Brendan Allen and Marvin Vettori got into an all-out fist fight last night (Fri., Aug. 16, 2024) while in attendance for PFL Hollywood from inside Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood, Casino.
Friday night also saw UFC bantamweight contender Merab Dvalishvili confront a heckler in the stands at the Craig Jones Invitational in Las Vegas, Nevada, and nearly take his head off. All the way across the country, UFC middleweights were locking horns on a casino floor outside of PFL Hollywood.
Allen and Vettori were scheduled to fight at UFC Vegas 90 back in April, but Vettori withdrew due to injury and was replaced by Chris Curtis. That didn’t stop Allen from capturing a dominant decision over Curtis to extend his current UFC win streak to seven, but the bad blood with Vettori did not go away.
Outside of PFL Hollywood, Vettori reportedly approached Allen’s teammate, Tuco Tokkos, and tried to swing on him. That’s when Allen stepped in, decided to take matters into his own hands, and rushed Vettori into a roulette table. The two quickly started to throw heavy punches as the crowded casino floor broke out in commotion. It was a wild scene to say the last and an exchange that seemed to favor Allen.
Check out the melee below:
The best angle of Allen & Vettori pic.twitter.com/kQEHOQeAdi
— Alex Behunin (@AlexBehunin) August 17, 2024
After the incident, UFC CEO, Dana White, took to social media to throw some shade at PFL. White suggested that the brawl between Allen and Vettori must have been Fight of the Night since it was at a PFL event. Check it out below:
Had to be fight of the night if it was at PFL.
— danawhite (@danawhite) August 17, 2024
“Had to be fight of the night if it was at PFL.”