Umm, should Arnold Allen really be on the undercard?
Sometimes, you just have to look at the way a fighter is slotted on a card and wonder what in the world they did to get stuck in that spot.
[autotag]Arnold Allen[/autotag] is the latest such candidate. The 26-year-old TriStar Gym competitor by way of England has won all six of his UFC fights and earned a pair of post-fight bonuses along the way. His most recent was one of those bouts where you announce to the world who you are, as he dominated former Strikeforce lightweight champ Gilbert Melendez in front of a huge audience at UFC 239.
Should be onwards and upwards, no? Well, he’s now fighting Nik Lentz (30-10-2 MMA, 14-7-1 UFC) on the undercard. Granted, this is a shotgun wedding of a fight, made when both fighters previous opponents’ dropped out, but the fact a guy on a six-fight winning streak was given a low spot on a Fight Night card in the first place was a curious decision, indeed.
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