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SeanO'Malley vs Song Yadong ufc 324
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00:31And now, this fight is three rounds in the UFC Phantom Weight Division.
00:40Introducing first, fighting out of the blue corner.
00:45A big martial artist holding a professional record.
00:4722 wins, eight losses, one draw, one no contest.
00:52He stands, five feet eight inches tall.
00:55Weighing in at 136 pounds.
00:59Fighting out of Halo GI China.
01:03Presenting the number five ranked UFC Phantom Weight Contender in the World.
01:11Song Yandong!
01:14And now, introducing his opponent, fighting out of the red corner.
01:25A big martial artist holding a professional record.
01:2818 wins, three losses, one no contest.
01:31He stands, five feet 11 inches tall.
01:34Weighing in at 135 and one half pounds.
01:38Fighting out of Peoria, Arizona.
01:42Presenting the former UFC Phantom Weight Champion.
01:48And the number three ranked UFC Phantom Weight Contender in the World.
01:54Sugar!
01:57Sean O'Malley!
02:02And when the action begins, our referee in charge, Herb Dean.
02:10Sean O'Malley has always maintained that consistency in his corner.
02:13Tim Welch, the head coach.
02:14Brandon Harris, Augusto Tanquino-Mendez.
02:18Repping the Red Hawk Academy.
02:19John Crouch and Benson Henderson's MMA Lab.
02:21Tonight, in his team alpha males, Song Yandong and his crosshairs.
02:33Here we go, three rounds if needed in the bandweight division.
02:36Early leg kick for Song Yandong.
02:38Off the touch.
02:39Rare to see somebody look so much bigger than Song Yandong at bantamweight.
03:02Yeah.
03:03In terms of the length.
03:05It's the height.
03:05You can see, like, O'Malley's, like, very skinny.
03:07Song Yandong's legs are huge.
03:12I love the story of how Song Yandong found Team Alpha Male.
03:15He said he just loved watching fights.
03:17He just learned of his team.
03:18Team Alpha Male with all these great young fighters.
03:20He sent an email.
03:22You think I can come and train there?
03:23Yoraya's like, wait, you?
03:24Right.
03:24Okay.
03:25He's like, who's going to coach me?
03:26Yoraya's like, I'll do it.
03:27He's like, you?
03:31I think the best video I saw all week was Song Yandong drinking a Coca-Cola Classic after the wave.
03:37He's looking at the bottle like, this is the greatest thing I've ever tasted in my life.
03:41He cuts a lot of weight, that's for sure.
03:43He's very thick at 135.
03:49Nice stick and move by O'Malley.
03:51Again, a nice entry with the left hand by O'Malley.
04:03He's got to do a lot of that, in and out.
04:05Do not stand there for the counters.
04:07Because Song is trying to take his head off.
04:10And as explosive as Song is, not necessarily complete a foot, beautiful spinning attack to the body by O'Malley.
04:21Well, it's just because he digs in, you know?
04:27He digs in with his toes and his heels when he throws shots.
04:32He's really grounded when he throws, whereas O'Malley, he will choose when to sit down on his punches.
04:38He will touch you a lot of times, just kind of popping and landing punches.
04:42But when he decides it's time to try to put you out, you can see when he sets his feet.
04:48Song is grounded almost every time he throws.
04:50Because almost every shot is thrown to try to knock you out.
04:54Nice job pointing the toes right to the body by O'Malley.
04:58Nice jab by Sean.
05:07O'Malley is biting on some of these Yadong fakes.
05:09I mean, Song is pretty explosive, man.
05:22When he goes in off that leg kick, he is fast.
05:35Under two minutes here to go in round one.
05:39There he is.
05:50Launching left hand partially lands for Song.
05:54Good right hand of the body by Sean and again with the front kick.
05:57That front kick was very effective in the Marab Wabish really fight.
06:00The first fight, particularly in the last round, he had Marab hurt.
06:04Song is really attacking those legs well.
06:11Trying to take away that movement.
06:19Sean switches his hands constantly in front of Song.
06:23Song is doing a really good job of cutting him off, though.
06:33You see that?
06:34See how he turns?
06:35Every time Sean tries to escape, he just takes a few steps off in the direction that he's going to kind of head him off.
06:41Make sure that he doesn't have an exit route.
06:43But once he gets to set this crosshairs, he's got to let his hands go.
06:50Another strong low kick by Song.
06:53Landed hard.
06:54Oh, beautiful.
06:54Oh, there's the takedown.
06:56Guillotine, Guillotine.
06:58You got to figure out how to build, though.
06:59He knows how to fit that.
07:01Yes.
07:01That's a very good point.
07:04That camp had some of the best Guillotines.
07:06I mean, Uriah favorite legendary for it.
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07:15And we kind of had a feeling that this was going to be part of Song's strategy, right?
07:28It needed to be.
07:30Yeah.
07:30Right?
07:30Especially after watching the Murak fights with her down.
07:41Hey, that's fucking beautiful.
07:43That's beautiful right there.
