Anthony Hernandez expects to get the most effective of Brendan Allen once more of their rematch.
Hernandez (13-2 MMA, 7-2 UFC) and Allen (24-6 MMA, 12-3 UFC) run issues again at a UFC Struggle Night time occasion on Feb. 22. Of their first struggle, which occurred in January 2018, Hernandez defeated Allen by unanimous resolution to assert the vacant LFA middleweight title.
Presently using a six-fight successful streak – together with a Efficiency of the Night time TKO of Michel Pereira, Hernandez sees a struggle towards Allen as the right subsequent step, and he hopes it finally ends up being one other five-round struggle.
“It made sense,” Hernandez informed Inside Preventing. “He referred to as me out and it’s like, ‘All proper, properly if you wish to f*cking run it again. It’s the proper alternative as a result of clearly he’s forward of me. He’s been wholesome and he’s been successful and stuff, and like the child’s gotten a lot f*cking higher. I simply assume I’ve his quantity.”
Regardless of successful their first assembly, Hernandez says he wasn’t as ready as he wished to be.
“I keep in mind the primary struggle was a f*cking b*tch – I’m not going to lie,” Hernandez stated. “It was very onerous, however I additionally was harm, and I didn’t prepare for that struggle. I lowkey took it off the sofa. It’s what it’s. I nonetheless gained, so it labored out. However I’m stoked that this struggle I’m wholesome.
“I’m really going to have a superb camp, and I perceive the sport now. I’ve obtained this sh*t dialed in, so now it’s simply go on the market and do what I ought to have completed the primary time. The primary time was a possibility I couldn’t go as a result of I gained that, and I obtained the Contender Sequence shot.”
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