Sean O’Malley is understood for his preventing and, at occasions, controversial feedback. His newest take is bound to attract lots of consideration.
The previous UFC bantamweight champion, who misplaced his title to Merab Dvalishvili at UFC 306, beforehand made no excuses and owned as much as getting beat. However now that O’Malley has rewatched the combat greater than per week later, he’s satisfied he ought to’ve been awarded the win – opposite to what many have expressed, together with the judges scoring the bout.
“The narrative round this f*cking combat is that I obtained my ass whooped,” O’Malley mentioned on his YouTube channel final week. “I’m going to ask the UFC if they may please submit that combat on YouTube. I received the primary, third and fifth spherical. I problem all you little dorks that suppose I obtained my ass kicked to rewatch that combat. I do know it’s laborious to be non-biased, however rewatch that combat, flip the commentary off and inform me I didn’t win that combat. I received the primary, third, and fifth. Oh, I’m f*cking fired up proper now. I’m the champ, I received, go rewatch that combat.”
O’Malley (18-2 MMA, 10-2 UFC) rewatched the combat with coach Tim Welch and his buddies, who all agreed in the best way he scored the combat for himself. O’Malley was criticized for this, with many claiming he simply had “sure males” round him.
In a subsequent video on Monday, O’Malley stayed agency on his stance.
“It’s humorous. Persons are saying, ‘You simply have a bunch of sure males round,’ however for those who watch Rounds 1, 3, 5 intently, no commentating, I’m not going to speak about it an excessive amount of, simply go watch 1, 3, 5,” O’Malley mentioned. “Rounds 2, 4 I misplaced, no debate. I one hundred pc misplaced these two rounds however not 1, 3, 5.”
O’Malley is about to have hip surgical procedure on Oct. 3 to deal with an damage he sustained throughout camp for his title protection in opposition to Dvalishvili (18-4 MMA, 11-2 UFC). He expects to be out of motion anyplace from six months to a 12 months.
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