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UFC Fighters React to Merab Dvalishvili’s Upset Win Over Sean O’Malley

BAD MMA News — Sun, 15 Sep 2024 06:27:38 +0000

The fight between Sean O’Malley and Merab Dvalishvili started off weird when just a few seconds into the fight he started yelling at Tim Welch in O’Malley’s corner. Herb Dean stopped the fight to admonish Dvalishvili and Welch. As predicted, Dvalishvili uses his takedowns to win much of the exchanges. In round two O’Malley is admonished for grabbing the glove of Dvalishvili

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Sean O’Malley: ‘Merab at The Sphere is not targeted’

BAD MMA News — Mon, 06 May 2024 16:08:06 +0000

Top bantamweight contender Merab Dvalishvili recently stated that he’ll be getting his title shot against champion Sean O’Malley at UFC 306 at The Sphere in Las Vegas on Sept. 14.

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Sean O’Malley: ‘Merab Dvalishvili is next’

BAD MMA News — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 18:32:52 +0000

Bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley defended his title for the first time at UFC 299 on March 9, defeating Marlon “Chito” Vera in a one-sided unanimous decision. With the win, O’Malley avenged the only loss on his record. Vera defeated O’Malley in the first meeting at UFC 252 in August 2020. Following the March 9 win, O’Malley called out newly crowned featherweight titleholder Ilia Topuria . UFC CEO Dana White put the kibosh on any talk of O’Malley and Topuria fighting any time soon. Instead, O’Malley will face top bantamweight contender Merab Dvalishvili in his next title defense.

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UFC 299 highlights video: Sean O’Malley vs Marlon Vera

BAD MMA News — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 20:51:31 +0000

Watch the UFC 299 highlights video and recap from Saturday’s UFC 299 main event between Sean O’Malley vs Marlon Vera. UFC 299 took place on Saturday, March 9th, at Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida.

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Sean O’Malley responds to ‘stupid’ and ‘delusional’ Ryan Garcia UFC call out

BAD MMA News — Tue, 27 Feb 2024 17:12:15 +0000

You don’t see many boxers make the leap from the ring to the cage. It’s been done, but not in a long time. James Toney made the jump back in 2010 and was easily finished by Randy Couture . But then again, there’s Holly Holm . In recent years, the temptation of big paydays have lured mixed martial artists to the boxing ring, but it’s been a one-way street. Jake Paul is training to make his Professional Fighters League debut and Ryan Garcia called out bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley for an MMA bout in the UFC.

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Sean O’Malley stops using Instagram and Twitter ahead of UFC 299

BAD MMA News — Tue, 16 Jan 2024 17:18:56 +0000

Bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley is taking his UFC 299 training camp with more focus that past training camps. ”Sugar” puts his title on the line in a rematch against Marlon Vera in the UFC 299 main event on March 9. Vera handed O’Malley his first and only career loss when the two first fought at UFC 252 in August 2020. It’s a loss O’Malley clearly wants back. He called out Vera in his post-fight interview after defeating Aljamain Sterling to win the title

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Sean O’Malley already in UFC 299 training camp and feeling ‘disciplined’

BAD MMA News — Tue, 26 Dec 2023 23:08:43 +0000

Bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley (17-1, 1 NC) is feeling good in training camp. ”Sugar” is already in training camp for his UFC 299 rematch with Marlon “Chito” Vera on March 9. The two first fought back in August 2020 at UFC 252 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Vera handed O’Malley his only career loss, finishing “Sugar” late in the first round via elbows and punches after O’Malley suffered a foot injury. O’Malley didn’t initially acknowledge the loss and would call himself undefeated

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Sean O’Malley thought Tyson Fury won

BAD MMA News — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 14:45:59 +0000

UFC bantamweight Champion Sean O’Malley is one of the few UFC fighters, current and former, that thinks Tyson Fury beat Francis Ngannou this past Saturday. O’Malley, like everyone in combat sports, watched the boxing match and felt like Fury ‘outboxed’ the former UFC heavyweight champion. “Francis dropped Tyson Fury. I, personally, I was kind of going to Tyson the whole time just because, I don’t know, I like to watch the show

Merab Dvalishvili slams Sean O’Malley after refusing to fight Alexander Volkanovski

BAD MMA News — Wed, 20 Sep 2023 17:02:23 +0000

Merab Dvalishvili wants to fight Sean O’Malley but O’Malley wants to fight Marlon Vera instead. And now O’Malley has admitted he’d like to fight for the 145-pound title, but only if Alexander Volkanovski is no longer champion. “I would love to [move up] when Alexander Volkanovski is not the champ,” O’Malley told ThatWasEpic . “That motherf***** is pound-for-pound best in the world right now.

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Sean O’Malley says he lost ‘Chito’ Vera bout on purpose to set up huge rematch

BAD MMA News — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 03:42:15 +0000

Sean O’Malley claims he lost the only fight of his professional mixed martial arts (MMA) career on purpose. O’Malley only has one blemish on his MMA record . That being a first-round TKO loss to Marlon Vera in 2020

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