{"id":437125,"date":"2022-03-20T11:07:10","date_gmt":"2022-03-20T18:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=437125"},"modified":"2022-03-20T11:07:10","modified_gmt":"2022-03-20T18:07:10","slug":"arnold-allen-explains-why-he-called-out-calvin-kattar-following-ufc-london-win-over-dan-hooker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/arnold-allen-explains-why-he-called-out-calvin-kattar-following-ufc-london-win-over-dan-hooker\/","title":{"rendered":"Arnold Allen explains why he called out Calvin Kattar following UFC London win over Dan Hooker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Arnold Allen is rising in the UFC featherweight rankings and he&#8217;s eyeing Calvin Kattar next.<\/p>\n<p>Allen turned in a stellar performance against Dan Hooker in the co-main event of UFC London on March 19. Allen quickly battered Hooker and was able to snag the <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ufc-london-results-allen-arnold-stops-dan-hooker-in-round-1-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first-round TKO<\/a>. This earned Allen his third &#8220;Performance of the Night&#8221; bonus.<\/p>\n<p>During his post-fight interview, Arnold Allen called for a showdown with Kattar. Speaking to reporters during his post-fight media scrum, Allen explained why the matchup intrigues him (via <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2022\/03\/ufc-london-arnold-allen-wants-calvin-kattar-main-event-rebooking-matchup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI want to be in the top five and I think he\u2019s top five. That\u2019s a fight that would put me there. We got offered that fight for a main event spot last year or earlier in the year, but I was out with injury. I think it works really good. He\u2019s less tall than (Hooker), so that works out. He\u2019s predominantly a boxer, I\u2019m predominantly a boxer, so it\u2019s a fan-friendly fight. I think I\u2019m the better boxer.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Calvin Kattar is the number five-ranked UFC featherweight. Allen isn&#8217;t too far behind him at the seventh spot.<\/p>\n<p>In his most recent outing back in January, Kattar collided with Giga Chikadze. The bout went the distance and it was &#8220;The Boston Finisher&#8221; who emerged victorious via unanimous decision. It was the second straight bout that ended in a &#8220;Fight of the Night&#8221; bonus for Kattar.<\/p>\n<p>Allen is riding an 11-fight winning streak. He hasn&#8217;t been defeated since June 2014. Allen lost a bout with Marcin Wrzosek via unanimous decision. It remains the only defeat in his pro MMA career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arnold Allen is rising in the UFC featherweight rankings and he&#8217;s eyeing Calvin Kattar next. Allen turned in a stellar performance against Dan Hooker in the co-main event of UFC London on March 19. Allen quickly battered Hooker and was able to snag the first-round TKO. This earned Allen his third &#8220;Performance of the Night&#8221; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54476,"featured_media":437132,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[20612,80061,39610],"tags":[],"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>Arnold Allen explains why he called out Calvin Kattar following UFC London win over Dan Hooker | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Arnold Allen stormed into UFC London and took out Dan Hooker. 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