Arnold Billy Allen  aka ‘Almighty’ is a dangerous UFC fighter and it is not surprising, you know why? Because he got it from his parents! The 30-year-old is a UFC star now, however, it must have been difficult since he had a legacy to uphold! His father, a former English strongman was his coach and expected the best from little Allen. His brother too was taught the basics of being a strongman by his dad. However very little is known about ‘Almighty’ and his childhood.

Ahead of his UFC 304 bout against Giga Chikadze, let’s take a journey down memory lane to his childhood and see how his family life must have been.

Meet Arnold Allen’s father, a former strongman

Arnold Allen (19-3) is going to fight Giga Chikadze (15-3) at UFC 304 and try to redeem his position in the UFC.  Arnold ‘Almighty’ Allen has been training since he was a teenager and he always had his father, Pacer Allen for guidance. Pacer Allen is very famous in the strongman world. He helped his son, the 6th ranked featherweight in UFC along with his brother Jake Allen.

Their father was an English strongman who later transitioned to MMA and had a short career in the combat sports world. According to Sherdog, he had fought 5 times in MMA, 3 times as an amateur and twice as a professional. He also has a record of 1-2 in amateur MMA and a professional record of 1-1.

The father and son duo have a loving relationship because ‘Almighty’ has even poked fun at him during a previous interview at UFC Liverpool. Allen even joked about his dad taking steroids since he was a Strongman. He admitted that he knew what his dad was doing and it was an inside joke between them. He said, “It’s a joke me and my Dad have had always. When we were growing up, since the early 2000s, he was taking a lot of steroids when he was doing the strongman events — it was just the culture they were all involved in — they were all taking steroids.” Allen remembered catching his father injecting steroids just before a show, but he also remembered how his dad used to warn him about substances like these.

Allen loves his dad and was inspired by his dad’s fight videos, which made him pursue a career in UFC. The former strongman still appears on YouTube videos along with his son. On top of that, Pacer Allen has never missed a single UFC fight where his son was inside the octagon. Allen has been in the UFC since 2015 and in 2025 he will be completing a decade in the promotion.

Meanwhile, Allen shared an interesting story about his mother which might be shocking to the fans.

Arnold Allen makes shocking revelations about his mother

Arnold Allen’s father might have been a strongman and an MMA fighter but the true fighter in his family is his mother. During an interview with Ariel Helwani, the 30-year-old revealed that his mother was a “street brawler”. He said, “My mom is insane man, do not get to the wrong side of my mom.”

His mother got into street fights and Allen jokingly said that she probably got into more fights than he had gotten into! Mama Allen even has some missing teeth according to her son. Nevertheless, he is close with his mother but she is supposedly banned from coming to see her son fight since she “gets out of control.” Helwani asked him if he was willing to lift the ban and he said only if she did not drink. So clearly Mommy Allen is scarier than the father and sons combined!

The man raised in Suffolk, started his journey with two powerful parents who were ready to throw hands. So clearly his path to UFC was written in the stars, what do you think?