АНУ-ын нийслэлд болсон UFC Freedom 250 тэмцээний үеэр Шон О’Мэлли өрсөлдөгчөө хоёрдугаар раундад техникийн нокаутаар ялж, гайхалтай тоглолтоо үзүүлэв.
Тулаан эхэлснээс хойш Шон О’Мэлли санаачилгыг гартаа авч, өрсөлдөгчөө зай барин дарамталж байв. Аяман Захаби хөлөөрөө өшиглөж, сөрөг довтолгоо хийхийг оролдсон ч О’Мэллигийн цохилтууд илүү оновчтой байлаа. Хоёрдугаар раундад О’Мэллигийн хүчтэй баруун гарын цохилт Захабиг хүнд байдалд оруулж, улмаар дахин нэг оновчтой цохилтын дараа шүүгч Жейсон Херцог 4:02 минутад тулааныг зогсоосноор ялагчийг тодруулсан юм.
Ялалтынхаа дараа О’Мэлли өөрийн төлөвлөсөн зүйлээ бодит болгож чадсандаа сэтгэл хангалуун байгаагаа илэрхийлж, дараагийн тулаанаа Петр Янтай хийхийг хүсэж буйгаа зарлав. Тэрээр өмнө нь Петр Янтай тулалдаж байсан туршлагатай бөгөөд хэрэв оросын тулаанч Мераб Двалишвилитэй хийх даага авах тулаанд ялбал аваргын бүсний төлөөх өрсөлдөөнд эргэн ирэх боломжтой юм.
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WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 14: Sean O’Malley reacts to his win over Aiemann Zahabi of Canada in a bantamweight fight during the UFC Freedom 250 event on the South Lawn at the White House on June 14, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)
Sean O’Malley promised he would finish Aiemann Zahabi and he came through with a picture perfect walkoff knockout at UFC White House on Sunday.
It was a vintage performance from O’Malley as he chipped away at the Canadian throughout the opening round before he came forward with a straight right hand that dropped Zahabi momentarily. Back on his feet, Zahabi then ate a crushing right hand from O’Malley that sent him back to the canvas again and that was enough for referee Jason Herzog to stop the fight at 4:02 in the second round.
As soon as he landed the right hand, O’Malley turned to the troops in the stand and gave a salute to celebrate his highlight reel knockout.
“It’s hard to put into words,” O’Malley said about his performance. “Manifestation is a real thing. I’ve seen this before. That was the plan. I said it, it’s out there. That was sexy. Petr Yan! It should have been here tonight. That’s what I want next. I want Petr next.”
O’Malley was aggressive from the start, marching forward and keeping Zahabi on his back foot. Using his reach advantage, O’Malley was throwing a long jab but then attacking with a big right hand to keep Zahabi guessing.
Zahabi did a good job circling away and trying to chop away at O’Malley with a slick inside leg kick. When Zahabi did try moving forward, O’Malley was playing counter fighter and he was repeatedly connecting with stiff punches.
At the start of the second round, O’Malley clipped Zahabi with a good double jab and then a hard right hand that also landed clean. Zahabi could only answer back with more inside leg kicks but he wasn’t doing much else to produce any offense.
Late in the round, O’Malley finally found the opening he wanted after he blasted Zahabi with a straight left hand that rattled him and put him down on the canvas. O’Malley followed that with a right hand that sent Zahabi crashing down again and that was the end of the fight.
With a win over current UFC bantamweight champion Petr Yan in the past, O’Malley remains a top contender in the division and he might just find himself in another title fight if the Russian can beat Merab Dvalishvili again with that rematch expected to happen later this year.
