Brendan Allen punches Marvin Vettori post
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August 17, 2024
Though they have yet to cross paths in the Octagon, that didn’t
prevent Brendan
Allen and Marvin
Vettori from getting into a scuffle on Friday night.
The two
UFC middleweights brawled on the casino floor at the Hard Rock
Live in Hollywood, Florida, following the
PFL 8 playoff card at the same venue. Multiple videos of the
altercation have surfaced on social media.
According to a report from MMA Mania, the fight began when Vettori threw a punch
at UFC light heavyweight George
Tokkos. That prompted Allen to enter the fray and throw punches
at “The Italian Dream.”
Vettori appeared to be no worse for wear in a video posted to his
Instagram stories.
“One arm Vettori is unbeaten,” he wrote. “Ain’t never missing
s—t.”
Meanwhile, UFC CEO Dana White couldn’t resist taking a shot at the
rival promotion in his reaction to the incident.
“Had to be fight of the night if it was at PFL,” White wrote on X.
Allen and Vettori were scheduled to square off at UFC Fight Night
240 this past April before Vettori withdrew from the event due to
injury. Vettori criticized Allen’s performance on social media,
telling his fellow middleweight that he looked “like dog s—t.”
Allen
responded by calling the former title challenger “irrelevant”
at the post-fight press conference.
The victory over Curtis extended Allen’s UFC winning streak to
seven, while Vettori hasn’t competed since a unanimous decision
loss to Jared
Cannonier in the UFC on ESPN 47 headliner in June 2023.