​Christian Leroy Duncan | Jeff Bottari, Zuffa LLC Brendan Allen, will it ever be your time?By his own admission, Allen is not the guy the UFC nor a large percentage of fans seem to be particularly invested in getting behind. This despite Allen consistently facing the best fighters in the middleweight division, regularly collecting Fight Night bonuses, and having won 10 of his past 12 fights. Allen is good, but as he heads into Saturday’s UFC Vegas 122 main event, we once again find ourselves asking, “Yeah, but is he that good?“Christian Leroy Duncan has everything to gain, as he looks to take Allen’s No. 6 spot in the MMA Fighting Global Rankings. The former Cage Warriors champion has also oft been overlooked, even during a five-fight streak that includes his recent win over one-time title challenger Jared Cannonier. Maybe “CLD” is the one not getting enough credit.In other main card action, Matheus Camilo fights Jai Herbert in a fan-friendly lightweight co-main event, top 10 strawweight Loopy Godinez takes on Ketlen Souza, featherweight veterans Andre Fili and Kai Kamaka III throw down, and Malcolm Wellmaker looks to stop his slide when he fights Otari Tanzilovi.What: UFC Vegas 122Where: Meta Apex in Las VegasWhen: Saturday, Oct. 10. The seven-fight early preliminary card begins at 5 p.m. ET, followed by a five-fight main card at 8 p.m. ET. The entire event streams live on Paramount+.(Numbers in parentheses indicate standing in the MMA Fighting Global Rankings)Brendan Allen (6) vs. Christian Leroy Duncan (11)Christian Leroy Duncan has done well for himself, better than a lot of former Cage Warriors stars in fact, but he’s never faced someone with Brendan Allen’s particular skill set and style. Much of Duncan’s UFC opposition has been on the more methodical side, a word that has never been used to describe Allen. And I mean that as a compliment.By now, you all know how mucky fights in the middleweight division can be, and sometimes it’s just the guy who does more stuff that wins. Allen does stuff, to put it bluntly. He’s an aggressive striker and an even more aggressive grappler, which could actually work out for Duncan, who has a strong counter game. But if he hesitates to pull the trigger, Allen will drown him.I would love to see Duncan shake things up here, because he has the standup skills to provide an intriguing test to the best fighters in the division. Can he deal with a little chaos, is the question. Allen pressing the action could bring out the beast in Duncan, so Fight of the Night is on the table or at least a showcase for whoever ends up having their hand raised.Right now, I’m leaning towards Allen, but if Duncan comes out of the gates swinging, he could surprise people. I don’t see it, so Allen it is.Pick: AllenMatheus Camilo vs Jai HerbertI’m high on the main event’s potential entertainment value, but the penultimate bout of the evening ain’t shabby either. Matheus Camilo vs. Jai Herbert has the p