Brendan Allen seems to have moved on from Marvin Vettori, especially when it comes to rankings, but their bad blood seems to have reached a peak.
After his win at UFC Fight Night 240, Allen faced criticism from Vettori, who had withdrawn from their scheduled bout due to injury. Vettori took to X to slam Allen's performance, calling it embarrassing.
Allen, however, fought and defeated replacement Chris Curtis by split decision. Speaking to MMA Junkie and other reporters post-fight, Allen stood by his belief that this win should push him above Vettori in the rankings. "He's irrelevant," Allen declared. "He can't even make it to a fight. He don't want to fight. He can go on and sit. He's old news. We're going up. Pillow Fist, he could've got the business tonight. He could've got it this week. He could've got 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*ck out of here. We ain't worried about f*cking Marvin. I should be No. 5 next week. You can't stay in your position with f*cking not fighting. He hadn't fought in what? The guy above me hadn't fought in almost what a year-and-a-half? Whatever. He was supposed to fight tonight."
But Allen didn't stop there. He recounted recent face-to-face interactions with Vettori, although the exact time and place were not specified. Allen claimed Vettori's behavior in person was different from his online persona.
"You said explicitly, explicitly on media, that when you saw me, you were going to beat my ass," Allen recounted. "You saw me and the only thing you said was, 'What's up, man? What's up, man?' I ain't say a word to you. Nothing. I see you again, 'Oh, why you looking at me like that?' I put my bag down to walk toward you and stepped behind someone. The only time he wants to do something is when it's in front of people. So I don't give a f*ck. If you see me, stand behind what you say. If you're a man, stand behind what you say. That's my problem. I never said anything about him. What? He said I said something on Twitter? Come on, bro. Everybody is talking on Twitter. Apparently, he's talking on Twitter right now. It's Twitter. Whatever. If you feel that way, keep that same energy when you see me in person. You've seen me multiple times. 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*tch and I ain't going to run away from it. 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."
Allen's victory and subsequent remarks have added fuel to his rivalry with Vettori, setting the stage for a potential future showdown.
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