Sean O’Malley, left, and Marlon Vera face are set for an exciting bantamweight bout to headline UFC 299. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee) The moment Sean O’Malley has been waiting for since 2020 has almost arrived, as Saturday sets the stage for the 29-year-old to avenge his only loss in the headlining event of UFC 299 at Kaseya Center in Miami. A lot has changed since Marlon “Chito” Vera defeated O’Malley (17-1), who was an undefeated rising star before he took the first-round TKO four years ago. Now,… Source link
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Marlon Vera remains the UFC’s top knockout artist in the bantamweight division. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC) For three and a half rounds, Dominick Cruz looked like the Dominick Cruz of old, the man who dominated the bantamweight division for years. As he said all week, Marlon Vera didn’t give a f***. One of the UFC’s most entertaining bantamweights capped off UFC San Diego on Saturday with a wild fourth-round knockout of Cruz, further pushing himself toward a title shot. The win is Vera’s… Source link
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