Sean Zerillo breaks down Saturday's matchup between Pedro Munhoz and Sean O'Malley at UFC 276 (T-Mobile Arena).
Elsewhere, the pricing in this fight looks about right, and I wouldn’t necessarily include O’Malley in parlays. O’Malley fires straight punches in bunches, and he should be able to keep the range with his reach advantage and teep kicks. And while he does have several submission wins on his record, Munhoz has averaged just 0.57 takedowns per 15 minutes in UFC — and hasn’t completed a takedown since 2018. Despite Munhoz’s durability, however, O’Malley’s decision line is higher than his KO/TKO prop or inside the prop. Still, Munhoz’s primary skill (leg kicks) has been O’Malley’s kryptonite. 9/7/86
Sean O'Malley makes his return tonight to face Pedro Munhoz in a bantamweight fight on the UFC 276 main card. O'Malley vs. Munhoz will stream live only on.
Another right hand from O’Malley but then Munhoz fires back a leg kick. An eye poke from O’Malley causes a break in the action. Munhoz goes straight back to the leg kicks but then comes high with a kick afterward. A good start from Munhoz who has been targeting O’Malley’s legs. Front body kick from O’Malley is caught but then he comes in with a right hand that is blocked. O’Malley now jabbing to keep Munhoz away, who has been advancing after the reset.
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- UFC 276 Event T-Shirt In his eight UFC fights, O’Malley has gone 7-1, with six finishes, four Performance of the Night bonuses, and two Fight of the Night awards. That willingness to face anyone has hurt him in recent years though as Munhoz is 1-4 in his past five bouts, including a decision loss to current champion Aljamain Sterling. Munhoz looks to make one final title run by knocking off one of the sport’s most-hyped prospects.
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The native of Montana, who fights out of Phoenix, Arizona, stopped all three of his opponents immediately after Vera yet admitted he was only willing to face a top-10 ranked opponent if UFC paid him commensurate to his perceived value. The Brazilian's offense consisted almost exclusively of calf kicks, many of which the 27-year-old O'Malley was able to check. The result was a largely anticlimactic affair for a matchup which featured plenty of tension between the two during fight week press events.
Sean O'Malley has reacted after his UFC 276 bout with Pedro Munhoz was ruled a no-contest due to an accident eye poke.
Instead, the bantamweight bout proved to be more of a chess match that unfortunately ended in a no-contest. After trading a lot of kicks and some punches for the better part of seven minutes, the bout was waved off following an eye poke from ‘Suga’. The Brazilian was coming off back-to-back unanimous decision losses to Dominick Cruz and Jose Aldo respectively.
At UFC 276, Sean O'Malley and Pedro Munhoz both came away empty-handed after a foul left one fighter unable to continue.
Initially, O’Malley showboated with his signature basketball jump-shot celebration. Prior to the stoppage, the fight played out as a technical striking match with both men patient. The stoppage came at the 3:09 mark of Round 2.
Much hyped prospect Sean O'Malley had the biggest step up of his career at UFC 276, taking on Pedro Munhoz, who is in the top 10 of the bantamweight ...
- UFC 276 Event T-Shirt (Women’s) - UFC 276 Event T-Shirt - UFC 276 Liquid Silver Logo T-Shirt Much hyped prospect Sean O’Malley had the biggest step up of his career at UFC 276, taking on Pedro Munhoz, who is in the top 10 of the bantamweight division. - UFC 276 Metallic Gold Logo T-Shirt He scores with a right and just misses with a spinning hook kick.
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