October 26, 2022 4: 30 pm ET
LAS VEGAS – If Arnold Allen loses in the UFC Fight Night 213 primary occasion, he’s persuaded it won’t be since of experience.
Allen (18-1 MMA, 9-0 UFC) will complete in his veryfirst UFC headliner Saturday when he satisfies Kattar (23-6 MMA, 7-4 UFC) in a important featherweight bout at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The card streams on ESPN+.
Experiencing this phase for the veryfirst time not just comes with more media demands and spotlight, however 5 arranged rounds rather of the regular 3. For Kattar, that’s old hat. It will be his 6th time battling a UFC primary occasion, and he’s extremely familiar with this procedure.
That’s not constantly a useful thing, . Kattar hasactually gone the range in each of his previous 5 headliners, and taken an abundance of damage in the procedure. Allen thinks that might possibly make his task simpler.
“I appearance at it as a favorable,” Allen informed pressreporters, consistingof MMA Junkie, at Wednesday’s UFC Fight Night 213 media day. “He’s got miles on the clock. He’s had those five-round wa