UFC 299 Recap: Sean O’Malley Prevails Against Marlon Vera in Miami

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UFC 299 Recap: Sean O’Malley Prevails Against Marlon Vera in Miami



The Ultimate Fighting Championship’s return to South Florida featured some fireworks on Saturday evening, each within the ring and within the stands.

The UFC 299 card — headlined by the world championship bantamweight match-up between defending champion Sean “Suga” O’Malley and contender Marlon Vera — marked the second main UFC occasion held in Miami prior to now 12 months. The earlier one, UFC 287 in April 2023, was additionally hosted on the Kaseya Center.

Let’s relive the sights and sounds of the punch-each-other-in-the-face circus that rolled by city courtesy of UFC 299.

The Promotion

In the previous, showcasing the City of Miami earlier than a sporting occasion largely consisted of South Beach industrial cutaways to Will Smith’s “Welcome to Miami.” However, as the town has turn into a world-class host to main sporting occasions, promoters have completed a greater job of giving the world a glimpse into what South Florida seems and seems like.

This time round, the UFC gave viewers a style of what it is wish to be a center schooler rising up in South Florida by taking a pair of UFC fighters, Joanna Jedrzejczyk and Alexandre Pantoja, on an airboat journey and alligator sightseeing tour — thanks, Mr. Dana White!

Green Meany

The Hulk, aka Ion Cuțelaba, lived as much as his identify by attending weigh-ins on Friday afternoon in head-to-toe inexperienced physique paint — terrifying. No sum of money ought to ever coax one other human to sq. off with this particular person, not even to thumb-wrestle, by no means thoughts truly wrestle.

Cuțelaba would go on to beat Philipe Lins by unanimous determination. That all-agreed-upon determination would possibly as effectively have been that Lins was fortunate to have left the cage alive.

Trump Tradition

As has turn into a twisted UFC custom, the forty fifth President of the United States, Donald Trump, made a grand entrance throughout the principle card in Miami. Trotting in together with his signature half-fist pump, Trump waltzed in subsequent to UFC President and longtime supporter Dana White to catch the larger fights of the evening.

If you are questioning how Trump was obtained, the reply is significantly better than many locations: Because Miami! Roars of “USA” and “Fuck Joe Biden” unfold by the world as a few of South Florida’s most steady folks cheered on their king.

It’s going nice. Really. Thank you for asking, remainder of the world.

Fight of the Night

Dustin “The Diamond” Poirier, getting back from some big-time strain positioned on him earlier within the combat, put the bullying on Benoît Saint-Denis to earn the second-round stoppage and combat of the evening. Saint-Denis was a rising star coming into the combat, and for a lot of the battle, it regarded like he would possibly use the tail-end of Poirier’s profession as a nationwide stepping-stone.

Until it did not. Diamond pummeled him with a barrage of punches earlier than the referee put an finish to the abuse. The comeback win was adequate to get the fighters each a pleasant Fight of the Night bonus to pad their purses, that are notoriously a joke in comparison with what they need to be paid.

The Moment You Kneed to See

There are fixed reminders all through a UFC broadcast that these are ruthless folks getting into the ring. You should have a sure pressure of DNA in your physique to enter the octagon with the mindset of “kill or be killed.” If you are watching out of your sofa at house, likelihood is regardless of what number of days every week you go to the gymnasium to spar or pound a boxing bag, you aren’t that man, pal.

 A first-rate instance of what units UFC fighters other than housetrained adults got here within the championship combat, when Sean O’Malley cocked again and positioned a supersonic “Dragonball Z” knee on to the cheekbone of Marlon Vera. The sound the knee because it struck Vera’s face reverberated all through the world the Miami Heat known as house, drawing “eww” and “ahh” bellows from the group.

O’Malley wound up strolling away with a unanimous determination to retain his bantamweight title.

We’re unsure what was extra spectacular — O’Malley touchdown the knee or Vera consuming it and competing for 20 extra minutes. These dudes are one thing else.

  • Sean O’Malley defeated Marlon Vera by unanimous determination (50-45, 50-45, 50-44).
  • Dustin Poirier defeated Benoit Saint-Denis by knockout (strikes) at 2:32 of Round 2.
  • Michael Page defeated Kevin Holland by unanimous determination (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).
  • Jack Della Maddalena defeated Gilbert Burns by knockout (knee and elbows) at 3:43 of Round 3.
  • Petr Yan defeated Song Yadong by unanimous determination (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).
  • Curtis Blaydes defeated Jailton Almeida by TKO (strikes) at 0:36 of Round 2.
  • Maycee Barber defeated Katlyn Cerminara by unanimous determination (30-27, 30-27, 29-28).
  • Mateusz Gamrot defeated Rafael Dos Anjos by unanimous determination (29-28, 29-28, 30-27).
  • Kyler Phillips defeated Pedro Munoz by unanimous determination (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).
  • Philipe Lins defeated Ion Cutelaba by unanimous determination (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).
  • Michel Pereira defeated Michal Oleksiejczuk by submission (rear-naked choke) at 1:01 of Round 1.
  • Robelis Despaigne defeated Josh Parisian by TKO (strikes) at 0:18 of Round 1.
  • Asu Almabayev defeated CJ Vergara by unanimous determination (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).
  • Joanne Wood defeated Maryna Moroz by cut up determination (28-29, 29-28, 29-28).



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