Featherweight contender Arnold Allen returned to the win column at UFC 304, where winning rounds two and three against Giga Chikadze secured him a unanimous decision across all three scorecards.
The fight was a high-level striking contest between the two men in Manchester where Allen was able to show that he can stand with the best strikers at 145-pounds.
Despite everything appearing to be civil between them ahead of fight night, a social media post from Chikadze appeared to stir up some drama.
The Georgian fighter posted on X and accused his opponent of sending spies to his training room.
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Arnold Allen Addresses 'Weird' Spying Allegations And Says He Wouldn't Need Them
In a recent interview with InsideFighting, Allen spoke about Chikadze's claims and explained how he believes that his opponent was paranoid.
Yeah, I don't know. That guy's a strange guy man, paranoid I think, I don't know. I ain't got no spies and he was like saying there's English people everywhere and I'm just like what the f*** do you mean there's English people everywhere? Mate, you're in Manchester. I was really, I was kind of taken aback. I was confused. I was just like I don't know what you're talking about, so yeah, weird. Weird, weird, weird but like, I ain't got no spies.
The #5-ranked contender did go on to explain that some fighters that he knew were, at one point, in the same room as Chikadze, as referenced in the social media post.
Allen broke down what actually played out and said that due to Chikadze's signature style, he wouldn't need spies to predict his approach because he is such a specialist striker.
No one was coming and reporting things and telling me anything. A couple of my teammates were working out in the room, in their workout room, and he had someone from his team come and ask them to leave and they did and they didn't tell me anything. They were just like, 'Oh yeah he recognized us from like you train at this gym and then they asked us to leave,' and they left and they didn't tell me anything so, other than that they got asked to leave. Weird but also like, if I need spies for anyone, he's the last guy I need spies for. You know what I mean? It's like I know exactly what you're going to do. Unless you're in the back room drilling double legs, I'm not going to be surprised by anything.
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