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UFC's fiery bantamweight 'Sugar' Sean O'Malley has only fought one ranked opponent in all his fights in the UFC. The 26-year-old's only ranked foe was No.9 contender Pedro Munhoz.
The duo crossed horns at UFC 276 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Unfortunately, the fight ended in a no-contest due to an eye poke. Even current No.5-ranked bantamweight Marlon Vera was unranked when he fought O'Malley at UFC 252.
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In an interview with No Jumper in 2021, O'Malley said that he was fighting unranked fighters because he was getting paid the same regardless of who he fought:
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“They wanted me to fight someone ranked last fight. I was supposed to fight Louis Smolka. For me, I have a contract to fight a certain amount of fights, and I’m gonna get paid a certain amount of money whether I fight Louis Smolka, the dude I was supposed to fight, or I fight Petr Yan, the No. 1 bantamweight in the UFC. I get paid the same. I’m gonna fight this dude [who is unranked]. And I’m going to fight this dude on a Conor McGregor pay-per-view."
Watch the full interview below:
However, Sean O'Malley revealed in a recent episode of DC & RC that he is scheduled to fight former bantamweight champion Petr Yan at UFC 280.
Sean O'Malley says that he's better than Petr Yan
In a recent interview with ESPN, No.13 bantamweight Sean O'Malley stated that he was a better fighter than former champion Petr Yan. The American further added that it would be great if he could manage to knock out the Russian in their upcoming fight:
"I'm better than Petr at what we're gonna do and that's fu**ing fighting. I'm better than Petr and I truly believe that and I think that's what is going to get me get the job done. I'm going in there more prepared than Petr... Obviously putting Petr's lights out would be massive, but I just need to go in there and get the job done against Petr Yan."
Watch 'Sugar' talk about Petr Yan below:
'Sugar' is currently on a four-fight undefeated streak, while Petr Yan is fresh off a defeat to Aljamain Sterling in their highly anticipated rematch at UFC 273.
