Aljamain Sterling rates Sean O’Malley ’s skills highly, but can’t help but question his opposition. Bantamweight champion O’Malley (18-1 MMA, 10-1 UFC) notched his first title defense Saturday in the UFC 299 headliner with a shutout of Marlon Vera (21-9-1 MMA, 15-8 UFC) – avenging the lone loss of his career. O’Malley has openly said he’d be willing to fight Merab Dvalishvili next , but called out UFC featherweight champion Ilia Topuria in his post-fight octagon interview, which bothered Sterling. “The only thing that rubbed me the wrong way a little bit again – and you can call me salty about it, call me a hater, but I stick up for my boys and I hope you guys do, too – but he should have called out Merab and did the right thing,” Sterling said on his YouTube channel . “I think it’s kind of ridiculous of him to say, ‘Dana, get the jet to Spain.’ “Like, what are you talking about, dude? You defended the belt against a guy who wasn’t even ranked in the top five, they moved him up to the top five to make it look like he was better, like he fought a top-five opponent
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