UFC 324 features 4 of the bantamweight division’s top fighters in two pivotal matchups.
Within the co-main event, Sean O’Malley faces Song Yadong as the previous 135-pound champion looks to bounce back from consecutive losses.
It isn’t just this clash where the victor will likely be hoping to earn a title shot by getting their hand raised on the T-Mobile Arena on Saturday night.
Fans were critical of Umar Nurmagomedov not getting a spot on the essential card following the cancellation of the ladies’s bantamweight title fight.
To make up for this, the Russian might want to make a giant statement as a way to get one other shot on the bantamweight gold, something he’s proven able to previously.
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Umar Nurmagomedov put Raoni Barcelos out with an ideal left hand
In line with Tapology, the largest upset that took place contained in the Octagon last yr happened just over a yr ago at the primary PPV card of 2025.
Raoni Barcelos ended Payton Talbott’s undefeated run by raising major query marks about his grappling en path to winning a unanimous decision.
The Brazilian was a +710 underdog heading into the bout, and while he’d beaten Cristian Quinonez one fight prior, he’d suffered consecutive losses before turning things around.
One among those defeats is the one time that Barcelos has been stopped by strikes in his 26-fight profession, coming by the hands of Umar Nurmagomedov.
The Russian recorded his fourth win within the UFC on the identical night that Sean Strickland beat Nassourdine Imavov on short notice on the Apex in Las Vegas.
With just 20 seconds left within the opening round, Nurmagomedov threw a knee that Barcelos avoided just for a brief left hand that followed right behind it to attach and send him crashing to the ground unconscious.
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Umar Nurmagomedov’s possibilities of producing a finish next trip don’t look great
Umar Nurmagomedov has been accused of receiving specialist treatment from the UFC previously resulting from him being the cousin of Khabib Nurmagomedov.
One thing that hasn’t helped his rise to the highest of the division is that he hasn’t produced a finish since stopping three of his first 4 opponents contained in the Octagon.
On condition that the likes of Sean O’Malley and Song Yadong can even be hoping to earn a bantamweight title shot following this weekend, Nurmagomedov may have something more impressive than one other unanimous decision win.
Sean O’Malley vs Song Yadong: Who wins and the way do they get it done at UFC 324?
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The person he’ll face on January 24, Deiveson Figueiredo, has only been stopped 3 times in his profession, once via a knee injury, once by a physician stoppage, and once when Brandon Moreno submitted him in 2021.
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