{"id":40906,"date":"2026-10-06T03:13:37","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T03:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Sean-OMalley-says-hes-ducking-Payton-Talbott-for-Petr-Yan-203084"},"modified":"2026-10-06T03:13:37","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T03:13:37","slug":"sean-omalley-says-hes-ducking-payton-talbott-for-petr-yan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/sean-omalley-says-hes-ducking-payton-talbott-for-petr-yan\/","title":{"rendered":"Sean O’Malley says he’s ‘ducking’ Payton Talbott for Petr Yan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Sean
\nO’Malley<\/a> says a matchup against Payton
\nTalbott<\/a> hinges on the next
\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> bantamweight title bout.<\/p>\n

Talbott claims O\u2019Malley turned down a fight against him for
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\nUFC Freedom 250<\/a> in June. O\u2019Malley, who knocked out Aiemann
\nZahabi<\/a> at the White House event, says he was never offered a
\nfight against Talbott. \u201cSuga\u201d is open to the matchup, but a title
\nshot is the former champion’s top priority.<\/p>\n

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Sean O’Malley wants Petr Yan title rematch if Yan beats Merab
\nDvalishvili<\/h2>\n

Talbott (12-1) made quick work of Deiveson
\nFigueiredo<\/a> at UFC
\n332<\/a> on Saturday in Salt Lake City. He then called out O\u2019Malley
\nin his post-fight interview, with the UFC commentators strongly
\nsupporting the matchup during the broadcast.<\/p>\n

O\u2019Malley says fighting Talbott next depends on the upcoming
\nbantamweight title fight between Petr Yan<\/a> and
\nMerab
\nDvalishvili<\/a>. Dvalishvili challenges Yan for the title in a
\ntrilogy bout at
\nUFC 333<\/a> on Oct. 24 at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. If Yan loses,
\nO\u2019Malley is ready to fight Talbott next. If the Russian
\nsuccessfully defends his title, O\u2019Malley wants to challenge him in
\na rematch after edging Yan via split decision in their first
\nencounter in 2022.<\/p>\n

\u201cPetr goes out there and loses, let\u2019s squabble, me and Payton,\u201d
\nO\u2019Malley said on his YouTube channel. \u201cLet\u2019s make it happen. Petr
\ngoes out there and wins, I\u2019m ducking [Talbott]. I\u2019m ducking him for
\na tougher fight. I\u2019m ducking him for Petr Yan.\u201d<\/p>\n

O\u2019Malley then pointed to his record as evidence that he doesn\u2019t
\nduck anyone.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have fought four of the greatest bantamweights of all time –
\nPetr, Aljo, Merab, and I beat Merab once,\u201d O\u2019Malley added. \u201cSo, I
\nbeat three of the greatest bantamweights of all time. I ain\u2019t
\nducking.\u201d<\/p>\n