A rematch is a different proposition after American O'Malley avoided a crisis by landing a powerful master crow, mixing shots to the head and body, and landing a hard knee that cut Berra under the eye late in the second round. It was proven that. .
Berra, who was trailing on the scorecards, rallied in the fourth frame, but O'Malley's smooth movements kept him out of harm's way and he regained victory in the fifth and final round.
“Tito's just tough. I'm happy to get that back,” O'Malley said in his post-fight in-cage interview, before mentioning featherweight champion Ilya Topria by name.
Spain's Topuria won the belt with a second-round knockout win over Alexander Volkanovski in February, and O'Malley asked the UFC to take him head-to-head.
“What am I here for…but it's an exciting fight for people,” he said.
In the co-main event, former interim lightweight champion Dustin Poirier scored an impressive second-round knockout, dropping Benoit St. Denis with a right hook midway through the second frame to end the bout.
Saint-Denis, a former French Special Forces operative, set a blistering pace throughout and appeared to have the upper hand until American Poirier turned the tide with his boxing and landed a lightning shot that paved the way for a KO victory. Ta.
(Reporting by Philip O'Connor; Editing by Shri Navaratnam)
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