Brendan Allen and Andre Muniz discovered themself in an impromptu middleweight major occasion at UFC Vegas 70 on Saturday evening after the printed staff revealed that the initially scheduled major occasion between Ryan Spann and Nikita Krylov was scrapped with the previous coming down with meals poisoning.
Each fighters walked into the bout with profitable streaks on the road. Brendan Allen entered the competition profitable his final three matches contained in the Octagon. To not be outdone, Muniz entered using a nine-fight win streak courting again to 2017 earlier than he debuted with the UFC. Muniz additionally put his spot because the No. 11 ranked middleweight on the road towards the at the moment unranked Allen.
The primary spherical noticed each fighters touchdown huge strikes all through. Andre Muniz did try and take issues to the bottom with a single leg, however Allen defended completely and stayed upright. Allen caught Muniz early with a giant left hand that knocked him again towards the fence, however Allen was unable to capitalize as Muniz recovered shortly.
Neither man gained a major benefit within the first spherical, however Muniz seemed to alter that within the second with a takedown try, however Allen was capable of reverse place and find yourself on high with three minutes to go within the spherical. With a minute to go, Allen easily transitioned to facet mount the place he maintained management, dropping the occasional elbow till the spherical got here to a detailed.
The third spherical noticed each fighters maintain issues on their ft within the opening minutes. Muniz started to land some strong strikes. Allen labored to counter however was unable to land something as highly effective because the opposition. With two minutes to go, Muniz threw a physique kick that Allen caught and used it to slam Muniz to the mat, instantly taking facet management. Allen transitioned to mount and started fishing for an arm triangle. Muniz gave up his again in protection permitting Allen to lock in each hooks and cinch his arm below Muniz’s chin forcing the faucet out.
Official End result: Brendan Allen def. Andre Muniz through submission (rear-naked choke) at 4:25 of Spherical 3
Examine Out Highlights from Brendan Allen vs. Andre Muniz at UFC Vegas 70 on Saturday:
