Sean O’Malley vs Marlon Vera LIVE: UFC 299 fight updates and results tonight

Next up, a welterweight clash between ex-title challenger Gilbert Burns and rising contender Jack Della Maddalena!

Australia’s Della Maddalena is a striking specialist on a 16-fight win streak (6-0 in the UFC). Brazilian Burns is a jiu-jitsu specialist with heavy hands.

Burns, 37, is fourth in the 170lbs rankings; Della Maddalena, 27, is 11th. The Aussie could leap up the rankings with a win here.

Petr Yan def. Song Yadong via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Lots of respect between the bantamweights. A much-needed win for Yan!

Final round. Beautiful spinning back kick to the head by Song! Yan returns fire with one to the body, then one to the head! Song with one to the body! This is fun.

Song with a couple of tidy hooks at close range. He snatches another single-leg, but Yan writhes free. Good takedown defence from Song now, but Yan tags him with a couple of short punches in close.

Good jabs by each man. Another single-leg by Song, but again Yan escapes. Overhand right by Song has Yan teetering away. Yan misses with a spinning back fist. More jabs by Song. Yan with one of his own.

Song is walking him down. He might steal this round on activity. The pair clinch against the fence. Yan just about completes a takedown. One minute left, will that prove decisive?

Good elbows by Yan! Song with some of his own from the bottom. Another by Yan, who finishes the fight by trying a D’Arce choke on the buzzer.

Yan might have just taken that one… It was close, though.

Yan’s coaches are honest with him: “It wasn’t a good round.” In Song’s corner is retired UFC veteran Urijah Faber, who once suffered a brutal KO by Yan.

Song closes range and has Yan against the fence. A few punches by Song, then a hard elbow! Yan is able to circle away.

Yan steps in on a lead uppercut, then overshoots with a cross. Decent counter uppercut by Yan, as Song feints for a takedown.

A couple of overhands land for Song. He’s able to get a body lock and take the back again, driving Yan to the fence.

There’s a brief pause in the action, as Yan needs to have some loose tape cut off his glove. We’re back under way, and Yan shrugs off a takedown attempt before trying a guillotine choke. No joy.

Song snatches a single-leg takedown, but Yan is able to stand at once; good defence by the Russian, who is having a better round here. “Let’s go, Petr,” chants the Miami crowd.

Solid uppercut by Song, then a hook! Yan doesn’t like that at all, but he times a takedown perfectly! Slicing elbow from the Russian from on top.

Both men stand orthodox. Leg kick for Song straight away, then a quick lead hook.

Yan with a decent overhand right on the 26-year-old, who fires back with another left hook. Yan slips a right hand and jabs to the body. And again. Song feints for a takedown and throws a hook.

Both men land in a scrappy exchange. Good jab by Song. Yan kicks low, and Song times a hook over the top. Spinning back kick to the body by Song.

Body kick by Yan. Again Song throws a punch over the top of the kick. Yan misses with a right hook.

Song catches a kick and takes down Yan. He has the back, but Yan is defending well… Yan tries to roll away, but Song hangs on.

Good punches by Song, before Yan stands and separates. Decent left hook by Song, who’s had a great round.

The main card begins with a bantamweight clash between ex-champion Petr Yan and Song Yadong.

Fans expected Yan to be a dominant champion after he won the vacant title in 2020, but the Russian lost the belt in his first defence – by DQ, no less.

And Yan is now on a three-fight losing streak, having suffered close decision losses to Aljamain Sterling and Sean O’Malley before being dominated by Merab Dvalishvili.

Curtis Blaydes def. Jailton Almeida via second-round TKO (0:36)

Maycee Barber def. Katlyn Cerminara via unanimous decision (30-27 x2, 29-28)

Mateusz Gamrot def. Rafael dos Anjos via unanimous decision (29-28 x2, 30-27)

Kyler Phillips def. Pedro Munhoz via unanimous decision (30-27 x3)

Philipe Lins def. Ion Cutelaba via unanimous decision (29-28 x3)

Michel Pereira def. Michal Oleksiejczuk via first-round submission (rear naked choke, 1:01)

Robelis Despaigne def. Josh Parisian via first-round KO (0:18) | Watch finish

Assu Almabayev def. CJ Vergara via unanimous decision (30-27 x3)

Joanne Wood def. Maryna Moroz via split decision (29-28 x2, 28-29)

The main card is upon us! Now, here are the prelim results…

The UFC 299 main card is moments away! We’ll have a round-up of all the prelim results for you in a few moments…

Here’s what we have to look forward to next, in reverse order:

Sean O’Malley (C) vs Marlon “Chito” Vera 2 (bantamweight title)

Dustin Poirier vs Benoit Saint-Denis (lightweight – five rounds)

Kevin Holland vs Michael “Venom” Page (welterweight)

Gilbert Burns vs Jack Della Maddalena (welterweight)

Petr Yan vs Song Yadong (bantamweight)

Full transparency: Sean O’Malley does not feature on our pound-for-pound top-10 list.

That is largely down to his resume, which does not compare to those of the fighters in our rankings, although his KO of Sterling was a tremendous result.

In his last fight before winning the belt, the American beat ex-champ Petr Yan via decision, but it was a highly controversial result – one that Indy Sport did not agree with.

However, O’Malley could enter our top 10 with an impressive knockout tonight. Let’s see…