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Check out the best photos from the UFC 292 official weigh-ins including Aljamain Sterling vs. Sean O’Malley and more.
Check out these photos of the UFC 292 official weigh-ins at the UFC host hotel in Boston. (Photos by Nolan King, MMA Junkie)
Ahead of the UFC 292 main event, Aljamain Sterling and Sean O’Malley made weight at the host hotel in Boston.
BOSTON – It didn’t take long into the allotted window for [autotag]Aljamain Sterling[/autotag] and [autotag]Sean O’Malley[/autotag] to make weight Friday ahead of their UFC 292 title fight.
The bantamweight title fight was officially set less than two minutes into official weigh-ins at the host hotel, as O’Malley (16-1 MMA, 8-1 UFC) weighed in first and Sterling (23-3 MMA, 15-3 UFC) third. The two fighters compete in the pay-per-view headliner Saturday at TD Garden.
Check out the main event fighters’ official weigh-ins in the video above.
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Our “Spinning Back Clique” breaks down the UFC 292 main event bantamweight title fight between Aljamain Sterling and Sean O’Malley.
The UFC has finally returned to Boston, and it has a big bantamweight title fight at the top of the card.
Undisputed champion [autotag]Aljamain Sterling[/autotag] will be putting his title on the line against [autotag]Sean O’Malley[/autotag] in the main event of UFC 292. The event takes place Saturday at TD Garden and airs live on pay-per-view following prelims on ABC/ESPN, and early prelims on ESPN+.
Sterling (23-3 MMA, 15-3 UFC) competes in his second consecutive feature bout, and will be looking for the fourth defense of his bantamweight crown. O’Malley gets his first crack at gold in his first main event assignment.
Will “The Funkmaster’s” smothering grappling be too much to handle or will “Sugar’s” striking pick apart the champion?
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MMA Junkie’s “Spinning Back Clique” panel of Nolan King, Brian Garcia and Dan Tom joined host “Gorgeous” George Garcia break down the main event and discuss the likelihood of each fighter walking out of Boston with the bantamweight title.
Watch the segment above, and Monday’s complete episode of “Spinning Back Clique” below.
Alexander Volkanovski acknowledges that Sean O’Malley could be dangerous, but Aljamain Sterling is the pick at UFC 292.
[autotag]Alexander Volkanovski[/autotag] thinks bantamweight champion [autotag]Aljamain Sterling[/autotag]’s path to victory is more reliable than [autotag]Sean O’Malley[/autotag]’s at UFC 292.
Sterling (23-3 MMA, 15-3 UFC) defends his title against O’Malley (16-1 MMA, 8-1 UFC) in Saturday’s pay-per-view main event at TD Garden in Boston. Sterling has used his grappling to suffocate his opponents, notching impressive title defenses over former champions Petr Yan, T.J. Dillashaw, and Henry Cejudo. Because of his effective game plan, featherweight champion Volkanovski sees Sterling beating O’Malley – even though he has a gut feeling that O’Malley could pull off the upset.
“I’m leaning towards Aljamain because I just think that that wrestling and that control, it’s going to eventually get there,” Volkanovski said on his YouTube channel. “You know how sometimes you just watch someone’s story and it’s just like something is meant to be? Then you got Aljamain talking about definitely moving up after this. A part of the story is does he lose and he was moving up anyway and Sean O’Malley, this whole rise that he’s done, becoming champion, massive superstar for the UFC. It could be – it feels likes sort of something that could happen. Beating Petr Yan?
“You know when some people just have that momentum, and it’s just meant to be and it happens? I’m a believer of that sometimes, man, I really am. I feel like it could definitely be a TKO for Sean O’Malley because his striking is that good, but I will lean towards Aljamain, I think he has got a safer way to victory. More percentage-wise, I’m always going to go there, but it could definitely happen for Sean O’Malley. We know he’s going to turn up. This is a massive fight for him. We know he wants to get paid, and he knows what winning’s going to do for his paycheck. Being a champ, the money is good, we ain’t going to lie about that.”
Volkanovski, one of the most well rounded fighters on the roster, rates O’Malley’s striking amongst the best in the UFC.
“Sean O’Malley, I think he’s up there, one of the best strikers you could even say in the UFC,” Volkanovski said. “He’s right up there, especially in that division. There’s so many. That’s a stacked division. Your (Cory) Sandhagens, obviously, Petr Yans, Aljamains, ‘Chito,’ Pedro, there’s so much talent. It is a stacked division, and I think he’s up there as one of the best when it comes to striking, so that’s saying something.
“He’s very creative. He doesn’t just throw flashy stuff. It’s calculated. He’s got really good distance management. He’s really good at drawing strikes out of people and countering. He’s really good on the offense coming forward. He’s good even on the back foot. He’s good on his angles, very, very high level stuff, and he can be very creative while he does that.”
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Check out the best photos from a heated UFC 292 pre-fight press conference Thursday at TD Garden in Boston.
Check out the UFC 292 news conference faceoffs including the two title fights and Ian Garry vs. Neil Magny.
BOSTON – The UFC 292 pre-fight news conference took place Thursday at TD Garden, the same venue that hosts Saturday’s event.
Before the faceoffs of the co-main event strawweight title fight of champion [autotag]Zhang Weili[/autotag] vs. challenger [autotag]Amanda Lemos[/autotag], and the main event bantamweight title fight of [autotag]Aljamain Sterling[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Sean O’Malley[/autotag], the fighters from the other main card fights and the featured prelim came face-to-face.
