“I think Sean O’Malley is too skinny,” Sterling told a post-UFC 288 press conference. has great takedown defense, what do I do with Sean O’Malley?”
“I guarantee you, I will fold it in half a round. I’ll do the same as with Corey Sandhagen. I will go forward and put pressure, depriving him of space. As a result, he will be on the back leg, I will let him do a stupid kick, which I will intercept, after which I will fold him like a deck chair, and that will be the end of the fight.
“Yes, this is a fight where anything can happen. He can hit and put me down, so it’s not about underestimating the opponent. The last time I underestimated someone, the lights went out and I woke up in a hospital. This sport has made me humbler and I think O’Malley needs to learn another lesson in modesty. It was clearly not enough for him to have a broken leg in the fight with Marlon Vera, so I have to do it again with him. ”
Recall that the title fight between Aljamain Sterling and Henry Cejudo, who led the UFC 288 tournament in Newark, went the whole distance and ended with the victory of the current champion by a split decision.