Las Vegas, Nevada - UFC middleweight contender Marvin Vettori made great use of the takedown method in his match, while Allen defended and struck hard to get his own victory in a battle of upcoming prospects on Saturday.

Marvin Vettori (27) took control of his main event match against fellow middleweight Kevin Holland (28), with a UFC middleweight record of 11 total takedowns, securing the unanimous decision.

With this win, Vettori improves to 17-4-1 and can keep his name in the discussion for a possible title fight against Israel Adesanya, the last fighter to beat Vettori, back in 2018.

Vettori took full advantage of his opponent's lack of takedown defense, keeping Holland's back on the floor throughout the fight. He piled on the assault with punch after punch, keeping himself practically attached to Holland, who seemed to have no chance of keeping up after the first round.

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All three judges scored the fight in favor of Vettori, 50-44.

Arnold Allen earned a hard-fought win against his opponent, Sodiq Yusuff, in the co-main event on Saturday.

The featherweight prospect extended his winning streak to eight, with a unanimous decision, Saturday night.

Allen came out strong, knocking Yusuff down in the first round and keeping the pressure on in the next one.

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Yusuff did hold his own at times during the fight, actually out-striking Allen 79 to 26, according to official UFC counts.

Allen improves his record to 17-1-0 and could find himself in talks to contend for his division's title if he keeps his streak going, through this year.

The rest of the main event card was full of action as Mackenzie Dern got a first-round armbar submission over Nina Nunes. Sam Alvey fell victim to Julian Marquez's second-round rear-naked chokehold.

Daniel Rodriguez got the unanimous decision win – 27-30, 27-30, 26-30 – over Mike Perry.

From the preliminary card:

• Solecki defeated Miller (28-29, 28-29, 27-30).
• Gamrot scored a TKO over Holtzman in the second round.
• Makdessi got a split decision win over Bahamondes (29-28, 28-29, 30-27).
• Dahno knocked out De Castro in the first round of his heavyweight bout.
• Shore earned a split decision against Azure (27-30, 29-28, 27-30).
• It was Saldana unanimously over Griffin (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).
• And all three judges scored Jung the victor over Knight (30-26, 30-26, 30-27).

There was only one fight in the early prelims with Kasanganay forcing Palatnikov to submit to a rear-naked chokehold.