Sean O’Malley Flexes His Star Power Following UFC 280 Fight Announcement; Demands Aljamain Sterling Give Him 50% Pay-Per-View Points for Driving Engagement

Posted on by Matt James

UFC bantamweight star Sean O’Malley is fired up as he’s ready to make his ascent right up the mountain towards title contention. ‘Sugar’ Sean is booked to face Petr Yan in a fight that could push him right into the title picture if he picks up the win.

Chiefly, O’Malley’s bout has been placed on the Abu Dhabi fight card that has Aljamain Sterling looking to defend his belt against T.J Dillashaw. Sean O’Malley spoke out on his YouTube channel and talked about how his fight announcement helped to drive up interest and engagement for the entire pay-per-view card.

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Given O’Malley’s popularity, it’s hard to argue that he’s not one of the biggest names on the card. Keeping this in mind, O’Malley trolled Aljamain Sterling by demanding that ‘The Funkmaster’ cough up 50% of the PPV points that come in from the fight card.

“I think this is going to be the first time Aljo gets pay-per-view points, because he’s defending his belt, which is absolutely f*****. He owes me like 50 percent of those. The UFC basically said when they announced my fight, they’ve seen the interaction and engagement of social and everything, the thing just went boom [gestures straight up].”

“My fight is the most hyped fight on that card. I’m not taking anything away from Charles vs. Islam, that’s going to be a sick fight, but me vs. Petr? It’s just such an interesting fight.” [h/t mmafighting.com]

Moreover, Sean O’Malley also talked about how Petr Yan was the only logical option who would help him reach the title shot in the shortest period of time.

“No one else in the Top-10 — everyone was booked,” O’Malley said. “I came out of that fight telling the UFC I want to fight and they were like, ‘Alright, Petr’s the only one.’ Petr said if you win, call me out and we’ll make it happen. Petr wanted it, I wanted it, the UFC’s not going to not make that f****** fight. That fight’s happening. I go out there and faceplant Petr in Abu Dhabi, I’m a superstar. That’s what it is.”