Islam Makhachev, Aljamain Sterling and others react to Arnold Allen’s dominating finish in the opening round against the very tough Dan Hooker at UFC London

Arnold Allen has certainly earned the respect of the MMA community and is approaching the top of the featherweight division much faster than expected. Allen made sure to keep the speed advantage on his side to overwhelm his opponent Dan Hooker with a rain of punches on 2 occasions within the first round itself, the second of which the referee had to stop the fight due to Hooker taking too much damage to his head.

Allen was suggested to wrestle by one of his cornermen, but the English product of courage and determination decided to keep the fight going and prove to the world he could test his footing against one of the best forwards in Dan Hooker, and was therefore shocked the MMA community in spectacular fashion UFC London.

Twitter responds to Arnold Allen’s departure from Dan Hooker, hailing it as a bold statement about his career

Check out the tweets below as fighters like UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling and welterweight Belal Muhammad Praise the talent Allen possesses as a veteran fighter and UFC lightweight Islam Makhachev commends the entire battle map for being better than most Pay-Per-View events.

Famous sports journalist Ariel Helwani thinks Allen’s callout is the UFC featherweight Calvin Kattar should come to fruition and the battle between these 2 technical but entertaining strikers should take place as soon as possible.