“He doesn’t like me” – Sean O’Malley believes Petr Yan will let emotions get better of him at UFC 280
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The announcement of the Petr Yan vs Sean O’Malley fight has been a shocker for almost everyone in the world but not the Suga Show. The rising bantamweight believes he is one of the biggest names in the division and a matchup against Yan makes perfect sense to him. The fighter also believes that the former champion won’t be his regular self during the fight against Sean.
Sean O’Malley has never faced an opponent as high ranked as Petr Yan in his UFC career. The fighter has been entertaining in all of his fights but is yet to taste a real test inside the octagon. His last fight against Pedro Munhoz was supposed to be his first real test but the fight came to an uneventful end. It seems like the Yan fight will finally give us the answers about O’Malley and his skills to face the top flight of the division.
UFC 280 press conference took place in London, featuring, O’Malley, Charles Oliveira, and Belal Muhammad. O’Malley spoke to MacLife and discussed how the fight would play out and O’Malley believes his feud with the Russian fighter could end up favoring his style inside the octagon. Sean is certain that Yan is going to come in hot during the fight and will look to get a finish.
Sean O’Malley will welcome Petr Yan’s aggressive approach
Petr is one of the most technical fighters on the UFC roster and is believed to have the best IQ in the sport. The fighter has never rushed in his first rounds of the fight and always takes this slow. Yan is known to take the first round off and later come back in the remaining rounds. O’Malley however believes Yan will be aggressive from the get-go this time around.
“I think he is going to come forward and be aggressive. He’s going to want to hit me. I don’t think he likes me. I think he is going to be emotionally involved in the fight and he is going to want to come after me which is perfect. I love that. I think he is going to be aggressive,” send Sean talking to MacLife.
O’Malley is coming off a ‘No Contest’ draw against Pedro Munhoz at UFC 276. O’Malley has only one loss in his entire career, which came against Marlon Vera where the Suga Show got injured mid-fight. Petr Yan on the other hand is coming off a title fight defeat against Aljamain Sterling. The fighter is currently 1-2 in his last three fights and will desperately look to bounce back.
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