Sean O'Malley's coach takes umbrage with Daniel Cormier 'pushing' Song Yadong title shot
Tim Welch was surprised to hear no mention of a Petr Yan vs. Sean O'Malley rematch after UFC 333. Yan (21-5 MMA, 13-4 UFC) outlasted Merab Dvalishvili (21-6 MMA, 14-4 UFC) to retain his bantamweight title in Saturday's co-main event at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. In attendance was Song Yadong, whom Daniel Cormier mentioned to Yan as a potential next challenger. But with O'Malley holding a win over Song (24-9-1 MMA, 13-4-1 UFC), who lost to Yan at UFC 299, Welch believes the O'Malley vs. Yan rematch is a no brainer – especially with O'Malley beating Yan at UFC 280 . "I'm curious. I was going to hopefully have DC on my show today or tomorrow and ask him what he thought about that," Welch said on "The Ariel Helwani Show." "Because if you look back this year, 'Suga' has his hand raised in a unanimous decision vs. Song Yadong, and then at UFC 299, Petr Yan has his hand raised against Song Yadong. So, I'm curious if someone was...