American mixed martial artist Aljamain Sterling underrated compatriot Shauna O’Malley in their full-time duel, for which he paid, this opinion was shared with by bantamweight fighter ASA Pavel Vitruk .
On Saturday, O’Malley knocked out Sterling in the second round of UFC 292 in Boston (USA) and became the promotion’s new bantamweight champion. Prior to the fight, Sterling said if he wins he wants to move up to another weight class.
– I have to admit that most people didn’t expect such an outcome of the fight, because on paper everything was beautiful: “Sterling is clearly the favourite.” But words are superfluous here. MMA is the most unpredictable sport. Any of the top 15 UFC rankings can become champions, no need to rule anyone out. O’Malley has shown many times how he can hit. It’s not the first time he’s dealt such a blow – O’Malley has it all fixed, he feels this moment. Sterling was calculated, he relaxed, thinking the fight was already in his pocket.
The continuation of the fate in the division is difficult to anticipate… It is unlikely that Sterling will change categories now, he will want a rematch with O’Malley.
Merab Dvalishvili’s first issue can also be pitted against Sean. But what I would most like to see is a rematch between O’Malley and Petr Yan. Their first fight was clearly taken away from Peter. Everyone knows it very well, just like Sean himself. It would be a cool rematch with a backstory. But Petya is still on a nasty streak, and he needs to have a win or two. In general, we will look. There’s also Corey Sandhagen, O’Malley himself summoned Chito Vera. We will observe a very interesting situation, Vitruk told .
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