Brendan Allen doesn’t need to play second fiddle to anybody.
In April, Allen received a cut up choice over Chris Curtis in the primary occasion of UFC Vegas 90. The win not solely avenged his most up-to-date loss, however was additionally his seventh straight victory, shifting him as much as No. 7 within the UFC middleweight rankings. And now it seems UFC is eager about having him combat No. 4 ranked Nassourdine Imavov, a minimum of so says Allen.
On Monday, Allen launched a video on Instagram revealing that UFC desires him to combat Imavov when the promotion returns to Paris within the fall. However whereas Allen is okay with the matchup, he’s much less OK with serving because the co-main occasion.
“That is for everybody that’s asking me what’s up, when am I combating?” Allen mentioned. “Two weeks in the past, they mentioned Imavov in Paris. I mentioned sure. I mentioned I need to be fundamental occasion as a result of I’ve fundamental evented three in a row, received all three. I’m going into enemy territory, so if we’re going to do it for all the chance, all of the acquire, let’s go. Foremost occasion.
“Subsequent factor you realize, we see [Benoit Saint Denis] and [Renato] Moicano are the primary occasion. I ain’t f*cking going all the best way to Paris for these two dudes to go over me. One dude is coming off a loss, the opposite one barely wins, bro. Nah, I’m not with it.”
UFC makes its third journey to Paris and the Accor Area on Sept. 28, and lately introduced that Saint Denis and Moicano serves because the five-round fundamental occasion for the cardboard. Moicano has turn into a fan-favorite since adopting his “Cash” persona and lately scored a TKO win over Jalin Turner at UFC 300. In the meantime, Saint Denis is a former French Particular Forces operator however misplaced his most up-to-date combat, developing quick towards Dustin Poirier at UFC 299. And that seems to be the massive sticking level for Allen, who as an alternative implored Imavov to come back to Allen’s dwelling nation as an alternative.
“So Imavov, if you wish to combat, you need this work, no matter you need to name it, come on over to America, we’ll get it performed,” Allen mentioned. “There’s no approach we needs to be beneath these guys. I do know it’s the Final Followers Championship, however though they acquired the followers, simply put them on the cardboard, individuals are going to come back anyway. So once more, Imavov, if you wish to combat, you need to get this performed, if it’s simply me that you just need to combat, come on over to America, we’ll get it performed.”
At present ranked No. 4 in UFC’s middleweight division, Imavov is coming off a controversial win over Jared Cannonier in the primary occasion of UFC Louisville again in June. Nevertheless it’s unclear if Imavov shall be eager about Allen’s provide, because the French fighter trains out of Paris and has not competed in his dwelling nation since UFC’s debut there in 2022.
