Sean O’Malley was understandably dissatisfied along with his outcome at UFC 306.
After vowing to finish Merab Dvalishvili inside the primary spherical, O’Malley ended up shedding a unanimous determination, which price him the bantamweight title in his second tried protection. O’Malley struggled to take care of Dvalishvili’s relentless stress and takedowns earlier than he was in the end dethroned as champion.
Whereas he didn’t make an look on the post-fight press convention, O’Malley posted a short message on social media to deal with his loss.
“Over promised, beneath delivered,” O’Malley wrote on Twitter. “Sorry. Love you guys.”
Over promised beneath delivered. Sorry. Love you guys.
— Sean O’Malley (@SugaSeanMMA) September 15, 2024
Finest recognized for his sniper-like putting, O’Malley simply couldn’t put the set off a lot on Saturday with Dvalishvili always strolling him down after which scoring on a number of takedowns. The wrestling from Dvalishvili positively altered O’Malley’s means to make use of his kicks, though he did join with a nasty shot to the physique late within the fifth spherical.
Sadly for O’Malley it was too little, too late with Dvalishvili surviving the one severe harm he suffered within the battle earlier than he was topped the brand new UFC bantamweight champion.
It’s solely the second time O’Malley has tasted defeat in his profession, though he’ll possible say it’s the primary after an harm led to a floor and pound end when he fell to Marlon “Chito” Vera again in 2020.
Contemplating the way in which the battle towards Dvalishvili performed out, O’Malley posted a brief video on Instagram sporting a wrestling singlet as he showcased his sprawl to defend a takedown together with a caption that stated “again to work.”
As a result of he misplaced after predicting a knockout victory, O’Malley needed to know he was going to listen to it from his greatest critics, which included boxer Devin Haney.
“O’Malley b*tch ass misplaced,” Haney wrote on Twitter.
Whereas he in all probability wasn’t within the temper to listen to it, O’Malley nonetheless took time to fireside again at Haney with a reminder about what would occur in the event that they ever really fought.
“Nonetheless kill you,” O’Malley wrote in response.
O’Malley leaves Las Vegas with out his title however he stays one of many greatest stars on the UFC roster so it in all probability received’t take lengthy for him to get again into rivalry with one other win or two.
For now he’s going to regroup and work out the place all of it went incorrect after shedding on Saturday evening.
