A giant bantamweight battle is within the works for the UFC’s summer season showcase pay-per-view.
ESPN’s Brett Okamoto experiences that rising contender Sean O’Malley and veteran top-15 mainstay Pedro Munhoz are lined up for a July 2nd showdown at UFC 276 in Las Vegas. Present rankings have O’Malley at No. 13 and Munhoz at No. 10.
O’Malley (15-1) has recovered properly since his TKO loss to Marlon Vera. The ‘Sugar’ present has produced three straight stoppage wins over Thomas Almeida, Kris Moutinho and most not too long ago Raulian Paiva. O’Malley burst onto the scene after his dominant win over Alfred Khashakyan on Dana White’s Contender Sequence, and started his UFC profession 4-0 earlier than operating into Vera.
Munhoz (19-7) could also be on a 1-4 stretch over his previous 5, however the Brazilian has been taking up an absolute gauntlet of opponents. He dropped consecutive choices to present champion Aljamain Sterling and Frankie Edgar, obtained again within the win column with a unanimous choice over Jimmie Rivera, then misplaced back-to-back towards Jose Aldo and Dominick Cruz. Pedro’s notable wins embrace knockouts of Cody Garbrandt and Bryan Caraway, in addition to a submission of Rob Font.
No phrase on what UFC 276’s predominant occasion will probably be, but perhaps Israel Adesanya vs. Jared Cannonier is our answer.
