Allen vs Evloev

Who won Allen vs Evloev?

Movsar Evloev beat Arnold Allen by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC 297, on Saturday 20th January 2024 at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto.

The scorecards were announced as 29-28, 29-28, 29-28 in favor of the winner Movsar Evloev.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Allen vs Evloev stats

Arnold Allen stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Movsar Evloev made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 17 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

This was Arnold Allen's 13th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2015.

Arnold Allen's UFC record stood at 11-2-0, while Movsar Evloev's came in at 8-0-0.

The stats suggested Allen had an advantage in power over Evloev, with a 37% knock out percentage over Evloev's 18%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Evloev had a slight advantage over Allen, with a 24% submission rate over Allen's 21%.

Arnold Allen was the same age as Movsar Evloev, at 30 years old.

Allen had a height advantage of 1 inch over Evloev. Despite this, Evloev had a 2-inch reach advantage.

Allen was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 3 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 2 years and 7 months earlier than Evloev, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 8 more professional rounds, 58 to Evloev's 50.

Allen vs Evloev form

Allen had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Max Holloway at UFC Fight Night – Holloway vs. Allen on 15th April 2023 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at T-Mobile Center, Kansas City, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Calvin Kattar at UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Allen on 29th October 2022 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Dan Hooker at UFC Fight Night London on 19th March 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at 02 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Before that, he had defeated Mads Burnell at UFC Fight Night 130 on 27th May 2018 by submission in the 3rd round at Echo Arena, Liverpool.

He was victorious against Makwan Amirkhani at UFC Fight Night 107 on 18th March 2017 by split decision in their 3 round contest at 02 Arena, London.

Activity check

Allen's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years and 6 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 6 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.8 rounds on average.

Evloev's last 3 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 3 months and 6 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 9 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Allen vs Evloev?

Arnold Allen was a 3/2 (+150) underdog going into the contest, while Movsar Evloev made his way into the ring at 27/50 (-190) with oddsmakers.