O’Malley tried a trip of his own and ate a right hand counter for it. Trip by Yan with half a round to go and he was styling a little there. Knees to the body from Yan as he entered pit bull mode. O’Malley had to work twice as hard to get the fight back to the feet that time. Instead, Yan seized the opportunity to get a takedown. Had O’Malley not hooked an arm around Yan’s head, he might have been knocked down. Yan took a knee, briefly, then made O’Malley pay for his aggression with a wicked left hand bomb. O’Malley went back to his straight combos, landing a left that clearly stunned Yan. Yan opened Round 2 with a gorgeous low kick to body kick combination. O’Malley ended the round with a takedown attempt that Yan escaped. O’Malley started to toss out combos, but it looked like most of the punches bounced off of Yan’s arms. O’Malley was active off of his back, defending well, though Yan slipped in a few short punches before O’Malley made it back to his feet. Yan let his left hand go before ducking in for another takedown, this time changing levels and executing a crowd-pleasing slam. O’Malley scored with a couple of jabs before Yan cut him off with a heavy left over the top. Another straight left landed for O’Malley and Yan missed on a counter left hook. He pushed O’Malley to the cage, but O’Malley fought it off. Yan wasn’t having much success with head strikes, but his kicking game was on point and he continually targeted O’Malley’s lead leg.Īt the midway point of Round 1 we see our first takedown attempt from Yan. You could see that the reach of O’Malley was giving Yan problems as the former UFC champion whiffed on a few haymakers and was caught with quick counters. Yan clipped O’Malley with a body kick and continued to press forward as “Sugar” circled the outside of the octagon. How did the fight go?īoth fighters came out throwing speedy kicks, with Yan throwing the first bomb, a left hand that just missed, which gave O’Malley an opening to pop him with a left hand down the middle. Guess we should take this one to the Robbery Review lab, eh? What was the official result? Here’s what some of the fighters had to say about the judging.Īll I'll say is I don't know a single fighter who scored that for O'Malley.- Chris Curtis The Action Man October 22, 2022 Based on reactions to his win over Yan though, the reception to such a booking could be chilly. The O’Malley ride has been a wild one, is what we’re saying, one that looks to continue as “Sugar” is now perfectly lined up to fight Aljamain Sterling for a UFC title. Remember just a few months ago when his fight with Pedro Munhoz came to a premature end due to an accidental eye poke? Or when he suffered a weird leg injury before getting TKO’d by Maron Vera? Or when he probably would have lost to Andre Soukhamthath because he couldn’t stand up, but Soukhamthath chose to go to the ground with him? And who could forget Snoop Dogg yelling “O’Malley! O’Malley! O’Malley!” on the Contender Series? O’Malley scored the biggest win of his career at UFC 280 this past Saturday, edging out a split decision against former bantamweight champion Petr Yan, a controversial call that fits right in with the rest of O’Malley’s one-of-a-kind UFC run. Where Sean O’Malley goes, controversy is sure to follow, and he was the talk of the town after his first trip to Abu Dhabi. With Robbery Review, we’ll take a look back at controversial fights and determine whether the judges were rightly criticized for their decision or if pundits need to examine their own knee-jerk reactions. Few things infuriate MMA fans more than a fight being scored incorrectly, though the term “robbery” tends to be thrown around carelessly and is often steeped in bias.
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