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Brendan Allen

Middleweight · REAL v1.0 (registered) #3; v1.1 (shadow) #4

Descriptive profile. The resume rank is what has been earned; these statistics are context, not a prediction. A test on Oct 20, 2026 found that career statistics add nothing reliable to age, layoff and experience as predictors of the next result (experiments/REGISTER.md, EXP-2026-10-20-14).

Weight band 3-4: the 10th to 90th percentile of his position across weight vectors drawn near the 70/30 weights. Rating 1,753, deviation 103: measured from 20 UFC bouts; a one-bout newcomer sits near 290.

Age 30 (born 1995-12-28) · Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) · Reach 75 in (190 cm) · Stance Orthodox · 22 days since last bout (2026-10-10) · Last five 4-1 · Streak W4

Why he is ranked here

Rating 1,753 is the division's 4th highest of 79 board fighters; the ledger stands at +4.7 (+5.2 from quality wins, +0.5 from close losses to top-5 fighters, less 1.0 for other losses outside the top 5; losses count for three years); 8 quality wins in 15 years, 3 over top-10 opponents, which makes him entrenched; no form penalty (4-1 last five). Score +0.91 = +0.58 (rating term, 70% weight) +0.33 (ledger term, 30% weight) -0.00 (form penalty); score order put him at #3.

TermValueDetail
Score+0.9170% rating term + 30% ledger term - form penalty
Rating term+0.58resume rating 1,753, scaled against the division's interdecile range
Ledger term+0.33quality ledger +4.7: +5.2 QW +0.5 proof -0.0 blowout -1.0 weak
Form penalty0.00last five 4-1
Quality wins, 15 years83 over top-10 opponents, 6 over top-15; entrenched
Placementscore order #3v1.0 (registered)
Shadow board v1.1#4score +0.84; score order #4

Rules, weights and worked examples: methodology.

Last ten bouts

DateEventOpponentOpp. official rankResultMethodRoundModel p
2026-10-10UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. DuncanChristian Leroy Duncan#10Wsubmission5 (2:46)43%
2026-06-06UFC Fight Night: Muhammad vs. BonfimEdmen ShahbazyanunrankedWunanimous decision3 (5:00)57%
2025-10-18UFC Fight Night: De Ridder vs. AllenReinier de Ridder#4WKO/TKO4 (5:00)39%
2025-07-19UFC 318: Holloway vs. Poirier 3Marvin Vettori#10Wunanimous decision3 (5:00)50%
2025-02-22UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. SongAnthony Hernandez#12Lunanimous decision3 (5:00)39%
2024-09-28UFC Fight Night: Moicano vs. Saint DenisNassourdine Imavov#4Lunanimous decision3 (5:00)45%
2024-04-06UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Curtis 2Chris Curtis#14Wsplit decision5 (5:00)68%
2023-11-18UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. CraigPaul Craig#13Wsubmission3 (0:38)57%
2023-06-24UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. TopuriaBruno Silva (Blindado)unrankedWsubmission1 (4:39)63%
2023-02-25UFC Fight Night: Muniz vs. AllenAndre Muniz#11Wsubmission3 (4:25)41%

Opp. official rank = the UFC media-panel rank of the opponent on the date (C champion, #1 to #15, unranked; n/a before Feb 2013 or where no official board existed). Model p = the predictive model's pre-fight win chance for him (frozen performance-adjusted Elo; bouts before 2020 were in its tuning sample). Linked opponents have a profile.

Career statistics

Through 2026-10-31, UFC bouts only. Percentile = share of the 79 board fighters at Middleweight at or below this value; high is a position in the division, not a verdict.

Output
Significant strikes landed per minute3.60(47th percentile at Middleweight)
Significant strike accuracy52%(62nd percentile at Middleweight)
Knockdowns scored per 15 minutes0.18(41st percentile at Middleweight)
Share of wins by finish62%(42nd percentile at Middleweight)
Defence and damage
Significant strikes absorbed per minute3.83(66th percentile at Middleweight)
Significant strike defence48%(32nd percentile at Middleweight)
Knockdowns suffered per 15 minutes0.12(41st percentile at Middleweight)
Significant strikes absorbed, career941(89th percentile at Middleweight)
KO/TKO losses2 (last 2021-12-04, 1,793 days ago)(82nd percentile at Middleweight)
Submission losses0(59th percentile at Middleweight)
KO/TKO losses per bout over 10 years, each weighted down by the finisher's danger0.035(41st percentile at Middleweight)
Grappling
Takedowns landed per 15 minutes1.59(61st percentile at Middleweight)
Takedown defence56%(32nd percentile at Middleweight)
Share of cage time in control30%(75th percentile at Middleweight)
Share of significant strikes landed in the clinch or on the ground23%(64th percentile at Middleweight)
Stylemixed (3.8 takedown attempts per 15 min; 30% control)
Career stage
Age30.8(27th percentile at Middleweight)
Age at UFC debut23.8(15th percentile at Middleweight)
Years since UFC debut7.0(80th percentile at Middleweight)
UFC bouts20(92nd percentile at Middleweight)
Cage time, minutes246(90th percentile at Middleweight)
Bouts per year, last three years2.7(81st percentile at Middleweight)
Days since last bout22(16th percentile at Middleweight)

