UFC 264 featured a rematch that fans knew was coming as soon as the loss came to Conor McGregor last January against Dustin Poirier at UFC 257. Poirier walked away the victor, but the way it happened was probably not what the UFC was selling. There wa…
UFC 264 featured a rematch that fans knew was coming as soon as the loss came to Conor McGregor last January against Dustin Poirier at UFC 257. Poirier walked away the victor, but the way it happened was probably not what the UFC was selling. There was a lot to take away from UFC 264, […]
Dynamic UFC bantamweight striker, ‘Sugar’ Sean O’Malley is back riding a two-fight undefeated run, scoring a hugely one-sided late stoppage victory over short-notice replacement, Kris Moutinho — stopping the Massachusetts native after a bloodying barrage from the opening exchange to kick-off the main card of UFC 264. Meeting with Moutinho on short-notice following an injury […]
Dynamic UFC bantamweight striker, ‘Sugar’ Sean O’Malley is back riding a two-fight undefeated run, scoring a hugely one-sided late stoppage victory over short-notice replacement, Kris Moutinho — stopping the Massachusetts native after a bloodying barrage from the opening exchange to kick-off the main card of UFC 264.
Meeting with Moutinho on short-notice following an injury to Louis Smolka, O’Malley landed an incredible clip from round one until three, although it took quite a dubious stoppage from referee, Herb Dean with just short of 30-seconds remaining in the opening round after Moutinho absorbed a slew of strikes throughout.
Following the victory, Montana native, O’Malley called for pairings against former champions, Cody Garbrandt, Petr Yan, and Dominick Cruz, as well as surging challenger, “Fob Ront” — otherwise known as Rob Font.
Check out the highlights from O’Malley one-sided win below.
Opening up the UFC 264 main card is a bantamweight contest between Sean O’Malley and Kris Moutinho. Round 1 Moutinho advances early. O’Malley connects with a big leg kick. O’Malley continues to land big with precise strikes. Moutinho is struggling to land but continues the pressure. Moutinho connects with some leg kicks. O’Malley partially lands […]
Opening up the UFC 264 main card is a bantamweight contest between Sean O’Malley and Kris Moutinho.
Round 1
Moutinho advances early. O’Malley connects with a big leg kick. O’Malley continues to land big with precise strikes. Moutinho is struggling to land but continues the pressure. Moutinho connects with some leg kicks. O’Malley partially lands a head kick as he puts the pressure on but Moutinho is just eating strikes. O’Malley lands some jabs and hurts Moutinho bad. O’Malley starts to have some fun but Moutinho is still surviving somehow. Moutinho starts to pressure. He lands some leg kicks. O’Malley is the one on his bike even though he’s avoiding most strikes. O’Malley seems to be hurt a bit as Moutinho starts to walk him down and talk. O’Malley ramps things up and even lands a knee. He goes on to drop Moutinho with a big right straight. He dives on a guillotine but the round ends. What a round!
Round 2
O’Malley lands a spinning back kick to the body and follows it with a front body kick. Moutinho continues to talk trash as he looks to pressure O’Malley. O’Malley avoids many strikes while touching Moutinho on the counter. Moutinho does well with some body kicks. O’Malley lands some punches and circles around Moutinho. Moutinho continues to be a zombie and follow him. The fight starts to slow down a bit but Moutinho is continuing to march forward. O’Malley connects with a body shot. The fight is momentarily stopped as O’Malley’s mouthpiece falls. It resumes with Moutinho continuing to put the pressure. O’Malley might be fatiguing a bit as the round ends…
Round 3
More of the same in Round 3. O’Malley lands a front body kick. Moutinho looks to attack the legs. O’Malley is up against the fence but lands a counter left. Moutinho has absorbed over 200 strikes now as O’Malley puts the pressure on. However, even while he’s getting teed off, he continues to march forward. Moutinho’s endurance is out of this world. His face is getting battered now. Moutinho seems to have landed a big right. O’Malley’s fine as he continues to touch and go. O’Malley puts the pressure on again and with all the damage Moutinho is taking, Herb Dean surprisingly calls an end to the fight.
Official result: Sean O’Malley defeats Kris Moutinho via TKO (R3, 4:33).
Sean O’Malley knew from day one that he was going to become a star, and it’s all going to plan. After bursting onto the UFC scene through Dana White’s Contender Series, O’Malley has caught the attention of the world with his fla…
Sean O’Malley knew from day one that he was going to become a star, and it’s all going to plan. After bursting onto the UFC scene through Dana White’s Contender Series, O’Malley has caught the attention of the world with his flamboyant style inside and outside the Octagon. His exciting style of spinning kicks, punching […]
When new UFC Bantamweight Kris Moutinho makes his Octagon debut on Saturday night, he will be opening up a Conor McGregor pay-per-view against one of the best up-and-coming prospects in the sport in ‘Suga’ Sean O’Malley. When it comes to Moutinho however, this came as a welcome surprise for him and his team in New […]
When new UFC Bantamweight Kris Moutinho makes his Octagon debut on Saturday night, he will be opening up a Conor McGregor pay-per-view against one of the best up-and-coming prospects in the sport in ‘Suga’ Sean O’Malley.
When it comes to Moutinho however, this came as a welcome surprise for him and his team in New England.
“It was a surprise to me, as well,” Moutinho told reporters at a UFC 264 media session at the UFC Apex. “I’m just as thrown for a loop as you guys, so it’s crazy. I love it. My coach, when the sweepstakes came out, the Sean O’Malley sweepstakes, he was like, ‘It’s a long shot man. You want to just throw your name in?’ And I was like, ‘Yeah, why not? Let’s do it.’ A couple of days went by. I wasn’t hearing anything. I was like, ‘It’s probably not going to happen.’
“He was like, ‘OK, you made it past the first round. They took your name. They’re going to look at it. Within 15 minutes, I was getting DMs from random people telling me that I’m going to get knocked out and get beat up and I was like, ‘Oh man, what are you guys talking about?’ Five minutes after that, he called me back and he was like, ‘Yeah man – we got it. Just get ready. Cut the weight’ and let’s go show the world who I am.”
Moutinho hasn’t had much time to prepare for O’Malley, but knows the opportunity in front of him is a potentially life-changing event and feels as if he’s prepared for this moment for some time now.
“He’s a very talented, explosive kid, but I just don’t think somebody’s been in there to test, to push him that way,” Moutinho said. “The only time he was kind of pushed was the (Marlon) ‘Chito’ (Vera) fight, and he got hurt. So he has a little fallback to why he was going to win that fight, but he got hurt. I think I’m just going to stay in his face, put the pressure, and I think that’s something that he’s not comfortable with.
“I’ve been putting on great fights my entire career, and I’ve fought some of the best talent outside the UFC and some of them are in the UFC now. I fought Manny Bermudez when he was in the UFC in my amateur career and then I fought Tony Gravely not too long ago in a crazy fight. So I’ve been fighting some of the better dudes in the country for a very long time.” (Transcribed by MMA Junkie)
It’s hard to deny O’Malley as the big favorite going in, but it certainly cannot be understated that Moutinho has put in the work and will be ready for the challenge.
How do you feel about Kris Moutinho going into this fight? Should Sean O’Malley have gotten a fighter on the roster?
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