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UFC 299: O'Malley vs. Vera 2

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11.07.2023 | 11:12 AM ET

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UFC 299
  • Saturday 03.09.2024 at 06:00 PM ET
  • U.S. Broadcast: Pay Per View | Prelims: ESPN
  • Promotion: Ultimate Fighting Championship
  • Ownership: Endeavor
  • Venue: Kaseya Center
  • Location: Miami, Florida, United States
  • Enclosure: Octagon
  • TV Announcers: Jon Anik, Joe Rogan, Daniel Cormier
  • Ring Announcer: Bruce Buffer
  • Post-Fight Interviews: Joe Rogan
  • Ticket Revenue (live gate): $14,142,904
  • Attendance: 19,165
  • MMA Bouts: 14
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Bout   Info
Sean O'Malley   defeats   Marlon Vera   via Decision, Unanimous   5 Rounds, 25:00 Total Bout Page
Dustin Poirier   defeats   Benoit Saint-Denis   via KO/TKO, Right Hook   2:32 Round 2 of 5, 7:32 Total Bout Page
Michael Page   defeats   Kevin Holland   via Decision, Unanimous   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Jack Della Maddalena   defeats   Gilbert Burns   via KO/TKO, Knee to Ground Strikes   3:43 Round 3 of 3, 13:43 Total Bout Page
Petr Yan   defeats   Yadong Song   via Decision, Unanimous   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Curtis Blaydes   defeats   Jailton Almeida   via KO/TKO, Hammerfists   0:36 Round 2 of 3, 5:36 Total Bout Page
Maycee Barber   defeats   Katlyn Cerminara   via Decision, Unanimous   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Mateusz Gamrot   defeats   Rafael dos Anjos   via Decision, Unanimous   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Kyler Phillips   defeats   Pedro Munhoz   via Decision, Unanimous   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Philipe Lins   defeats   Ion Cutelaba   via Decision, Unanimous   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Michel Pereira   defeats   Michał Oleksiejczuk   via Submission, Rear Naked Choke   1:01 Round 1 of 3 Bout Page
Robelis Despaigne   defeats   Josh Parisian   via KO/TKO, Counter Right   0:18 Round 1 of 3 Bout Page
Asu Almabaev   defeats   CJ Vergara   via Decision, Unanimous   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page
Joanne Wood   defeats   Maryna Moroz   via Decision, Split   3 Rounds, 15:00 Total Bout Page

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Astra
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02.19.2024 | 10:17 PM ET

Too many people writing Jailton off now because of his last performance 
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02.19.2024 | 11:59 PM ET

Predictions: 5 of 14 Winners, 3 Perfect, 365 Points   |   Tied for 6539th

@Astra 
he just said that only 37% are picking Blaydes so no one is really writing off Almedia. I'm picking Blaydes but it's because I believe him to be the better wrestler and his losses only come when he gets slept, which I don't think Almeida will be able to do.

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02.20.2024 | 1:26 AM ET

Predictions: 10 of 14 Winners, 7 Perfect, 700 Points   |   Tied for 1169th

Jalton is also a smaller man, he could fight at 205lb, he’s fighting at heavyweight because only like 3 other heavyweight know how to grapple. Only problem now Blaydes is one of 3 heavyweight who know how to grapple, also Blaydes is a 265 lb heavyweight 

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02.20.2024 | 3:50 AM ET

Predictions: 5 of 14 Winners, 3 Perfect, 365 Points   |   Tied for 6539th

Put all of my personal biases aside because I ******* love Chito,

He is just a ******* tank man. He has got crazy endurance he runs like 13 miles a day. I love stats: He's never been knocked down let alone knocked out, or subbed. He has taken some big **** and eaten plenty of volume from Davey Grant, John Lineker, Song Yadong, Cruz, Font, Sandhagen, and Munhoz, but from what I have seen from all of his fights he's only been rocked maybe once. Sean has great power for this division but I just don't see him badly hurting Chito. Chito will fight for all 5 rounds and really come on strong in the championship rounds which Sean has 0 experience in. I just hope Chito gets the finish or turns the pressure on before it;s too late

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02.20.2024 | 11:30 PM ET

Prediction Comments

Predictions: 10 of 14 Winners, 5 Perfect, 680 Points   |   Tied for 1506th

O'Malley vs. Vera II
Sean O'Malley, DEC
This fight is easy to predict lock of the card unless another leg contusion happens again Sean is gonna dance his way to a 50-45 win hes gonna stay at range and box flat foot chito the fight will be un eventful and antoher win for sean fake star O'Malley

Poirier vs. Saint-Denis
Benoit Saint-Denis, SUB, R4
I have a feeling Benoit will win either he wins in a back and forth war by rear naked choke or dustin ****s him up for 3 rounds until a TKO

Burns vs. Maddalena
Jack Della Maddalena, DEC
This is a hard fight to pick it could go either way but i feel jack will do more damage with knockdowns and big moments to secure the win 30-27

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02.21.2024 | 12:06 AM ET

Predictions: 10 of 14 Winners, 7 Perfect, 700 Points   |   Tied for 1169th

Cory Sandhagen 50-45 Chito less then a year ago. He isn’t a top guy, it’s bollacks he even getting a title fight after getting whoop like that.

I’m rooting for Chito tho because at lease he don’t want stupid title fight at 145lb, Merab derseve he’s title fight

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02.21.2024 | 1:06 AM ET

Predictions: 5 of 14 Winners, 3 Perfect, 365 Points   |   Tied for 6539th

Say what you want but that fight went to a split decision.

