“Biggest star in the UFC” – Sean O’Malley talks about his star power following the controversial win over Petr Yan at UFC 280


“Biggest star in the UFC” – Sean O’Malley talks about his star power following the controversial win over Petr Yan at UFC 280

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Sean O’Malley is a genius at marketing himself and his fights. He has quickly risen to become one of the UFC’s biggest stars. O’Malley has come a long way in his MMA career since earning a contract on Dana White’s Contender Series. And after his victory at UFC 280, his stock has risen to heights no one would have expected.

At UFC 280, Sean O’Malley fought against #1 ranked Bantamweight contender Petr Yan. ‘Suga’ controversially won an extremely close fight. But the simple fact that he was able to go toe-to-toe and beat one of the UFC’s best fighters gained him a lot of fans that night. Since then, Sean has said he wishes to fight for the title next. However, when he was asked whether he was close to being the UFC’s biggest star O’Malley did not deny it.

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“I think I am. I’m past that. If you look the numbers of UFC 280, the analytics, the data. That was the Suga Show. Islam vs Charles was massive, but if you really look at the data, that was my card… I believe I’m pretty much the biggest star in the UFC right now or have the potential to be right there”, said Sean O’Malley.

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Suga Sean O’Malley has made a huge name for himself outside the octagon through his YouTube channel and podcasts. He is an expert at branding and marketing himself and owes a lot of his success to it. However, he backs all of that up in the octagon with his spectacular performances. Whoever he fights for the title will assuredly receive a huge payday.

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Sean O’Malley says his next fight will be for the UFC Bantamweight title

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Suga Sean vs Petr Yan at UFC 280

Sean O’Malley also confirmed that his next fight, whenever it happens, will be for the UFC bantamweight championship. However, he also stated that it may not be against current champion, Aljamain Sterling.

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“I’m no worried about it. My next fight is for the title… For me mentally, right now, I’m starting grappling camp, whether I fight Aljo or Henry (Cejudo)”, said O’Malley. Both Sterling and Cejudo are experts at taking their opponents down, keeping them there and dominating them to secure the fight. Sean will have to work on his ground game to beat them and it seems he is fully aware of that.

He also added that he believed that Henry Cejudo was a bigger fight than Aljamain Sterling. He explained that Henry’s credentials, not in just in MMA but in combat sports as a whole made him potentially the bigger fight. “I think it’s a better win. You know, beating the 2 time world champ or two weight class. Olympic gold medalist. You know, I think if you’re just going off of that, what win looks better”, said Suga Sean. Regardless of whoever he fights, the fight is guaranteed to do big numbers and will also be an entertaining fight for the fans.

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