UFC 292: Sean O’Malley praised by Joe Rogan for ‘picture-perfect’ right hand in title win – ‘it was like Conor McGregor’
- UFC commentary team lauds new bantamweight champion after his stunning victory against Aljamain Sterling in Boston
- ‘These comparisons with Conor and Sean O’Malley will only grow and that’s a good thing for Sean,’ Daniel Cormier says
Joe Rogan praised Sean O’Malley for a “perfect” right hand that led to his sensational bantamweight title win at UFC 292 on Saturday night in Boston, while Daniel Cormier compared it to Conor McGregor’s famous knockout of Jose Aldo.
O’Malley stopped Aljamain Sterling just 51 seconds into the second round, swarming with hammer fists after catching his fellow American cold with an incredible shot.
The TD Garden erupted in cheers as “Sugar” ended Sterling’s nine-fight win streak in spectacular style.
“It’s a great stoppage but you want to give the champion a chance to recover but man, what a picture-perfect right hand by Sean O’Malley,” UFC commentator Rogan said on the pay-per-view broadcast.
“It was as pretty as any right hand that’s ever been thrown in the Octagon, look at this timing. That was so sensational, it was so perfect. Look how beautiful this is.
“This is the reason why you don’t load up, because these shots are available. It’s just the perfect right hand. A shot like that when you’re moving forward and your opponent catches you, it doubles the power. Boy, is he gonna be huge now.”
Rogan’s commentary partner Daniel Cormier, the former UFC light heavyweight and heavyweight champion, compared O’Malley’s shot to the famous left hand that Conor McGregor landed to knock out Jose Aldo and become featherweight champion in 2015.