Board position since Oct 2023

C24681020252026Oct 2023Oct 20262023-10-06: #6, Middleweight2023-10-13: #6, Middleweight2023-10-20: #6, Middleweight2023-11-03: #6, Middleweight2023-11-10: #6, Middleweight2023-11-17: #6, Middleweight2023-12-01: #6, Middleweight2023-12-08: #6, Middleweight2023-12-15: #6, Middleweight2024-01-12: #6, Middleweight2024-01-19: #6, Middleweight2024-02-02: #6, Middleweight2024-02-09: #6, Middleweight2024-02-16: #6, Middleweight2024-02-23: #6, Middleweight2024-03-01: #6, Middleweight2024-03-08: #6, Middleweight2024-03-15: #6, Middleweight2024-03-22: #6, Middleweight2024-03-29: #6, Middleweight2024-04-05: #6, Middleweight2024-04-12: #5, Middleweight2024-04-26: #5, Middleweight2024-05-03: #5, Middleweight2024-05-10: #5, Middleweight2024-05-17: #5, Middleweight2024-05-31: #5, Middleweight2024-06-07: #5, Middleweight2024-06-14: #4, Middleweight2024-06-21: #4, Middleweight2024-06-28: #4, Middleweight2024-07-12: #4, Middleweight2024-07-19: #4, Middleweight2024-07-26: #4, Middleweight2024-08-02: #4, Middleweight2024-08-09: #4, Middleweight2024-08-16: #4, Middleweight2024-08-23: #3, Middleweight2024-09-06: #3, Middleweight2024-09-13: #3, Middleweight2024-09-27: #3, Middleweight2024-10-04: #5, Middleweight2024-10-11: #5, Middleweight2024-10-18: #5, Middleweight2024-10-25: #5, Middleweight2024-11-01: #6, Middleweight2024-11-08: #6, Middleweight2024-11-15: #6, Middleweight2024-11-22: #6, Middleweight2024-12-06: #6, Middleweight2024-12-13: #6, Middleweight2025-01-10: #6, Middleweight2025-01-17: #6, Middleweight2025-01-31: #6, Middleweight2025-02-07: #5, Middleweight2025-02-14: #5, Middleweight2025-02-21: #5, Middleweight2025-02-28: #6, Middleweight2025-03-07: #6, Middleweight2025-03-14: #6, Middleweight2025-03-21: #7, Middleweight2025-03-28: #7, Middleweight2025-04-04: #7, Middleweight2025-04-11: #7, Middleweight2025-04-25: #7, Middleweight2025-05-02: #7, Middleweight2025-05-09: #7, Middleweight2025-05-16: #7, Middleweight2025-05-30: #7, Middleweight2025-06-06: #7, Middleweight2025-06-13: #7, Middleweight2025-06-20: #7, Middleweight2025-06-27: #7, Middleweight2025-07-11: #7, Middleweight2025-07-18: #7, Middleweight2025-07-25: #6, Middleweight2025-08-01: #5, Middleweight2025-08-08: #5, Middleweight2025-08-15: #5, Middleweight2025-08-22: #5, Middleweight2025-09-05: #5, Middleweight2025-09-12: #5, Middleweight2025-09-26: #5, Middleweight2025-10-03: #5, Middleweight2025-10-10: #5, Middleweight2025-10-17: #5, Middleweight2025-10-24: #5, Middleweight2025-10-31: #5, Middleweight2025-11-07: #5, Middleweight2025-11-14: #5, Middleweight2025-11-21: #5, Middleweight2025-12-05: #5, Middleweight2025-12-12: #5, Middleweight2026-01-23: #4, Middleweight2026-01-30: #4, Middleweight2026-02-06: #4, Middleweight2026-02-20: #4, Middleweight2026-02-27: #4, Middleweight2026-03-06: #4, Middleweight2026-03-13: #4, Middleweight2026-03-20: #4, Middleweight2026-03-27: #4, Middleweight2026-04-03: #4, Middleweight2026-04-10: #4, Middleweight2026-04-17: #4, Middleweight2026-04-24: #4, Middleweight2026-05-01: #4, Middleweight2026-05-08: #4, Middleweight2026-05-15: #4, Middleweight2026-05-29: #4, Middleweight2026-06-05: #4, Middleweight2026-06-13: #4, Middleweight2026-06-19: #4, Middleweight2026-06-26: #4, Middleweight2026-07-10: #4, Middleweight2026-07-17: #4, Middleweight2026-07-24: #4, Middleweight2026-07-31: #4, Middleweight2026-08-07: #4, Middleweight2026-08-14: #4, Middleweight2026-08-21: #4, Middleweight2026-08-28: #4, Middleweight2026-09-04: #4, Middleweight2026-09-11: #4, Middleweight2026-09-18: #4, Middleweight2026-09-25: #4, Middleweight2026-09-26: #4, Middleweight2026-10-03: #4, Middleweight2026-10-10: #3, Middleweight2026-10-17: #3, Middleweight2026-10-24: #3, Middleweight2026-10-31: #3, Middleweight#3

Position on the registered v1.0 board at each weekly snapshot (C = title holder or reserved, drawn at the top; lower is better).

