UFC results: Max Holloway ends Arnold Allen’s long win streak
Re-live updates from the featherweight main event in Missouri, where Holloway was a decision winner
Max Holloway halted Arnold Allen’s 12-fight win streak on Saturday, outpointing the Briton in the pair’s UFC Fight Night main event.
Former featherweight champion Holloway bounced back from his third loss to Alexander Volkanovski by beating Allen in Kansas City, where he was a unanimous-decision winner.
Meanwhile, Allen came up short as he looked to set up a title shot against reigning champion Volkanovski, landing numerous heavy strikes but failing to put down Hawaiian Holloway.
In fact, it was Allen who dropped to a knee in the frenzied final seconds of the fight, which Holloway won 49-46, 49-46, 48-47 on the scorecards.
Re-live updates from Holloway vs Allen, and the rest of this evening’s UFC Fight Night, below. Click here to subscribe to The Independent’s Sport YouTube channel for all the latest sports videos.
UFC LIVE: Max Holloway vs Arnold Allen
Zak Cummings vs Ed Herman is up next, a light-heavyweight affair.
UFC LIVE: Max Holloway vs Arnold Allen
A bit of controversy here: Rodriguez shouts, “I didn’t tap,” at referee Keith Peterson, who suggests that he separated the pair because she screamed.
Officially, this is going down as a verbal tap.
Gillian Robertson def. Piera Rodriguez via second-round submission (armbar, 4:21).
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Robertson vs Rodriguez – Round 2
Immediately Robertson ducks under Rodriguez’s jab and lands a single-leg takedown, which takes her straight into half-guard.
Robertson circles into north-south position, then moves back into half-guard after landing an elbow during the transition.
Robertson advances into mount and fires off more elbows. She flits between positions again, but she’s fully in control either way.
Rodriguez’s face is dripping with blood on one side now, surely a result of the numerous elbows she’s received. Robertson keeps forcing Rodriguez to turn away with the elbows, but the Canadian then opts for side control instead of letting Rodriguez turn fully and expose the back; a questionable choice.
It doesn’t matter, however, as Robertson is able to swivel into an armbar from side control, and she forces the tap!
UFC LIVE: Max Holloway vs Arnold Allen
Robertson vs Rodriguez – Round 1
Robertson presses forward with low kicks and body kicks early on. Rodriguez responds with a decent counter left hook.
Twice Robertson feints takedowns to set up flurries of punches. Again the left hook is there for Rodriguez.
Rodriguez with a takedown and she’s straight into full guard. She opts to stand after struggling to progress in the position, and Robertson secures a trip immediately.
The Canadian moves into side control, and then half-guard. Both women land decent strikes, and the round ends with Robertson raining down a few slashing elbows.
UFC LIVE: Max Holloway vs Arnold Allen
Next up is a women’s strawweight fight between Gillian Robertson and Piera Rodriguez.
UFC LIVE: Max Holloway vs Arnold Allen
Daniel Zellhuber def. Lando Vannata via unanimous decision (29-27, 29-28, 30-27).
UFC LIVE: Max Holloway vs Arnold Allen
Zellhuber is the sharper striker early in Round 3, and he’s cut Vannata around the right eye.
Vannata rallies late in the frame, and we’ll go to the judges’ scorecards.
UFC LIVE: Max Holloway vs Arnold Allen
A much closer second round, with Vannata edging the striking output.
UFC LIVE: Max Holloway vs Arnold Allen
Vannata survives a brutal period, in which he’s knocked down and on the wrong end of some nasty ground and pound from Zellhuber.
Vannata does just enough to keep moving and allow the referee to let the action continue.
A dominant first round for Zellhuber.
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