Brendan Allen punches Marvin Vettori post PFL playoffs @ufc #ufc pic.twitter.com/eU3BxIivxr
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Though they have yet to cross paths in the Octagon, that didn’t prevent Brendan Allen and Marvin Vettori from getting into a scuffle on Friday night.
The two UFC middleweights brawled on the casino floor at the Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, Florida, following the PFL 8 playoff card at the same venue. Multiple videos of the altercation have surfaced on social media.
According to a report from MMA Mania, the fight began when Vettori threw a punch at UFC light heavyweight George Tokkos. That prompted Allen to enter the fray and throw punches at “The Italian Dream.”
Vettori appeared to be no worse for wear in a video posted to his Instagram stories.
“One arm Vettori is unbeaten,” he wrote. “Ain’t never missing s—t.”
Meanwhile, UFC CEO Dana White couldn’t resist taking a shot at the rival promotion in his reaction to the incident.
“Had to be fight of the night if it was at PFL,” White wrote on X.
Allen and Vettori were scheduled to square off at UFC Fight Night 240 this past April before Vettori withdrew from the event due to injury. Vettori criticized Allen’s performance on social media, telling his fellow middleweight that he looked “like dog s—t.” Allen responded by calling the former title challenger “irrelevant” at the post-fight press conference.
The victory over Curtis extended Allen’s UFC winning streak to seven, while Vettori hasn’t competed since a unanimous decision loss to Jared Cannonier in the UFC on ESPN 47 headliner in June 2023.
