Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Middleweight Brendan Allen got back into the win column against bad-blood rival Marvin Vettori, scoring a unanimous decision at UFC 318 last night (Sat., July 19, 2025) from inside Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, La.
After the fight, while speaking with UFC 318 broadcaster Daniel Cormier, Allen shouted out his brother, who was in the stands, for the first time.
“I live 45 minutes from here, my brother is here,” Allen said. “I’m not f—king losing in front of my f—king brother, in my home city, in my home state, you can’t f—k with me.”
Fans on social media saw Allen’s shoutout to his brother as a diss to Vettori, who tragically lost his brother in a house fire earlier this year, and completely slammed Allen, calling him a ‘trash human.’
Well, it wasn’t a subliminal diss towards Vettori at all.
UFC 318 was the first event that Allen’s brother had been able to attend since an accident that left him a paraplegic, and “All-In” spoke about it in his post-fight interview.
“I just told him, our problems aside, my heart goes out to him and his family,” Allen told reporters. “My brother had his accident, and he totally lost his brother, so I can’t imagine the pain that it feels to fully lose your brother. I didn’t lose mine fully, but it still hurts.”
Brendan Allen details post-fight exchange with Marvin Vettori’s team after their #UFC318 fight:
“His coaches started coaching sh*t. Just people sticking their nose between grown men.” pic.twitter.com/IKwfIKWvzT
— MMA Fighting (@MMAFighting) July 20, 2025
He further expanded in a clip on social media.
“Yo, for everyone talking shit about my post-fight interview, it was never a mock towards Marvin, as I told Marvin to his face, I have respect for him and his family, I can’t imagine the pain they feel,” Allen said. “My brother died, and I was able to bring him back with CPR, and he was in attendance for the first time tonight…It was never about him or his family, so f—k you if that’s what you feel, it’s f—ked for you to even say that.”
Allen (25-7) snapped his two-fight losing streak at UFC 318, where he dropped decisions to Nassourdine Imavov and Anthony Hernandez.
For complete UFC 318 results and play-by-play, click here.
This story originally appeared on MMA Mania
