UFC commentator Daniel Cormier has praised UFC middleweight Brendan Allen for his victory over Reinier de Ridder at UFC Vancouver.
Final Saturday night time, Reinier de Ridder and Brendan Allen went face to face in the primary occasion of UFC Vancouver. Whereas many anticipated RDR to get the win and safe himself a world title shot in opposition to Khamzat Chimaev, it didn’t play out like that, with Allen as an alternative taking management of the struggle earlier than de Ridder was pressured to give up on the stool.
Shifting ahead, Allen has definitely earned himself the correct to start out pushing for a championship alternative of his personal. That could be barely untimely within the eyes of some however on the very least, he’s one large step nearer than he was earlier than.
In a current video on his YouTube channel, Daniel Cormier couldn’t assist however reward Allen.
Daniel Cormier praises Brendan Allen
“I didn’t anticipate Reinier de Ridder to interrupt in the best way that he did,” Cormier stated on his YouTube channel. “Brendan Allen advised us that he was going to go on the market and he was going to interrupt RDR. However after watching de Ridder struggle Robert Whittaker in the best way that he did, watching him beat Bo Nickal the best way that he did, watching what he did in ONE FC all these years to changing into the world champion in a number of weight courses, you simply didn’t anticipate what occurred.
“Brendan Allen began in a short time as soon as he received on prime. RDR was in a position to management him in Spherical 1. If you’re contemporary, you possibly can management, you possibly can take the again. However the second that he was in a position to lose place or swap place — I’m speaking Brendan Allen — it was all dominance. He managed him, he landed a ton of harm on him, and he actually did a very good job of taking up that struggle. From Spherical 2 on, it was all Brendan Allen.”
Quotes by way of MMA Fighting