Again I'm trying to put my bias aside but this is an interesting topic,

I was at the Sandhagen fight and I scored it live on verdict. I had it 3-2 Cory with Chito winning the last 2. Now I haven't rewatched the fight because it makes me sad, but there was no doubt in my mind that Chito won round 5. Chito barely showed up and Cory still walked away with a bruised up face and a huge cut on his head, while Chito could've foughtt again in 4 weeks.

Also I highly doubt that Sean will be shooting single legs and sitting in top control. If anything I believe in the championship rounds Chito could use his cardio and grappling advantage for a late sub.

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02.21.2024 | 4:08 AM ET

Predictions: 10 of 14 Winners, 6 Perfect, 675 Points   |   Tied for 1584th

@dianabanana 
if you look at the stats it‘s pretty difficult to argue that Chito won any rounds at all in this fight (http://ufcstats.com/fight-details/33fa6793a7f984ac ). There is no way that anyone would score the fight 48-47 for Chito, I don‘t know what fight Joel Oyeda watched but to take his scoring which led to a split decision as an argument for Chito not being beaten badly by Cory Sandhagen isn‘t valid in my opinion.
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02.21.2024 | 8:04 AM ET

Predictions: 9 of 14 Winners, 5 Perfect, 630 Points   |   Tied for 2539th

3-2 Cory is a pretty insane scorecard icl. Chito did absolutely nothing the whole fight 

* Edited at 02.21.2024, 8:05 AM ET *

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02.21.2024 | 8:10 AM ET

Dianabanana

Predictions: 7 of 12 Winners, 3 Perfect, 465 Points   |   Tied for 5708th

Did you have any alcohol at the event? Just curious 
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02.21.2024 | 8:14 PM ET

Predictions: 5 of 14 Winners, 3 Perfect, 365 Points   |   Tied for 6539th

Y'all saying there is no way when it was 48-47 Cory when a judge literally scored the fight 48-47 Chito. I'm not arguing that he won or even looked good, I'm trying to say from the crowd in the venue, nobody scored it 50-45 Sandhagen.

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02.21.2024 | 8:17 PM ET

Predictions: 5 of 14 Winners, 3 Perfect, 365 Points   |   Tied for 6539th

Also y'all are acting like Cory put on a masterclass. I'm just saying if that's all y'all think Sean needs to do, then Chito will walk away with that belt

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02.21.2024 | 9:21 PM ET

Predictions: 9 of 14 Winners, 5 Perfect, 630 Points   |   Tied for 2539th

I mean it was a masterclass lol, he won all 5 rounds clearly. Chito quite literally did nothing the whole fight 

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02.21.2024 | 10:08 PM ET

Predictions: 5 of 14 Winners, 3 Perfect, 365 Points   |   Tied for 6539th

Okay that is literally not what literally means. He didn't land 0 strikes. Everyone on this website can agree that a judge should not have scored it for Chito but he still did. I don't think he just fraudulently scored 3 rounds. Nobody thinks there will be a close round in the Sean fight that could be scored for Chito?

I mean he "quite literally did nothing" and still went to a SD.

Sean has never even been in a fourth round.

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02.21.2024 | 10:28 PM ET

Predictions: 8 of 14 Winners, 5 Perfect, 565 Points   |   Tied for 4018th

@dianabanana 
The fight went to a SD because one judge was ******* blind, the same in Strickland Hermansson, Hermansson didn't win ****, is so insane to defend SD like they mean something. I'm latino, I like Chito but he was 50-45'd or 49-46'd for sure.

* Edited at 02.21.2024, 10:30 PM ET *

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02.21.2024 | 10:43 PM ET

Predictions: 5 of 14 Winners, 3 Perfect, 365 Points   |   Tied for 6539th

@NCPC23 
I agree. Are you certain that there won't be close rounds that they'll give Chito? I mean he may be the bigger crowd favorite in Miami.

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02.21.2024 | 10:44 PM ET

Predictions: 5 of 14 Winners, 3 Perfect, 365 Points   |   Tied for 6539th

What if a "blind" judge shows up that day

I'll stop spamming until I come up with some other ******** to say

* Edited at 02.21.2024, 10:50 PM ET *

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02.21.2024 | 11:25 PM ET

Predictions: 5 of 14 Winners, 3 Perfect, 365 Points   |   Tied for 6539th

Okay okay, I see most of the predictions are O'malley DEC but I'm just curious what all y'all are feeling. 

Y'all think the fight will be boring, exciting, you think Sean will look good or Chito will just look bad? Anyone picking Sean KO? Sean was losing to Munhoz before the NC, Sean also lost that first round against Aljo and some people he should've lost the DEC to yan. I'm thinking it will be a close fight and Sean will gas

genuinely want to hear some of y'alls predictions :D

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02.22.2024 | 12:28 AM ET

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Predictions: 5 of 14 Winners, 3 Perfect, 365 Points   |   Tied for 6539th

dudes will up and down vote but won't tell me what they think!!!

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02.22.2024 | 5:22 AM ET

Predictions: 10 of 14 Winners, 6 Perfect, 675 Points   |   Tied for 1584th

@dianabanana 
I think it‘s gonna be an exciting fight and Sean will get a TKO stoppage in round 2 or 3. Up until then it‘s gonna be a good fight and quite competitive I think. Even though I think Chito doesn‘t deserve a title shot he‘s still a solid fighter and should be able to land some good shot‘s but I think if anyone is able to crack Chito‘s chin at bantamweight it‘s O‘Malley. If the fight‘s going to decision though I got O‘Malley by winning 48-47.

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