Sean O’Malley has an enormous problem forward of him in Merab Dvalishvili, who he fights in the primary occasion of UFC 306 on the Sphere. After that, the subsequent title challenger appears to be like like Umar Nurmagomedov, who simply beat Cory Sandhagen in Abu Dhabi.
And after that … Conor McGregor?
O’Malley has been throwing pot photographs at McGregor over the previous few months after “The Infamous” introduced up a failed drug check for Ostarine again in 2019. In a brand new interview with Submission Radio, Sean’s coach Tim Welch mentioned how unusual it’s to see “Suga” feud with Mac.
“I imply, we nonetheless respect him,” he mentioned. “However actually, Sean was his primary fan. Earlier than going to the sector, we placed on Conor highlights as a result of he’s been in so many excessive stress moments. He’s good at staying calm. He’s good at staying current. He’s an excellent finisher.”
“So yeah, I’ve obtained respect for him, nevertheless it’s positively slightly bizarre. It’s a little bizarre.”
Even with O’Malley at bantamweight and McGregor at welterweight, Welch sees a combat being made at light-weight.
“The one means it’d be potential is that if they fought at 155 kilos,” he mentioned. “And I imply, that’s a scary combat. Conor’s enormous and he’s explosive and he’s fast and he’s obtained good response time. However proper now Sean is in his prime. His confidence is so excessive. He switches stances. His combat IQ is so excessive.”
“So to say that’s a there’s no means we’d win? That combat is silly. There’s positively methods we may win it, win that combat. However clearly it’s a harmful combat. He’s enormous.”
First McGregor should make it again into the cage and maintain Michael Chandler, who’s been ready round for 2 years for his pink panty night time. O’Malley has Merab in September, then Nurmagomedov.
Might the celebs align to make a combat occur? It’s clear that “Suga” desires it, and stranger issues have occurred while you’re coping with the most important names within the sport.