UFC American Bantamweight Champion Sean O’Malley said he intentionally lost the fight against the Ecuadorian Marlon Vera for a revenge.
O’Malley was defeated by Vera by TKO in August 2020. In August of this year, he defeated American Aljamain Sterling at the UFC 292 tournament in Boston (USA) and became the promotion’s new champion in the bantamweight class, after which he challenged Vera for revenge.
In fact, I’ve been playing chess for a long time. I lost that fight on purpose, just to go out and knock out Aljo (Aljamain Sterling) and have (the rematch with Vera) and get the big fight,” O’Malley reportedly said. bloody elbow .
The American made 19 fights in mixed martial arts, won 17 and suffered one defeat, another of his fights was declared invalid. In October 2022, O’Malley defeated Russian Petr Yan via split decision.
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Source : MatchTV
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