Sean O’Malley found himself needing an opponent on short notice ahead of UFC 264 . Once word was out that Louis Smolka was out of their scheduled bout , there was no shortage of current UFC fighters raising their hands to step in and take the fight. However, the UFC decided to bring in Kris Moutinho to make his UFC debut to kick off a huge pay-per-view event.
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