BOSTON – Cory Sandhagen and Sean O'Malley are not on the same page mentality-wise.
O’Malley (16-1 MMA, 8-1 UFC) challenges bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling (23-3 MMA, 15-3 UFC) in Saturday’s UFC 292 main event at TD Garden in Boston. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ABC/ESPN and early prelims on ESPN+.
If he becomes champion, O’Malley wants his first title defense to be against Marlon Vera, who handed him his lone-career loss in August 2020. Vera has to get past Pedro Munhoz on Saturday first, but with a few top contenders ahead of Vera, Sandhagen questions O’Malley’s approach.
