
Brendan Allen 'over and done with' Marvin Vettori beef after UFC 318 win
NEW ORLEANS – It looks like the rivalry between Brendan Allen and Marvin Vettori has come to an end, at least for one party.
Allen (25-7 MMA, 13-4 UFC) and Vettori (19-8-1 MMA, 9-7-1 UFC) had plenty of bad blood heading into their middleweight bout at Saturday's UFC 318, which took place at Smoothie King Center. The two had gone back and forth in trash talk, and had even gotten into a brawl on the casino floor of the Hard Rock Hotel in Hollywood, Fla., prior to locking horns in a professional context.
Allen, who defeated Vettori by unanimous decision, wants to move past their feud – but he isn't too sure the feeling is mutual.
"I just told him, our problems aside, that my heart goes out to him and his family," Allen revealed what he told Vettori after thir bout. "My brother had his accident and he totally lost his brother, so I can't imagine the pain it feels to fully lose your brother. I didn't lose mine, fully, but it still hurts. His coaches started talking sh*t and told me to get the f*ck out of his face. It's just people sticking their nose between two grown men. I don't have any bad blood with him. He can say whatever he wants before and after, that's on him. He's a grown man. I'm a grown man with kids. It's just business to me. We fought. It is what it is. I think I totally won, if you don't, which he probably won't, yeah, for me, it's over and done with."
With this result, Allen was able to snap a two-fight losing skid and get back in the win column. He's open to take on any top contender next, and wants to work his way back to title contention.
"There's still so many fights that can come," Allen said. "We'll see what happens with the UFC, what they want from me. (Jared) Cannonier. MVP (Michael Page), Roman (Dolidze), Fluffy (Anthony Hernandez) – which is Fluffy wins he's going to continue going up, obviously. He just beat me in that decision. You have Caio (Borralho), (Nassourdine) Imavov, Sean Strickland is still sitting out there. You have a lot of fights. I don't know. We'll see what the UFC wants and what's next."

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