On his current seven-fight win streak, Allen finished five fights by rear-naked choke (Alvey, Krzysztof Jotko, André Muniz, Bruno Silva, Paul Craig), and two by decision. He’s also collected three Performance of the Night bonuses in his last five fights.
Allen is coming off one of his toughest fights to date, a rematch against Chris Curtis, one of just two people to beat him in the UFC. Both fighters landed over 100 significant strikes, but Allen was able to secure six takedowns and rack up over six minutes of control time to get the nod on two of the judges’ scorecards.
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On Saturday, Allen returns to the Octagon at UFC Fight Night: Moicano vs Saint Denis to take on the biggest challenge of his career, on paper, No. 4 ranked middleweight Nassourdine Imavov. Like Allen, the France native has only seen defeat twice in the UFC but is coming off back-to-back victories over Roman Dolidze and Jared Cannonier.
A win for Allen this weekend could move him into the middleweight Top 5 and would bring him a huge step closer to the middleweight title and 185-pound champion Dricus Du Plessis.
