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Brendan Allen Fires Back at Champ Dricus Du Plessis After UFC Loss: ‘Not Everyone Gets the Easy Route’

Following his lackluster performance at UFC Paris, Brendan Allen still believes he’ll be a UFC champion one day. Dricus Du Plessis, on the other hand, thinks differently.

On the cusp of his first middleweight title opportunity, ‘All In’ came up short in Saturday’s co-main event clash with Nassourdine Imavov, seeing his seven-fight win streak snapped and dashing his hopes to be the next man up for the division’s top dog, Du Plessis.

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Brendan Allen Fires Back at Champ Dricus Du Plessis After UFC Loss: ‘Not Everyone Gets the Easy Route’ 2

After losing a decisive decision victory to Imavov, Allen took to social media and was already looking ahead to the future, revealing when we can expect to see him step back inside the Octagon.