Brendan Allen vs Paul Craig Set as UFC Vegas 82 Main Event

Brendan Allen vs Paul Craig
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A top 15 middleweight fight is set to headline the UFC Vegas 82 event in November. 

UFC has officially announced that Brendan Allen would collide against Paul Craig in the main event of UFC Vegas 82 on November 18, 2023. 

Currently, Brendan Allen is the #10 ranked UFC fighter whereas Paul Craig sits at the #13th spot in the middleweight division of UFC. 

Brendan Allen is having a great run as he is maintaining a five-fight winning streak. Moreover, he won the last three of his bouts via submission and won Performance of the Night rewards for two of them. His most recent win came against Bruno Silva at UFC Jacksonville in June 2023

On the other hand, Paul Craig moved to the middleweight division in his last fight against Andre Munis at UFC London 2023. to rebound from his two back-to-back losses in the light heavyweight division which came against Johnny Walker and Volkan Oezdemir. 

Now, it remains to be seen whether Brendan Allen will extend his winning streak to six or will Paul Craig start his own winning streak in the main event of UFC Vegas 82.

UFC Vegas 82 also has Nikolas Motta vs Trey Odgen lightweight bout reported for the show.

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