Sean O’Malley picked up the largest and most vital win of his profession at UFC 280 over the weekend. The 28-year-old bantamweight defeated former champion Petr Yan on the scorecards, which finally shot him ten spots up the 135-pound rankings to primary.
However as a result of it was such a razor-thin choice, a piece of followers consider he isn’t the rightful winner. For that, he issued a response through his YouTube channel.
“Wakened this morning, ranked No. 1 on the earth! Shit ain’t photoshopped,” O’Malley stated (quotes through MMA Fighting). “It does really feel good. It’s loopy. If I might have misplaced that battle, individuals would put much more respect on my title.
“‘Rattling, he misplaced however that motherf–r’s good.’ Now it’s like, ‘He received?! He received?! You’ve received to be shitting me!’ However the individuals which can be mad that I received are those that stated I used to be imagined to get whooped.
“Like, ‘Sean’s fortunate it’s not 5 rounds.’ Properly, my greatest spherical was my third spherical…”
O’Malley says all of the hate directed at him is due to who he’s, greater than the rest.
“You needed me to lose within the first place. A theft? How is it [a robbery]? Third spherical, I received, second spherical, he received, first spherical was shut as f–okay and I did extra harm. It’s not likely a theft, it was a detailed battle. A extremely, actually shut battle…
“If that was Cory [Sandhagen] vs. Petr or anybody else vs. Petr and so they received the nod, I’m wondering how a lot the narrative would change. Like, ‘Yeah, I may see that.’ However because it’s me and other people f–ng hate me as a result of I’m 6’6”, 220, pure chocolate, and ranked No. 1 bantamweight within the f–ng world, bitch!”
Whatever the disputes, O’Malley nonetheless walked away with an official win on his document, which improves to 16-1 (1 NC). He additionally took house a $50K bonus for Battle of the Night time.
