“It’s nice to finish the year off with a full camp; no matter what happens in the outcome, at least it was a full camp,” Allen said. “It is what it is, I don’t have any excuses, the better man will hopefully win Saturday night. I’m not attached to the outcome; I’m trying not to be at least. I just want to be me.”
His opponent, Jotko, is also riding a two-fight win streak, with wins over Misha Cirkunov and Gerald Meerschaert. Jotko has been in the UFC since 2013 and has a record of 24-5, with six wins by knockout and one by submission. Allen views Jotko, who has only been knocked out twice and submitted once in his career, as the perfect test because of the Poland native’s ability to be good everywhere.
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“He’s been in the UFC for a long time, had a lot of fights, and he’s been successful,” Allen said. “I’m excited to see if I can solve that puzzle better than anyone else has.
“No one has been able to go out there and beat him everywhere. I know Strickland beat him very soundly on the feet, easily, so I’d like to do that everywhere, but, to be honest, I don’t care, as long as I win. That’s all that matters.”
A win over Jotko could put Allen one step closer to making it into the middleweight rankings, but that isn’t what he expects out of this fight.
