For all intents and purposes, Arnold Allen performed well in his first five-round fight.
headliner at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri on Saturday night. UFC president Dana White came away impressed with Allen’s performance but would have liked a little more urgency from “Almighty” down the stretch.
“I thought he looked good,” White said. “He kept the pace, kept the distance, controlled the tempo of the fight. I thought that Allen looked incredible. If you think about it, it’s his first big night ever in a main event, the whole crowd’s against him and he came on too late. “If he’d have fought the way [he fought] in the fifth round [from] the third round on, he would have had a better chance of winning that fight. I’m not a cornerman or a coach, but I think there should have been a sense of urgency earlier. But I’m not a cornerman.”
Knowing he was well behind on the scorecards, Allen did some of his best work in the fifth round, but it wasn’t enough to produce a finish. With that, his 10-fight UFC winning streak is a thing of the past. There is plenty for Allen to build upon, however. “Young guy, up-and-coming, gets ranked in the Top 5 and he’s the main event in a place where the entire crowd is cheering against him,” White said. “It’s a lot of pressure for a guy. I thought he handled it well. He’s obviously talented enough. He went five rounds with“I think he poured it on a little too late but I’m not his cornerman. I think there were a lot of mistakes made tonight in the corner,” White continued.
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