Pre-fight Discussion UFC 299: O'Malley vs. Vera 2 Sat. March 9 Prelims 6pm ET ESPN+, Main 10pm ET PPV

[PurpleStorm]

This Saturday it's a phenomenal card UFC 299: O'Malley vs. Vera 2 live from Miami, Florida USA. Hoping you'll join us all week long as we discuss the fights, share predictions and engage in civil pre-fight banter. Which fights do you anticipate? For moi it's all of them. Care to share breakdowns or predictions? Are you attending the event? The floor is yours!

Main Card PPV 10:00 PM ET BUY PPV
Prelims ESPNN/ESPN+8:00 PM ET
Early Prelims ESPN+6:00 PM ET

Saturday 03.09.2024 at 06:00 PM ET
U.S. Broadcast: Pay Per View | Prelims: ESPN
Promotion: Ultimate Fighting Championship
Ownership: Endeavor
Venue: Kaseya Center
Location: Miami, Florida, United States
Enclosure: Octagon
MMA Bouts: 14

Main Card 10pm ET PPV
Bantamweight - Main Event - Title Fight Sean O'Malley 17-1-0 vs. Marlon Vera 21-8-1
Dustin Poirier 29-8-0 vs. Benoit Saint Denis 13-1-0
Kevin Holland 25-10-0 vs. Michael Page 21-2-0
Gilbert Burns 22-6-0 vs. Jack Della Maddalena 16-2-
Petr Yan 16-5-0 vs. Song Yadong 21-7-1
Prelims 8pm ET ESPN/ESPN+
Curtis Blaydes 17-4-0 vs. Jailton Almeida 20-2-0
Katlyn Cerminara 18-5-0 vs. Maycee Barber 13-2-0
Mateusz Gamrot 23-2-0 vs. Rafael Dos Anjos 32-15-0
Early Prelims 6pm ET ESPN+ 6pm ET
Michel Pereira 29-11-0 vs. Michal Oleksiejczuk 19-6-0
Pedro Munhoz 20-8-0 vs. Kyler Phillips 11-2-0
Josh Parisian 15-7-0 vs. CJ Vergara 12-4-1
Assu Almabayev 18-2-0 vs. Robelis Despaigne 4-0-0
Joanne Wood 16-8-0 vs. Maryna Moroz 11-5-0
Ion Cutelaba 17-9-1 vs. Philipe Lins 17-5-0

Here's the Shillan & Duffy preview, where the dynamic duo preview the massive UFC 299, with detailed predictions and picks for all 14 fights.

NOTE: Apologies for the jump in volume around the seven-minute mark. It goes away in just a minute or two.
0:00 Intro: We meet again, my nemesis
9:32 Joanne Wood (16-8) vs. Maryna Moroz (11-5)
18:50 C.J. Vergara (12-4-1) vs. Asu Almabaev (18-2)
25:41 Robelis Despaigne (4-0) vs. Josh Parisian (15-7)
36:10 Michel Pereira (29-11, 2 NC) vs. Michal Oleksiejczuk (19-6, 1 NC)
47:44 Ion Cutelaba (17-9-1, 1 NC) vs. Philipe Lins (17-5)
57:58 Pedro Munhoz (20-8, 2 NC) vs. Kyler Phillips (11-2)
1:05:37 Mateusz Gamrot (23-2, 1 NC) vs. Rafael dos Anjos (32-15)
1:16:00 Katlyn Cerminara (18-5) vs. Maycee Barber (13-2)
1:30:30 Curtis Blaydes (17-4, 1 NC) vs. Jailton Almeida (20-2)
1:48:02 Petr Yan (16-5) vs. Yadong Song (21-7-1)
2:00:38 Gilbert Burns (22-6) vs. Jack Della Maddalena (16-2)
2:16:05 Kevin Holland (25-10, 1 NC) vs. Michael Page (21-2)
2:36:02 Dustin Poirier (29-8, 1 NC) vs. Benoit St. Denis (13-1)
2:51:31 Sean O’Malley (17-1, 1 NC) vs. Marlon Vera (23-8-1)
3:06:14 A quick rundown of all the picks


Bonus. @Siver! posted this a few days ago and it's worth sharing here:
Clear your diaries for this Saturday, 6:00pm ET, because we've got a proper show and it's not even at the Apex!
UFC 299: O'Malley vs Vera II - the Kickening!
Poirier vs St Denis - Gods of War Edition!
Holland vs MVP - Welcome to the UFC, Kid!
Burns vs Maddalena - Get Herbert on standby to carry his bro out!
Yan vs Song - Russia vs China!
Blaydes vs Almeida - How good are ya, Jailton?!
and much, much more!
Sleeper fights include Michel Pereira vs Michal Oleks, Gamrot vs RDA, and Munhoz vs Kyler!
Robelis Despaigne also coming in hot to save the heavyweight division (maybe)!
You hyped?

Forget The Psuedo-Saudi Arabia/Apex Card: It's UFC 299 Fight Week!

