Sean O’Malley celebrates on the cage after defeating Aljamain Sterling throughout their UFC 292 Bantamweight title blended martial arts combat, Saturday, August 19, 2023, in Boston. O’Malley received the title by way of 2nd spherical KO. (AP Picture/Gregory Payan),.
BOSTON — Sean O’Malley received the UFC bantamweight title on Saturday evening, stopping Aljamain Sterling within the second spherical in the primary occasion at UFC 292 on the TD Backyard.
O’Malley (17-1), of Phoenix, dropped Sterling with an overhand proper early within the second. With Sterling on the mat, O’Malley hammered the defending champion with left fingers to the pinnacle till referee Marc Goddard stopped the combat 51 seconds into the spherical.
The 28-year-old O’Malley was preventing in a five-round bout for the primary time.
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— UFC (@ufc) August 20, 2023
Sterling, 34, dropped to 23-4. He entered the combat with 10 straight wins.
The primary spherical was pretty uneventful. Sterling tried a takedown with 30 seconds left, pinning O’Malley towards the fence earlier than the spherical ended.
Sterling, of Uniondale, New York, was making the fourth protection of his bantamweight title.
Sean O’Malley celebrates after defeating Aljamain Sterling of their UFC 292 Bantamweight title blended martial arts combat, Saturday, August 19, 2023, in Boston. O’Malley received the title by way of 2nd spherical KO. (AP Picture/Gregory Payan),.
Within the co-main occasion, Zhang Weili of China retained her strawweight title with a five-round unanimous determination towards Amanda Lemos of Brazil. The scores have been 50-43, 50-44 and 49-45.
Zhang (24-3) stored Lemos (13-3-1) on the mat for a lot of the combat.
Within the fourth, Lemos had a little bit success whereas they have been on their toes, touchdown a proper hand that briefly put Zhang on the mat, however Zhang received up and introduced Lemos to the mat with a takedown and landed a number of knees to the pinnacle.
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