Sean O'Malley

The UFC 276 main-card bout between Monster Energy fighter O'Malley and Munhoz ended in unfortunate circumstances in the second round. O'Malley eye poked Munhoz, ...

First man to finish Pedro— Sean O'Malley (@SugaSeanMMA) July 3, 2022 An unfortunate ending to this one.— UFC on BT Sport (@btsportufc) @PedroMunhozmmavs. @SugaSeanMMAends in a no-decision due to an unintentional eye poke. Sean O'Malley landed an unintentional eye poke on Pedro Munhoz during their clash, ruling their bantamweight bout a no-contest.

After a back-and-forth fight, Sean O'Malley and Pedro Munhoz had their fight ruled a no contest after an accidental eye poke.

The fight was gearing up to be a technical bout. O'Malley, a Helena native, accidentally poked his opponent Pedro Munhoz in the eye in the second round of their fight at UFC 276 in Las Vegas on Saturday. The fight was ruled a no contest after Munhoz was unable to see out of his poked eye. After a much-anticipated top-15 fight was on the books, Sean O'Malley's fight at UFC 276 ended in disappointing fashion.

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An eye poke from Sean O'Malley left Pedro Munhoz unable to continue, which brought an end to their fight at UFC 276.

When O’Malley finally started unleashing his strikes, he was a sniper from the outside with a laser on his right hand and some kicks that nearly took Munhoz’s head off. It appeared O’Malley was somewhat hesitant to engage while Munhoz continued chopping away at his foundation with those repeated leg kicks. Time was called with referee Jason Herzog giving Munhoz an opportunity to try and recovery from the eye poke.

Sean O'Malley takes shots at Pedro Munhoz and Henry Cejudo after his UFC 276 main card fight ends in a disappointing no contest because of an eye poke.

Sean O'Malley took a shot at former two-division UFC champion Henry Cejudo after they had an altercation backstage at UFC 276 on Saturday night.

- UFC 276 Event T-Shirt - UFC 276 Liquid Silver Logo T-Shirt “He mumbled some words like [I was a tune-up fight],” O’Malley said. - UFC 276 Metallic Gold Logo T-Shirt Looks like he’s on drugs. When would you want to bend the knee?

Despite the scorecards having Pedro Munhoz ahead, Sean O'Malley believes his opponent wanted out of their UFC 276 fight, and used an eye poke as an excuse.

I was winning the fight. I can’t believe the judges ... I literally didn’t ... were they watching? I didn’t get hit one time, I was dominating that fight. “It’s a weird feeling because I do feel like I won the fight, but it’s not like the emotions of winning a fight. I thought we were going to be fighting in 20 seconds, I didn’t feel like the fight was going to be stopped. I don’t know.” I was dominating that fight.” I was piecing him up, I didn’t get hit once. “Initially, like when it happened, it didn’t feel like it was bad. But there was a shockwave of force visible in the slow-motion replays. He came in there and said, ‘I’m going to kick his legs and try to take him down.’ He tried kicking my legs and it damaged him more, he couldn’t get me up against the fence, he couldn’t get me down. He’s also not happy with the way the judges were scoring the fight.

Pedro Munhoz had his eye examined at a hospital after an accidental poke led to an unsatisfying end to his UFC 276 clash with Sean O'Malley.

In his post-fight interview, O’Malley stated that he believed Munhoz was looking for a way out. Munhoz has previously gone to decisions with multiple elite bantamweights, including Dominick Cruz, Jose Aldo, Frankie Edgar, and current champion Aljamain Sterling. He also holds a first-round knockout victory over former UFC champion Cody Garbrandt. “To explain briefly what happened in the fight against Sean O’Malley, I was poked in the eye in the first round but kept fighting, and was hit with a low blow shortly after,” Munhoz said via Instagram (Portuguese translation by MMA Fighting’s Guilherme Cruz). “The fight restarted and we exchanged a few strikes.

Sean O'Malley doesn't think Pedro Munhoz wanted to be in there with him at UFC 276, so he found a way out of the fight.

I was dominating that fight. I was dominating that fight. I was dominating that fight.” I was piecing him up. The physician also told Herzog there was damage to the eye. I was piecing him up.