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Cody Garbrandt, Sean O’Malley Go At It On Social Media

Garbrandt Sean O'MalleyCody Garbrandt and Sean O’Malley continue to build up a potential fight in the future. It all started with O’Malley recently mocking Garbrandt’s intentions of dropping down to the flyweight division to fight new champion Deiveson Figueiredo. Garbrandt was naturally not going to let that slide as he responded soon after. “Don’t worry kid I’ll […]

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Cody Garbrandt and Sean O’Malley continue to build up a potential fight in the future.

It all started with O’Malley recently mocking Garbrandt’s intentions of dropping down to the flyweight division to fight new champion Deiveson Figueiredo.

Garbrandt was naturally not going to let that slide as he responded soon after.

“Don’t worry kid I’ll be running both divisions by 2021 hopefully by that time you’ll fight someone in the top 15….”

The back-and-forth continued from thereon out.

“I hope you don’t get knocked out at strawweight because it won’t look as good when I knock you out. Good luck.”

“Hopefully you don’t have to get carried out of the cage like a b*tch again… good luck ??”

“Lolz my foot snapped champ.”

O’Malley ended things with one final message.

“You ain’t chasing greatness you are running from it.”

Garbrandt vs. O’Malley Rivalry Began After UFC 250

The rivalry between the pair started at UFC 250 in June following their impressive knockouts on the night that both received performance bonuses.

As both fighters debated as to whose knockout was better, it eventually led to trash talk between each other which has only continued since.

It will likely be a bit of time before we see them fight, but hopefully we do get to see it happen one day.

What do you make of Garbrandt and O’Malley’s online beef?

Sean O’Malley: I’m Clearly In Petr Yan’s Head

Sean O'MalleySean O’Malley thinks he is already in the mind of bantamweight champion Petr Yan despite the fact he has only just cracked the top 15 at 135lbs. O’Malley is quickly becoming one of the most talked-about fighters in MMA. The 25-year-old is riding high off back-to-back knockout wins in 2020. Add in his eccentric personality […]

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Sean O’Malley thinks he is already in the mind of bantamweight champion Petr Yan despite the fact he has only just cracked the top 15 at 135lbs.

O’Malley is quickly becoming one of the most talked-about fighters in MMA. The 25-year-old is riding high off back-to-back knockout wins in 2020. Add in his eccentric personality and love of trash talk and it appears the UFC has a star on their hands. That’s something ‘Suga’ realizes and he thinks the rest of the bantamweight division recognizes it too.

“I’m for sure easily the most talked about guy in the division,” O’Malley told MMA Fighting. “I’m talking a lot of smack about Petr [Yan], Cody, Henry [Cejudo], all these dudes, and they’re all replying. They all know that’s a realistic fight in the future. They’re not taking it as a joke. They know it’s serious business.

As for the newly crowned champion Yan, O’Malley suspects he spends much of his time thinking about a potential match-up between the pair.

“I’m clearly in Petr’s head, or Pete-R, whatever you want to call him. I’m clearly in his head. He’s thinking about me. I think he’s dreaming about me, waking up and asking someone to help him tweet something.”

O’Malley insists nothing is personal and will never become personal. He admires Conor McGregor for taking trash talk to the next level but is hoping to learn from the mistakes ‘Notorious’ made in the lead up to his fight with his bitter rival Khabib Nurmagomedov.

“Nothing’s personal,” he said. “These guys say anything, they can do anything, say anything – nothing’s going to be personal. I do look at the whole, even the social media tweets, as business. Short little people like Petr and Cody and Henry have short man syndrome, and they get angry at things and it’s personal.

“For me, it’s always going to be business. I think Conor [McGregor] was really good at that until the Khabib [Nurmagomedov] fight. I feel like that got too personal, and it played games with him. I definitely learned from that experience with Conor vs. Khabib, I can’t let it get personal. I learn from everyone always, especially guys like Chael [Sonnen], Conor, guys that know how to talk and sell fights.”

Do you agree with Sean O’Malley? Is he already in the mind of UFC bantamweight champion Petr Yan?

