{"id":399127,"date":"2022-07-23T11:57:46","date_gmt":"2022-07-23T11:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=399127"},"modified":"2022-07-23T11:57:46","modified_gmt":"2022-07-23T11:57:46","slug":"hes-not-going-below-top-five-ever-sean-omalley-expects-to-cross-paths-with-petr-yan-several-times-in-their-ufc-tenures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/hes-not-going-below-top-five-ever-sean-omalley-expects-to-cross-paths-with-petr-yan-several-times-in-their-ufc-tenures\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;He\u2019s Not Going Below Top-Five Ever&#8217;- Sean O&#8217;Malley Expects to Cross Paths with Petr Yan Several Times In Their UFC Tenures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Speaking to BT Sport, Sean O\u2019Malley talked about his recently announced fight against former UFC bantamweight champion Petr Yan. This fight is one that both men have been calling out for ever since O\u2019Malley racked up several finishes in a row. Moreover, both men aren\u2019t overly fond of each other and this will likely lead to an explosive pre-fight build-up.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s certainly a competitive rivalry brewing between Sean O\u2019Malley and Petr Yan, and \u2018Suga\u2019 Sean expects both men to cross paths several times in the future. Both men are under 30 years of age and it\u2019s likely they will match up several times down the road if both men stay on top of their game.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sean O\u2019Malley is set to face off vs. Petr Yan on Oct. 22 at UFC 280, O&#39;malley announced in an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Realrclark25?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Realrclark25<\/a> \ud83d\udc40 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wNFWM6Tysh\">pic.twitter.com\/wNFWM6Tysh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BleacherReport\/status\/1549840606528159744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 20, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt is (a fun fight). I think we are going to fight multiple times. He\u2019s what, 28, 29, (I\u2019m) 27. The bantamweight division is the best division in the UFC, if I had to predict I think me and Petr will fight multiple times. He\u2019s not going anywhere, he\u2019s not going below top-five ever, once I\u2019m up there I don\u2019t believe I\u2019ll drop down either.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/hating-on-me-wont-propel-you-into-being-a-champion-jon-jones-sends-a-stern-warning-to-curtis-blaydes-for-discounting-him-against-stipe-miocic\/\">\u201cHating on Me Won\u2019t Propel You Into Being a Champion\u201d- Jon Jones Sends a Stern Warning to Curtis Blaydes for Discounting Him Against Stipe Miocic<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI think we will fight multiple times. It\u2019s crazy it\u2019s happening because I\u2019ve wanted this fight for a while, I\u2019ve been talking s**t to Petr for a while, that little Russian. It\u2019s finally here, it\u2019s exciting.\u201d [h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/mma-news\/ufc\/sean-omalley-expects-to-fight-petr-yan-multiple-times-after-ufc-280-its-crazy-its-happening\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bjpenn.com<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Malley vs Yan has been the talk of the town and the winner will likely push themselves right into the title picture. Moreover, there\u2019s a lot of intrigue surrounding Sean O\u2019Malley\u2019s performance at the highest level since Petr Yan will be the most experienced fighter he has faced.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">JUST ANNOUNCED FOR UFC 280:<\/p>\n<p>Petr Yan (-410) vs. Sean O&#39;Malley (+330) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/R6l7bcaaRv\">pic.twitter.com\/R6l7bcaaRv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; DraftKings Sportsbook (@DKSportsbook) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DKSportsbook\/status\/1550134047761960960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Yan has been the figurehead for excellence in the 135-pound division and if Sean O\u2019Malley secures an impressive win, the MMA fanbase are bound to rally behind \u2018Sugar\u2019 as the next man in line to face.<\/p>\n<p>Yan is coming off two straight losses to Aljamain Sterling in title fights and he\u2019ll have to pick up a couple of solid wins to return to a place on contention. However, defeating Sean O\u2019Malley in definitive fashion will be a step in the right direction.<\/p>\n<p>More UFC news:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/im-not-interested-in-helping-him-joe-rogan-explains-why-he-turned-down-the-opportunity-to-have-donald-trump-on-his-podcast-multiple-times\/\">\u201cOne Thing About Izzy That Is Absolutely Unique\u2026.\u201d- John McCarthy Reveals a Skill That Separates Israel Adesanya From the Rest of the Division<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/ufc-schedule-for-july-2022\/\">UFC Schedule for July 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/one-thing-about-izzy-that-is-absolutely-unique-john-mccarthy-reveals-a-skill-that-separates-israel-adesanya-from-the-rest-of-the-division\/\">\u201cI\u2019m Not Interested in Helping Him\u201d- Joe Rogan Explains Why He Turned Down the Opportunity to Have Donald Trump on His Podcast Multiple Times<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow our UFC page for more key UFC updates and news<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaking to BT Sport, Sean O\u2019Malley talked about his recently announced fight against former UFC bantamweight champion Petr Yan. This fight is one that both men have been calling out for ever since O\u2019Malley racked up several finishes in a row. Moreover, both men aren\u2019t overly fond of each other and this will likely lead [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":399131,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2006],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-399127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ufc"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=399127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399127\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/399131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=399127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=399127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=399127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}