A featherweight showdown pitting ex-champ Max
Holloway against Arnold
Allen is in the works to headline a UFC
Fight Night event on April 15.
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ESPN was first to report the booking. The UFC Fight Night card
does not yet have an official location or venue. The card is also
expected to include a featherweight clash between Edson
Barboza and Billy
Quarantillo and a bantamweight tilt between Chris
Gutierrez and Pedro
Munhoz.
Holloway is coming off an unsuccessful bid to regain featherweight
gold, as he dropped a five-round verdict to Alexander
Volkanovski at UFC 276 this past July. The Hawaiian known as
“Blessed” is now 0-3 against the reigning champion, which means his
road back to the title will be difficult for as long as Volkanovski
holds the belt. Prior to that defeat, Holloway secured back-to-back
decision triumphs against Calvin
Kattar and Yair
Rodriguez in 2021.
Allen is undefeated in 10 UFC appearances and has lost just one of
20 professional outings overall. The 29-year-old Englishman passed
his first headlining test at UFC Fight Night 213, when he defeated
Calvin
Kattar via technical knockout after his opponent suffered a
knee injury eight seconds into Round 2. “Almighty” owns other
notable wins against the likes of Dan Hooker,
Sodiq
Yusuff, Nik Lentz and
Gilbert
Melendez.