{"id":38104,"date":"2026-05-05T16:19:48","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T16:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Brendan-Allen-reacts-to-Sean-Stricklands-latest-controversial-comments-201075"},"modified":"2026-05-05T16:19:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T16:19:48","slug":"brendan-allen-reacts-to-sean-stricklands-latest-controversial-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/brendan-allen-reacts-to-sean-stricklands-latest-controversial-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"Brendan Allen reacts to Sean Strickland\u2019s latest controversial comments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/brendan-allen-reacts-to-sean-stricklands-latest-controversial-comments.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Brendan-Allen-201703\">Brendan<br \/>\nAllen<\/a> wants to avenge his loss against <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Sean-Strickland-30452\">Sean<br \/>\nStrickland<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Strickland is scheduled to challenge <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Khamzat-Chimaev-280021\">Khamzat<br \/>\nChimaev<\/a> for the middleweight title in the main event at<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/UFC-328-Chimaev-vs-Strickland-111957\"><br \/>\nUFC 328<\/a> on May 9 at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.<br \/>\nAllen is currently training with Chimaev to prepare for his<br \/>\nupcoming fight against <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Edmen-Shahbazyan-247691\">Edmen<br \/>\nShahbazyan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"adViAi\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> Strickland recently went on an unprovoked tirade against Allen.<br \/>\nStrickland called Allen a woman who isn\u2019t worth training with.<br \/>\nStrickland also said that his training partner <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Johnny-Eblen-263051\">Johnny<br \/>\nEblen<\/a> could \u201cf*ck\u201d Allen if he wanted to, though Eblen clearly<br \/>\nsaid he doesn\u2019t intend to.<\/p>\n<p>Allen says he doesn\u2019t even know where Strickland\u2019s hatred against<br \/>\nhim stems from. Allen also doesn\u2019t think highly of Eblen, who is<br \/>\nconsidered one of the best fighters outside the UFC. Allen believes<br \/>\nhis <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/stats\/fightfinder?association=Kill+Cliff+FC\"><br \/>\nKill Cliff FC<\/a> training partner, <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Impa-Kasanganay-310489\">Impa<br \/>\nKasanganay<\/a>, was robbed off a win against Eblen in 2024.<br \/>\n\u201cAll-In\u201d also notes that his training partner <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Costello-van-Steenis-152859\">Costello<br \/>\nvan Steenis<\/a> dethroned Eblen from the <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Professional-Fighters-League-12241\"><br \/>\nProfessional Fighters League<\/a> middleweight title last year.<\/p>\n<p>Allen suffered a TKO loss against Strickland in 2020 and is eager<br \/>\nto avenge his loss someday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t even know where that came from, to be honest with you,\u201d<br \/>\nAllen told Submission Radio. \u201cHe\u2019s always talking about dude\u2019s<br \/>\ngetting fuc*ed and stuff, it\u2019s weird. Then he says his boy wants to<br \/>\nf*ck me or whatever. His boy can\u2019t even make it in the B-leagues.<br \/>\nStay there, bro. I don\u2019t care how many people say you\u2019re good, it<br \/>\ndoesn\u2019t matter. When it shows up to fight, he got gifted a win<br \/>\nagainst my boy Impa, he got beat against my boy Costello. Stay in<br \/>\nthe B-leagues bro, stay in the middle of the B-league. I\u2019m down to<br \/>\nfight though. I was hoping that [the Strickland rematch] is the one<br \/>\nthat I would get this time. I was excited to run that back for<br \/>\nsure\u2026 Everyone talks about TKOing me six years ago. I was 24, I\u2019m<br \/>\n30 now. Let\u2019s see how it fares now. I think he got lucky that<br \/>\nnight, I made a stupid error.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Coming off wins over <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Marvin-Vettori-80421\">Marvin<br \/>\nVettori<\/a> and <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Reinier-de-Ridder-133677\">Reinier<br \/>\nde Ridder<\/a>, Allen (26-7) is scheduled to fight Shahbazyan at<br \/>\n<a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/events\/UFC-Fight-Night-276-Allen-vs-Costa-111865\"><br \/>\nUFC Vegas 117<\/a> on June 6. Meanwhile, Shahbazyan (16-5) is riding<br \/>\na three-fight winning streak.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2xv9zUYJzCc?si=zoM2VZvONkNltg5h&amp;start=1056\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/center>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brendan Allen wants to avenge his loss against Sean Strickland. Strickland is scheduled to challenge Khamzat Chimaev for the middleweight title in the main event at UFC 328 on May 9 at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Allen is currently training with Chimaev to prepare for his upcoming fight against Edmen Shahbazyan. 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