{"id":375033,"date":"2021-02-02T18:19:27","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T02:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=375033"},"modified":"2021-02-02T18:19:27","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T02:19:27","slug":"sean-omalley-makes-his-return-to-the-cage-at-ufc-260-against-thomas-almeida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/sean-omalley-makes-his-return-to-the-cage-at-ufc-260-against-thomas-almeida\/","title":{"rendered":"Sean O\u2019Malley makes his return to the cage at UFC 260 against Thomas Almeida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A bantamweight bout between Sean O&#8217;Malley and Thomas Almeida is the latest addition to the upcoming UFC 260 pay-per-view in March.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-jon-jones-gets-winner-of-stipe-miocic-vs-francis-ngannou-2\/\">UFC 260 takes place on March 27 and is headlined by a heavyweight title fight rematch between Stipe Miocic and Francis Ngannou<\/a>. Also on the card is a co-main event featherweight title fight between champion Alexander Volkanvoski and challenger Brian Ortega. O&#8217;Malley vs. Almeida could open up the main card or it could be placed on the prelims for this event. Regardless of where it lands on the card, this is a very fun fight that is likely going to be a stand-up war based on their styles.<\/p>\n<p>O&#8217;Malley himself announced the fight on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cYuHQ1dh5V8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a> (h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BigMarcel24\/status\/1356784258648596484\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marcell Dorff<\/a>). <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/sean-omalley-claims-he-was-offered-thomas-almeida-for-ufc-258-but-thominhas-turned-him-down\/\">O&#8217;Malley vs. Almeida is a fight the UFC has tried to book for several months now<\/a>. The promotion reportedly tried to book it for UFC 258 but wasn&#8217;t successful. Thankfully the matchmakers were able to get the fight booked and it will go down at UFC 260.<\/p>\n<p>O&#8217;Malley (12-1) hasn&#8217;t fought since UFC 252 last August when he suffered a first-round upset TKO loss to Marlon Vera. O&#8217;Malley injured his ankle in that fight and has been on the shelf for the past six months, though he has kept a very public profile on social media. After losing to Vera in such shocking fashion in his last fight, O&#8217;Malley desperately needs to get a win here. A knockout artist, the UFC is matching O&#8217;Malley up against a talented fighter in Almeida who is also prone to being KOed.<\/p>\n<p>Almeida (22-4) was at one point in time one of the top bantamweight prospects in the world. After winning his first four fights in the UFC, he improved to 21-0 and was matched up against Cody Garbrandt in 2016. He lost that fight by brutal knockout and since then has gone just 1-3, including his current three-fight losing skid. Almeida is just 29 years old, but it has been five years now since he was fighting at his top form, and on paper, this looks like a fight the UFC wants O&#8217;Malley to win.<\/p>\n<p>Who do you think wins at UFC 260, Sean O&#8217;Malley or Thomas Almeida?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bantamweight bout between Sean O&#8217;Malley and Thomas Almeida is the latest addition to the upcoming UFC 260 pay-per-view in March. UFC 260 takes place on March 27 and is headlined by a heavyweight title fight rematch between Stipe Miocic and Francis Ngannou. 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