UFC Vegas 122 underway with Allen vs. Duncan main event

UFC Vegas 122 was underway at Meta APEX in Las Vegas on October 10, with Brendan Allen and Christian Leroy Duncan scheduled to headline the middleweight card. The supplied live preliminary-card listing named the bouts but did not include results, so it does not establish who won any fight, including the main event. The matchup marked Duncan’s first UFC main event. He entered on a five-fight winning streak, while Allen had won three consecutive fights, according to event previews. The bout brought together two contenders positioned differently in the middleweight rankings, with Allen described in previews as the higher-ranked fighter. Duncan’s coach, Mark Weir, said Allen was the top choice on a list of five potential opponents the team submitted to the UFC after fights. Weir said the team aims high but does not expect to receive its first choice every time. He recalled that the team had been given its requested opponent in each of its last three attempts. That account of the matchup’s selection came from Weir. Before the event, Duncan said he did not believe a win over Allen would automatically earn him an immediate title shot.