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Sean O’Malley vs. Peter Yan booked for UFC 280 in Abu Dhabi

Sean O’Malley gets a major step up in competition against a former champion.

[autotag]Sean O’Malley[/autotag] has booked his biggest opponent to date.

The rising UFC bantamweight contender is set to take on former champion [autotag]Peter Yan[/autotag] on Oct. 22 at UFC 280 in Abu Dhabi. The news was revealed by O’Malley during an interview with ESPN.

O’Malley (15-1 MMA, 7-1 UFC) is coming off a no contest ruling against veteran Pedro Munhoz at UFC 276 earlier this month. The bout was deemed a no contest following an eye poke from O’Malley that put Munhoz out of competition. Prior to the fight with Munhoz, O’Malley had three straight stoppage wins, which marked his comeback from his TKO loss to Marlon Vera in 2020.

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On the other hand, Yan (16-3 MMA, 8-2 UFC) looks to bounce back from a split decision loss to champion Aljamain Sterling in his attempt to recapture the title at UFC 273 in April. Yan’s only two losses in the UFC have come against Aljamain. The 29-year-old won the UFC bantamweight title in 2020 when he stopped Brazil’s Jose Aldo at UFC 251.

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With the addition the UFC 280 lineup includes:

  • Charles Oliveira vs. Islam Makhachev – for vacant lightweight title
  • Aljamain Sterling vs. T.J. Dillashaw – for bantamweight title
  • Sean Brady vs. Belal Muhammad
  • Sean O’Malley vs. Petr Yan

UFC 251 Fight Island featuring Usman vs. Masvidal, UFC 251 Fight Card, Live Stream, How to Watch

UFC 251 will kick off Fight Island in Abu Dhabi with Kamaru Usman taking on Jorge Masvidal in the main event, stream your UFC action here!

Dana White has pulled off the unthinkable, creating ‘Fight Island’ on a beach named Yas Island in Abu Dhabi. UFC 251 will kick off a month full of fights on Fight Island, where International fighters can compete during the COVID-19 pandemic.

We have an absolutely stacked card tonight with the main event featuring UFC welterweight champion making his second title defense against Jorge Masvidal, who accepted this fight just six days ago.

UFC 251

Kamaru Usman (-264) vs. jorge Masvidal (+210)

  • Date: Saturday, July 11
  • Location: Fight Island, Yas Island, Abu Dhabi
  • Prelims: 8:00 pm ET
  • Main Card: 10:00 pm ET
  • Live Stream: ESPN+ (Sign Up Now)

Usman versus Masvidal is the fight that everyone wanted to see and the boss man, Dana White made it happen. The two have been feeding since January where they both were involved in a shouting match at the Superbowl.

UFC 251 fight card

Main Card

  • Kamaru Usman (c) vs. Jorge Masvidal for the UFC Welterweight Championship
  • Alexander Volkanovski (c) vs. Max Holloway for the UFC Featherweight Championship
  • Petr Yan vs. José Aldo for the vacant UFC Bantamweight Championship
  • Jéssica Andrade vs. Rose Namajunas; Women’s Strawweight
  • Amanda Ribas vs. Paige VanZant; Women’s Flyweight

Prelims

  • Volkan Oezdemir vs. Jiří Procházka; Light Heavyweight
  • Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos vs. Muslim Salikhov; Welterweight
  • Makwan Amirkhani vs. Danny Henry; Featherweight
  • Leonardo Santos vs. Roman Bogatov; Lightweight

UFC Exclusively on ESPN+

ESPN is the exclusive destination for UFC and all of its pay-per-view events, meaning that you will have to have an ESPN+ subscription as well as purchase the PPV event. The fight alone is $64.99 but if you buy the Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+ bundle and the fight it costs $84.98.

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