{"id":309188,"date":"2019-04-09T16:44:14","date_gmt":"2019-04-09T23:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=309188"},"modified":"2019-04-09T17:19:55","modified_gmt":"2019-04-10T00:19:55","slug":"exclusive-lfa-champ-brendan-allen-vs-aaron-jeffery-slated-for-contender-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/exclusive-lfa-champ-brendan-allen-vs-aaron-jeffery-slated-for-contender-series\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE | LFA Champ Brendan Allen vs Aaron Jeffery slated for Contender Series"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>LFA champion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tapology.com\/fightcenter\/fighters\/91516-brendan-allen\">Brendan Allen<\/a> (11-3) and surging Canadian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tapology.com\/fightcenter\/fighters\/39683-aaron-jeffery\">Aaron Jeffery<\/a> (6-1) are potentially one fight away from a UFC contract. The two middleweights will be squaring off on the July 16 episode of Dana White&#8217;s Tuesday Night Contender Series, multiple sources confirm to BJPenn.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Allen, 23, is highly regarded as one of the best unsigned middleweight prospects in North America. Competing against tough competition for the entirety of his stint in <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/breaking-usada-suspends-tj-dillashaw-for-epo-use\/\">MMA<\/a>, has suffered three career losses. All three men that beat Allen went on to make it to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ufc.com\">UFC<\/a> &#8212; Anthony Hernandez, Eryk Anders, and Trevin Giles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After two failed attempts to win the LFA Middleweight Championship, &#8220;All In&#8221; finally clinched gold in his third attempt. Paired up with fellow top prospect Moses Murrietta, Allen dominated the fight from bell to bell &#8212; scoring numerous 10-8 rounds on the judges scorecards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Louisiana&#8217;s own will look to carry his success into his bout with Ontario&#8217;s Jeffery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently serving as the BTC Middleweight Champion, Jeffery will look to stop the Allen&#8217;s hype and earn a UFC contract in the process. Jeffery has been unbeatable since dropping a fight to Sean Brady in 2015, going 4-0 with three TKOs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his last outing at BTC 5, Jeffery defeated Jo Vall\u00e9e via knees in Round 4 to grab BTC gold. He&#8217;ll aim to continue his winning ways on July 19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay tuned to BJPenn.com for all of the latest regarding Contender Series!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LFA champion Brendan Allen (11-3) and surging Canadian Aaron Jeffery (6-1) are potentially one fight away from a UFC contract. The two middleweights will be squaring off on the July 16 episode of Dana White&#8217;s Tuesday Night Contender Series, multiple sources confirm to BJPenn.com Allen, 23, is highly regarded as one of the best unsigned [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54470,"featured_media":309266,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[39527,10086,39610],"tags":[45315,45619,4695,45148,255,39529,39607,45622,45621],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>EXCLUSIVE | LFA Champ Brendan Allen vs Aaron Jeffery slated for Contender Series | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"LFA champion Brendan Allen (11-3) and surging Canadian Aaron Jeffery (6-1) will square off this July in Dana White\u2019s Contender Series.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" 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