Sean O’Malley lastly managed to snap his two-fight shedding skid this previous weekend by cruising to a unanimous choice win towards Track Yadong on the UFC 324 co-main occasion.
The combat was undoubtedly a intently contested affair, and plenty of followers and analysts felt O’Malley did not do enough to be on the successful finish.
Within the first two rounds, ‘Suga’ was taken down twice. Yadong fought a extra calculated combat over the opening 10 minutes. Within the third spherical, on the lookout for a end, the Chinese language fighter shifted to heavy ahead strain and walked into the fireplace, giving the previous UFC champ the openings he wanted to land sharp jabs and clear counters.
After lastly getting his hand raised, O’Malley expressed curiosity in working it again with the present and two-time bantamweight champion Petr Yan.
Sean O’Malley admits he took successful with no consideration
On the post-fight presser, Sean O’Malley mirrored on how particular this win towards Track Yadong feels. He additionally confessed that early in his profession, he had taken successful with no consideration. He mentioned:
“Yeah, I felt like I took successful with no consideration for some time. I really feel like I simply by no means misplaced. By no means misplaced. By no means misplaced. Now coming off two losses, I used to be like, ‘Man, it actually feels good to win.’ So, I simply, yeah, I don’t normally get like that too. Normally, after a win, I simply form of, you realize, as I mentioned, I simply really feel like I used to be all the time going to win. So after coming off these losses, I undoubtedly uh felt good.”
Try Sean O’Malley’s feedback beneath (0:12):
Sean O’Malley misplaced his strap to Merab Dvalishvili in 2024, and in 2025, within the title rematch, ‘The Machine’ submitted him. Earlier than these two back-to-back losses, ‘Suga’ had only one loss in MMA. He didn’t know what shedding seems like, as he admitted through the presser.
O’Malley has made way of life changes over the previous few months, all in an try to enhance within the octagon and reclaim the UFC bantamweight gold.
