UFC 292, headlined by the bout between Aljamain Sterling vs. Sean O’Malley airs live on Saturday, August 19, 2023 (8/19/23) at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts.
Here’s a recent AP story on the Sterling vs. O’Malley fight:On Thursday, they traded verbal shots at a news conference ahead of their main event match for UFC 292, with Sterling’s bantamweight title on the line.
O’Malley, of Glendale, Arizona, received a more favorable reaction from the crowd in Boston, while Sterling, of Uniondale, New York, played the heavy. The 28-year-old O’Malley is 16-1. He was the winner of the first season of Dana White’s Contender Series in 2017. His last fight was a split decision victory against Yan in October 2022. His only loss came against Marlon Vera by TKO in August of 2020.“I’m always going for the knockout,” O’Malley said. “I can win in multiple ways.”
“Amanda is a very strong fighter, a very good fighter,” Zhang said through an interpreter. “But I will be like water. Bruce Lee said ‘Be like water.’”The 34-year-old Zhang is 23-3 and making the first defense of the title she regained in late 2022, with a submission victory against Carla Espaeza. She lost the title the first time against Rose Namajunas in April 2021. She had won it against Jessica Andrade in late summer 2019.Lemos is 13-2-1.
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