07:45Hey, he's way too stiff.
07:46You see him when he's going to go.
07:47A lot of times when you're feinting, he's ducking.
07:49He's trying to bait you into those counters, and you see it.
07:52Aim those twos a little bit lower.
07:53Because when you step in with those twos, he's ducking, and you're hitting his forehead.
07:57Aim him a little lower right at his chest.
07:59Okay?
08:01Don't square your feet up.
08:02Keep your distance.
08:03Flash those twos.
08:03Rip those teeth.
08:05Right here, you see Sean O'Malley with that beautiful spinning body kick there.
08:12Nice jab by the Sugar Show.
08:15That was a left hand from the southpaw stance.
08:20And right here, you see Sean O'Malley, you don't catch that kick.
08:23Running over to the far side.
08:24O'Malley takes a guillotine.
08:26Sean defends it.
08:28Finishes the round on top.
08:29Strong start for Sean O'Malley, who believes he did enough to win that first round.
08:42Two more rounds to go in this bantamweight title eliminator of sorts.
08:46O'Malley is a very hard low kick to the left leg.
09:00And Sean has switched him to southpaw.
09:02Sean O'Malley is a very hard low kick.
09:02Song's leg kicks are super powerful.
09:07Boy, he puts everything in there, too.
09:11And you've already seen the bruising on the legs of O'Malley.
09:15Oh!
09:16Oh, that right hand was hard.
09:18Partially blocked.
09:19O'Malley had his hands up, but it hit him on the forehead.
09:23O'Malley's got to be very careful about throwing that front kick.
09:26Song is countering that with that big right hand every time, though.
09:32Joey Rodriguez, boxing coach for Song Yidong Kong,
09:39for more feints to upset the defensive rhythm of O'Malley.
09:52Coach Dean Thomas, what do you have?
09:53You know, we talked about Song's explosiveness,
09:55but the speed at which O'Malley moves is impressive.
09:58He's like an elusive quarterback.
10:00He's hard to get a hold of.
10:01I think Song needs to shoot in for a takedown
10:04and on the way out, crack him.
10:07Crack him on the brakes.
10:08I think that's his best chance of getting his hands on O'Malley.
10:10Especially landing anything of substance, right?
10:12Dean, right now, he's able to throw things.
10:15They're getting blocked, but to get close enough to trap O'Malley,
10:19he's going to have to come into contact with him.
10:21Whether it's a clinch or a double leg, he's got to get close.
10:24Yeah, and I think he does that off of a takedown.
10:26He shot a takedown at the end of the first.
10:28I think if he shoots another one now, he can come up and come up swinging.
10:32Solid left hook by Song.
10:33Yes, he was.
10:34Pretty good start through.
10:40Two minutes of round two for the underdog.
10:46Another level change by Song.
10:47Oh, nice job running into the takedown here.
10:53Song's got to keep that pressure going forward, O'Malley.
10:55He's got to find a way to try to use the octagon side to get back to his feet.
11:00Now, right now, his right hand is pushing on the hips of Song.
11:03He should be attacking the lock of Songgy Dong.
11:07Don't worry about his hips.
11:08I think I'm worried about those knees.
11:10You've got to lock, get his hands unlocked if you want to get away from him.
11:15I think what's going on is his legs have already been punished.
11:18And he's not liking it.
11:21Right.
11:22Yeah, see?
11:24Keeps reaching back to try to stop that.
11:27I think that leg is already compromised.
11:29Yeah, Songgy Dong seems to, and it's all red too, yeah.
11:32But right here, you see how O'Malley's got his right arm inside a little bit?
11:36You've got to keep digging your elbow inside and attacking the lock.
11:40You can't attack the lock with your elbows flared.
11:43It won't make them unlock their hands.
11:46He is doing a good job of attacking that forearm, though,
11:48and we saw Pyotr Young do that very effectively.
11:51Oh, he did it again.
11:52He dropped the guillotine again.
11:55He's trying to set up a triangle.
11:57It's going to be very hard.
11:58Third takedown on four attempts for Songgy Dong.
12:04Let's see what he can do with it.
12:05Plenty of time with which to work here.
12:06Yeah, this time with more time for him to work.
12:11In and around where he's already scored very heavily.
12:16He's up.
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12:25Sean's legs are getting punished.
12:26Song landed another really hard low kick in that exchange.
12:31Sean just threw a crazy uppercut.
12:41You know, Dean and I were talking about what Song needs to do to land something of substance.
12:46O'Malley hasn't landed much of substance either.
12:48He hasn't been able to get his hands going as much as he normally does.
12:51No, he's landed a lot of kicks.
12:54But he hasn't been able to land his punches as much as where you used to see it.
12:57Right.
12:57I think it's because the power coming back is so significant.
13:02And it's also the punishing of the legs.
13:09O'Malley not moving quite as well nor as much here late round two.
13:13I mean, look at the bruising.
13:14Inside and out.
13:15You can't touch him in there.
13:2020 seconds.
13:24Good, good.
