The highly anticipated UFC 299 recently concluded. The event took place in Miami, Florida in front of a sold out crowd.
The event was headlined by a UFC bantamweight championship matchup between Sean O’Malley and Marlon Vera. In the co-main event, we saw Dustin Poirier take on Benoit Saint-Denis with a number of other highly exciting matchups.
As far as the fights go, the main event was kicked off with a bantamweight contest between Petr Yan and Song Yadong. After losing his last three fights, Yan returned to the winning column with a decision victory.
Next in line was a welterweight fight between Gilbert Burns and Jack Della Maddalena. After seemingly being down on points, the Australian secured a vicious stoppage victory towards the end of the fight.
The highly exciting welterweight bout was followed by a bout between Kevin Holland and Michael ‘Venom’ Page. As it was expected going into the fight, ‘Venom’ brought a lot of antics inside the octagon and still managed to win on points.
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The co-main event of UFC 299 featured Dustin Poirier and Benoit Saint-Denis inside the octagon. Poirier was the underdog going into the fight and many believed that Saint-Denis’ pressure style of fighting will trouble ‘Diamond’. While it looked to be the case in the first round, Poirier clapped back with a vicious knockout in the second round.
In the main event, Sean O’Malley put on a masterclass to get the better of Marlon Vera in their rematch. In the process, he also avenged his loss to Vera and retained his UFC bantamweight championship.
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UFC 299 full card results
Apart from the fights mentioned above, there were a number of highly engaging fights in the preliminary card of UFC 299. That said, take a look at the full card results below:
Main Card
- Sean O’Malley (c) defeated Marlon Vera via unanimous decision for the UFC bantamweight title (50-45, 50-45, 50-44)
- Dustin Poirier defeated Benoit Saint Denis via KO (2:32 into round two)
- Michael “Venom” Page defeated Kevin Holland via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Jack Della Maddalena defeated Gilbert Burns via KO (3:43 into round three)
- Petr Yan defeated Song Yadong via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Prelims
- Curtis Blaydes defeated Jailton Almeida via TKO (0:36 into round two)
- Maycee Barber defeated Katlyn Cerminara via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
- Mateusz Gamrot defeated Rafael dos Anjos via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
- Kyler Phillips defeated Pedro Munhoz via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Early Prelims
- Philipe Lins defeated Ion Cutelaba via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
- Michel Pereira defeated Michal Oleksiejczuk via rear-naked choke (1:01 into round one)
- Robelis Despaigne defeated Josh Parisian via knockout (0:18 into round one)
- Assu Almabayev defeated C.J. Vergara via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Joanne Wood defeated Maryna Moroz via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)
