Here’s the UFC 324 live blog for Arnold Allen vs. Jean Silva, Saturday’s headline featherweight bout from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
The two fighters are neck-and-neck in the MMA Fighting Global Rankings at 145 pounds, with Allen ranked seventh and Silva ranked eighth.
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This is a crucial matchup for Allen (20-3), who recently returned to the win column with a unanimous decision victory over Giga Chikadze. Allen has had his hand raised in 11 of 13 UFC fights, but his championship run has been hampered by injuries and losses to Max Holloway and Movsar Evloev. This is his first return to action since July 2024.
Silva (16-3) is looking to bounce back from his UFC debut loss to Diego Lopez, a setback that may have cost him a title shot. The fight nerd wild card contender defeated his top five UFC opponents before being choked out by Lopez.
Check out Arnold Allen vs. Jean Silva’s UFC 324 live blog below.
Preface
The kickoff to UFC 324 is definitely going to be an exciting one. I’ve been promoting this fight as potentially setting up Fight of the Year in 2026, so don’t let me down, guys!
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Championship shots may be waiting…
After the preface
Okay, so after a sweet intro, a little musical interlude, and a little more analysis, now the first battle is upon us.
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Arnold Allen is an underdog at +184, while Jean Silva is a heavy favorite at -220.
first round
You can feel the tension here.
Silva was shot in the body with a rifle. He took center stage as Allen circled and kicked him with his legs. Allen wisely keeps his distance, but Silva tags him in with another body shot. Allen just used his claws to mark the distance. Allen lands another short leg. Allen fired a straight left shot from the center to support Silva. He released his left hand and scored again. Allen counters with a right.
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Allen walks towards the body and then kicks it. Just a perfect mix of his attacks. Now it’s Allen’s jab that’s causing trouble for Silva. The crowd started barking, trying to get Silva to keep going. Allen lands a front kick to the body. Silva is not big and he was just drafted in the first round. Another great combo from Allen. Silva rips to the body and follows up with a nice left. Uppercut by Silva. A spinning back elbow from Silva that might catch Allen. Silva hurriedly followed up, but the buzzer sounded. We had a good one.
Allen, the mixed martial arts score was 10-9 in this round.