Sean O’Malley Says He’s ‘Clearly’ In Petr Yan’s Head: ‘He’s Dreaming About Me’

Sean O’Malley believes he is the most talked about bantamweight in the world. Ever since O’Malley got to the UFC, many fans and even the promotion knew he could be a star. But, he may already even bigger than some have expected. He is undef…

Sean O’Malley believes he is the most talked about bantamweight in the world. Ever since O’Malley got to the UFC, many fans and even the promotion knew he could be a star. But, he may already even bigger than some have expected. He is undefeated and at UFC 252 will take on Marlon Vera, but […]

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PHOTO | Sean O’Malley Trolls Marlon Vera With New Hairstyle

Sean O'MalleyRising bantamweight star Sean O’Malley has already started taking shots at his next opponent Marlon Vera. The pair are scheduled to face off at UFC 252 which will take place on August 15 in Las Vegas. O’Malley, who is known for his extravagant hairstyles has decided to switch it up once again. ‘Suga’ posted the […]

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Rising bantamweight star Sean O’Malley has already started taking shots at his next opponent Marlon Vera. The pair are scheduled to face off at UFC 252 which will take place on August 15 in Las Vegas.

O’Malley, who is known for his extravagant hairstyles has decided to switch it up once again. ‘Suga’ posted the below photo to his Instagram where he appears to have dyed his hair to the colours of the Ecuadorian flag – the country Vera is from. So far, ‘Chito’ is yet to react to the not so subtle troll attempt from his future opponent.

Vera is coming off a controversial loss to Song Yadong. The defeat snapped his five-fight winning run and meant he dropped out of the bantamweight rankings. O’Malley is the man who replaced Vera in the top after scoring a highlight-reel KO over former title challenger Eddie Wineland.

He’ll put his perfect 12-0 record and his bantamweight ranking on the line against Vera on the undercard of UFC 252 which will be headlined by a heavyweight title fight. Stipe Miocic will defend his belt against Daniel Cormier in a fight that sees the pair square off for the thirds and final time.

What do you make of Sean O’Malley changing his hair colour to troll Marlon Vera?

Sean O’Malley Plans To Score KO Win Over Marlon Vera At UFC 251

Sean O’Malley believe he will be able to showcase his skills against Marlon Vera. On Aug. 15, O’Malley will return to the Octagon. He’ll meet Marlon Vera on the UFC 252 card. Headlining that event will be a trilogy bout between heavyw…

Sean O’Malley believe he will be able to showcase his skills against Marlon Vera. On Aug. 15, O’Malley will return to the Octagon. He’ll meet Marlon Vera on the UFC 252 card. Headlining that event will be a trilogy bout between heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic and Daniel Cormier. Sean O’Malley Predicts Knockout Win Over Marlon […]

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Sean O’Malley Set To Face Marlon Vera At UFC 252

Sean O'MalleySean O’Malley has announced he will return to action against Marlon Vera at UFC 252 on August 15. Both fighters have gone on record to express their desire to fight each other and now it appears they have got their wish. O’Malley spoke about a potential fight with Vera in the aftermath of his highlight-reel […]

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Sean O’Malley has announced he will return to action against Marlon Vera at UFC 252 on August 15. Both fighters have gone on record to express their desire to fight each other and now it appears they have got their wish. O’Malley spoke about a potential fight with Vera in the aftermath of his highlight-reel knockout win against Eddie Wineland at UFC 250, he said.

“Marlon Vera is a fight I’d definitely be interested in doing after it was supposed to happen last year. I don’t know what will be next though, that’s up to Sean Shelby. He will come to me with a name and we will figure it out.”

‘Suga’ took to his YouTube channel earlier today to announce he had signed a contract to face ‘Chito’ at UFC 252, he said.

“The Suga Show is back, August 15 against ‘Chito’ Marlon Vera. It’s signed on my side. I don’t know if it’s signed on his side, but it’s happening. It’s going down.”

MMA Junkie has since confirmed the fight contract has also been signed by Vera, making this bantamweight bout official for August 15.

O’Malley has picked up back-to-back KO victories since returning from his two-year USADA imposed sit from the sport. He has climbed into the bantamweight rankings and currently sits #14 in the division.

Vera dropped out of the rankings after suffering a controversial loss to Song Yadong. The 27-year-old lost a unanimous decision the Team Alpha Male fighter on the undercard of Alistair Overeem vs. Walt Harris in May. Prior to that Vera was riding an impressive five-fight win streak.

UFC 252 – Announced Bouts

Stipe Miocic vs. Daniel Cormier

Junior Dos Santos vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik

Sean O’Malley vs. Marlon Vera

Livinha Souza vs. Ashley Yoder

Magomed Ankalaev vs. Ion Cutelaba

Felice Herrig vs. Virna Jandiroba

Rogerio Bontorin vs. Manel Kape

Zelim Imadaev vs. Laureano Staropoli