Arnold Allen

FeatherweightOutfighter
12 - 3

15 UFC Fights | 80% Win Rate | 4 Finishes (33%)

Height
5' 8"
Reach
70"
Weight
145 lbs.
Age
32
Southpaw

Arnold Allen UFC Record & Pro MMA Record

Arnold Allen is 12-3 in the UFC across 15 fights, with 2 wins by knockout, 2 by submission and 8 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 21-4, 9-1 of it outside the UFC. Allen competes at featherweight as a southpaw outfighter, standing 5'8" with a 70" reach at 32 years old. The last bout was a win over Melquizael Costa by unanimous decision in May 2026.

Best attribute: takedown defense (share of opponents' takedown attempts stopped) — 73rd percentile among 191 featherweight fighters (72%).

Arnold Allen's UFC win rate is 80% (12 of 15 fights), and 33% of those wins came by finish. Allen averages 0.8 takedowns per fight at 48% accuracy and stops 72% of opponents' takedown attempts.

Pro MMA Record
21-4
UFC Record
12-3
Height
5'8"
Reach
70"
Age
32
Stance
Southpaw
Last Fight
W vs Melquizael Costa · Decision - Unanimous · May 2026

Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.

Arnold Allen's Last 5 Fights

Allen is 2-3 in the last five UFC fights.

  1. Win vs Melquizael Costa · Decision - Unanimous · R5 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Costa · May 2026
  2. Loss vs Jean Silva · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett · Jan 2026
  3. Win vs Giga Chikadze · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 304: Edwards vs. Muhammad 2 · Jul 2024
  4. Loss vs Movsar Evloev · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 297: Strickland vs. Du Plessis · Jan 2024
  5. Loss vs Max Holloway · Decision · R5 5:00 · UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Allen · Apr 2023

Striking

Fighter Profile

Offensive Output

Sig. Strikes / Min
3.5
Accuracy
42%
Knockdowns / Fight
0.21

Defensive

Absorbed / Min
3.0
0.9x avg
Strike Differential
+0.4
Opp. Accuracy Against
40%
hard to hit

Strike Targets

Position Breakdown

Grappling

Takedowns & Control

Takedowns / Fight
0.8
Takedown Accuracy
48%
Takedown Defense
72%
Control Time / Fight
1:37
Sub Attempts / Fight
0.3

Win Methods

Finish Probability by Round

R1
7% KO
0% Sub
R2
7% KO
0% Sub
R3+
0% KO
14% Sub

Round-by-Round Output

Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Arnold Allen vs Average

Arnold Allen's UFC Fight History

15 UFC fights on record (12-3), most recent first.

ResultOpponentMethodRd · TimeEventDate
WMelquizael CostaDecision - UnanimousR5 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Costa2026-05-16
LJean SilvaDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett2026-01-24
WGiga ChikadzeDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 304: Edwards vs. Muhammad 22024-07-27
LMovsar EvloevDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 297: Strickland vs. Du Plessis2024-01-20
LMax HollowayDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Allen2023-04-15
WCalvin KattarKO/TKOR2 · 0:08UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Allen2022-10-29
WDan HookerKO/TKOR1 · 2:33UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Aspinall2022-03-19
WSodiq YusuffDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Holland2021-04-10
WNik LentzDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Dos Santos2020-01-25
WGilbert MelendezDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos2019-07-06
WJordan RinaldiDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Till vs. Masvidal2019-03-16
WMads BurnellSubmissionR3 · 2:41UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Till2018-05-27
WMakwan AmirkhaniDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Manuwa vs. Anderson2017-03-18
WYaotzin MezaDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC Fight Night: Silva vs Bisping2016-02-27
WAlan OmerSubmissionR3 · 1:41UFC Fight Night: Jedrzejczyk vs Penne2015-06-20

How Allen Ranks at Featherweight

Percentile among the 191 featherweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).

Striking volume3.5 sig. strikes/min
54th percentile
Striking accuracy42%
35th percentile
Strikes absorbed3.0/min
68th percentile
Takedowns0.8/fight
45th percentile
Takedown defense72%
73rd percentile
Knockdown power0.21/fight
57th percentile

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