Within the UFC 306 principal occasion final fall in Las Vegas, Sean O’Malley lasted 5 rounds in opposition to Merab Dvalishvili after smoking weed and doom scrolling on Instagram. “Suga” gave up each vices for his Dvalishvili rematch at UFC 316 on June 7 in Newark and received submitted within the second stanza.
Perhaps he ought to have stored weed and give up Tim Welch.
“I didn’t really feel prefer it was going to go like that,” O’Malley stated after the combat. “Sadly, it did. Merab is a motherf***er. I really feel tremendous, tremendous grateful that I get to do that. I’m excited to go residence and spend a while with [my family].”
The 30 year-old O’Malley (18-3, 1 NC) didn’t recapture his bantamweight belt and can probably stay out of the title image for so long as Dvalishvili is carrying the crown. The red-hot “Machine” is predicted to maneuver ahead together with his Cory Sandhagen title protection in some unspecified time in the future later this 12 months.
“That is what occurs whenever you’re handed stuff you didn’t earn,” former UFC bantamweight champion, Petr Yan, instructed O’Malley on Twitter. “Again in line, buddy.”
Followers have been equally cruel:
Sean O’Malley: “I gave up all vices to enhance as a fighter and take my championship again!”
What Merab did to him in any case: pic.twitter.com/UMqmdTWqdo
— Tyler Beauchesne (@SensfleckTy) June 8, 2025
Brutal.
There are nonetheless some enjoyable fights for O’Malley at 135 kilos, together with a Yan rematch from their controversial cut up resolution at UFC 280 again in late 2022. Tune Yadong and Deiveson Figueiredo may additionally function enjoyable (and ranked) opponents, relying on what matchmakers take note of for “Suga” shifting ahead.
It’s simply too unhealthy Jose Aldo and Dominick Cruz didn’t stick round.
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