Sean O'Malley says he can take the lead in the UFC's pound-for-pound rankings with victory over Sterling

Outside the top 15 pound-for-pound, Sean O'Malley fights for the bantamweight belt in the main fight of UFC 292, in August

Sean O'Malley in victory over Petr yan No. UFC 280 (Photo: Instagram/UFC)

Treated for a long time as a jewel and one of the UFC's main promises, Sean O'Malley will compete for the bantamweight belt (up to 61,2 kg) in August against the champion aljamain sterling. In addition to winning the belt, 'Suga' has even bolder plans regarding his next steps in Ultimate.

In a video published on his YouTube channel last week, Sean O'Malley stated that a victory over aljamain sterling could take him to the top of the UFC's weight-for-pound rankings.

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“Sterling is number seven pound for pound in the world. If I win, you know what I do, baby, if I win I'm f***ing number one! We've seen this s*** before. Watch me go from unranked to number 1 pound for pound”, said the North American.

Contrary to what Sean O'Malley said, aljamain sterling In fact, he occupies sixth place in the Ultimate weight-for-pound rankings. Second in the bantamweight rankings (up to 61,2kg), 'Suga' does not appear in the top 15 weight-for-weight, which is led by the heavyweight champion (up to 120,2kg) Jon Jones, followed by Alexander Volkanovsky e Islam makhachev, featherweight (up to 65,7kg) and lightweight (up to 70,3kg) champions, respectively.

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aljamain sterling and Sean O'Malley are in the main fight of the UFC 292, on August 19th, in Boston, in the United States. In the co-main fight of the event, Amanda lemos face the champion Weili Zhang through the straw belt (up to 52,1kg).

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