Full card & results for UFC 299: Sean O’Malley vs. Marlon Vera 2

UFC 299 is set for this Saturday, March 9, and will take place at the Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida. The early preliminary card starts at 6:30 p.m. ET on UFC Fight Pass. The preliminary card is next up at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN/ESPN+. The big show gets started at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN+ PPV.

The preliminary card features a battle of top 10 heavyweights as #5 Curtis Blaydes takes on #7 Jailton Almeida. Blaydes is a savvy veteran who brings a lot of big fight DNA to the table. Almeida has won six straight fights and is looking to crack the top 5 rankings in the division.

Another pair of notable fights on the card showcase the welterweight division as #4 Gilbert Burns and #11 Jack Della Maddalena face off. Burns has 11 first-round finishes and will need a breakthrough performance to counter Maddalena’s fierce array of combinations. #13 Kevin Holland and Michael Page will also take center stage. Page is a former Bellator standout making his highly-touted UFC debut and takes on an experienced Holland.

The co-main has #3 Dustin Poirier taking on #13 Benoit Saint-Denis in a lightweight clash. In his last fight, Poirier was defeated by Justin Gaethje by way of second-round KO. St-Denis is rolling, winning his last five fights including a first-round KO of Matt Frevola at UFC 295. A win here would make a good case for a title fight against current champion Islam Makhachev.

Lastly, the action packed main card concludes with a bantamweight rematch between reigning champion Sean O’Malley and #5 Marlon Vera. “Suga” is seeking revenge as “Chito” got the best of him in their previous fight. Vera won via first-round TKO back in 2020 and gave O’Malley his first career defeat.

O’Malley enters a -270 betting favorite in the bantamweight title clash as Vera has +220 odds to win. The favored method of victory is O’Malley to win by decision (+110), according to Draftkings Sportsbook.

UFC 299: Sean O’Malley vs. Marlon Vera 2 main card, 10 p.m. ET, ESPN+PPV

• Main event: Sean O’Malley won UD over Marlon Vera (50-45, 50-45, 50-44) O’Malley retains UFC bantamweight title

• Dustin Poirier wins via KO-2 over Benoit Saint-Denis (2:32)

• Michael Page won via UD over Kevin Holland (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

• Jack Della Maddalena won via KO-3 over Gilbert Burns (3:43)

• Petr Yan won via UD over Song Yadong (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Preliminary card, 8 p.m. ET, ESPN/ESPN+

• Curtis Blaydes won via TKO-2 over Jailton Almeida (0:36)
• Maycee Barber won via UD over Katlyn Cerminara (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
• Mateusz Gamrot won via UD over Rafael dos Anjos (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
• Kyler Phillips won via UD over Pedro Munhoz (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

Early preliminary card, 6 p.m. ET, UFC Fight Pass

• Philipe Lins won via UD over Ion Cutelaba (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
• Michel Pereira won via SUB-1 over Michal Oleksiejczuk (1:01)
• Robelis Despaigne won KO-1 over Josh Parisian (0:18)
• Assu Almabayev won via UD over C.J. Vergara (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
• Joanne Wood won via SD over Maryna Moroz (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)