Henry Cejudo is throwing loads of shade towards Sean O’Malley after UFC 306.
O’Malley (18-2 MMA, 10-2 UFC) misplaced his bantamweight title to Merab Dvalishvili (18-4 MMA, 11-2 UFC) by unanimous resolution in Saturday’s Noche UFC headliner at Sphere in Las Vegas. Cejudo picked Dvalishvili to win and gloated about his correct prediction. He additionally thinks O’Malley bought fortunate in his title-winning knockout of Aljamain Sterling at UFC 292.
“What can I say? I predicted these items,” Cejudo stated on his “Pound 4 Pound” podcast with Kamaru Usman. “Sean shouldn’t be accustomed to going 5 rounds, and he’s not accustomed to folks on his legs, and I simply felt like – I nonetheless return and say, ‘Hey, that struggle with Aljamain Sterling, that was a fluke too.’
“Aljamain was nonetheless in that struggle, and folks thought I used to be simply hating. No, I’ve been in there with Merab. I did an entire lot higher than Sean did after I fought Merab. I imply, I took down Merab. Like, Merab is fortunate that I had that groin damage.”
Cejudo was flabbergasted by two judges scoring the struggle 48-47 in favor of Dvalishvili. He doesn’t suppose O’Malley gained a single spherical.
“It’s a must to watch out, man. These judges must pay for what they do,” Cejudo stated. “The place is the accountability on a few of these guys? A few of these guys have been boxing judges for years. Generally I’m wondering what the hell they’re taking a look at, however on the similar factor Dana says ‘don’t go away it within the arms of the judges.’
“That scorecard is totally ridiculous, I don’t know what spherical Sean even gained. Perhaps the fifth? As a result of he hit him to the physique, however he did get taken down on the finish, and he did get beat up on backside. Perhaps give him that one, however apart from that, that was a 50-45 slaughtering. Discuss being managed.”
Cejudo plans to drop again all the way down to flyweight however reiterated that he’d stick round at bantamweight if O’Malley is keen to struggle him.
“I personally would like to struggle him,” Cejudo stated. “I feel with all of the trolling that we’ve got carried out to one another, we each reside in the identical metropolis, however I simply don’t suppose that he’s going to need to struggle me significantly proper after this efficiency that Merab did to him.
“Merab was fortunate that I used to be harm in that struggle. … Transferring ahead, if Sean O’Malley is keen and desires to struggle this troll who’s the true king of Arizona, effectively then right here I’m. But when not, I’m making my method again all the way down to 125 kilos as a result of I’m not going to waste my time.”
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