Tag: Brendan Allen

Mick Maynard’s Shoes: What’s next for Brendan Allen after UFC Fight Night 240 win?

With seven consecutive octagon victories, Brendan Allen is in line for a marquee matchup after his UFC Fight Night 240 main event win.

(ALSO SEE: Mick Maynard’s Shoes: What’s next for Chris Curtis after UFC Fight Night 240 loss?)

[autotag]Brendan Allen[/autotag] remained perfect in main events on Saturday when he avenged his loss to Chris Curtis at UFC Fight Night 240.

Allen (24-5 MMA, 12-2 UFC) went tooth-and-nail with Curtis (31-11 MMA, 5-3 UFC) to take a split decision in the middleweight bout at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. It was a rematch of a December 2021 fight, which Curtis won with an upset TKO.

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With a seven-fight winning streak under his belt, Allen thinks he’s worthy of a title shot against 185-pound champion Dricus Du Plessis. Should he get it, though?

Watch the video above for thoughts and analysis on Allen’s future after UFC Fight Night 240.

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 240.

UFC Fight Night 240 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: 2024 total passes $2 million

UFC Fight Night 240 fighters took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay, a program that continued after the UFC’s deal with Venum.

LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 240 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $162,500.

The program, a comprehensive plan that includes outfitting requirements, media obligations and other items under the fighter code of conduct, replaces the previous payments made under the UFC Athlete Outfitting Policy.

UFC Fight Night 240 took place at the UFC Apex. The entire card streamed on ESPN+.

The full UFC Fight Night 240 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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[autotag]Brendan Allen[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Chris Curtis[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Damon Jackson[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Alexander Hernandez[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Chepe Mariscal[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Morgan Charriere[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Ignacio Bahamondes[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Christos Giagos[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Charlie Campbell[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Trevor Peek[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Alex Morono[/autotag]: $16,000
def. [autotag]Court McGee[/autotag]: $21,000

[autotag]Lukasz Brzeski[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Valter Walker[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Norma Dumont[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Germaine de Randamie[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Victor Hugo[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Pedro Falcao[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Jean Matsumoto[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Dan Argueta[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Cesar Almeida[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Dylan Budka[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Nora Cornolle[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Melissa Mullins[/autotag]: $4,000

Under the UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance program’s payout tiers, which appropriate the money generated by Venum’s multi-year sponsorship with the UFC, fighters are paid based on their total number of UFC bouts, as well as Zuffa-era WEC fights (January 2007 and later) and Zuffa-era Strikeforce bouts (April 2401 and later). Fighters with 1-3 bouts receive $4,000 per appearance; 4-5 bouts get $4,500; 6-10 bouts get $6,000; 11-15 bouts earn $11,000; 16-20 bouts pocket $16,000; and 21 bouts and more get $21,000. Additionally, champions earn $42,000 while title challengers get $32,000.

In addition to experience-based pay, UFC fighters will receive in perpetuity royalty payments amounting to 20-30 percent of any UFC merchandise sold that bears their likeness, according to officials.

Full 2024 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

Year-to-date total: $2,005,000
2023 total: $8,188,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $24,742,000

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 240.

‘If you’re a man, stand behind what you say’: Brendan Allen, Marvin Vettori trade barbs after UFC Fight Night 240

Following UFC Fight Night 240, Brendan Allen and Marvin Vettori displayed much disdain for one another.

LAS VEGAS – [autotag]Brendan Allen[/autotag] says he’s over [autotag]Marvin Vettori[/autotag], at least when it comes to rankings. As for the bad blood, that seems to have hit an all time high.

Immediately after his UFC Fight Night 240 win Saturday, Allen (24-5 MMA, 12-2 UFC) was criticized by his originally scheduled opponent, Vettori (19-6-1 MMA, 9-5-1 UFC), who withdrew due to injury weeks prior to the bout.

“Allen wtf u calling for the title man you look like dog sh*t got rocked every single round and prayed you were getting the takedown just to hang in there,” Vettori wrote on X. “That sh*t was embarrassing.”

Allen fought and defeated replacement Chris Curtis (31-11 MMA, 5-3 UFC) by split decision. When he spoke to reporters, including MMA Junkie, following the bout, Allen remained firm that the win should propel him over Vettori in the rankings anyway.

“He’s irrelevant,” Allen said. “He can’t even make it to a fight. He don’t want to fight. He can go on and sit. He’s old news. We’re going up. Pillow Fist, he could’ve got the business tonight. He could’ve got it this week. He could’ve got it in Miami. What? You want to talk now. The only time the dude wants to talk is when there’s people in between us. It’s that simple. We were prepping for him. We came and we got an even better, more technical guy that’s better than him at what he does and puts people away. Who’s he put away? Get the f*ck out of here. We ain’t worried about f*cking Marvin.

