Top Middleweight contenders Marvin Vettori and Brendan Allen are set to meet in a headline bout of a UFC event set to take place on Saturday April 6th.
The fight will mark Allen’s third consecutive main event as the Kill Cliff athlete continues his surge to the top of the 185lbs division. Last time out, Allen had one of the best performances of his career with a third-round submission over Paul Craig, following a nigh on punch perfect first two rounds.
Following his loss to Chris Curtis in 2021, Allen kept extremely active has racked up an impressive seven fight win streak over a span just shy of 24 months. Amongst the recent victories, Allen has only heard the final bell once – having secured submission stoppages in the six other contests.
After his unanimous decision defeat to Israel Adesanya, Vettori has struggled to find the form that ultimately led to his title shot against the then-champion but unanimous decision victories over Kevin Holland, Paulo Costa and Roman Dolidze have kept the Italian in and around the top of the division.
He enters the Allen fight on the back of a loss to Jared Cannonier in a bout which took would’ve taken place 10 months prior, by the time he re-enters the cage. Vettori has racked up some serious cage time in recent showings with his last stoppage coming in 2020 against Karl Roberson.
The Middleweight division could look very different by the time the two meet with a highly anticipated title fight between Sean Strickland and Dricus Du Plessis set for UFC 297, Robert Whittaker taking on Paulo Costa and Roman Dolidze facing Nassourdine Imanov all squaring off prior to Vettori and Allen meeting.
It is unconfirmed as to where exactly the bout will take place but it will be fought over five, five minute rounds as the number 8th ranked Allen looks to take Vettori's number 5 spot at 185lbs.
