{"id":399460,"date":"2022-07-25T14:14:20","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T14:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=399460"},"modified":"2022-07-25T14:14:20","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T14:14:20","slug":"sean-omalley-flexes-his-star-power-following-ufc-280-fight-announcement-demands-aljamain-sterling-give-him-50-pay-per-view-points-for-driving-engagement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/sean-omalley-flexes-his-star-power-following-ufc-280-fight-announcement-demands-aljamain-sterling-give-him-50-pay-per-view-points-for-driving-engagement\/","title":{"rendered":"Sean O&#8217;Malley Flexes His Star Power Following UFC 280 Fight Announcement; Demands Aljamain Sterling Give Him 50% Pay-Per-View Points for Driving Engagement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC bantamweight star Sean O\u2019Malley is fired up as he\u2019s ready to make his ascent right up the mountain towards title contention. \u2018Sugar\u2019 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.<\/p>\n<p>Chiefly, O\u2019Malley\u2019s 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\u2019Malley 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.<\/p>\n<p>Read More:<a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/ive-fought-tougher-people-charles-oliveira-doesnt-favor-islam-makhachevs-odds-against-the-best-submitter-in-the-history-of-the-ufc\/\">\u2018I\u2019ve Fought Tougher People\u2019- Charles Oliveira Doesn\u2019t Favor Islam Makhachev\u2019s Odds Against the \u2018Best Submitter in the History of the UFC\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Given O\u2019Malley\u2019s popularity, it\u2019s hard to argue that he\u2019s not one of the biggest names on the card. Keeping this in mind, O\u2019Malley trolled Aljamain Sterling by demanding that \u2018The Funkmaster\u2019 cough up 50% of the PPV points that come in from the fight card.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-399461 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/07\/sea.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/07\/sea.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/07\/sea-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/07\/sea-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/07\/sea-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/07\/sea-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI think this is going to be the first time Aljo gets pay-per-view points, because he\u2019s 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\u2019ve seen the interaction and engagement of social and everything, the thing just went\u00a0boom\u00a0[gestures straight up].\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cMy fight is the most hyped fight on that card. I\u2019m not taking anything away from Charles vs. Islam, that\u2019s going to be a sick fight, but me vs. Petr? It\u2019s just\u00a0such an interesting fight.\u201d<\/em> [h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2022\/7\/25\/23277023\/morning-report-sean-omalley-aljamain-sterling-owes-me-like-50-percent-of-his-ppv-money-for-ufc-280\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mmafighting.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yan vs. O\u2019Malley in Abu Dhabi, per DC\/RC on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/espnmma?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@espnmma<\/a> YouTube. No slowing down for O\u2019Malley now. Deep end. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4twpwuJEmQ\">pic.twitter.com\/4twpwuJEmQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brett Okamoto (@bokamotoESPN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bokamotoESPN\/status\/1549838524756664321?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>Moreover, Sean O\u2019Malley 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.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cNo one else in the Top-10 \u2014 everyone was booked,\u201d O\u2019Malley said. \u201cI came out of that fight telling the UFC I want to fight and they were like, \u2018Alright, Petr\u2019s the only one.\u2019 Petr said if you win, call me out and we\u2019ll make it happen. Petr wanted it, I wanted it, the UFC\u2019s not going to not make that f****** fight. That fight\u2019s happening. I go out there and faceplant Petr in Abu Dhabi, I\u2019m a superstar. That\u2019s what it is.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC bantamweight star Sean O\u2019Malley is fired up as he\u2019s ready to make his ascent right up the mountain towards title contention. \u2018Sugar\u2019 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\u2019Malley\u2019s bout has been placed on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":399462,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2006],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-399460","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\/399460","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=399460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399460\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/399462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=399460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=399460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=399460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}