Arnold Allen

Arnold Allen closed distance early and spun Melquizael Costa to the canvas with a left hand in the first round. Costa scrambled well and had success striking, but Allen landed the more telling blows over 25 minutes to earn a unanimous decision.

Key moments

• Allen closed distance early and spun Costa to the canvas with a left hand in round one.
• Costa used scrambling ability on the ground and continued to offer solid striking.
• Allen landed the more telling blows across the five-round bout before taking the unanimous decision.

Arnold Allen started sharply against Jean Silva, using technical boxing and steady activity to control the early exchanges. Silva raised the pace and landed the heavier moments as the fight progressed, but Allen kept answering until the final horn in a competitive unanimous-decision loss.

Key moments

• Allen landed the cleaner, more technical work through the first four minutes of round one.
• Silva increased his output and power late in the opening round, forcing Allen into closer exchanges.
• Allen continued to answer with volume in the second while Silva's individual power shots made the round more frenetic.
• Allen fought through the final frame, but Silva won the unanimous decision 30-27, 29-28, and 29-28.

Allen defeated Giga Chikadze by unanimous decision at UFC 304 after a three-round striking battle.

Key moments

• Chikadze opened with a dangerous assortment of fast kicks.
• Allen dealt with the early attacks, then landed the more meaningful blows as the fight progressed.
• Allen bloodied Chikadze in the second round and earned the unanimous decision.

Evloev used persistent wrestling to make Allen work across three rounds, but the British featherweight had clear striking success and hurt Evloev with a late second-round knee exchange. Evloev recovered, returned to his takedowns and earned a unanimous decision, 29-28 on all three cards.

Key moments

• Allen established his jab early and popped Evloev with clean striking in the opening round.
• Evloev repeatedly dragged Allen down and returned him to the mat when Allen worked back to his feet.
• A straight left from Evloev rocked Allen late in round two, opening a cut under Allen's left eye.
• Allen stuffed a takedown and fired knees while Evloev still had a hand on the mat, prompting a referee pause for illegal-knee review with no point deducted.
• Evloev won the unanimous decision, 29-28 on every card.

Max Holloway kept Arnold Allen at bay through the first four rounds with economical, efficient work. Allen pressed to overwhelm him in the final round, but Holloway stayed active and landed clean shots as Allen reset, earning the unanimous decision.

Key moments

• Holloway fought economically while staying efficient through the first four rounds.
• Allen pressed to overwhelm Holloway over the final five minutes.
• Holloway answered Allen's resets with clean shots that helped decide the close rounds.