Sean O’Malley captured the bantamweight championship with a spotlight reel technical knockout over Aljamain Sterling within the UFC 292 primary occasion on Saturday.
The bantamweight star is a celebrity. His KO made SportsCenter and for the primary time within the promotion’s historical past a full struggle video was placed on YouTube. The video had almost six million views on the time of publication.
Usually, the UFC doesn’t put a struggle video on YouTube except it is to advertise a matchup on an upcoming occasion. They modified their coverage for “Suga.”
Heading into the bout, O’Malley was admittedly nervous. He knew how good Sterling was.
“Actually, that is probably the most nervous I’ve ever been for a struggle. In my eyes, Aljamain Sterling is the most effective bantamweight of all time. So yeah, I used to be slightly bit nervous for this struggle however I by no means misplaced the arrogance as a result of I do know what I possess on this proper hand, Child,” O’Malley mentioned moments after the win.
“It solely takes one mistake in opposition to me. I do not even know if that was a mistake. I am simply that effing good,” he continued.
Sterling made no excuses in his octagon interview and congratulated O’Malley. Take a look at the complete struggle video under.
