Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is holding a special pre-fight media day on Weds. afternoon (Oct. 15, 2025) for the upcoming UFC Vancouver: “De Ridder vs. Allen” mixed martial arts (MMA) event on ESPN+,
scheduled for this Sat. night (Oct. 18) inside Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
The LIVE video stream gets underway promptly at 2:30 p.m. ET.
Fighters scheduled to appear include:
Reinier de Ridder – No. 4 UFC middleweight
Brendan Allen – No. 9 UFC middleweight
Kevin Holland – No. 15 UFC welterweight
Mike Malott – UFC welterweight
Marlon Vera – No. 7 UFC bantamweight
Aiemann Zahabi – No. 9 UFC bantamweight
Manon Fiorot – No. 2 UFC women’s flyweight
Jasmine Jasudavicius – No. 5 UFC women’s flyweight
Charles Jourdain – UFC bantamweight
Kyle Nelson – UFC lightweight
Note: times and availability subject to change.
“His grappling is good but a bit sloppy at times,” De Ridder told MMAFighting about facing Allen. “He falls off the back very frequently so maybe that’s something he’s adjusted by now. Has decent submissions, very opportunistic. He jumps on stuff when he sees it. His wrestling is decent. He has decent takedowns, decent takedown defense, not too great. But I think the thing that he lacks in the most, he kind of fades in the later rounds.”
“He starts very hard, very sharp and very good in the first round, he’s very dangerous as he did against [Nassourdine] Imavov,” De Ridder added. “He got on top and controlled him basically the entire round, as he did in the ‘Fluffy’ fight, he did very well in the first round as well. But then in the later rounds, he kind of fades a little bit. He doesn’t even look that tired but something changes and he’s not the same guy in the later rounds. So we’ll see for this one.”
For the finalized UFC Vancouver fight card and ESPN+ lineup click here.
