A rematch between UFC bantamweight champ Sean O’Malley and Marlon Vera will be the co-main event on UFC 299, the organization announced Tuesday.
UFC CEO Dana White announced earlier this week the other headlining bout, pitting Dustin Poirier against Benoit Saint Denis, for the card on March 9 in Miami.
O’Malley (17-1) suffered his lone loss against Vera by TKO back in 2020 on UFC 252.
Vera (21-8-1) is appearing in his first championship fight.
The rest of the card includes:
• Curtis Blaydes fighting Jailton Almeida in a matchup of top heavyweight contenders.
• Gilbert Burns taking on Dana White’s Contender Series graduate Jack Della Maddalena in a welterweight battle.
• Kevin Holland squares off UFC newcomer Michael Page in a welterweight bout.
• No. 4-ranked flyweight contender Katlyn Chookagian clashes with No. 7 Maycee Barber.
• No. 6-ranked lightweight Mateusz Gamrot takes on No. 11 Rafael Dos Anjos.
• Former UFC champion and current No. 5 bantamweight contender Petr Yan meets No. 7 Song Yadong.
• Pedro Munhoz fights Kyler Phillips in bantamweight action.
• Michel Pereira takes on knockout specialist Michal Oleksiejczuk at middleweight.
• CJ Vergara collides with Assu Almabayev at flyweight.
• Heavyweight Robelis Despaigne makes his UFC debut against Josh Parisian.