Former bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley enters 2026 coming off back-to-back losses. “Suga” returns to tackle No. 5 ranked Tune Yadong on Jan. 24 in Las Vegas on the UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett important card and hopes to show the ship round.
With heaps of stress to carry out at T-Cellular Enviornment in three weeks, O’Malley is assured and anticipates that 2026 ‘goes to be lit.’ The 31 year-old already has the primary half of the 12 months mapped out.
“2026 goes to be lit. I will go on the market and care for Tune. Deal with Petr,” O’Malley mentioned his Youtube channel.
The third-ranked O’Malley believes a win over Yadong at UFC 324 will present him the chance to rematch newly topped champion Petr Yan on the White Home in June.
Yan appears to be onboard with the plan, tagging O’Malley in a social media put up with an AI generated picture of the 2 contained in the octagon with the White Home within the background.
“Petr is aware of. That is what’s subsequent. I will go on the market and care for Tune. That is what’s subsequent. It simply is sensible,” O’Malley mentioned. “Go 2 and 0.”
Whereas O’Malley is angling for a rematch with Yan after a win over Yadong, he understands that his imaginative and prescient for the 12 months could not align with the battle promotion’s. He additionally acknowledged that he might lose.
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“It is nearly pointless to foretell what I need to do within the subsequent 5 years, two years, three years. Simply take it one battle (at a time). I am going on the market and lose, I am executed with this sh*t,” he mentioned. “Ideally, I am going on the market and win.”
“Ideally, I am going take out Tune after which get that Petr battle. After which we’ll simply go from there. See what life throws at me.”
O’Malley and Yan first fought at UFC 280 in October 2022. O’Malley edged Yan out by way of slit choice in Abu Dhabi that evening in a match that earned ‘Combat of the Night time’ honors.
