We are just days away from witnessing the UFC’s seventh visit to Vancouver, where the future of the promotion’s middleweight division will hang in the balance. Rising contenders Reinier de Ridder and ninth-ranked Brendan Allen are set to clash at Rogers Arena in a highly anticipated showdown. Yet, the fight’s buzz comes for reasons beyond their in-cage skills. Both fighters have spent significant time training at Florida’s Kill Cliff gym, and consequently, tensions stemming from that shared history have fueled the hype.

As fight night approaches, the tension between Allen and de Ridder has reached a fever pitch. ‘RDR’ added fuel to the fire by revealing that he initially approached ‘All In’ about training together when he joined the gym, but Brendan Allen declined. “ He was never

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