UFC Vegas 117 results: Arnold Allen gets back on track with decision over Melquizael Costa
Arnold Allen got right Saturday night at the Meta Apex in Las Vegas.
After dropping three of his past four fights, the featherweight defeated Melquizael Costa via unanimous decision (50-45, 50-45, 49-46) at UFC Vegas 117, consistently getting the better of the exchanges and constantly landing straight left hands.
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Costa (26-8) entered the bout on a six-fight winning streak, with four of those victories coming inside the distance against such familiar names as Andre Fili and Dan Ige.
But it was Allen’s experience and well-rounded game that was too much for the Brazilian. Allen (21-4) was impressive on the feet, but he was also 7-of-7 on takedown attempts and did some solid work on the ground to control Costa.
While Allen had been lacking in the win column of late, he’d been facing some of the best fighters in the division, dropping decisions to Max Holloway, Movsar Evloev and Jean Silva.
It was that level of competition that may have been the difference for the Brit, who declined to make a callout post-fight and said he was focused on starting a family with his wife.
Check out complete UFC Vegas 117 results below:
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Main card
Featherweight: Arnold Allen def. Melquizael Costa via unanimous decision (50-45, 50-45, 49-46)
Featherweight: Dooho Choi def. Daniel Santos via TKO (punches) at 4:29 of R2 | Watch finish
Bantamweight: Juan Diaz def. Malcolm Wellmaker via submission (rear-naked choke) at 4:08 of R2 | Watch finish
Bantamweight: Bernardo Sopaj def. Timmy Cuamba via submission (rear-naked choke) at 2:25 of R2 | Watch finish
Welterweight: Khaos Williams def. Nikolay Veretennikov via TKO (punches) at 3:31 of R1 | Watch finish
Preliminary card
Light heavyweight: Ivan Erslan def. Tuco Tokkos via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
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Lightweight: Tommy Gantt def. Artur Minev via TKO (punches) at 2:51 of R2 | Watch finish
Women’s bantamweight: Ketlen Vieira def. Jacqueline Cavalcanti via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Middleweight: Cody Brundage def. Andre Petroski via TKO (punches) at :44 of R2 | Watch finish
Women’s strawweight: Alice Ardelean def. Polyana Viana via submission (calf slicer) at 4:36 of R2 | Watch finish
Flyweight: Luis Gurule def. Daniel Barez via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Women’s strawweight: Nicolle Caliari def. Shauna Bannon via submission (arm-triangle choke) at 3:08 of R3 | Watch finish
