Despite initially offering prior opponent, Marlon Vera a championship rematch before the end of the year, newly-minted division gold holder, Sean O’Malley has warned the Ecuadorian that he may eventually end up picking a championship defense against long-time rival and former duel-weight gold holder, Henry Cejudo instead.
O’Malley, the newly-crowned undisputed bantamweight champion, most recently headlined UFC 292 over the course of the weekend in Boston, Massachusetts, defeating incumbent gold holder, Aljamain Sterling with a shocking second round TKO win at the TD Garden.
And in the immediate aftermath of his victory, the Montana native and Dana White’s Contender Series product, suggested a title rematch with Vera at UFC 296 in December, with the latter returning to the winner’s enclosure in a main card opener against another common-opponent, Pedro Munhoz.