Brendan Allen supplied no excuses for a poor efficiency at UFC Paris that led to the top of his seven combat win streak after falling to Nassourdine Imavov by unanimous determination.
It was a robust begin however a tough end for Allen on Saturday after he scored an early takedown on Imavov to regulate him all through the opening spherical. Sadly, Allen simply couldn’t discover the identical stage of success within the subsequent two rounds as Imavov stuffed his grappling makes an attempt and gained the vast majority of the exchanges on the ft.
In the long run, Imavov gained with all three judges scoring the combat 29-28 throughout the board.
“It wasn’t my night time tonight,” Allen wrote on Instagram. “Made unhealthy selections. Dangerous changes. I did one thing unsuitable and hat’s off to Imavov. It was his night time, it wasn’t mine. It sucks. I’m dissatisfied in myself. However fortunately I’m younger, I’ll be again. Attempt to be higher. Because of everybody for the assist, thanks for the love. I nonetheless suppose I’ll be champion at some point however simply one other lengthy journey to the highest once more.”
In a separate submit, Allen as soon as once more positioned the blame on himself for a nasty night time on the workplace whereas revealing his potential timeline for a return to motion.
“A recreation of ups and downs and shoulda woulda coulda’s,” Allen mentioned. “Fought like shit and misplaced an in depth determination to a high 5 man in his house. I shall be again even higher subsequent March or April.”
Whereas actually not the end result he wished, Allen could not lose a ton of floor within the middleweight division due to Imavov’s sudden stand up the ranks.
Since falling to future UFC champion Sean Strickland again in 2023, Imavov has gone undefeated in his previous 4 fights together with a win over one-time title challenger Jared Cannonier again in June, which set him up for the co-main occasion slot on the card in Paris on Saturday.
Following his win, Imavov known as for a title shot, though it’s robust to think about that want is granted proper now given the panorama at 185 kilos.
