Sean O’Malley tried to make a “silly little joke” by wearing a mask during his Yadong Song staredown.
The implication, made once before by Joanna Jedrzejczyk ahead of her Zhang Weili fight, is that Chinese people are responsible for the coronavirus. Not surprisingly, Song was not amused by the barb in preparation for their UFC 324 co-main event on Paramount+ this weekend in Las Vegas.
The winner of their UFC 324 showdown could find themselves at or near the top of the list of 135-pound title challengers. Then again, that all depends on what happens when Petr Yan defends his title in a five-round rubber match against former division champion, Merab Dvalishvili, later this year.
He should know by now that racial jokes never “really hit right.“
