Brendan Allen says “my dad would disown me if I did that” after UFC win

Brendan Allen achieved 1 of the biggest wins of his vocation astatine UFC Vancouver past Saturday, defeating Reinier de Ridder in the main event. Allen accepted the combat connected abbreviated notice, which made his task adjacent much difficult, but helium proved to beryllium an experienced combatant acceptable for the challenge. 

After a pugnacious archetypal round, the superb Canadian reversed de Ridder’s takedowns and began punishing him from the apical presumption with a barrage of punches and elbows. By the extremity of the 4th round, the Dutchman could hardly get disconnected the floor, and earlier the last round, sitting connected a chair, helium decided to springiness up the combat owed to exhaustion.

Allen's stance

Allen aboriginal explained his stance connected specified situations:

“I’d alternatively get knocked retired oregon something. I’m not going to springiness up connected a chair. I can’t fto my squad down similar that. We enactment truthful hard. I deliberation my dada would disown maine if I did that, honestly. He’s different. I don’t know, I can’t bash that.”

He added:

“I don’t privation my kids to spot that. We’re going to spell each the mode nary substance what. I signed up to spell successful there. I signed up to beryllium successful that position, to bash what I do, to enactment connected a amusement for the fans, to springiness a bully sanction to the promoter, to everyone who gave maine a chance.”

Allen emphasized his determination:

“So I’m not going to fto them down by giving up connected the chair. Like I said, I’m not acrophobic of getting knocked out. I’m not acrophobic of submission. I’ve had both. For maine personally, that’s each I tin speech astir and I basal here, and I cognize due to the fact that I’ve been tested that’s what I would do.”

With this win, Allen has present secured 2 consecutive wins and is present among the apical 5 UFC middleweight fighters. His willingness to instrumentality work and endure pugnacious times shows however dedicated helium is to his team, his fans and his sport. The large combatant showed wherefore helium is 1 of the astir respected successful his part and wherefore his fights are ever spectacular.