Brendan Allen
“All In”
Brendan Allen is ranked 4th of 320 middleweights by the First Light Rating, and 4th in the UFC’s own middleweight rankings.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 2,0574th of 320 · Middleweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- −0.12Skill ahead of fame
▲ +0.03 in 30 days - Career phase
- PrimeCareer-best FLR 2,057, 10 Oct 2026
- Record
- 28–7Pro
Fame against skill.
Every fighter with an FLI, by skill and fame. Hover a dot for the fighter; click to open their page. The dashed curve is the fame their skill predicts: above it, a fighter is more famous than their skill; below it, better than their fame.
Skill and attention.
Attention is drawn at the skill level its fame matches: above the skill line, more famous than skilled. Shaded: 2,000 careers simulated from today, fight by fight; the dashed line is the middle one.
Recent fights.
| Date | Fight | FLR | FLI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Oct 2026 | Won vs Christian Leroy DuncanUFC Fight Night 290 - Allen vs. Duncan · Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) | +5 | −0.01 |
| 6 Jun 2026 | Won vs Edmen ShahbazyanUFC Fight Night 278 - Muhammad vs. Bonfim · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +11 | — |
| 18 Oct 2025 | Won vs Reinier de RidderUFC Fight Night 262 - De Ridder vs. Allen · TKO (Corner Stoppage), R4 | +21 | — |
| 19 Jul 2025 | Won vs Marvin VettoriUFC 318 - Holloway vs. Poirier 3 · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +16 | — |
| 22 Feb 2025 | Lost to Anthony HernandezUFC Fight Night 252 - Cejudo vs. Song · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | −10 | — |
| 28 Sept 2024 | Lost to Nassourdine ImavovUFC Fight Night 243 - Moicano vs. St. Denis · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | −20 | — |
| 6 Apr 2024 | Won vs Chris CurtisUFC Fight Night 240 - Allen vs. Curtis 2 · Decision (Split), R5 | +4 | — |
| 18 Nov 2023 | Won vs Paul CraigUFC Fight Night 232 - Allen vs. Craig · Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), R3 | +14 | — |
| 24 Jun 2023 | Won vs Bruno SilvaUFC on ABC 5 - Emmett vs. Topuria · Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), R1 | +17 | — |
| 25 Feb 2023 | Won vs Andre MunizUFC Fight Night 220 - Muniz vs. Allen · Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), R3 | +18 | — |
| 1 Oct 2022 | Won vs Krzysztof JotkoUFC Fight Night 211 - Dern vs. Yan · Submission (Rear-Naked Choke), R1 | +22 | — |
| 12 Jun 2022 | Won vs Jacob MalkounUFC 275 - Teixeira vs. Prochazka · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +4 | — |
FLR is what the fight did to their First Light Rating: the true measure of skill.
FLI is what the fight did to their First Light Index: the rating of fame against skill.
How it is measured.
Data Credit: First Light Observatory.
How these numbers are made.
First Light may hold interests in athletes covered by the Index.