Sean O’Malley defends bantamweight crown towards Marlon Vera

Sean ‘Suga’ O’Malley efficiently defended his bantamweight title within the UFC 299 most important occasion after outclassing long-time rival Marlon ‘Chito’ Vera in Miami.

O’Malley had been handed his first and solely defeat in MMA by Chito again in 2020, however a repeat by no means appeared seemingly as he produced a dominant show on the Kaseya Centre.

The American brutally caught his challenger with a knee within the second spherical, with Chito one way or the other withstanding the blow to stay within the contest.

Chito produced his greatest shot of the evening within the closing seconds of the fifth spherical, nevertheless it proved too late with O’Malley having delivered an entire efficiency throughout the 25 minute contest.

O’Malley was unanimously awarded the victory with two scorecards giving the American a 50-45 margin, with the opposite studying 50-44 in his favour.

Sean O’Malley (proper) produced a dominant efficiency to retain his bantamweight title on the UFC 299 most important occasion in Miami

O’Malley dominated the one man to have overwhelmed him in MMA, with Vera surviving a knee to the face and several other punches

O’Malley was confirmed because the winner with the scorecards unanimous, as he secured a profitable first defence of his title

‘Chito is as tough as it gets, that one feels good to get that one back,’ O’Malley mentioned post-fight.

‘I’m guessing we will all agree that I’m undefeated nonetheless. Chito is as powerful because it will get.’

O’Malley then advised Dana White to get him on a ‘jet to Spain’, as he urged the UFC supremo to set him up with a struggle towards Ilia Topuria.

Topuria demolished Alexander Volkanovski final month to win the featheweight title, however O’Malley believes he can step up in weight division to tackle the unbeaten Spaniard.

‘Dana, get me a jet to Spain, child. I’m coming for Ilia Topuria,’ O’Malley mentioned.

‘He’s a scary dude, Illia. It excites me, going up a weight class excites me.

‘Honestly, I’m right here for no matter. If you need me to knock out Merab [Dvalishvili] I’ll do this too, however Illia is an thrilling struggle for the individuals.’

Former US President Donald Trump, who attended alongside his daughter Ivanka and White, gave O’Malley a thumbs up cage aspect to congratulate the American.

O’Malley known as for UFC boss Dana White to place him on a airplane to Spain to tackle featherweight champion Ilia Topuria

Former US President Donald Trump was cage aspect at UFC 299 together with his daughter Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner

Dustin Poirier claimed a surprising knock-out victory againt Benoit Saint-Denis of their light-weight struggle in Miami

Poirier surprised his rival with an uppercut earlier than ending the competition with a proper hook to ship a knock-out blow

The Republican presidential nominee’s look got here simply hours after he addressed a crowd of supporters in Rome, Georgia. 

Trump had arrived throughout the undercard, so was current to observe Dustin Poirier earn an unbelievable knock-out win over Benoit Saint-Denis.

Saint-Denis began impressively towards Poirier, touchdown knees, elbows and quick punches, however was undone within the second spherical.

Poirier caught the Frenchman with an uppercut earlier than placing him away with a proper hook to safe the twenty second UFC victory of his profession. 

‘I used to be getting beat up a bit, Poirier admitted afterwards. ‘He was fairly robust.

‘I took the struggle as a result of he completed his final 5 and he is harmful with a by no means say die perspective. 

‘It’s the character of the beat, it is what we do. Respect to him, sacrifice does not go unnoticed.’

Michael ‘Venom’ Page marked his UFC debut in fashion with the 36-year-old British fighter beating Kevin Holland by unanimous determination within the welterweight division.

Michael ‘Venom’ Page marked his UFC debut by incomes a welterweight victory over Kevin Holland by unanimous determination

Jack Della Maddalena compelled the referee to intervene within the third spherical because the Australian overcame Brazil’s Gilbert Burns

‘MVP’, who was beforehand the poster boy for Bellator earlier than becoming a member of the UFC in December, earned a 29–28 verdict on every of the scorecards on the finish of the three-round contest.

Jack Della Maddalena continued to emerge as a contender within the welterweight division, because the Australian overcame Brazil’s Gilbert Burns.

Burns, who lives in Florida, landed on high of his rival within the third spherical however Maddalena escaped and ended the competition with a sequence of blows together with his elbows to pressure the referee to intervene.

The most important card had opened with Russia’s Petr Yan incomes a unanimous victory over China’s Song Yadong at bantamweight, ending a run of three consecutive UFC defeats.