Brendan Allen improved, ‘I just have his number’

Anthony Hernandez expects to get the most effective of Brendan Allen once more of their rematch.

Hernandez (13-2 MMA, 7-2 UFC) and Allen (24-6 MMA, 12-3 UFC) run issues again at a UFC Struggle Night time occasion on Feb. 22. Of their first battle, which happened in January 2018, Hernandez defeated Allen by unanimous choice to say the vacant LFA middleweight title.

At the moment driving a six-fight profitable streak – together with a Efficiency of the Night time TKO of Michel Pereira, Hernandez sees a battle towards Allen as the right subsequent step, and he hopes it finally ends up being one other five-round battle.

“It made sense,” Hernandez instructed Inside Preventing. “He referred to as me out and it’s like, ‘All proper, nicely if you wish to f*cking run it again. It’s the proper alternative as a result of clearly he’s forward of me. He’s been wholesome and he’s been profitable and stuff, and like the child’s gotten a lot f*cking higher. I simply assume I’ve his quantity.”

Regardless of profitable their first assembly, Hernandez says he wasn’t as ready as he needed to be.

“I keep in mind the primary battle was a f*cking b*tch – I’m not going to lie,” Hernandez mentioned. “It was very onerous, however I additionally was damage, and I didn’t prepare for that battle. I lowkey took it off the sofa. It’s what it’s. I nonetheless gained, so it labored out. However I’m stoked that this battle I’m wholesome.

“I’m truly going to have an excellent camp, and I perceive the sport now. I’ve acquired this sh*t dialed in, so now it’s simply go on the market and do what I ought to have finished the primary time. The primary time was a possibility I couldn’t move as a result of I gained that, and I acquired the Contender Sequence shot.”