Sean O’Malley has responded to Henry Cejudo’s claim that he might not be a pay-per-view superstar.
Cejudo took to his YouTube channel to poke fun at ‘Suga‘ for the number of buys that the UFC 292 pay-per-view got. On this card, O’Malley featured in the main event in a fight against Aljamain Sterling for the bantamweight championship. O’Malley won via second round TKO, dropping Sterling with a picture-perfect right-hand.
But, despite all the hype around the new champion, Cejudo wasn’t impressed by how much the pay-per-view sold. He said that he has friends at ESPN who told him how much the event sold.
“You guys wanna know what Sean O’Malley’s buys did? He did anywhere between 300,000 to 350,000,” said the former bantamweight and flyweight champion.
He added “Everyone was projecting that this event was one of the biggest of the year. It’s not true. So, my question is to Sean O’Malley. So you have that sauce to sell, do you have that sauce to be a pay-per-view superstar?”
The pair have had wars of words in the past, going back to when ‘Suga’ beat Petr Yan, at UFC 280, in Abu Dhabi, and the two started mouthing off to each other whilst O’Malley was being interviewed.
Sean O’Malley’s Response to Henry Cejudo
After hearing the comments from the former champion, the current belt holder at 135lbs took to X to air his grievances. He slammed Cejudo’s pay-per-view numbers.
He said “Henry sayin Me and Aljo “only” did 350k ppv according to his (girlfriend ) source. I just talked to the ufc and I heard upwards of 570k … legit no kizzy not making this up heard Aljo vs Henry did 135k. Also Henry 5’2 lol.”
After his win at UFC 292, O’Malley called out Marlon ‘Chito’ Vera for his first defence. ‘Chito’ is the only man to beat O’Malley in professional MMA. But, with the back and forth between ‘Suga’ and ‘Triple C’, the UFC might have another fight on their minds
Quotes taken from ‘Henry Cejudo‘ on YouTube, @SugaSeanMMA on X, and BJPenn.com
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