Brendan Allen ekes out Chris Curtis

It wasn’t straightforward, however Brendan Allen obtained one again towards Chris Curtis.

Within the UFC Fight Night 240 primary occasion, Allen (24-5 MMA, 12-2 UFC) defeated Curtis (31-11 MMA, 5-3 UFC) by break up determination (47-48, 48-47, 49-46) on the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

The battle was carefully contested all through and most occurred in kickboxing vary. Allen discovered some success along with his grappling and submission makes an attempt, however was unable to configure something important.

Curtis, even when outboxed in sequences, appeared to at all times rebound with greater and tougher photographs. He damage Allen on a number of events within the latter half of the battle. Allen hung robust, nevertheless, and ate what Curtis served up, together with a giant knee in Spherical 5.

Within the last seconds, each fighters have been exhausted. As they rose up from a scramble, Curtis appeared to undergo a proper leg damage and was stretchered away from the cage following the studying of the official determination.

The primary battle between Curtis and Allen occurred in December 2021. Curtis won that meeting by second-round TKO. The rematch Saturday was made on lower than one month’s discover after Marvin Vettori withdrew from his scheduled bout vs. Allen.

With the victory, Allen has received seven fights in a row. He known as for a title shot towards middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis throughout his in-cage interview with commentator Michael Bisping.

Up-to-the-minute UFC Battle Night time 240 outcomes embody:

• Brendan Allen def. Chris Curtis through break up determination (47-48, 48-47, 49-46)
• Damon Jackson def. Alexander Hernandez via split decision (27-30, 29-28, 29-28)
• Chepe Mariscal def. Morgan Charriere via split decision (29-28, 27-30, 29-28)
• Ignacio Bahamondes def. Christos Giagos via TKO (head kick) – Round 1, 3:34
• Charlie Campbell def. Trevor Peek via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
• Alex Morono def. Court McGee via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
• Lukasz Brzeski def. Valter Walker via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
• Norma Dumont def. Germaine de Randamie via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
• Victor Hugo def. Pedro Falcao via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
• Jean Matsumoto def. Dan Argueta via technical submission (guillotine choke) – Round 2, 4:59
• Cesar Almeida def. Dylan Budka via TKO (strikes) – Round 2, 2:13
• Nora Cornolle def. Melissa Mullins via TKO (strikes) – Round 2, 3:06

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