Sean O’Malley caught the UFC world off guard when he stepped onto the scales hours after formally weighing in for his bantamweight title battle.
The challenger is about to tackle champ Aljamain Sterling within the headline act of UFC 292 on Sunday afternoon in Boston.
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The pair will sq. off for the bantamnweight crowd after Zhang Weili places her strawweight belt on the road in opposition to Amando Lemos.
Don’t miss a second of the motion from UFC 292 proper right here.
12.30pm – UFC icon fumes over unlawful blows
Daniel Cormier couldn’t imagine his eyes when a battle on the UFC 292 undercard ended after a nasty knockout.
Gregory Rodrigues brutally knocked out Denis Tiuliulin within the opening spherical, however replays appeared to point out one shot landed on the again of Tiuliulin’s head.
Rodrigues rained down hellacious elbows earlier than the referee jumped in to convey the competition to an finish.
However Cormier shortly misplaced his composure after the battle because the replays started to roll.
“That one appeared behind the top,” Cormier stated on commentary.
“From that angle, that appeared somewhat behind the top.
“Uh, yeah Jon (Anik), that’s an unlawful strike.
The previous UFC champ stated Tiuliulin can be nicely inside his rights to protest the outcome.
“The fact is, it appeared unlawful,” Cormier stated.
“From that angle, it was an unlawful shot that began the end.
“If I’m Dennis Tiuliulin and I’m going 1-3 in my UFC profession, I’m protesting. It would save my job.”
12pm – O’Malley stuns UFC with wild weight achieve
Each O’Malley and Sterling weighed in on the bantamweight restrict of 135lbs, however within the hours after they each packed on the kilos.
Sterling posted an replace the place he confirmed off his climbing weight forward of his title defence, “144.4 and climbing” the champ wrote.
But it surely was O’Malley’s replace that caught the attention of battle followers.
In a video posted to his private Twitter account, O’Malley stepped onto the scales because the digicam zoomed in on the burden which confirmed a staggering 157.4lbs.
The wild achieve was shortly revealed because the digicam panned out exhibiting the bantamweight star holding a case of Completely satisfied Dad, an American seltzer.
One fan nevertheless shortly ran the numbers and labored out simply how a lot O’Malley weighed with a staggering revelation.
“O’Malley weighed 157.4lbs whereas holding a 12 pack of joyful dad. 157.4 – 9lbs (144fl oz) = 148.4lbs. So he went from 135lbs to 148.4lbs in only a few hours,” the fan wrote.
MAIN CARD (12pm AEST)
Aljamain Sterling (c) v Sean O’Malley for the bantamweight title
Zhang Weili (c) v Amanda Lemos for the strawweight title
Ian Machado Garry v Neil Magny
Da’Mon Blackshear v Mario Bautista
Marlon Vera v Pedro Munhoz
PRELIMS (10am AEST)
Brad Tavares def Chris Weidman through UD (
Gregory Rodrigues def Denis Tiuliulin through KO in spherical 1
Kurt Holobaugh def Austin Hubbard through submission in Spherical 2
Brad Katona def Cody Gibson through UD (29-28 x 2, 30-27)
EARLY PRELIMS
Andre Petroski def Gerald Meerschaert through SD (29-28 x 2, 28-29)
Natalia Silva def Andrea Lee through UD (30-27 x 3)
Karine Silva def Maryna Moroz through submission in Spherical 1
