Jean Silva's victim sets aside the Brazilian and chooses another as the challenger for the UFC belt; understand why.

Jean Silva Focused before fighting in the UFC. Photo: Reproduction/Facebook/UFC

One of the most popular names in the featherweight category (up to 65,7 kg), Jean Silva has been leading a public campaign to confront Alexander Volkanovsky by the category title. However, this opinion does not seem to be shared by arnold allen, the Brazilian's last opponent. In an interview with 'The Ariel Helwani Show' last Tuesday (28), the Briton chose another former opponent for the number one challenger position: Movsar Evloev.

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According to Allen, the Russian should have had the opportunity to compete for the title a long time ago. Furthermore, he has viewed the Brazilian's attempts as forced. More recently, Volkanovski's own coach gave a... similar statement Regarding Lord.

“I mean, it should have been Movsar after he beat me, really, but it has to be Movsar. It has to be. I like Jean, but he always seems to put his name on that title hat. That whole thing at Paramount where he was confronting the belt and stuff, and like, nobody else was doing that, it was a bit weird. It seemed like they were trying to create a situation there, I don’t know,” the Briton stated.

arnold allen weighs in on who deserves the next shot at featherweight:

“I mean, it should have been Movsar after he beat me, really, but it's gotta be Movsar.

I like Jean, but he seems to get his name in that title hat. The whole thing at Paramount where he was… pic.twitter.com/YDfzJTorgO

- Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) April 28, 2026

Movsar Evloev is ahead of Jean Silva in the rankings.

Evloev promotes UFC event. Photo: Reproduction/Facebook/UFC

Undefeated as a professional across 20 fights, Evloev has wins against Diego lopes e aljamain sterlingIn addition to Allen himself, the Russian also added the name of Lerone murphy He led the cartel in his last performance in March of this year. He holds the number one position in the category ranking, and in total has ten victories in the world's largest MMA organization. Silva, on the other hand, occupies the seventh position.