Previous to his championship win over Aljamain Sterling at UFC 292 final weekend, Sean O’Malley was backed to fulfil his obvious “future” to clinch division spoils by present middleweight kingpin, Israel Adesanya – who claimed he adopted by together with his prediction of occasions as he reacted to the savage knockout stoppage.
Headlining his first occasion since touchdown within the Octagon from Dana White’s Contender Collection, Montana native, O’Malley strapped himself with undisputed bantamweight gold with a surprising second spherical TKO win over Sterling, laying waste to the Uniondale native with a slew of damaging floor strikes.
Israel Adesanya heaps reward on Sean O’Malley after UFC 292 win
And sharing his ideas on the victory, Adesanya makes his personal return to the Octagon subsequent month in Sydney, Australia as he takes main event honors at UFC 293 against challenger, Sean Strickland, claimed as soon as extra that it was the “future” of O’Malley to win bantamweight spoils on the TD Backyard occasion every week in the past.
“Wow,” Israel Adesanya mentioned in a response video posted on his YouTube channel. “Future, future, future, that’s future, man. Rattling. I knew it, I used to be like, ‘I do know it’s gonna occur.’”
“What did I say? He’s (Sean O’Malley) gonna contact him (Aljamain Sterling) – simply out of vary. Checkmate, checkmate, checkmate, checkmate – you reached.
Already plotting his first tried protection of the bantamweight crown after his coronation at UFC 292, Montana striker, O’Malley has welcomed a title rematch with prior foe and fellow event feature, Marlon Vera for UFC 296 in December of this year.
Moreover, O’Malley has been the topic of name outs for the end-of-annum occasion by surging quantity two ranked contender and teammate of Sterling, Merab Dvalishvili, in addition to former two-division champion, Henry Cejudo.
