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Sean O’Malley was recently offered his biggest fight yet.<\/p>\n

This past weekend the UFC revealed the first batch of fights set to take place at UFC 268 on Nov. 6 in Madison Square Garden. Among the bunch was a bantamweight tilt between Frankie Edgar and Marlon “Chito” Vera<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, Vera wasn’t the UFC’s original choice to take on the former lightweight champion.<\/p>\n

“I feel like I\u2019m in a position where if you want me to fight in New York, and I don\u2019t want to fight in New York, I\u2019m not gonna fight in New York,” O’Malley told The Schmo<\/a> (h\/t MMA Junkie<\/a>). “I\u2019m in that position, and I had that conversation, and we\u2019re good now.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut yeah, I got offered a fight in New York against Frankie, and I said if Frankie wants to get whooped, he can get whooped in Vegas in December, a month later. They want Frankie to fight in New York, so they gave him \u2018Chito\u2019. Getting the \u2018Suga Show\u2019 against Frankie would\u2019ve been a great fight for me, but I\u2019m not too worried about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sean O’Malley (14-1) last fought at UFC 264 on July 10 when defeating Kris Moutinho via third-round TKO. The victory put O’Malley back on a winning streak after suffering his first and only career defeat to the aforementioned Vera in August 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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