Sign up for ESPN+ right here, and you can then stream UFC 251 live on
your smart TV, computer, phone, tablet or streaming device via the
ESPN app. A pair of bantamweight bouts have been confirmed for the
UFC
252 main card, as Sean O’Malley will face Marlon Vera,
while Frankie
Edgar will meet Pedro
Munhoz on Aug. 15. The Las Vegas-based promotion announced the pairings during the UFC
251 broadcast on Saturday night. UFC 252 is expected to take place
at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas and is headlined by a heavyweight
championship trilogy fight between Stipe
Miocic and Daniel
Cormier.
O’Malley, who was originally supposed to face Vera at UFC 239
before a failed drug test, has been victorious in his first 12
professional outings. Most recently, “Sugar” Sean scored a
first-round knockout of Eddie
Wineland at UFC 250 on June 6.
Vera, meanwhile, had a five-bout UFC winning streak snapped in a
unanimous decision loss to Yadong Song
at UFC on ESPN 8 on May 16. “Chito” is 9-5 during his promotional
tenure and 15-6-1 as a professional overall.
Edgar was slated to make his 135-pound debut against Munhoz at
“Fight Island” on July 15 before his opponent tested positive for
COVID-19. The former lightweight king last appeared at UFC Fight
Night 165, where he suffered a first-round TKO loss to Chan Sung
Jung in a featherweight main event.
Munhoz saw a three-bout winning streak come to an end at UFC 238,
where he dropped a unanimous verdict against Aljamain
Sterling. “The Young Punisher” has won seven of his last nine
UFC bouts.