{"id":399161,"date":"2022-07-23T14:22:41","date_gmt":"2022-07-23T14:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=399161"},"modified":"2022-07-23T14:22:41","modified_gmt":"2022-07-23T14:22:41","slug":"winning-the-distance-game-henry-cejudo-gives-ronald-methdonald-sean-omalley-advice-following-his-fight-announcement-against-petr-yan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/winning-the-distance-game-henry-cejudo-gives-ronald-methdonald-sean-omalley-advice-following-his-fight-announcement-against-petr-yan\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Winning the Distance Game&#8230; &#8216;- Henry Cejudo Gives &#8216;Ronald Methdonald&#8217; Sean O&#8217;Malley Advice Following His Fight Announcement Against Petr Yan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former two-division UFC champion Henry Cejudo sounded off on the recent fight announcement that came in over the previous week. Sean O\u2019Malley is set to face the toughest opponent of his UFC career in Petr Yan.<\/p>\n<p>A win over Petr Yan would catapult Sean O\u2019Malley into stardom and \u2018Sugar\u2019 believes he\u2019ll certainly face the winner of Aljamain Sterling and T.J Dillashaw next. The major criticism he\u2019s faced thus far in his run is that he\u2019s handpicked his opponents in the UFC. However, Petr Yan is an established name in the division and his name carries cache like few others.<\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/would-be-a-great-fit-for-our-organization-bkfc-president-looking-to-get-into-the-nate-diaz-business-following-his-ufc-279-fight-against-khamzat-chimaev\/\">\u2018Would be a Great Fit for Our Organization\u2019- BKFC President Looking to Get Into the \u2018Nate Diaz Business\u2019 Following His UFC 279 Fight Against Khamzat Chimaev<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sean O\u2019Malley gave his \u2018two cents\u2019 on the fight booking and explained that O\u2019Malley\u2019s only path to victory is by reverting to grappling. O\u2019Malley\u2019s size for the bantamweight division has always been an impactful factor, and per Cejudo, Sean O\u2019Malley\u2019s distance management is bound to be a difference maker in the fight.<\/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>\u201cIf I was to give you two cents Sean O\u2019Malley, A.K.A. Ronald Methdonald, the only way for you to win this fight, and you could win this fight, is going to be based on two things: you using your distance, front kicks, keep them at bay and doing what you do because they are first things that you do do right, and those are your fakes, your feints, you\u2019re able to set your hips. This is why you\u2019re able to catch your strikes or your hands.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-399163 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/07\/se-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/07\/se-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/07\/se-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/07\/se-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/07\/se-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/07\/se-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/07\/se-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cYou see, I think winning the distance game and I think the other thing to is, where people are going to be very surprised to see from you, is you using your grappling.\u201d [h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/mma-news\/ufc\/henry-cejudo-shares-advice-with-ronald-methdonald-sean-omalley-following-petr-yan-booking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bjpenn.com<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Additionally, O\u2019Malley\u2019s training efforts with championship calibre grappler, Tanquinho has given Cejudo pause to believe that grappling is the way to go for Sean O\u2019Malley.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hey <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SugaSeanMMA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SugaSeanMMA<\/a>, I thought we were going to fight? But I get it, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PetrYanUFC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PetrYanUFC<\/a> is a more winnable opponent for you.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#39;s some free advice Ronald MethDonald \ud83e\udd21 I think you have a chance to win if you use your grappling \ud83e\udde0<\/p>\n<p>Full breakdown on my YouTube: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZktUYY56Ew\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZktUYY56Ew<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Md7hKMArQu\">pic.twitter.com\/Md7hKMArQu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Henry Cejudo (@HenryCejudo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HenryCejudo\/status\/1550250023966756864?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><em>\u201cI know you\u2019re training with ADCC world champ, multiple time world champ, Tanquinho, and I do believe that you\u2019ve learned a few things because iron does sharpen iron and I believe he is a solid you have been able to watch him compete live and I know how good his is.\u201d<\/em><\/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>Former two-division UFC champion Henry Cejudo sounded off on the recent fight announcement that came in over the previous week. Sean O\u2019Malley is set to face the toughest opponent of his UFC career in Petr Yan. A win over Petr Yan would catapult Sean O\u2019Malley into stardom and \u2018Sugar\u2019 believes he\u2019ll certainly face the winner [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":399164,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2006],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-399161","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\/399161","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=399161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399161\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/399164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=399161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=399161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=399161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}