Louis Smolka Out, Sean O’Malley Fights Kris Moutinho At UFC 264

David Larsen @admin

Posted: July 1, 2021
Last updated: July 1, 2021

At UFC 264, Sean O’Malley who was scheduled to fight Louis Smolka at this card will now fight Debutant Kris Moutinho. MMA reporter Ariel Helwani was the first person to report this news. He tweeted the news of Loius Smolka’s departure from the card and the entire bantamweight division of the UFC was ready to take his spot.

Louis Smolka is out of next weekend’s UFC 264 fight versus Sean O’Malley, sources say. Undisclosed injury. They were scheduled to be on the PPV main card.

UFC is hoping to keep O’Malley on the card, I’m told, but no new opponent locked in yet.
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) June 29, 2021

“Louis Smolka is out of next weekend’s UFC 264 fight versus Sean O’Malley, sources say. Undisclosed injury. They were scheduled to be on the PPV main card. UFC is hoping to keep O’Malley on the card, I’m told, but no new opponent locked in yet.” Ariel Helwani Tweeted.

After hearing this news many fighters from the bantamweight division put their name out in the mix and wanted to take the vacant spot as the UFC 264 card is going to be a mega event. Fighters like Tim Elliott, Ricky Simon, Merab Dvalishvili, Cody Stamann, Ray Borg were ready to jump on board but seems like UFC had a completely different plan. Massachusetts’ Kris Moutinho will now meet Sean O’Malley at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Kris Moutinho Will Debut Against Sean O’Malley

Kris Moutinho fights out of Regiment Training Center and has competed in many organizations like CES and CFFC. In nine professional wins, Moutinho has tabulated four finishes. Moutinho is 28 years old at the moment and is riding a two-fight winning streak into the fight. He is coming off a submission win over Andrew Salas in May in CFFC. Before that he scored a TKO win over Ashiek Ajim to get back into the win column after he faced defeat in back-to-back fights to Johnny Campbell and Tony Gravely by TKO. In his fighting career, the most notable win he holds is against Bellator veteran, Da’Mon Blackshear.

Arizona MMA fighter Sean O'Malley quickly rising in UFC

Sean O’Malley wouldn’t have any sort of problem welcoming him in the UFC. ‘Sugar Show’ Sean O’Malley is the sensation of the bantamweight division. He is the future is of the division and he has shown his elite striking game time after time and proved his worth in the UFC.

Sean has just faced one loss in his UFC career against Marlon Vera as he lost the fight via stoppage. He also faced an injury in that fight. Sean bounced back to the win column recently after getting a comfortable win against a certified bantamweight contender Thomas Almeida. He scored some amazing knockdowns in that fight before getting the finish in the third round. This fight doesn’t look that competitive on the paper but a debutant will try to make the best out of this opportunity and getting a dominant win over O’Malley will put Kris right into the mix of the stacked Bantamweight division. UFC 264 is going to be headlined by the trilogy fight between Dustin Poirier and Conor McGregor.

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