O'Malley vs. Soukhamthath on deck for UFC 222
A veritable banger of a bantamweight matchup is slated for UFC 222.
After having words on social media, Sean O'Malley and Andre Soukhamthath will let their mitts do the talking on March 3 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Soukhamthath took to Twitter on Wednesday to confirm the booking.
The highly touted O'Malley made his first walk to the Octagon earlier this month at "The Ultimate Fighter 26" finale, taking a hard-fought unanimous decision over Terrion Ware. The MMA Lab product now makes his sophomore promotional showing with a perfect record of 9-0.
Soukhamthath dropped razor-close split decisions to Albert Morales and Alejandro Perez in his first two UFC showings, but righted the ship at UFC Fight Night 123, where he stopped Luke Sanders by second-round knockout in an injured Bryan Caraway's stead. His short-notice exploits were soon rewarded with a new five-fight contract.
UFC 222 is as of yet without a main event.