"Allen told media outlets including Cageside Press following UFC Vancouver, referring to RDR's rematch with Anatoly Malykhin in March of last year. "He did the same thing, I think third or fourth round, same thing." "25 minutes is a very, very long time to take punishment. And I didn't think he'd be able to do it. He took a round longer than I thought, but I also didn't start off too hot in the first. So three rounds of dominance.""
""We know how these politics work, for some reason they don't like me. So I'll probably be f*cking six, seven. But watch my bio, that b*tch is going to say #4 here in a couple minutes. So to me, I'm #4 in the world. I beat #4, I'm #4. They did that sh*t to me after I beat Andre Muniz. Nah, not again.""
Brendan Allen accepted a short-notice five-round main event at UFC Vancouver and defeated Reinier de Ridder after de Ridder could not continue following four rounds. Allen noted de Ridder had previously succumbed to similar late-fight deterioration in ONE Championship and emphasized the toll of 25 minutes of punishment. Allen started slowly, being taken down and defending a rear-naked choke, which he attributed to three and a half weeks of training for a five-round bout. Allen called out top middleweights including Khamzat Chimaev and Dricus Du Plessis while predicting a rise in his ranking and criticizing perceived promotional politics.
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