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Among them, was brash Irish prospect [autotag]Ian Garry[/autotag], who remained intense with seasoned UFC veteran [autotag]Neil Magny[/autotag]. Bantamweight fighters [autotag]Mario Bautista[/autotag] and [autotag]Da’Mon Blackshear[/autotag] squared off after contenders [autotag]Marlon Vera[/autotag] and [autotag]Pedro Munhoz[/autotag].
The featured prelim, a middleweight bout between [autotag]Chris Weidman[/autotag] and [autotag]Brad Tavares[/autotag] provided a respectful and laid-back faceoff.
Check out the UFC 292 news conference faceoffs in the video and photo gallery above.
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Check out the UFC 292 press conference faceoff between Aljamain Sterling and Sean O’Malley from Boston.
BOSTON – UFC 292 headliners [autotag]Aljamain Sterling[/autotag] came face-to-face for the first of two pre-fight faceoffs Thursday at TD Garden, the same venue that hosts Saturday’s bantamweight title fight.
Following a heated UFC 292 pre-fight news conference, the 135-pound champion and the next title challenger carried their intensity as they squared off. The two fighters will again face off at UFC 292 ceremonial faceoffs Friday.
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Sterling (23-3 MMA, 15-3 UFC) looks to successfully defend his bantamweight title for the fourth time, while O’Malley (16-1 MMA, 8-1 UFC) looks to continue his run toward UFC stardom in his first promotional title bout.
Check out the UFC 292 press conference faceoff of Sterling vs. O’Malley above.
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 292.
MMA Junkie fight analyst Dan Tom takes a closer look at the UFC 292 main event between Aljamain Sterling and Sean O’Malley.
MMA Junkie analyst Dan Tom breaks down the UFC’s top bouts. Today, we look at the main event for UFC 292.
UFC 292 takes place Saturday at TD Garden in Boston. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ABC/ESPN and early prelims on ESPN+.
In the latest “Embedded,” does Aljamain Sterling’s last-minute prep give us a glimpse into how he’ll finish Sean O’Malley at UFC 292?
The UFC is back with its 10th pay-per-view of the year, which means the popular “Embedded” fight-week video series is here to document what’s happening behind the scenes.
UFC 292 takes place Saturday at TD Garden in Boston. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and early prelims on ESPN+.
In the main event, bantamweight champion [autotag]Aljamain Sterling[/autotag] (23-3 MMA, 15-3 UFC) takes on challenger [autotag]Sean O’Malley[/autotag] (16-1 MMA, 8-1 UFC). Sterling holds the UFC record for most consecutive title defenses at 135 pounds. In the co-feature, women’s strawweight champ [autotag]Zhang Weili[/autotag] (23-3 MMA, 7-2 UFC) meets challenger [autotag]Amanda Lemos[/autotag] (13-2-1 MMA, 7-2 UFC) in the first test of her second reign as titleholder.
In addition, former middleweight champ Chris Weidman (15-6 MMA, 11-6 UFC) returns from more than two years out after a severe broken leg in 2021. He takes on Brad Tavares (19-9 MMA, 14-8 UFC) in a featured bout on the prelims.
The fourth episode of “Embedded” follows the featured fighters while they get ready for fight week. Here is the UFC’s description of the episode from YouTube:
Marlon “Chito” Vera shops and sightsees. Sean O’Malley visits with Theo Von and Gian Galang. Chris Weidman trains for his return. Champs Aljamain Sterling and Zhang Weili put in work.
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Tim Welch doesn’t see Aljamain Sterling having success if he moves up a division to fight fellow UFC champ Alexander Volkanovski.
Tim Welch doesn’t see [autotag]Aljamain Sterling[/autotag] having success moving up a division to fight [autotag]Alexander Volkanovski[/autotag].
Bantamweight champion Sterling (23-3 MMA, 15-3 UFC) defends his title against Welch’s star student, Sean O’Malley, Saturday in the main event of UFC 292 at TD Garden in Boston. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and ESPN+.
Sterling’s plan is to beat O’Malley then move up to challenge featherweight champion Volkanovski (26-2 MMA, 13-1 UFC), but Welch thinks he’d be in for a rude awakening.
“I truly think Volkanovski is pound-for-pound the best fighter on earth right now,” Welch said on Submission Radio. “So, as good as Aljo is, as strong as he is, as good of a grappler as he is, I think Volkanovski would batter Aljo.”
That doesn’t mean Welch doesn’t take Sterling seriously. Like O’Malley, Welch dubbed Sterling as the greatest bantamweight of all time as they look to dethrone him Saturday.
“I really do think he’s the greatest bantamweight of all time,” Welch said. “And people debate that, saying Dominick Cruz is and stuff, but you look at his resume. OK, you got to take out the fact that T.J. (Dillashaw) was hurt because that was no one’s fault but T.J.’s that he stepped in there (hurt).
“And how good Cory Sandhagen is. He’s so good skilled, and Aljo took him out under a minute. And then how big of a beast and how confident Henry Cejudo is. Explosive boxer, Olympic champion, just a beast of an athlete and one of the best competitors out there. And then Aljo beats him also. So, I think it’s pretty easy to say Aljo is the best bantamweight there’s ever been right now.”
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