‘I Know In My Heart I’m Better’

After a stellar efficiency by Brendan Allen at UFC Vegas 82 over the fierce Scottish warrior Paul Craig, Allen has his sights set on nothing however gold.

Now using a six-fight winning streak, with 4 victories through submission, Allen has solidified himself because the middleweight division’s most fearsome contender. Regardless that he’s already been defeated by the middleweight champion Sean Strickland years in the past, Brendan Allen feels that each of them have improved and claims that he is aware of in his coronary heart that he’s “higher” than Strickland.

So far as the champion goes, he’s set to defend his throne towards one of many different prime contenders within the middleweight division: Dricus Du Plessis. The battle is about to happen on January twentieth, at UFC 297.

Brendan Allen displays on his loss to Sean Strickland and speaks on a possible rematch

After his spectacular victory over Craig, Allen stopped by for some media time on the UFC Put up Present to discuss his ambitions and mirror on his massive win.

“I hope the UFC sees and is aware of that I’m the following massive factor,” Allen mentioned on the UFC Put up Present (H/T MMA Mania). “I’ve been in there with Sean (Strickland). I used to be quite a bit youthful, and I used to be immature mentally. And I believe I used to be nonetheless profitable that battle. I simply made a nasty audible, and I acquired caught.”

“I’m blissful he’s the champion,” Brendan Allen continued. “Congratulations to him. I believe he’s a humorous man like he performs the antics, however all that apart, I do know in my coronary heart I’m higher, and I believe he does too, however we’ll see what occurs.”

With that, the one factor left to do now’s await time to go. We should see Strickland vs. Du Plessis come to fruition to completely gauge what’s subsequent for the division. As fas as Allen getting a title shot goes, that’s not even set in stone both. The truth is, the younger star possible has one or even two fights left earlier than he has established himself as a real #1 contender. Nonetheless, If Allen continues his profitable methods, there’s little question we see him combating quickly for middleweight gold.

Do you suppose Brendan Allen already deserves a title shot and to face the winner of Du Plessis vs. Strickland?