Kattar vs Allen

Who won Kattar vs Allen?

Arnold Allen beat Calvin Kattar by knockout in the 2nd round during the main event of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 29th October 2022 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 5 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Kattar vs Allen stats

Calvin Kattar stepped into the octagon with a record of 23 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 2 by submission.

Arnold Allen made his way to the cage with a record of 18 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

This was Calvin Kattar's 13th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2017.

Calvin Kattar's UFC record stood at 7-6-0, while Arnold Allen's came in at 10-2-0.

The stats suggested Kattar had an advantage in power over Allen, with a 48% knock out percentage over Allen's 33%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Allen had an advantage over Kattar, with a 22% submission rate over Kattar's 9%.

Calvin Kattar was the older man by 6 years, at 36 years old.

Kattar had a height advantage of 3 inches over Allen. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Kattar was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 10 more fights, and made his debut in 2007, 4 years and 9 months earlier than Allen, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 24 more professional rounds, 79 to Allen's 55.

Kattar vs Allen form

Kattar had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Josh Emmett at UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Emmett on 18th June 2022 by split decision in their 5 round contest at Moody Center, Austin, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Giga Chikadze at UFC Fight Night on 15th January 2022 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Max Holloway at UFC on ABC 1 on 16th January 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Before that, he had beaten Dan Ige at UFC Fight Island 1 on 15th July 2020 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi.

He had defeated Jeremy Stephens at UFC 249 on 9th May 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, United States.

Activity check

Kattar's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 11 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 22 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4.4 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Kattar vs Allen?

Calvin Kattar was a 1/1 (+100) underdog going into the contest, while Arnold Allen made his way into the ring at 4/5 (-130) with oddsmakers.