One solitary blemish stains the otherwise pristine resume of current Ultimate Fighting Championship bantamweight titleholder Sean O’Malley, and he intends to make the mixed martial arts universe forget about it.
The MMA Lab standout will defend his undisputed championship for the first time when he faces Marlon Vera—the only man to ever defat him—in the UFC 299 headliner on Saturday at the Kaseya Center in Miami. O’Malley, 29, enters the Octagon on a six-fight unbeaten streak, having gone 5-0 with one no contest since his ill-fated 2020 encounter with “Chito” resulted in a technical knockout loss.