Seattle – UFC middleweight Brendan Allen isn’t too worried about being the underdog going into his fight at UFC Seattle against Anthony Hernandez in Saturday night.
He’s always been the underdog.
“I don’t know. I feel like people always do that (count me out) anyway and look for a reason,” Allen told reporters including Cageside Press on Wednesday.
“I feel like I’m a guy you either like me or you hate me. There’s no in between. For some reason people hate me more than they like me, but that’s fine.”
Allen (24-6) has fought Hernandez before. The two fought for the LFA middleweight title in 2018 at LFA 32. Hernandez took the title via unanimous decision.
“Me personally I see him as the same guy. Just a good bit more refined and more polished, but he still does the same things. He still focuses on his cardio. He’s still, to me, the same guy,” he said.
“I was so young an immature then, mentally, I’m a completely different guy. I fought like sh*t that night. I was just basically a moving dummy.”
Whether or not Allen is focusing on getting revenge for that title loss isn’t clear, but he definitely wants to get the win back. This time in the UFC.
“He’s going to have to eat some punches to get in there. I know he’s tough,” he said.
“It only takes one clean one to do anything. 15 minutes is a long time to have to evade a good punch. We know he’s coming from bell to bell and we’ll see how successful he is on Saturday.”
Watch the entire media day scrum with Brendan Allen above. He takes on Anthony Hernandez at UFC Seattle on Saturday night.