Clear your diaries for this Saturday, 6:00pm ET, because we've got a proper show and it's not even at the Apex! UFC 299: O'Malley vs Vera II - the Kickening! Poirier vs St Denis - Gods of War Edition! Holland vs MVP - Welcome to the UFC, Kid! Burns vs Maddalena - Get Herbert on standby to...

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[Danespina]

Very nice undercard, particularly for the hardcores.

Love that Gamrot vs. RDA is just hiding there.

Robelis Despaigne is that taekwondo fighter who won his last 3 fights in a combined 17 seconds.

MVP should be an exciting debut.

Major step up for Saint Denis.

Michel Pereira has got suspiciously low card placement.

 

[TempleoftheDog]

Very nice undercard, particularly for the hardcores.

Love that Gamrot vs. RDA is just hiding there.

Robelis Despaigne is that taekwondo fighter who won his last 3 fights in a combined 17 seconds.

MVP should be an exciting debut.

Major step up for Saint Denis.

Michel Pereira has got suspiciously low card placement.

Michel is not even ranked at MW. He screwed the pooch missing weight against WB at WW for SLC.

He has to climb the MW ladder.

Tap has him at number 22 MW.

 

[Siver!]

 

[svmr_db]

 

[Luthien]

We need to get some hype going for possibly the card of year

 

[Luthien]

Major step up for Saint Denis.

Let's see if he still fights with that possible staph on his face

 

[Davidjacksonjones]

Enjoy the fights guys, you are all welcome to watch the fights at my $600 million mega palace. Chip in for food and PPV will be $25 each

 

[PurpleStorm]

Enjoy the fights guys, you are all welcome to watch the fights at my $600 million mega palace. Chip in for food and PPV will be $25 each
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For sure. Had fun at our last shindig.

 

[Luthien]

Enjoy the fights guys, you are all welcome to watch the fights at my $600 million mega palace. Chip in for food and PPV will be $25 each
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@HI SCOTT NEWMAN

 

[Danespina]

Michel is not even ranked at MW. He screwed the pooch missing weight against WB at WW for SLC.

He has to climb the MW ladder.

Tap has him at number 22 MW.

Michel has put together a very nice win streak. It doesn't all go away just because he switched divisions.

Placement just seemed slightly odd because it's the lowest Michel has ever been placed on a card. With his last win over Petroski I thought he could have landed a main or co-main.

 

[Siver!]

Why do they still separate out 'prelims' from 'early prelims'?

 

[Danespina]

Why do they still separate out 'prelims' from 'early prelims'?

For some countries they are still different broadcasts found on different channels/websites.

 

[svmr_db]

Why do they still separate out 'prelims' from 'early prelims'?

Early prelims are usually only broadcast on ESPN+ or Fight Pass, not on television.

 

[Kryptt]

 

[Siver!]

For some countries they are still different broadcasts found on different channels/websites.

Early prelims are usually only broadcast on ESPN+ or Fight Pass, not on television.

Gotcha. I just watch all prelims on Fight Pass but do have to switch streams which is a bit annoying when I'm not paying attention and it still looks/sounds like an ongoing broadcast lol

Although I suppose we do have the option of watching the proper prelims on TV.

 

[HI SCOTT NEWMAN]

Enjoy the fights guys, you are all welcome to watch the fights at my $600 million mega palace. Chip in for food and PPV will be $25 each
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I love you

 

[Kryptt]

 

[HI SCOTT NEWMAN]

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@HI SCOTT NEWMAN

Haha now that would be my dream house!! love it

Great card, UFC 299 will be awesome, looking forward to it, so many good matchups. This will be a great one! lets go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! see you on playbyplay.

 

[TempleoftheDog]

Michel has put together a very nice win streak. It doesn't all go away just because he switched divisions.

Placement just seemed slightly odd because it's the lowest Michel has ever been placed on a card. With his last win over Petroski I thought he could have landed a main or co-main.

Some people are calling this the card of the year. There are ex-champions fighting in the pre-lims of 300. Imo, it’s easily 300, but whatever.

Michel does have a nice win streak going. But he halted the hype temporarily by missing weight for the WB fight. Forced to move up to MW where is only ranked number 22 by Tap.

He is the featured Early Pre-lim of a stacked card. He could have done much worse. And he dropped a coach from his corner for this fight. So that he can have some guy dance out with him. I don’t remember Izzy cutting corner members so he could have dancers with him.

Every fighter on the pre-lims is ranked in the top 10.. Except RDA at 11.

Which one of those fights do you put on the Early Pre-lims so that two guys ranked 22, and 31 can take their place? And no.. The wmma fight is not an appropriate answer.

I don’t have a problem with his placement. And he’s been one of my current favs since he came to the UFC. But he doesn’t have the same crazy acrobatic style that made him must see for his first 4, or 5 UFC fights.

He hasn’t done any of that stuff for 4 fights in a row. Still winning, which I’m happy about. But he’s not “the most entertaining fighter in the UFC anymore, imo”. Because he was “the most entertaining fighter I’ve ever seen in mma”. I couldn’t believe what I was watching those first few UFC fights.