“… I should be No. 5 next week. You can’t stay in your position with f*cking not fighting. He hadn’t fought in what? The guy above me hadn’t fought in almost what a year-and-a-half? Whatever. He was supposed to fight tonight.”

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But Allen wasn’t done there. Allen revealed recent in-person interactions the two fighters had, though it’s unclear exactly when or where the encounters occurred. Allen claims Vettori wasn’t of the same demeanor as he was online.

“You said explicitly, explicitly on media, that when you saw me, you were going to beat my ass,” Allen said. “You saw me and the only thing you said was, “What’s up, man? What’s up, man?’ I ain’t say a word to you. Nothing. I see you again, ‘Oh, why you looking at me like that?’ I put my bag down to walk toward you and stepped behind someone. The only time he wants to do something is when it’s in front of people. So I don’t give a f*ck. If you see me, stand behind what you say. If you’re a man, stand behind what you say. That’s my problem. I never said anything about him. What? He said I said something on Twitter? Come on, bro. Everybody is talking on Twitter. Apparently, he’s talking on Twitter right now. It’s Twitter. Whatever. If you feel that way, keep that same energy when you see me in person. You’ve seen me multiple times.

“It is what it is. I’m really about whatever. I don’t care. I ain’t going to start nothing but I ain’t no b*tch and I ain’t going to run away from it. At the end of the day, that’s the only thing left I have to say to Marvin. We’re not going to fight unless you want to fight me here, at my gym, whatever. You’re behind me. You had your chance twice. You could’ve fought me last year. You could’ve fought me tonight. I prepared. I showed up. I saved the card with Chris. That’s the last thing I’ll say regarding Marvin.”

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 240.

UFC Fight Night 240 results: Brendan Allen ekes out win vs. Chris Curtis in momentum-shifting affair

After UFC Fight Night 240 main event, Chris Curtis was stretchered away from the cage after injuring his leg in the final seconds.

It wasn’t easy, but [autotag]Brendan Allen[/autotag] got one back against [autotag]Chris Curtis[/autotag].

In the UFC Fight Night 240 main event, Allen (24-5 MMA, 12-2 UFC) defeated Curtis (31-11 MMA, 5-3 UFC) by split decision (47-48, 48-47, 49-46) at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

The fight was closely contested throughout and most took place in kickboxing range. Allen found some success with his grappling and submission attempts, but was unable to configure anything significant.

Curtis, even when outboxed in sequences, seemed to always rebound with bigger and harder shots. He hurt Allen on multiple occasions in the latter half of the fight. Allen hung tough, however, and ate what Curtis served up, including a big knee in Round 5.

In the final seconds, both fighters were exhausted. As they rose up from a scramble, Curtis appeared to suffer a right leg injury and was stretchered away from the cage following the reading of the official decision.

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The first fight between Curtis and Allen took place in December 2021. Curtis won that meeting by second-round TKO. The rematch Saturday was made on less than one month’s notice after Marvin Vettori withdrew from his scheduled bout vs. Allen.

With the victory, Allen has won seven fights in a row. He called for a title shot against middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis during his in-cage interview with commentator Michael Bisping.

Up-to-the-minute UFC Fight Night 240 results include:

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UFC free fight: Brendan Allen dominates, then submits Paul Craig to win Performance of the Night

Watch Brendan Allen’s impressive submission win over Paul Craig ahead of his return at Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 240.

LAS VEGAS – [autotag]Brendan Allen[/autotag]’s most recent UFC win was an impressive one.

Back in November, in the main event of UFC Fight Night 232, Allen put the middleweight division on notice by dominating and then submitting veteran and standout grappler Paul Craig. The victory put Allen on a six-fight winning streak that includes five finishes and earned him a $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus.

You can watch Allen’s impressive submission finish in the video above.

Allen (23-5 MMA, 11-2 UFC) returns to the octagon this Saturday in the main event of UFC Fight Night 240, which takes place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. He will face Chris Curtis (31-10 MMA, 5-2 UFC) in a rematch from a 2021 meet that ended with Curtis stopping Allen by TKO in the second round.

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For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 240.

UFC Fight Night 240: Brendan Allen vs. Chris Curtis odds, picks and predictions

Analyzing Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 240 odds between Brendan Allen vs. Chris Curtis, with MMA picks and predictions.

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In a 5-round middleweight bout in the main event, Brendan Allen and Chris Curtis meet Saturday at UFC Fight Night 240 (also known as UFC on ESPN+ 98 and UFC Vegas 90) at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas. Let’s analyze BetMGM Sportsbook’s lines around the UFC Fight Night 240: Allen vs. Curtis odds, and make our expert picks and predictions.

