This is the live blog for Reinier de Ridder vs. Brendan Allen, the middleweight main event for UFC Vancouver on Saturday night at Rogers Arena.
A former two-division ONE Championship titleholder, de Ridder
made his UFC debut in November, and hasn’t looked back since. Three stoppage wins in his first three fights set “RDR” up for a main event battle with former champion Robert Whittaker that de Ridder edged out, putting him in the thick of the title mix at 185 pounds.
De Ridder was supposed to face Anthony Hernandez in a potential title eliminator this Saturday, but after “Fluffy” withdrew, Allen stepped in on short notice to save the event. A former LFA champion, Allen made his UFC debut off of Dana White’s Contender Series in 2019, and has been a going concern in the middleweight division since then. Now Allen hopes to re-insert himself into the title conversation with a big win over a surging contender.
Check out the live blog for de Ridder vs. Allen below.
Preamble
And here we are. It’s been a weird one, folks. That co-main event was a travesty that I could write many thousands of words on, but it’s in the past. Now its RDR fight time. Let’s enjoy.
