Sean O’Malley says rematch with Marlon Vera is the “ideal battle” to produce for first title defense: “I judge it does immense pay-per-views”

Sean O’Malley has doubled down on his plans to bear a rematch with Marlon Vera support as his first UFC title defense.

O’Malley (17-1 MMA) captured the promotion’s highly coveted bantamweight world title in fine type earlier this month at UFC 292, stopping Aljamain Sterling with a 2nd-round TKO victory (see that right here).

Sooner than his spotlight reel victory over ‘Funkmaster’, ‘Suga’ had stated his intentions of having his first title defense attain against his outmoded adversary Marlon Vera.

“I extinct to call ‘Chito’ a journeyman, nonetheless that became earlier than he beat all those excellent guys. I didn’t judge ‘Chito’ became going to construct up as excellent as he did, nonetheless he’s gotten excellent. He’s gotten in reality excellent, and nothing nonetheless admire for him. The ideal battle within the division is me vs. any individual, nonetheless me vs. ‘Chito,’ the oldsters were making an strive ahead to it, and it’s getting nearer.”

Now, after shooting the undisputed bantamweight championship, Sean O’Malley is adamant that wishes to bear his first title defense attain at December’s UFC 296 match against the one man to ever hand him a defeat, Marlon Vera.

“The ‘Chito’ rematch is a extraordinarily fascinating battle,” O’Malley talked about on his YouTube channel (h/t MMAJunkie). “It’s fascinating to me, fascinating for the fans – it’s the subsequent ideal battle. He wishes to still down out and stop acting. He wishes to still down out.”

O’Malley continued by expressing his belief that a rematch with Vera is the ideal battle to produce via pay-per-take a look at up on success:

“The ‘Chito’ rematch will get me wrathful too because I judge it’s a fan favorite battle simply there. I judge it’s a immense battle. I judge it does immense pay-per-views, and now that I accumulate pay-per-take a look at up on choices, I in reality feel love now it’s recreation time.”

Sean O’Malley and Marlon Vera before all the pieces collided at UFC 252 in August of 2020, with ‘Chito’ rising victorious via first-round TKO. ‘Suga’ blamed that loss on “descend foot”, which became the ache he suffered as a outcomes of a sinful low kick from Ecuadorian.

Attain you agree with ‘O’Malley vs. Vera 2’ is the battle to produce subsequent?