The prelims begin at 3 p.m. ET, and can be viewed on ESPN+, while the main card starts at 6 p.m. ET, also on ESPN+.

Records: Allen (23-5-0) | Curtis (31-10-0)

Allen has picked up 6 consecutive victories, with 5 coming via submission. That includes a 3rd-round win against Paul Craig last time out in mid-November in the main event. He also submitted Andre Muniz in a Fight Night main event in Feb. 2023 with another 3rd-round win.

Curtis picked up a split-decision win over Marc-Andre Barriault at UFC 297, bouncing back after a no-contest against Nassourdine Imavov at UFC 289. He has finished inside the distance just once in his past 5 fights, not including the Imavov bout.

Allen is 8 years younger than his counterpart, while Curtis has a slight half-inch reach advantage. Curtis also has a 5.96-to-3.87 significant strikes landed per minute advantage, although “All In” is much more accurate at 60.72% with those strikes, to 52.70% for Curtis.

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UFC Fight Night 240: Allen vs. Curtis

Provided by BetMGM Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated at 4:20 a.m. ET.

  • Fight result (2-way line): Allen -225 (bet $225 to win $100) | Curtis +180 (bet $100 to win $180)
  • Over/Under: 3.5 rounds (Over -110 | Under -120)
  • Will the fight go the distance? (Yes +150 | No -210)

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UFC Fight Night 240: Allen vs. Curtis picks and predictions

Fight result (2-way line or moneyline)

Allen (-225) will cost you a little more than 2 times your potential return, and that’s too risky on the 2-way line. Instead, let’s get a little more specific.

ALLEN BY SUBMISSION (+175) is the way to go, for a chance to nearly double up. He has been a submission machine since arriving at the UFC level, and really, all throughout his pro career. His go-to move is the rear-naked choke or the triangle choke while also scoring a win with a keylock.

Curtis (+180) will have to do everything in his power to avoid going to the canvas, or this thing will be over quickly.

Over/Under (O/U)

UNDER 3.5 ROUNDS (-120) is priced right, and it’s a strong play. He is going to work hard to get Curtis up against the fence as quickly as possible.

Curtis has ended inside the distance just once in the past 5 fights, not including the no contest, but he hasn’t faced a powerful wrestling force of Allen’s caliber.

Look for Allen to get the job done, and don’t be surprised if we see a choke-out in Rounds 1 or 2.

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Brendan Allen gives UFC champ Du Plessis a ‘puncher’s chance’ against him: ‘He beats me nowhere else’

Brendan Allen thinks he’s better than Dricus Du Plessis everywhere.

LAS VEGAS – [autotag]Brendan Allen[/autotag] thinks he’s better than [autotag]Dricus Du Plessis[/autotag] everywhere.

Streaking middleweight contender Allen (23-5 MMA, 11-2 UFC) runs things back with Chris Curtis (31-10 MMA, 5-2 UFC) in Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 240 (ESPN+) main event at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

As Allen edges closer to title contention, he likes how he matches up with UFC middleweight champion Du Plessis (21-2 MMA, 7-0 UFC). He’s not sold on Du Plessis’ title win over Sean Strickland at UFC 297.

“I think he was given that – I don’t think he took it from the champion,” Allen told MMA Junkie and other reporters. “In my eyes, you need to take the belt from the champion. I think a prime example is Sean vs. Izzy (Adesanya).

“He went out there, he gave him the fight. It was a five-round fight and he gave it to him the whole time. Did he finish him? No, but he still took it. There was no debating the fact that he beat Izzy. I don’t think you can say the same for Sean and ‘Dickess.'”

Allen went as far as saying Du Plessis only beats him if he lands a lucky punch.

“If I get my opportunity, which obviously someone is going to have it before me, I think it’s an easy night in the office,” Allen said. “I don’t mean easy as in it’s a walk in the park. Every fight is a fight – it’s tough. Anything can happen. But as far as stylistically on the matchup, he has what everyone else has: a puncher’s chance. He beats me nowhere else.”

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Brendan Allen thinks UFC Fight Night 240 win still propels him past Marvin Vettori: ‘See you later, buddy’

The opponent is different but Brendan Allen still thinks the reward remains the same at UFC Fight Night 240.

LAS VEGAS – Because of outside forces, [autotag]Brendan Allen[/autotag] missed the opportunity to fight [autotag]Marvin Vettori[/autotag] on Saturday. He doesn’t think, however, the reward potential has been minimized by fighting a lesser-ranked opponent.

Allen (23-5 MMA, 11-2 UFC) fights Chris Curtis (31-10 MMA, 5-2 UFC) in the UFC Fight Night 240 main event at the UFC Apex. At a pre-fight news conference Wednesday, Allen admitted he sought to steal the No. 5 ranking from Vettori (19-6-1 MMA, 9-5-1 UFC) and still thinks it’s possible with a victory over Curtis.

