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Sean O’Malley dismisses UFC featherweight move: ‘I’d love to when Alexander Volkanovski isn’t champ’

Undisputed bantamweight champion, Sean O’Malley has made it abundantly clear; as long as pound-for-pound kingpin, Alexander Volkanovski remains the featherweight champion, he has no intention of pursuing a divisional move.

O’Malley, the newly-minted undisputed bantamweight champion, headlined UFC 292 back in August in Boston, Massachusetts – managed to clinch the title with a spectacular second round win over the dominant, Aljamain Sterling, stopping the Uniondale native with a TKO victory.

As for Australian favorite, Volkanovski, the Joe Lopez trainee managed to successfully unify the featherweight titles and retain his slot atop the pound-for-pound tree back in July during International Fight Week, defeating Yair Rodriguez with a ground strikes kncokout win of his own.