Las Vegas, NV – UFC middleweight Brendan Allen looks for a fourth consecutive victory when he faces Andre Muniz at UFC Vegas 70 on Saturday night.
“It feels like the Tom Breese fight all over again. Hopefully the performance says the same, and everything will be good and dandy and ready to go,” Allen told reporters on Wednesday.
Facing his first top 15 opponent on Saturday night isn’t lost on Allen.
“It feels good to finally have, you know, looking for that number and the same guy the whole camp, full camp. And a good guy at that. He’s a good opponent and I think he’s a good guy. I think he’s cool, but no matter what, none of that matters. I’m going to go out there and I’m going to do what I need to do. We can be friends after, but I’m excited,” he said.
Muniz comes into the fight with a lot of deserved hype based around his grappling prowess.
“I feel he’s good at certain positions and some transitions he does is a little different, but from the jiu jitsu aspect MMA jiu jitsu and sport jiu jitsu is totally different. I understand his positionings. I understand what he’s looking for. I understand what he’s trying to do,” said Allen.
“And I understand his intentions. I feel like many guys haven’t before and I also don’t feel like those guys were just very competent in that area. I think he’s met his match for that aspect of his game which is his best aspect.”
A win over a ranked opponent, specially a finish, would warrant a number next to Allen’s name.
“Hopefully this will be my last time at three times a year. Obviously after the rankings it’s hard with dates for everyone and things like that. So hopefully this will be my last time fighting three times this year. I gotta go out here and finish Muniz,” Allen said.
“I’ll look for Jack Hermansson or Dricus du Plessis no matter what happens next weekend, he’s still ahead of me.”
Watch the entire media day scrum with Brendan Allen above. Allen takes on Andre Muniz at UFC Vegas 70 on Saturday night at the UFC APEX.
