Media Brendan Allen: I should fight for the title next, Chimaev/Whittaker needs to face Caio

[Unheralded Truth]

“Ideally speaking, if I go out there and beat Imavov in his hometown, in front of his people, I will have checked every single box except for one: to fight for the title,
and there’s nothing I can really do overnight to check the one other box, which is (social media) followers. I don’t know. That’s not my jam. On a fighting level,
I think I’ve done every single thing to be number one."

“No matter who wins between Whittaker and Chimaev, I feel like that’s a fight for Caio. As I think Caio said he wants one more if he can’t get the belt. I think that’s
a great fight because he beats either one of them. While my ultimate goal would be to fight whoever is for the belt next, which I think is Sean and Dricus. Fight the
winner of that, then I would be looking to defend against Caio because he would be next in line at that same time. That’s where it is. New blood. I’m the new blood."

"There’s a lot of good arguments to be made. The only negative is the followers. Everyone knows when I come to fight, I come to fight. Win or lose, I’m going to put
on a fight. You’re going to know you’re in a fight unless you catch me, and that’s the only way I think guys can beat me is to catch me. That can happen to anyone
and that’s the reason I always say to everyone I don’t control the outcome. If I do my job on Saturday I think I have a great argument."

 

[kkthx]

yeah good luck with that

 

[LoveMyMMA]

Delusional.

Buddy has an insanely weak resume and couldn't even beat Chris Curtis, yet he's got the audacity to say he deserves a shot over Rob and Khamzat? LMAO.

 

[svmr_db]

Seems like Brendan Allen doesn't realize he's getting the slow Belal / Leon treatment to a title shot from the UFC.

 

[WoozyFailGuy]

He would have had a stronger case had he said he wanted Sean next regardless if he had the belt or not to get that loss back, then to fight for the title.

 

[RockyLockridge]

He's going to need to win 2 more at least. which is crazy they are giving him a 9 fight road to the title but that's what it is.

 

[TankAbbott4Eva]

The winner of Khamzat v Whittaker will be wanting a title shot. If Khamzat wins they'll love that, they can do a big event in Abu Dhabi

 

[El Panteron]

His best win is what, Paul Craig? Pipe the fuck down

 

[theincognito]

He's going to need to win 2 more at least. which is crazy they are giving him a 9 fight road to the title but that's what it is.

Unless it's a former champ or a weak/cleared out division, most contenders these days are averaging about that to get a title shot. For Merab it was 10 straight.

 

[MrBlackheart]

What’s worse than an entitled fighter? An entitled fighter with long hair.

 

[BjPenn2017]

Well I mean if the stars align it could happen, good chance Khamzat pulls out and I doubt the UFC wants to give Whittaker a pointless title shot where he gets starched again so who knows.

 

[svmr_db]

Well I mean if the stars align it could happen, good chance Khamzat pulls out and I doubt the UFC wants to give Whittaker a pointless title shot where he gets starched again so who knows.

Yeah we all know nobody can win a rematch, should've never given Cain a rematch vs JDS either right?

 

[The Blue Bird]

What a silly goose

 

[Cheese_&_mma_lover]

Brendan Allen is 100% correct.

people who want to see Strickland or Whittaker fight for the title again are a cancer to the mma community.

and khamzat is irrelevant.

 

[laleggenda27]

Brendan Allen is on a good run, but he's stuck behind a bunch of big names. He needs a win over one of those guys to truly enter the title picture. The winner of Allen/Imavov vs. Izzy seems like a good next move.

 

[Gabe]

Should not be looking past Imavov, who is the best fighter he has faced since Strickland.

 

[TRUS8888]

Seems like Brendan Allen doesn't realize he's getting the slow Belal / Leon treatment to a title shot from the UFC.

The UFC didn't want to give Belal / Leon title shots for free they had to win so much that it was undeniable at that point. You can add Merab to that list as well.

Brendan Allen doesn't have anywhere near the win streak or quality of wins that these guys had so he'll need to keep working for a quite a while imo.

 

[svmr_db]

The UFC didn't want to give Belal / Leon title shots for free they had to win so much that it was undeniable at that point. You can add Merab to that list as well.

Brendan Allen doesn't have anywhere near the win streak or quality of wins that these guys had so he'll need to keep working for a quite a while imo.

Yeah he doesn't even have a win over a top 10 opponent yet on this 7 fight win streak he's on. He's delusional thinking he could be up for the next title shot regardless of how he could beat Imavov.

What they do with Izzy could throw a wrench in things but I think Borralho should fight the Imavov/Allen winner.

 

[Poirierfan]

Delusional.

Buddy has an insanely weak resume and couldn't even beat Chris Curtis, yet he's got the audacity to say he deserves a shot over Rob and Khamzat? LMAO.

Allen was young and has improved immensely. He most definitely is a top contender at this point.

 

[beater81]

He should be aiming for loser of Knuckles/Hazmat and be happy if he gets either of them.