{"id":453673,"date":"2022-07-20T12:42:08","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T19:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=453673"},"modified":"2022-07-20T12:42:08","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T19:42:08","slug":"sean-omalley-announces-hes-fighting-petr-yan-at-ufc-280","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/sean-omalley-announces-hes-fighting-petr-yan-at-ufc-280\/","title":{"rendered":"Sean O&#8217;Malley announces he&#8217;s fighting Petr Yan at UFC 280"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sean O&#8217;Malley will be having the toughest test of his career in October.<\/p>\n<p>O&#8217;Malley did an interview on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/espnmma\/status\/1549837021438410753\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ESPN<\/a> and revealed he will be fighting Petr Yan at UFC 280 on October 22 in Abu Dhabi. It&#8217;s a massive fight for the bantamweight division and serves as the biggest step-up in competition for O&#8217;Malley. The UFC has yet to officially announce the fight.<\/p>\n<p>This <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/sean-omalley\/sean-omalley-believes-he-is-the-only-person-who-can-defeat-petr-yan-im-just-a-different-animal\/\">is also a fight both men have wanted in the past<\/a> as prior to O&#8217;Malley&#8217;s fight at UFC 276, both men expressed interest in the bout.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would love to fight again, one more time, by the end of the year,\u201d O\u2019Malley told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5HYGD3QllkM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ESPN<\/a>. \u201cNovember-December would be a great timeframe. I know there\u2019s a lot of big fights playing out. The (Marlon) \u2018Chito\u2019 (Vera)-Dominick Cruz fight is something I\u2019m looking at. Little Russian dude (Yan) is running around \u2013 (I) might beat him up. Fob Ront (Rob Font), he\u2019s out there. There\u2019s a bunch of guys out there that could potentially be my next fight. I\u2019ve still got to focus on (Saturday), obviously \u2013 always make sure I say that. So I don\u2019t want to get ahead of myself. July 2, Pedro Munhoz is the next challenge. But I\u2019m excited for the future. There\u2019s a lot of big fights for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/PetrYanUFC\/status\/1542706433417826305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1542706433417826305%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmmajunkie.usatoday.com%2F2022%2F07%2Fufc-276-video-sean-omalley-might-beat-up-little-russian-petr-yan-response<\/p>\n<p>Sean O&#8217;Malley (15-1 and one No Contest) is coming off the No Contest against Pedro Munhoz at UFC 276 due to an accident eye poke. Prior to that, he was on a three-fight win streak with stoppage wins over Raulian Paiva, Kris Moutinho, and Thomas Almeida. His lone loss came by TKO due to an ankle injury against Marlon Vera. This will be the first time O&#8217;Malley fights someone ranked in the top-five, as Yan is ranked number one.<\/p>\n<p>Petr Yan (16-3) suffered a split decision loss to Aljamain Sterling for the bantamweight title last time out. He entered the fight as the interim champ after earning a decision win over Cory Sandhagen after losing his belt by DQ against Sterling. The Russian became the champ with a TKO win over Jose Aldo while also holding notable wins over Urijah Faber, Jimmie Rivera, and John Dodson.<\/p>\n<p>With the addition of O&#8217;Malley vs. Yan, UFC 280 is as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/islam-makhachev\/charles-oliveira-is-willing-to-start-his-title-fight-with-islam-makhachev-off-of-his-back-im-the-divisions-biggest-problem-and-youre-not-understanding\/\">Charles Oliveira<\/a> vs. Islam Makhachev<\/li>\n<li>Aljamain Sterling vs. TJ Dillashaw<\/li>\n<li>Belal Muhammad vs. Sean Brady<\/li>\n<li>Petr Yan vs. Sean O&#8217;Malley<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Who do you think will win, Sean O&#8217;Malley or Petr Yan?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sean O&#8217;Malley will be having the toughest test of his career in October. O&#8217;Malley did an interview on ESPN and revealed he will be fighting Petr Yan at UFC 280 on October 22 in Abu Dhabi. 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