UFC 297 LIVE: Strickland vs Du Plessis fight updates and results tonight

Round three

Allen loads up on a left hand but misses. A front kick just about lands for Evloev.

Great combination for Allen! He ends it with a low kick, but he stung Evloev upstairs! Very quick.

Allen leans off the centre line and misses with a counter uppercut. Decent jab by Evloev.

Allen defends a double-leg and goes for a guillotine. Instead he holds Evloev and lands a few hard knees, but Evloev is leaning down and sporadically touching the mat, meaning the shots are just about illegal.

The action is paused, and Allen gets a warning. Now we’re back under way.

Round two

Jumping knee lands for Evloev! Allen takes it well and keeps pressing forward.

Allen sidesteps a deep cross from Evloev and fires off his own cross, aiming at the body.

OH! Evloev hurts Allen with a jab and a hook! Allen stumbls to his knees then pops back up, but he’s been badly cut around his left eye!

Allen is looking a bit off now...

This incoming, final round may be the decider. Allen’s coach Firas Zahabi believes he needs a finish, though.

Round two

Evloev is 1/9 on takedowns, officially. You could argue he should’ve been credited with a couple more late in the round.

Jab and southpaw cross to the body by Allen. Another failed takedown attempt for Evloev, who sees a head kick blocked again. Allen fires back with one of his own, but it doesn’t quite land clean.

Another blocked head kick for Evloev. In fact, Allen catches it and shoves the Russian away. Another single-leg attempt by Evloev, and he’s able to get Allen down.

Allen stands and lands some nice back elbows, as Evloev hangs on from behind! Evloev still hanging on, as Allen stands against the fence.

After some grappling there, the pair move into the open.

Round one

Evloev with some nice jabs at last, and a couple of right hooks. Now he sees a head kick blocked.

“Allen” is the chant from the Toronto crowd. More good jabs from the Briton. Again Evloev shoots for a takedown, but he’s stopped at the source.

He goes again, but Allen sprawls then rolls... but Evloev eventually grabs ahold of Allen’s back!

Once more Allen rolls, but Evloev maintains his grip. Allen is now standing against the fence.

Evloev drags Allen down a couple of times, but that’s likely still Allen’s round as a result of his superior striking output.

Round one

Great atmosphere in Toronto, which is staging its first UFC event in a while.

Allen stands southpaw, Evloev is orthodox. Allen presses forward early. Good, long right hook by him.

Now a decent counter left by the Briton, beating Evloev to the punch. Slick jab for Allen, too, and a body shot.

Allen is very light on his feet as he hops in with another body jab. Here’s the first takedown attempt by Evloev, a single-leg, and he gets Allen to the fence.

Allen did very well to stay on his feet there. And he wriggles free against the fence!

We kick off with Arnold Allen vs Movsar Evloev at featherweight.

England’s “Almighty” Allen (19-2) is looking to bounce back from his first loss in a long time – a decision defeat by ex-champion Max Holloway last April – while Evloev is unbeaten at a startling 17-0.

A lot has been made of the Russian’s takedown success and Allen’s impressive takedown defence; which will win out tonight?

There’s a good reaction for fourth-ranked Allen, who spends a lot of time training in Canada. Evloev is ranked ninth, so could leap up the rankings with a win here.

Okay, this one could be intriguing... Here we go!

And here’s how the main card looks, working backwards from the from main event:

Sean Strickland (C) vs Dricus Du Plessis (middleweight title)

Raquel Pennington vs Mayra Bueno Silva (vacant women’s bantamweight title)

Neil Magny vs Mike Malott (welterweight)

Chris Curtis vs Marc-Andre Barriault (middleweight)

Arnold Allen vs Movsar Evloev (featherweight)

Here are the results so far tonight:

Garrett Armfield def. Brad Katona via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Sean Woodson def. Charles Jourdain via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

Ramon Taveras def. Serhiy Sidey via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

Gillian Robertson def. Polyana Viana via second-round TKO (3:12)

Sam Patterson def. Yohan Lainesse via first-round submission (rear naked choke, 2:03)

Jasmine Jasudavicius def. Priscila Cachoeira via third-round submission (anaconda choke, 4:21)

Jimmy Flick def. Malcolm Gordon via second-round submission (arm triangle, 1:17)

The main card is just minutes away! Don’t go anywhere; we’ll give you a round-up of all the prelim results in a few moments, before we dive into our live fight updates from the main card!

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