Tonight’s UFC 280 main card featured a highly anticipated men’s bantamweight matchup between Sean O’Malley and Petr Yan.<\/p>\n
O’Malley (16-1 MMA) was returning to action for the first time since July’s UFC 276 event<\/a>, where his bout with Pedro Munhoz was ruled a no-contest<\/a> due to an accidental eye poke. Prior to that inconclusive result, ‘Suga’ had earned three stoppage wins in a row over opponents Thomas Almeida, Kris Moutinho and Raulian Paiva.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Petr Yan (16-4 MMA) had entered UFC 280 looking to rebound from his recent split decision loss to Aljamain Sterling at UFC 273. Prior to that setback, ‘No Mercy’ was coming off a unanimous decision victory over Cory Sandhagen.<\/p>\n Tonight’s ‘O’Malley vs Yan’ contest proved to be a thrilling back and forth affair. Round one was closely contested but ‘No Mercy’ appeared to have a dominant second round and many thought he could be up on the scorecards 2-0 headed into round three. The final five minutes saw Sean O’Malley land some big shots but Petr Yan landed a few takedowns. The bout went to the judges scorecards for decision and ‘Suga’ was awarded the split decision win.<\/p>\n Official UFC 280 Result: Sean O’Malley def. Petr Yan by split decision (28-29, 29-28, 29-28)<\/p>\n Check out how the pros reacted to ‘O’Malley vs. Yan’ below:<\/p>\n Yan vs O\u2019Malley. Who y\u2019all got?#ufc280<\/a><\/p>\n — Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) October 22, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n