Marvin
Vettori was clearly not impressed with Brendan
Allen’s performance.
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Vettori, who was originally supposed to face Allen in the
UFC Fight Night 240 main event before withdrawing from the card
due to injury, took to social media to critique Allen’s
split-decision victory over replacement foe Chris
Curtis at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas on Saturday night. It was
Allen’s seventh consecutive triumph within the Las Vegas-based
promotion and sixth in a row at middleweight. In the immediate
aftermath, “All In” made his case for a 185-pound title shot,
something that Vettori doesn’t believe he deserves.
“Allen [what the f—k you] calling for the title, man? You looked
like dog s—t, got rocked every single round and prayed you were
getting the takedown just to hang in there,” Vettori wrote on X.
“That s—-t was embarrassing.”
Allen wtf u calling for the title man you
look like dog shit got rocked every single round and prayed you
were getting the takedown just to hang in there
That shit was embarrassing— Marvin Vettori (@MarvinVettori)
April 7, 2024
Vettori’s remarks were then relayed to Allen at Saturday’s
post-fight press conference. As one might expect, the Kill Cliff FC
standout wasn’t interested in hearing any of it.
“He’s irrelevant,” Allen said. “He can’t even make it to a fight.
He don’t want to fight. He can go on, he’s old news. We’re going
up. Pillow fists. He could have got the business tonight, he could
have got it this week, he could have gotten it in Miami. What? You
want to talk now?
“The only time the dude wants to talk is when there’s people in
between us. It’s that simple. We were prepping for him. We came and
we got an even better, more technical guy, that’s better than him
at what he does and puts people away. Who’s he put away? Get the
f—k out of here. We ain’t worried about f—-ing Marvin.”
Vettori, a former middleweight title challenger, has been in his
share of headliners during his UFC tenure. He last appeared at UFC
on ESPN 47, where he dropped a five-round verdict to Jared
Cannonier in the evening’s main event this past June. However,
Allen believes “The Italian Dream” needs to stay active to maintain
his standing in the middleweight division.
“… You can’t stay in your position f—-ing not fighting,” Allen
said. “The guy above me ain’t fought in a year and a half,
whatever. He was supposed to fight tonight, he backed out because
of his shoulder, which we knew before, welcome to Florida. You
can’t win the war if you don’t make it to the war. You can’t talk
s—t if you don’t make it to the war that you were supposed to come
to. Simple as that. I’m here in Vegas, so what? Come see me.”
Ultimately, Allen seems to have moved on from a potential fight
with Vettori, though their beef has only intensified following
Saturday night’s card.
“…It is what it is. I’m really about whatever. I don’t care. I
ain’t going to start nothing but I ain’t no b—h, and I ain’t going
to run away from it,” Allen said. “At the end of the day, that’s
the only thing left I have to say to Marvin. We’re not going to
fight unless you want to fight me here, at my gym, whatever. You’re
behind me. You had your chance twice. You could’ve fought me last
year. You could’ve fought me tonight. I prepared. I showed up. I
saved the card with Chris. That’s the last thing I’ll say regarding
Marvin.”