YouTuber turned MMA fighter Sean O’Malley fought to defend his title for the second time at UFC 306, but he lost.
“Suga” faced Merab Dvalishvili but lost after a five-round match. His nemesis and long-time rival, Henry Cejudo, was quite pleased with this result. He spoke about the fighter’s performance and remarked that the fighter looked “flat” during the fight.
“What can I say? I predicted these things,” Cejudo said on his Pound 4 Pound podcast. “Sean is not accustomed to going five rounds, and he is not accustomed to people on his legs. I just felt like – I still go back and say, hey, that fight with Aljamain Sterling was a fluke too.
Henry Cejudo also slammed O’Malley by calling his win against Aljamain Sterling a “fluke” and challenging O’Malley to face him.
“Aljamain was still in that fight, and people thought I was just hating. No, I’ve been in there with Merab. I did a whole lot better than Sean did when I fought Merab. I mean, I took down Merab. Merab is lucky that I had that groin injury… And I still plan on running it back.
“Either way, Sean O’Meth-ly got his ass kicked for five rounds and I can’t wait to get him next!”
Cejudo believes O’Malley has always been given favorable matches. The fighters have a long history of online back-and-forth, and Cejudo hopes they finally get a chance to battle it out in the cage.
“I personally would love to fight him,” Cejudo said. “I think with all the trolling that we have done to each other — we both live in the same damn city — but I just don’t think that he’s going to want to fight me. Particularly right after this performance that Merab did to him.
“Like I said, Merab was lucky that I was hurt in that fight. I had no conditioning due to not being able to wrestle because of a torn groin. But I took my chances because I wanted to fight him, I wanted to fight at the Sphere, I wanted to beat him up in front of everybody. But that’s not the case.
“So I think moving forward, if Sean O’Malley is willing and wants to fight this troll who’s the true king of Arizona, well then here I am. But if not, I’m making my way back down to 125 pounds, because I’m not going to waste my time.”
Despite his eagerness to face O’Malley, the olympian will have to wait a while, as O’Malley revealed after his loss that he would be taking a year of hiatus from the octagon.
