Aljamain Sterling will make a fast turnaround after defending his bantamweight world championship towards former two-division titleholder Henry Cejudo at UFC 288.
As introduced by Dana White on social media, ‘Funk Grasp’ will return to defend his title as soon as once more towards No. 2 ranked bantamweight contender Sean O’Malley. The extremely anticipated 135-pound conflict will headline the promotion’s return to Bostom for UFC 292. White additionally revealed the night’s co-main occasion. Reigning UFC strawweight ladies’s champion Zhang Weili will defend her title towards No. 4 ranked contender, Amanda Lemos.
Sean O’Malley will go into his first UFC title alternative 8-1 contained in the Octagon and using a four-fight win streak. ‘Sugar’ scored his spot as the subsequent man according to a closely-contested break up resolution victory over former champion Petr Yan at UFC 280 in October.
Aljamain Sterling appears to defend his bantamweight title for the fourth time towards O’Malley after efficiently dispatching former titleholders Petr Yan, T.J. Dillashaw, and Henry Cejudo in his final three outings. Sterling is at present on a nine-fight win streak courting again to 2018. On Monday, ‘Funk Grasp’ performed coy when requested a couple of potential assembly with O’Malley this August, suggesting that he had some accidents to heal earlier than he may adequately estimate his timetable for a return. Clearly, Sterling was merely doing his finest to not spoil Dana White’s announcement.
Aljamain Sterling vs. Sean O’Malley Will Be Joined By a Can’t-Miss Strawweight Ladies’s Title Struggle
As for Zhang Weili, the Chinese language sensation will defend her title for the primary time since reclaiming the crown towards former two-time champion Carla Esparza final 12 months. Zhang holds a formidable 7-2 document below the UFC banner along with her solely losses coming towards one other former champion, ‘Thug’ Rose Namajuna. In March 2020, Zhang competed in what many think about to be the best struggle in ladies’s MMA historical past, going toe-to-toe with Joanna Jędrzejczyk.
Her opponent, Amanda Lemos, is an equal 7-2 contained in the Octagon. After arising quick in her promotional debut, Lemos has since gained seven of her final eight, incomes wins over Angela Hill, Michelle Waterson-Gomez, and Marina Rodriguez. ‘Amandinha’ has completed her final two opponents, together with a formidable third-round knockout of Rodriguez to solidify her place as the subsequent strawweight contender.
UFC 292 will air from TD Backyard in Boston on August 19. The one different bout introduced for the lineup will function a bantamweight showdown between Cody Garbrandt and Mario Bautista.
