Tim Welch would rather see UFC bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley dominate Marlon Vera than knock him out. O’Malley (17-1 MMA, 9-1 UFC) runs things back with Vera (21-8-1 MMA, 15-7 UFC) for his first title defense in Saturday’s UFC 299 (pay-per-view, ESPNews, ESPN+) headliner at Kaseya Center in Miami. O’Malley is eager to avenge the lone loss of his career to Vera in August 2020 , which he’s adamant was a fluke given he was injured in the final moments. His head coach, Welch, thinks dominating Vera from bell to bell would make a bigger statement than an early finish. “I mean, if he knocked him out, cool,” Welsh told Submission Radio .
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