News Yan vs O'Malley UFC 280, October 22

[RampageFaction]

Did O'Malley say no to Dana White banging his GF? How did he go from getting protected to fighting the former champ still in his prime?

I don’t think it was him getting protected. He outright said he didn’t want to fight ranked fighters without getting a raise.

 

[Shogun515]

Goes from eye poking a fringe top 10 to getting a number one contender fight, noice

 

[jeff7b9]

Won’t believe this until the UFC announces it. O’Malley saying it on his own means nothing yet — might just be trying to pressure Yan into taking the fight. Which he probably won’t, considering Yan is ranked #1 and O’Malley is #13.

Big O’Malley fan here, but I don’t like his chances. Besides, I thought it was not too long ago that he was saying he was content to fight lower-level guys?

I believe what he said was that if they were paying him the same either way, then why not fight the easier opponents.

So I would assume they are paying him more and this why he is willing to take the bigger risks.

 

[Habib The Eagle]

sean saying something means nothing to me. come back to me when it signed and offical.

Its both parties.

On Wednesday, O’Malley announced on ESPN’s DC & RC that he’s fighting Petr Yanat UFC 280, which takes place Oct. 22 in Abu Dhabi. MMA Fighting subsequently confirmed with a person with knowledge of the promotion’s plans that the fight has been verbally agreed upon, but contracts haven’t been issued.

Yan’s manager Daniel Rubenstein reiterated that stance while speaking on Wednesday’s edition of The MMA Hour, and that the fight is not 100 percent done as of yet.

 

[Alexander_GOATanovski]

Oliveira vs Islam
Sterling vs TJ
Yan vs O'Malley
Muhammad vs Brady

STACKED main card

Sean Shelby Bless

 

[Question]

From MMAfighting

”On Wednesday, O’Malley announced on ESPN’s DC & RC that he’s fighting Petr Yanat UFC 280, which takes place Oct. 22 in Abu Dhabi. MMA Fighting subsequently confirmed with a person with knowledge of the promotion’s plans that the fight has been verbally agreed upon, but contracts haven’t been issued.

Yan’s manager Daniel Rubenstein reiterated that stance while speaking on Wednesday’s edition of The MMA Hour, and that the fight is not 100 percent done as of yet.”

UFC 280, Oct 22
Oliveira vs Islam
Sterling vs TJ
Yan vs O'Malley
Muhammad vs Brady

Holy shit this is looking great so far.
I did not expect O'Malley to take a fight like this, I'll give him credit since Petr is a scary dude and a horrible matchup.

IMO Petr destroys, but I respect the confidence.

 

[JustBleed69]

Oof, O'Malley is gonna get WORKED

 

[Poatan]

Isn’t that what you guys said before he fought Chito and Pedro? Really shut us up then

He dominated Pedro and vs Chito he suffered freak injury. O'malley is by no means exposed yet and he has certainly good chance to KTFO Yan

 

[Cpt Migraine]

Well fuck.. great deal for both guys really..

 

[Fatback96]

O’Malley might be the closest thing ever to a Boxing tune up fight for Yan.

 

[liner]

Did he renegotiate his contract? Can't wait for this fight.

 

[RiseAboveHat]

LMFAO, guy needed a step up in competition but Yan? This will be a murder...

 

[Question]

I fucking love bantamweight man, pretty much all the top 15 recently fought or are currently booked in some great matchups.
They always put on a show for the fans and keep the division moving.

135 bless.

 

[TheWobbler]

Man the arabs must have lined the UFC pockets to get a card like this.

 

[The_Renaissance]

Fuck ME.

Never saw this coming. Jesus. Yan is gonna hurt this lad badly. But, I'll definitely be excited for it - imagine Sean wins?! Fucking hell.

 

[Substance Abuse]

Lose/Lose for Yan.

If O’Malley has one iota of success it'll be considered a win for him. Yan is taking all the risk here. Still, I respect the hell out of Yan for taking on a guy who isn't top ten and giving him a shot, while also putting his money where his mouth is and keeping the division moving. The guy will legitimately fight anyone it seems.

Also, good on O'Malley not taking fights with unranked guys and finally fighting in the top ten. The BS he pulled after the Chito and a Munhoz fights kind of makes him a punk and I'll never be a fan, however.

 

[kingmob6]

He dominated Pedro and vs Chito he suffered freak injury. O'malley is by no means exposed yet and he has certainly good chance to KTFO Yan

dominated Pedro?
were you on crack watching this?

 

[johndhi]

Wtf

 

[svmr_db]

Line has already moved to -500 Yan lol

 

[richardjohnson]

He dominated Pedro and vs Chito he suffered freak injury. O'malley is by no means exposed yet and he has certainly good chance to KTFO Yan

If you're gonna troll you gotta get better.. he lost the only round that was scored against Pedro and proceeded to cheat to try to win