Jorge Masvidal questioned if Sean O’Malley’s split decision win at UFC 280 over Petr Yan was rigged in a new tweet. He wrote, “Judges in Abu Dhabi are f**king careers up.”
Man… Suga showed toughness and had a great fight but he didn’t win that fight.
— Chris Weidman (@chrisweidman) October 22, 2022
Great War 🤯
O'Malley definitely belongs to the elite of that division and he has a chin for it.
Yan is a beast man— Francis Ngannou (@francis_ngannou) October 22, 2022
What a fight. @SugaSeanMMA definitely one of the best in the division #UFC280
— KAMARU USMAN (@USMAN84kg) October 22, 2022
OhSoManyThoughts said on the UFC Reddit:
“Don’t listen to the fans. Sean wasn’t even smiling. If he truly believed he’d won against the #1 guy and possibly got a title match lined up, he’d be a lot happier. But nothing. Even Sean knows he lost.
He performed wayyy better than I think most people expected, and massive props to him. But he lost.”
SpulkitD wrote:
“Damage and blood trumps everything for judges. Sean won fair and square for’ just bleed’ judges.”
Notagingerman said:
“I dont think so. Sean had a huge edge in sig strikes at least, judges seem to favor that.
I also think Sean is big money for UFC. People like Sean, and they want him to rise up in rank. There will absolutely be a rematch between these two, but it definitely sucks for Yan right now.”
External_Chip_1045 posted:
“Ufc fixed or not but that feels like a great business decision to give him the win although for every good shot suga gave yan hit with 2 to match but harder of shots + control. Sugar was real nice with distance management and the shots he was able to get. Great fight nonetheless. They know yannwoll come back harder and now they can shove suga into the masses throats.”
