ notice for Paul Felder, as former champion Rafael dos Anjos made a triumphant return to the lightweight division with an impressive split decision victory in a Fight of the Night main event matchup. Beforehand, welterweight Khaos Williams lived up to the billing with a 30-second KO in the co-main event. Continue reading “UFC Vegas 14: Rafael dos Anjos makes triumphant lightweight return, beats Paul Felder”
#3 ranked lightweight Dustin Poirer outlasted #5 ranked Dan Hooker in a Fight of the Year candidate, topping off a brilliant UFC Vegas main card. There were big wins for Mike Perry, Brendan Allen and a triumphant return on short notice for Julian Erosa among others on display during a memorable evening of action. Continue reading “UFC on ESPN 12: Dustin Poirier beats Dan Hooker in Fight of the Year candidate”
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