13:25You remember what's done?
13:28Hey, thank you.
13:30Well, strong response by Song Yudong in round two.
13:40Five minutes to decide it.
13:42They're yours next.
13:42That one got checked.
14:14I need fucking speed here, Shug.
14:18I need speed.
14:19Max Holloway style.
14:20Stomps, teeps, jabs.
14:23Be fast.
14:24Fast and long.
14:25Slow the breath down.
14:26Slow the breath down.
14:28Right here.
14:30Touch him and move.
14:31Touch him and move.
14:32This is our fight.
14:33Five minutes, your fucking best, buddy.
14:34Five minutes, your fucking best.
14:35All right, so Tim Welch looking for more out of his pupil as we arrive at this third and final round.
14:47A lot of scorecards likely 1-1, Joe, as we hit this final five minutes.
14:50Very likely.
14:50Very likely.
14:51I think it's 1-1.
14:53What a crucial 300 seconds for both of these athletes.
14:59So now he's trying to get back to the top of the perch.
15:02Song Yudong knows how critical this opportunity is for him.
15:06Change it.
15:06Change it.
15:07Your hand high.
15:08Take it.
15:08Change it.
15:09Step up.
15:11Close your heart.
15:12Close your heart.
15:13Leap.
15:15Drop.
15:16Свade for.
15:19Use your legs.
15:23Keep patient.
15:25Change it.
15:27Come up.
15:29Move.
15:30Take five.
15:31Up like this.
15:33Double right.
15:33O'Malley with a singular attack to the body and works on the jab.
15:40He ate a calf kick right there.
15:42See that already compromised left leg.
15:45You see him already look, think, and check.
15:48Every time he's locked down, level changes.
15:53Yeah, he's being forced to fight southpaw a lot.
16:01Another one.
16:03Saga's throwing a lot in his nice hand by Lincoln.
16:06Couple nice left hands in there for O'Malley.
16:09Nice left hand by O'Malley there.
16:11Those were his two best punches of the fight.
16:16Big reaction from O'Malley after the fake bye, Yadong.
16:20He's got to really pick up the pace in this round.
16:25Making a definitive one.
16:26Oh, nice left hand there.
16:27Beautiful straight left.
16:29But that's the thing, right, Joe?
16:31You talked about these fights.
16:33We talked about it earlier with Natalia Silva and Rose Namajunas where it's so close you don't know who wins.
16:38But then Natalia Silva goes out and fights such a dominant third round that I know the score's already in.
16:44But it doesn't reveal off whenever she gets the decision.
16:47Right.
16:48Right.
16:49Because it just looks like she was winning more convincingly at some point in this fight.
16:56Yadong starting to leak a little bit in that nose and mouth area.
17:00Under three minutes to go.
17:01Out of time to score here for two minutes around three.
17:17Oh, nice hat.
17:18Sung Yadong needs to get in his face and make it work.
17:32He can't let it be.
17:33Point, score, and fight.
17:34O'Malley's a little quicker than he is.
17:36He's longer.
17:37So if they're just kind of popping and touching at each other, O'Malley's gonna be ahead of him.
17:49Looks like perhaps Sung might go to the wrestling over the final two minutes.
17:52It looks like he's very intent on doing that.
17:56He's also seems to be abandoning the kicks in favor of trying to score a knockout with the punches.
18:02Oh.
18:03Nice right hand by Sean.
18:08Now, if you're Sung, you've got to be thinking clinch or wrestle.
18:20He's allowing Sean to stay in that orthodox position, though, because he hasn't been throwing that right low kick.
18:25But he was doing it early.
18:26He was blasting low kicks.
18:28Forcing O'Malley to fight in the southpaw.
18:34I mean, but Sean fights very well from both stances.
18:37He switches up no matter what.
18:40O'Malley fighting a pretty clean round three.
18:47Of course, many leg kicks that he's taking, he still is moving very well.
18:51But he is a champion.
18:52And he knows how to fight through all adversity.
19:00Less than a minute now to go.
19:01Nice one-two by Sean.
19:02Yeah, look at how much Sean Udon has busted up, though.
19:06You never would have imagined that he would be that bloody because it hadn't looked like Sean has landed that much on him.
19:13Oh, nice knee by Sean.
19:15Beautiful knee.
19:20This is championship-level Sean O'Malley right here.
19:26Rising to the occasion.
19:32Look at the blood all over Sean's knee from Song's face.
19:35Oh, nice left hand.
19:36Beautiful.
19:38Oh, right hand partially blocked.
19:41He's stumbling with that, though.
19:43Song's smiling.
19:45Might not be smiling when the scorecards are red.
19:47Final 10.
19:54Nice right hand by Sean.
19:56Oh, high kick.
19:57Great way to close it out for the former Bandaway champ.
20:02Sugar Sean O'Malley immediately went over to the executive table and said,
20:05that is my epic fight.
20:08Looked like he won that third round.
20:10The official decision on the co-main event.
20:13Coming up next.
20:14Stay with us.
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