A high-stakes middleweight rematch between quantity 9 ranked contender, Brendan Allen and the surging quantity 13 rated challenger, Anthony Hernandez is slated to characteristic at a UFC Combat Evening Seattle occasion on February 22. subsequent.
Allen, who most lately featured at UFC Paris again in September, noticed his spectacular profitable run of seven fights come to a halt in a unanimous resolution loss to fellow contender, Nassourdine Imavov in France.
As for Hernandez, the surging challenger racked up his sixth straight win at UFC Vegas 99 again in October, taking out Brazilian striker, Michel Pereira with a formidable eventual fifth spherical floor strikes TKO win to land himself a Efficiency of the Evening bonus as well.
Brendan Allen set to rematch Anthony Hernandez at UFC Seattle subsequent 12 months
And as per a report from MMA Mania reporter, Alex Behunin, Brendan Allen is ready to tackle Anthony Hernandez in a middleweight rematch on February 22. at a UFC Combat Evening Seattle occasion.
“Brendan Allen will battle Anthony Hernandez on February 22, 2025, per sources,” Behunin posted on X. “The UFC occasion is eyed for Seattle.”
Competing for the vacant LFA middleweight championship again in 2018, Allen dropped a unanimous resolution loss to the above-mentioned Hernandez of their first combined martial arts matchup.
Earlier than his winning-run-snapping loss, Allen had turned in a formidable run of victories which included successes over the likes of Chris Curtis, Paul Craig, Andre Muniz, Sam Alvey, and Krzysztof Jotko.
13-2(1) as knowledgeable, Californian grappler, Hernandez has loved a profitable run relationship again to 2021, starting with a shocking come-from-behind submission over adorned Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu participant, Rodolfo Vieira, earlier than touchdown triumphs over names together with Marc-Andre Barriault, Edmen Shahbazyan, Roman Kopylov, and the above-mentioned, Pereira.
