This is one of the most anticipated posters of this UFC Paris 2024: the co-main event between Nassourdine Imavov and Brendan Allen. At the end of the evening, the two middleweight fighters (-84kg) face each other in three rounds.
Never two without three? The year 2024 for Nassourdine Imavov is flawless, with an insane jump in the UFC middleweight rankings (-84kg). After a first victory against Roman Dolidze in February, the Frenchman followed up with a second prestigious success against veteran Jared Cannonier in June.
Currently 4th in the middleweight challenger rankings, “The Russian Sniper” must solidify his place in the Top 5 in his category, facing an in-form fighter, Brendan Allen, who remains on seven consecutive victories.
What time to watch the Nassourdine Imavov fight?
Scheduled as a co-main event, we will have to wait until the end of the evening before seeing Nassourdine Imavov’s fight. The card for this UFC Paris 2024 begins Saturday at 6 p.m., with the preliminary card, where three French people (Nora Cornolle, Taylor Lapilus and Oumar Sy) will fight to kick off the evening in the best possible way (fights to follow on the RMC Sport Twitch ).
The main card begins a little later, at 8:30 p.m., where Farès Ziam, Morgan Charrière and Kévin Jousset will fight in particular. Finally, the cream of the crop, the last three fights, to be found on RMC Sport 1 and RMC Découverte, including that of Nassourdine Imavov, to be followed around 11 p.m. He will be preceded by William Gomis and followed by the main event of Benoît Saint Denis.
“I will break him in less than three rounds”
Present with a Paris Saint-Germain jersey during the media day, Brendan Allen, Nassourdine Imavov’s opponent, in the co-main event of UFC Paris 2024, displays great confidence before facing the Frenchman. Eighth in the middleweight category, this is a golden opportunity for the American, who remains on seven consecutive victories. And he has no intention of letting the judges decide who wins this fight.
“I’m going to break him in less than three rounds,” he announced.
This fight for Nassourdine Imavov can be described as a “quarter-final”, in the event of a victory against Allen, there would only be one step left to climb before a title shot. this one could be called Israel Adesanya. Stakes galore, three rounds of madness… A fight not to be missed under any circumstances.
