UFC Vegas 70: UFC Apex, Las Vegas
With light heavyweight Nikita Krylov coming down with what is reported as food-poisoning, the UFC needed to make some quick changes to its card. And the result from the new main event has created a small shakeup at 185-pounds.
Brendan Allen in his first main-event slot showed just how dangerous he is on the ground. He got Andre Muniz to tap to a rear-naked-choke 4:25 of round three. As expected with two above average ground fighters, the fight was 98% on the feet.
Although the duo used a kicking attack early, they mostly traded leather using their jabs from distance. Being fundamentally sound neither made a mistake till round-two. Muniz got his takedown but Allen reversed it, and used grinding pressure to maintain control. Later, Muniz had an even more costly error when Allen caught a kick taking him to the ground.
The 27-year old went from side to mount to back control before hunting and getting the submission win. It stops Muniz’s streak at nine, and extends his own to four. The win being his 12th win via submission, and it will no doubt put him in the rankings. Does he take the eleven-spot from Muniz? We will have to wait till Tuesday.
Small Shakeup At 185… With Interesting Names
When Michael Bisping asked who he thought should be next, the names flowed. Allen mentioned wanting to get back his two-UFC losses to Chris Curtis and Sean Strickland. Curtis has a fight in April and Strickland is available. However, he also mentioned Jack Hermansson. And THAT is definitely the more intriguing fight. Although “The Joker” has flip-flopped wins and losses for a while now and is on a losing streak.
Hermansson likes to throw his hands, and has less of a hard head than Strickland has. So it would be the easier path for him to officially climb through the rankings. Especially with those rematches always out there. While the win was nice, and he did a lot of good things; he certainly didn’t blow the doors off of the building.
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