Ben Alloway (born 19 February 1981) is an Australian

mixed martial artist Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referred to as Vale Tudo is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, incorpo ...

. A professional MMA competitor since 2010, he was a competitor on '' The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes''. Ben formerly fought for the

UFC The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is an American mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion company based in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is owned and operated by Zuffa, a wholly owned subsidiary of Endeavor Group Holdings. It is the largest MMA ...

in the

welterweight Welterweight is a weight class in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like Muay Thai, taekwondo, and mixed martial arts also use it for their own weight division system to classify the ...

division.

Mixed martial arts career

Early career

Alloway compiled a 12–3 professional record competing mostly in Australia before joining ''The Ultimate Fighter''. Alloway was forced to work outside of martial arts for most of his early career, but after signing with the

was able to devote 100% of his time to his MMA training.

''The Ultimate Fighter''

Alloway was chosen to compete on '' The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes''. In his first fight in the house, Alloway knocked out Valentino Petrescu early in the second round to advance to the quarterfinals. In his quarterfinal fight, Alloway came up short, losing via split decision to Brad Scott.

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Alloway made his UFC debut against castmate Manuel Rodriguez on 15 December 2012 at

UFC on FX 6 ''The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes'' is the second foreign version of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)-produced reality television series ''The Ultimate Fighter''. Like The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil, this version was filmed, in its entir ...

. He won the fight via KO in the first round. Alloway faced promotional newcomer

Ryan LaFlare Ryan LaFlare (born October 1, 1983) is a retired American mixed martial artist who formerly competed in the UFC's Welterweight division. Background LaFlare was born and raised in Lindenhurst, New York, attending Lindenhurst High School where he ...

on 6 April 2013 at

UFC on Fuel TV 9 ''UFC on Fuel TV: Mousasi vs. Latifi'' (also known as ''UFC on Fuel TV 9'' or ''UFC Sweden 2'') was a mixed martial arts event held on April 6, 2013, at the Ericsson Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden. The event was broadcast live on Fuel TV. Bac ...

. He lost the fight via unanimous decision. Alloway next faced TUF 17 contestant

Zak Cummings Zacharry "Zak" Michael Cummings (born August 2, 1984) is an American mixed martial artist, who currently competes in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. A professional competitor since 2007, he has also formerly co ...

UFC Fight Night 27 ''UFC Fight Night: Condit vs. Kampmann 2'' (also known as ''UFC Fight Night 27'') was a mixed martial arts event held on August 28, 2013, at the Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. The event was broadcast live on Fox Sports 1. Backg ...

. He lost the fight via submission in the first round, and was cut from the UFC.

Cage Warriors Fighting Championships

Following his release from the UFC, Alloway signed a five-fight deal with leading European promotion

Cage Warriors Cage Warriors (CW) is an Irish owned mixed martial arts promotion, based in London, England. The promotion was established in 2001 and staged its first MMA event in London in July, 2002. Many MMA stars have made their names under the Cage Warri ...

Alloway made his Cage Warriors debut against Jack Mason on 1 March 2014 at Cage Warriors 65. He won the fight via unanimous decision.

Absolute Championship Berkut

At ACB he lost the first fight to Sharaf Davlatmurodov at ACB 41 on 15 July 2016 via TKO in the second round. Alloway faced

Sergey Khandozhko Sergey Khandozhko (born May 19, 1992) is a retired Russian male mixed martial artist who competed in the Welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Background While in the first grade, his parents signed Sergey to the sambo/jud ...

at ACB 48 Revenge on 22 October 2016. He won the fight via submission (rear-naked choke) in the third round. Alloway faced Ismail Naurdiev at ACB 60 on 13 May 2017. He lost the fight via knockout in the first round.

Championships and accomplishments

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**BRACE Welterweight Championship – (One time, current) *

Ultimate Fighting Championship The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is an American mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion company based in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is owned and operated by Zuffa, a wholly owned subsidiary of Endeavor Group Holdings. It is the largest MMA ...

** The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes – Fight of the Season ** Knockout of the Night – (One Time)

Mixed martial arts record

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Gold Coast, Queensland The Gold Coast is a coastal city in the state of Queensland, Australia, approximately south-southeast of the centre of the state capital Brisbane. With a population over 600,000, the Gold Coast is the sixth-largest city in Australia, the ...

, Australia , , - , Loss , align=center, 14–6 , Mohsen Bahari , Decision (split) , Cage Warriors Fighting Championship 69 , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 5:00 , London, England , , - , Win , align=center, 14–5 , Jack Mason , Decision (unanimous) , Cage Warriors Fighting Championship 65 , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 5:00 ,

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, Submission (d'arce choke) , UFC Fight Night: Condit vs. Kampmann 2 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 4:19 , Indianapolis, Indiana, United States , , - , Loss , align=center, 13–4 ,

, Decision (unanimous) , UFC on Fuel TV: Mousasi vs. Latifi , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 5:00 , Stockholm, Sweden , , - , Win , align=center, 13–3 , Manuel Rodriguez , KO (front kick and punches) , UFC on FX: Sotiropoulos vs. Pearson , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 4:57 ,

, Australia , , - , Win , align=center, 12–3 , Rod Staader , TKO (punches) , BRACE 15 , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 3:39 ,

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, Australia , , - , Win , align=center, 11–3 , Mauro Chimento Jr. , Decision (unanimous) , Cage Warriors Fight Night 3 , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 5:00 ,

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, Lebanon , , - , Win , align=center, 10–3 , Rashid Abdullah , Submission (armbar) , FMMMA- Fight Me MMA , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 4:18 , St. Charles, Missouri, United States , , - , Win , align=center, 9–3 , Dan Hyatt , Submission (triangle choke) , BRACE 13 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 3:49 ,

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, Queensland, Australia , , - , Loss , align=center, 7–3 , Ben Mortimer , Submission (armbar) , Nitro MMA- Nitro 3 , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 1:49 ,

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, Australia , , - , Win , align=center, 6–1 , Gokhan Turkyilmaz , TKO (punches) , CWA – Cage Wars Australia 5 , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 3:33 ,

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, Queensland, Australia , , - , Win , align=center, 4–0 , Atal Kakar , Submission (rear-naked choke) , XMMA 2 – ANZ VS USA , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 1:41 , Sydney, Australia , , - , Win , align=center, 3–0 , Rick Evans , TKO (punches) , Fate MMA – Beyond Human Control , , align=center, 1 , align=center, N/A ,

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Mixed martial arts exhibition record

, - , Loss , align=center, 1–1 , Brad Scott , Decision (split) , The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 5:00 , Australia , , - , Win , align=center, 1–0 , Valentino Petrescu , TKO (punches) , The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 0:42 , Australia , , -

References

External links

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