Mixed martial arts fans love a good fight-ending sequence, as often it summarizes the story of the fight in just a few seconds. Getting the finish is a definitive end to a fight that makes a statement: “I was this much better than my opponent at that particular moment in time.”
Every fighter has their go-to moves, especially specialists within certain martial arts disciplines. Their own signature styles that can lead to spectacular finishes. Whether it’s a scary-good rear-naked choke that fighters just can’t seem to avoid once going to the ground or crazy power in a straight left hand that has dropped even granite-chinned fighters with ease, each fighter has a particular finishing move or sequence. Moves that have stuck in fan’s minds and come to define and describe their careers within the cage.
For UFC Vegas 13 we will take a look at some fighters with only a few (5 or less) fights in the UFC, rather than those fighters that are long-time UFC veterans with a bunch of finishes with the promotion.
Brendan “All In” Allen (15-3 MMA, 3-0 UFC)
Total Number of Pro MMA Finishes: 13
Via KO/TKO: 5
Via Submission: 8
Total Number of UFC Finishes: 2
Via KO/TKO: 1
(Tom Breese)
Via Submission: 1
(Kevin Holland)
Brendan Allen has had an exceptional first few fights in the UFC since bursting on the scene after his first-round finish on the Contender Series in 2019 against Aaron Jeffery. At just 24 years old Brendan Allen has very advanced wrestling and jiu-jitsu in his arsenal and has already faced some very good rising prospects in the UFC’s middleweight division.
In Brendan’s first UFC fight he faced Kevin Holland, who gave him a lot of trouble early on in the fight, including opening him up with an elbow, before Allen was able to secure a rear-naked choke in the second round. In Allen’s very next fight against Tom Breese, he showed again just how advanced his wrestling scrambles and jiu-jitsu techniques were when he was able to get a ground n’ pound finish in the first round. Allen will be looking to keep his record perfect in the UFC at UFC Vegas 13 on Saturday.
Brendan Allen's finish of Sidney Wheeler R2 at Valor Fights 39 #UFCNorfolk pic.twitter.com/G4pDvcTAH1
— LORD HONKY HUMUNGUS (@Mr_Honky) February 28, 2020
