Regardless of taking this combat on brief discover after an damage to Anthony “Fluffy” Hernandez, Brendan Allen lived as much as his promise to interrupt Reinier De Ridder, forcing the nook of the two-division ONE champion to throw within the towel after 4 rounds to present him the win in the primary occasion of UFC Vancouver.
De Ridder seemed to make use of his dimension early, shortly locking up Allen in a clinch battle seconds into the bout. RDR managed to land a takedown a couple of minute later, with de Ridder looking for an arm-triangle choke. When Allen defended that, de Ridder seemed to transition to the again. RDR labored the remainder of the primary from the again, touchdown punches and looking for the rear-naked choke and a late armbar try.
Allen seemed to use putting stress to start out the second spherical, however RDR shortly pinned him towards the fence and scored a takedown. Midway by the spherical, nonetheless, Allen managed to reverse the place, doing effectively along with his putting from up prime. De Ridder shortly introduced the combat again to the bottom within the third, getting proper into prime management on the again. Allen, nonetheless, once more managed to reverse to prime place, and by the top of the spherical, RDR gave the impression to be struggling to only get to his stool.
Allen scored a takedown to start out the fourth, although De Ridder tried to attain a choke from the underside. Allen’s relenting stress was an excessive amount of, and referee Jason Herzog warned RDR after the spherical he wanted to get to his nook or threat shedding the combat. Within the nook, the cornermen of a spent RDR threw within the towel, giving Allen the TKO win.
Brendan Allen Stops Reinier De Ridder At UFC Vancouver
Knew it
— Imavov Nassourdine (@imavov1) October 19, 2025
Did RDR obtained injured within the combat or he simply gave up? Actual query guys
— Caio Borralho (@BorralhoCaio) October 19, 2025
OH MY GOD RDR JUST QUIT ON HIS STOOL IN A TITLE CONTENDER FIGHT!!!!!BRENDAN ALLEN WINS!!!ARE YOU KIDDING ME???????? #UFCVancouver pic.twitter.com/2bUOGqT3Pa
— ACD MMA (@acdmma_) October 19, 2025
Brendan Allen dominates and will get the TKO victory over RDR
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— DiaztwinsMMA (@DiaztwinsMMA) October 19, 2025
Brendan Allen is ranked within the High 5 pic.twitter.com/50hWhHim29
— TheSportsAlien
(@Sports_Alien_OG) October 19, 2025
Allen has now received two straight and 9 of 11, coming into tonight off a unanimous resolution win over Marvin Vettori at UFC 318.
RDR was 4-0 within the UFC coming into tonight, scoring finishes of Gerald Meerschaert, Kevin Holland, and Bo Nickal earlier than a win over Robert Whittaker at UFC Abu Dhabi. This was his first loss since dropping the ONE middleweight title in March 2024.
