Sean O’Malley trashes several bantamweights at UFC 299 presser: “Petr Yan’s one fight away from naked knuckle boxing”
UFC bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley took aim at several bantamweights within the course of the UFC 299 press conference.
O’Malley is put to headline UFC 299 on Saturday in Miami in opposition to Vera in a fight he’s the making a bet favourite in. On the opposite hand, within the course of this present day’s press conference O’Malley took the time to blast about a diverse opponents, together with frail opponent Petr Yan and No. 1 contender Merab Dvalishvili.
“Chito’s a fg piñata. Petr Yan’s one fight away from naked knuckle boxing, and Merab’s nostril is more bent than Joe Biden. Let’s fg chase, minute one!,” O’Malley mentioned.
The comment in direction of Yan used to be applauded by many fans, as the Russian has struggled since shedding his bantamweight title in 2020. ‘No Mercy’ is put to face Song Yadong on the main card of UFC 299 and is on a 3-fight shedding skid and coming off a one-sided loss to Merab Dvalishvili. Before that, he suffered a spoil up resolution loss to Sean O’Malley and a spoil up resolution loss to Aljamain Sterling.
So, O’Malley looks to mirror that if Yan loses on Saturday at UFC 299 it would possibly possibly actually perhaps consequence in him getting launched and possibly turning to naked-knuckle boxing.
Nonetheless, O’Malley’s main focal level is on Marlon Vera as he looks to avenge his lone occupation loss in his first title protection. On the opposite hand, he says the loss doesn’t misfortune him, resulting from it ending by peril, so ‘Suga’ is taking a watch to construct off the initial success he had within the main round.
“Yeah, that fight by no arrangement basically troubled me. Detect where I’m at now. That fight performs out a diverse manner, I clutch that fight, and then next fight I fight any individual I wasn’t ready for, and I lose, and my occupation fully performs out in another case,” O’Malley mentioned at UFC 299 media day. “So I’m going within the market and knock out Thomas Almeida admire seven times with an even searching performance, so I’m appropriate grateful for the complete lot that’s took space, nevertheless yeah, that fight has by no arrangement in actuality troubled me. I’m aroused to transfer within the market and carry out what I was going to hang out in that first fight.”
Sean O’Malley enters his UFC 299 title fight coming off a 2d-round knockout over Alajamin Sterling to know the title.
