Monster Energy congratulates MMA athlete Brendan Allen on defeating Chris Curtis at the UFC Fight Night 240 in
Las Vegas.
LAS
VEGAS, April 7, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Way to
settle the score! Monster Energy congratulates MMA athlete
Brendan Allen on defeating
Chris Curtis at the UFC Fight Night
240 in Las Vegas. In the event's
headline fight, contested in the UFC's middleweight division, the
28-year-old mixed martial artist from Beaufort, South Carolina, battled for five
rounds to edge out a split decision victory (47-48, 48-47,
49-46).
"I thought I won the fight. I didn't think
it was a split decision." - Brendan
Allen
UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Curtis 2, also known as UFC Fight
Night 240, was contested in front of a live crowd at the UFC Apex
facility in Las Vegas. With five
fights on the Main Card and seven fights on the Preliminary Card,
the event was broadcast live to fans on the ESPN+ platform.
Monster Energy's Allen (24-5) came to Vegas on a seven-fight win
streak after recently defeating Paul
Craig via rear-naked choke submission at UFC Fight Night 232
in November 2023, earning a
Performance of the Night award for the victory. Allen had faced
Curtis in 2021 and suffered a knockout defeat, so he was hungry to
settle the score.
In his most recent fight, 36-year-old Curtis (31-11) from
Cincinnati, Ohio, defeated
Canadian Marc-André Barriault via split decision at UFC 297 in
January 2024. Curtis took the rematch
against Allen on short notice after the initially slated
Marvin Vettori withdrew from the
fight on March 14. This set the stage
for the Allen versus Curtis rematch.
From the start, both fighters held no punches in Saturday
night's headline bout. The fight mostly unfolded on the feet, with
Curtis drawing on his boxing to land heavy strikes and Allen
returning fire with precise punches and punishing elbows.
But ultimately, it was Allen who secured critical takedowns and
proceeded to dominate his opponent by taking the back and locking
in body triangles. Over the course of the 25-minute fight, Allen
was able to convert six of 13 takedown attempts to assert his
control.
A decisive moment in round three saw Allen dominating Curtis
from the top and pressuring to lock in several rear-naked choke
submissions. Curtis narrowly escaped and continued to throw punches
but was slowed down by a hamstring injury toward the end of round
five. In the final seconds of the fight, Allen hit Curtis with a
flying knee against the side of the cage to inflict more
damage.
After a relentless 25-minute battle, the judges announced Allen
the winner by split decision (47-48, 48-47, 49-46).
"I thought I won the fight. I didn't think it was a split
decision," said Monster Energy's Allen upon winning UFC Fight Night
240. "No matter, I've got a lot of love and respect for Chris. He's
a great human, a great fighter. He stepped up on short notice when
nobody else would. That's my guy."
Looking ahead, Allen called for a shot at the middleweight
division belt against reigning champion Dricus Du Plessis. "Where's
that title shot? Nobody's got the streak I've got!"
Allen is currently on an eight-fight win streak in the UFC and
has not lost a fight since facing Curtis in 2021. The South Carolina native became a professional
MMA athlete in 2015. Before making his UFC debut in 2019, he
competed in the Legacy Fighting Alliance, where he is a former
Middleweight Champion.
Brendan Allen counts amongst
Monster Energy's elite UFC athletes along with Kamaru Usman,
Jon Jones, Chris Weidman, Rose Namajunas, Marlon Vera, Michael
Chandler, Justin Gaethje,
Yair Rodriguez, Jessica-Rose Clark, Valentina Shevchenko,
Brandon Moreno, Daniel Rodriguez, Punahele Soriano, Gilbert Burns, Giga Chikadze, Islam Makhachev,
Johnny Walker, Beneil Dariush,
Gaston Bolanos, Jalin Turner, Sean
Strickland, Zhang Weili, Raul Rosas
Jr., Dan Ige, Diego Lopes,
Alex Pereira, Daniel Zellhuber, Derrick Lewis, Belal
Muhammad and Cameron
Saaiman.
For more on Monster Energy's MMA athletes, visit
http://www.monsterenergy.com. Follow Monster Energy on YouTube,
Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok.
About Monster Energy
Based in Corona, California,
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Monster Energy supports the scene and sport. Whether motocross,
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the rock and roll lifestyle, Monster Energy is a brand that
believes in authenticity and the core of what its sports, athletes,
and musicians represent. More than a drink, it's the way of life
lived by athletes, sports, bands, believers, and fans. See more
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http://www.monsterenergy.com.
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