“If I beat Chris on Saturday, I’m still going to be No. 5 next week,” Allen told MMA Junkie and other reporters. “You shouldn’t be able to stay where you’re at after being out for so long and then pulling out of fights. Other than that, I don’t really care. I’m going to move up. I’m going to go up and it’s old news from there. You could have fought me last year. You could’ve fought me this weekend. So, kind of, see you later, buddy.”

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According to Allen, the discrepancy in UFC rankings doesn’t accurately reflect the skill difference between Vettori and Curtis. He thinks Saturday’s outing actually got more difficult because of the swap.

“(Curtis’) IQ is better,” Allen said. “He’s got better technical abilities, in my opinion. I would say Chris is a lot tougher test than Marvin is. It is what it is. We’ve faced each other before, obviously. We only had a couple days or whatever to prepare if anything. Now, we have a little bit more time to prepare for each other. We’ll see who can make those adjustments and we’ll see what happens.”

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 240.

Chris Curtis replaces Marvin Vettori, rematches Brendan Allen at UFC Fight Night event on April 6

Chris Curtis steps in on short notice to fight Brendan Allen at a UFC Fight Night event on April 6.

[autotag]Brendan Allen[/autotag] was not left without a dance partner as he will now meet a familiar opponent.

The UFC middleweight contender will now rematch [autotag]Chris Curtis[/autotag], who’s stepping in on short notice to replace Marvin Vettori in the main event of a UFC Fight Night scheduled for April 6 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Vettori suffered an injury and was forced to withdraw from the fight on Thursday.

The news was announced by the UFC, and also independently confirmed by MMA Junkie.

Allen (23-5 MMA, 11-2 UFC) looks to continue his winning streak, and improve it to seven in a row. He’s in his best career form, having submitted notable names such as Andre Muniz, Bruno Silva, and Paul Craig.

Allen’s last defeat came at the hands of Curtis (31-10 MMA, 5-2 UFC), who stopped him in the second round of their bout back in 2021.

Curtis, on the other hand, looks to build off his split decision win over Marc-Andre Barriault at UFC 297 in January. Prior to that, he had fought Nassourdine Imavov to a no contest after an accidental headbutt, and then lost a decision to Kelvin Gastelum.

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Brendan Allen unimpressed by Dricus Du Plessis’ ‘lucky’ UFC title run

The way Brendan Allen sees it, Dricus Du Plessis is the UFC middleweight champion basically because of luck.

[autotag]Brendan Allen[/autotag] is not too impressed with the body of work from UFC middleweight champion [autotag]Dricus Du Plessis[/autotag].

Despite currently holding gold at 185 pounds, being undefeated in the octagon and finishing several known names, Allen doesn’t see Du Plessis as the rightful champ of the division. Allen believes Du Plessis has hit a run of good luck all the way to the belt, and although the results might not paint the picture, he said that one can see it in Du Plessis’ actual performances.

“Did Whittaker look like the normal Whittaker in that fight? I mean, he was getting beat in that first minute-and-a-half of that fight,” Allen told MMA Junkie Radio when talking about Du Plessis resume. “Whittaker didn’t look as bouncy as he normally does. He didn’t look as quick as he normally does. He looked flatfooted and stiff. It is a win. You’re definitely right that that’s a great name to have on your resume. You can’t take the win away; he got that one for sure. But up until that point, we can definitely, easily, 1,000 percent fact say that he had the easy road, and he was losing every single one of those fights until he came back and got the finish.

“Some of those were lucky. Marcus Perez, (Du Plessis) was losing that fight, and (Perez) was beating him so easily that he threw a spinning back elbow at the same time that (Dricus) was throwing a body shot and hit him in the chin. I don’t think it gets any more lucky than that.”

Allen returns to the cage April 6 in the main event of a UFC Fight Night scheduled to take place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. He takes on longtime contender Marvin Vettori in a key middleweight matchup. He believes that if he beats Vettori, the UFC should give him a title shot or, at the very least, a No. 1 contender fight.

The bout with Vettori is the third main event booking Allen gets in the UFC. He’s now feeling very comfortable preparing for 25 minutes and doesn’t see it as a future challenge if he got a shot a Du Plessis.

“I always train to go and go and go,” Allen said. “I don’t know any way but to train 100 percent. That’s why it’s nice for me to take a couple of months off in between camps, just because when I do train, I don’t know any other way than to push myself. I’ve done five rounds before, a different stage, but still preparing for five rounds. So it’s nothing new. Things just change in preparation from three to five. You can be a little more lazy on three, where you can’t with five. You add some different running routines in there, you add a couple more rounds, but overall the push for me, it’s still the same.”

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