It is now official. A bantamweight fight between Sean O’Malley and Raulian Paiva has been added to UFC 269, which is the final pay-per-view of the year.
Brett Okamoto of ESPN reported on Thursday evening that the fight between O’Malley and Paiva was in the process of being finalized, but ‘Sugar’ quickly questioned the report while streaming live on his Twitch account. A few days later, O’Malley confirmed the fight against Paiva is indeed happening at UFC 269 in an Instagram post accompanied by what appears to be a photo of him signing his fight agreement.