Petr Yan might be the new UFC bantamweight champion, but Sean O’Malley is the people’s champ.
The No. 14-ranked O’Malley is one of the most popular fighters in the division and believes all the top bantamweights — including Yan — are dreaming about him.
“I’m for sure easily the most talked about guy in the division,” O’Malley told MMA Fighting’s Damon Martin in a recent interview. “I’m talking a lot of smack about Petr [Yan], Cody, Henry [Cejudo], all these dudes, and they’re all replying. They all know that’s a realistic fight in the future.