If UFC bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley makes his first title protection in opposition to Marlon Vera, Aljamain Sterling goes to have an issue with that.
O’Malley claimed the 135-pound championship Aug. 19 at UFC 292 after he completed Sterling 51 seconds into the second spherical of their headlining bout. Afterward, O’Malley turned his consideration to a rematch with Vera, who handed “Suga” the one lack of his profession three years in the past.
It stays unclear what O’Malley will do for his first title protection, however Sterling and his teammate, Merab Dvalishvili, sit at Nos. 1 and a pair of, respectively, within the official UFC bantamweight rankings, whereas Vera is No. 6. Provided that’s the case, it’s clear to Sterling what O’Malley’s choices ought to be – and he shared that message following a grappling win over Mike Grundy on Saturday at Polaris 25.
“I’ve bought a message for Mr. ‘Sugar Tits,’ as a result of he’s nonetheless that to me,” Sterling mentioned, calling out O’Malley. “Hey, give me my rematch or struggle Merab. It’s that easy. Cease ducking the highest contenders and be a person and be an actual champ and struggle the most effective of the most effective. That’s what I did. Now it’s worthwhile to flip round and do the identical actual sh*t.”
Aljamain Sterling with a message to Sean O’Malley following his victory at Polaris 25 pic.twitter.com/JL7Xkapc3G
— 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙙 (@kxngdacv) September 30, 2023
Dvalishvili is on a nine-fight profitable streak after profitable a clean-sweep unanimous resolution in opposition to former champ Petr Yan this previous March. Vera, in the meantime, is coming off a unanimous resolution win over Pedro Munhoz at UFC 292, which put “Chito” again on monitor after a loss to fellow contender Cory Sandhagen in March.
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