Predictive rating by bout

1,5001,5501,6001,6501,7001,75020212022202320242025Oct 2019Oct 20262019-10-18: 1,520 (W vs Kevin Holland)2020-02-29: 1,627 (W vs Tom Breese)2020-06-27: 1,608 (W vs Kyle Daukaus)2020-11-14: 1,522 (L vs Sean Strickland)2021-04-24: 1,583 (W vs Karl Roberson)2021-07-24: 1,629 (W vs Punahele Soriano)2021-12-04: 1,569 (L vs Chris Curtis)2022-02-05: 1,586 (W vs Sam Alvey)2022-06-11: 1,586 (W vs Jacob Malkoun)2022-10-01: 1,615 (W vs Krzysztof Jotko)2023-02-25: 1,643 (W vs Andre Muniz)2023-06-24: 1,678 (W vs Bruno Silva (Blindado))2023-11-18: 1,718 (W vs Paul Craig)2024-04-06: 1,707 (W vs Chris Curtis)2024-09-28: 1,684 (L vs Nassourdine Imavov)2025-02-22: 1,665 (L vs Anthony Hernandez)2025-07-19: 1,680 (W vs Marvin Vettori)2025-10-18: 1,710 (W vs Reinier de Ridder)2026-06-06: 1,708 (W vs Edmen Shahbazyan)2026-10-10: 1,718 (W vs Christian Leroy Duncan)1,718

Rating after each UFC bout from the frozen predictive model (performance-adjusted Elo, data/processed/elo_history.csv; a debut starts at 1,500). The resume rating's history is not stored, so this is the predictive line, which is a different number from the resume rating in the header.

Trajectory

Recent performances are in line with the rating (+30 points).

ComponentPointsMeaning
Age component+5what fighters aged 30.8 typically run relative to their rating (population curve, all UFC bouts since 2011)
Own recent results+25his recency-weighted mean and trend over 20 bouts, shrunk toward zero; trend +1 points a year
Combined+30the rating's likely distance from his current performance level, in rating points
Readingin line with ratingahead of, in line with (within 30 points), or behind the rating

Performance relative to the rating, by age

-1.0-0.5+0.0+0.5+1.0232425262728293031322019-10-18 (age 23.8): W vs Kevin Holland, residual +0.532020-02-29 (age 24.2): W vs Tom Breese, residual +0.582020-06-27 (age 24.5): W vs Kyle Daukaus, residual +0.012020-11-14 (age 24.9): L vs Sean Strickland, residual -0.502021-04-24 (age 25.3): W vs Karl Roberson, residual +0.482021-07-24 (age 25.6): W vs Punahele Soriano, residual +0.322021-12-04 (age 25.9): L vs Chris Curtis, residual -0.632022-02-05 (age 26.1): W vs Sam Alvey, residual +0.422022-06-11 (age 26.5): W vs Jacob Malkoun, residual -0.092022-10-01 (age 26.8): W vs Krzysztof Jotko, residual +0.512023-02-25 (age 27.2): W vs Andre Muniz, residual +0.602023-06-24 (age 27.5): W vs Bruno Silva (Blindado), residual +0.332023-11-18 (age 27.9): W vs Paul Craig, residual +0.392024-04-06 (age 28.3): W vs Chris Curtis, residual -0.052024-09-28 (age 28.8): L vs Nassourdine Imavov, residual -0.162025-02-22 (age 29.2): L vs Anthony Hernandez, residual -0.242025-07-19 (age 29.6): W vs Marvin Vettori, residual +0.152025-10-18 (age 29.8): W vs Reinier de Ridder, residual +0.472026-06-06 (age 30.4): W vs Edmen Shahbazyan, residual -0.022026-10-10 (age 30.8): W vs Christian Leroy Duncan, residual +0.39+0.04

Each dot is one decided UFC bout at his age then: the performance score minus the rating's expectation, on the score's own scale from -1 to +1 (filled = win, hollow = loss; above zero is better than the rating implied; a finish as a slight favourite is about +0.45). The dashed line is the population curve for all fighters; the solid line is this fighter's own fitted level and trend as of the data date, weighted toward recent bouts. One unit sustained over many bouts corresponds to about 695 rating points; a single bout's residual is noisy.

Held-out evidence (walk-forward 2016 to 2026, EXP-2026-10-21-01): the age curve held in every test year; the individual component is a weak signal (correlation 0.06 with the next bout's residual; among fighters aged 33 or over, the lowest predicted quartile won 38% of next bouts against 53% expected, the highest 48% against 52%) and adds nothing to bout prediction beyond the shadow model. No board uses any of it: the rankings answer who has earned the place, not who wins next (EXP-2026-10-20-09). Method: src/mmalab/decline.py; settings: config/decline.yaml (expectation from the resume rating; one unit of residual is about 695 rating points).

Context flags

Descriptive only. Each line is a population fact about fighters like him, not a forecast for him; the register entries hold the measurements.

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