Islam Makhachev, Aljamain Sterling, and more reacting to Arnold Allen’s dominating opening-round finish of the very tough Dan Hooker at UFC London

Islam Makhachev, Aljamain Sterling, and more reacting to Arnold Allen’s dominating opening-round finish of the very tough Dan Hooker at UFC London

Arnold Allen (R) at UFC London

Arnold Allen has certainly earned the respect of the MMA community and he is getting closer to the top of the featherweight division, much faster than expected. Allen made sure that the speed advantage remained on his side to overwhelm his opponent Dan Hooker with a rain of punches on 2 occasions within the first round itself, of which the referee had to call the fight at the second time as Hooker was taking too much damage on his head.

Arnold Allen vs Dan Hooker
Arnold Allen vs Dan Hooker

Allen was suggested to wrestle by one of his cornermen but the English product of grit and determination decided to keep the fight on the feet and prove to the world that he can test his stand up against one of the best strikers in Dan Hooker and therefore shocked the MMA community in a spectacular fashion at UFC London.

Twitter reacts to and recognizes Arnold Allen’s finish of Dan Hooker as a bold statement for the career

Arnold Allen at UFC London
Allen at UFC London

See the tweets below as fighters like UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling and welterweight Belal Muhammad praise the talent Allen possesses as a skilled fighter and UFC Lightweight Islam Makhachev praises the entire fight card for being better than most of the Pay-Per-View events.

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Famous sports journalist Ariel Helwani thinks that Allen’s callout of UFC featherweight Calvin Kattar should come to fruition and the fight between these 2 technical yet entertaining strikers should take place as soon as possible.

What did you make of Allen’s performance at UFC London against Dan Hooker? Do you think Allen should now be considered for title contention or is it too soon? What do you make of Allen’s callout of Kattar? Who do you think will get the win if this fight happens?

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