Lower than 24 hours after his disappointing show at UFC 306, Sean O’Malley could have his subsequent opponent lined up.
‘Suga’ entered the octagon on Saturday evening because the minor favourite over Merab Dvalishvili. Regardless of the chances, the Georgian outclassed his opponent for nearly all the 25-minute affair.
His ahead strain and grappling proved an excessive amount of on the evening, handing O’Malley his second profession defeat.
Because the mud settled on the one-sided headlining bout at UFC 306, Petr Yan took his likelihood to name for a rematch with Sean O’Malley.
The 2 met again in 2022 and, whereas the matchup acquired excessive reward, many thought of the end result to be a ‘theft’. Yan believes he gained the combat and has now known as for a second alternative to show that.
“I by no means thought of Sean an actual champion,” Yan stated in a publish on X. “He was gifted [a] choice towards me in Abu Dhabi.”
“Rematch season is open, so see you quickly.”
I by no means thought of Sean an actual champion as a result of he was gifted choice towards me in Abu Dhabi. Rematch season is open, so see you quickly 👊🏼
— Petr “No Mercy” Yan (@PetrYanUFC) September 15, 2024
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The pair collided at UFC 280 in a three-round struggle of the very best degree. The bantamweight stars went toe to toe for quarter-hour and wanted the judges scorecards to settle their conflict.
Large injury was landed on either side. O’Malley was caught with an enormous shot that dropped him to the canvas, earlier than he landed one among his vicious signature knees that cut up Yan extensive open.
When all was stated and accomplished, it was Sean O’Malley who in the end walked away with the cut up choice victory — although the overall feeling amongst followers was that the judges acquired it unsuitable.
Since then, Petr Yan suffered a loss to the newly-crowned 135 lbs champion Merab Dvalishvili earlier than getting again into the winner’s column final day trip. The Russian outworked Tune Yadong and has handle to launch himself proper again into title rivalry.
