Chael Sonnen brought up the top contenders at bantamweight on his show “Bad Guy Inc” where he talked about two of the biggest winners of UFC 250, Sean O’Malley and Cody Garbrandt. In the post fight interview, Suga Sean O’Malley talked about potentially matching up with Garbrandt. The eccentric Chael Sonnen went on to discuss […]
In the post fight interview, Suga Sean O’Malley talked about potentially matching up with Garbrandt. The eccentric Chael Sonnen went on to discuss this bout that will most likely take place one day.
“Did you guys see that Sean O’Malley called out Cody Garbrandt?” Sonnen said. “Now, I like that for a plethora of reasons – number one, Sean O’Malley is very on brand. As a matter of fact, he told Cody that he was getting better. He complimented Cody. When a younger guy compliments an older guy, in any walk of society, there’s something condescending about it, but guys, it’s a call out. It can’t all just be moonlight and canoes — there has to be a dig. That was one of the digs. He let Cody know.”
Sonnen went on to talk about the matchup, “I’d love to see that match, For many reasons, I’d love to see that match. I think that’s going to be possibly a hard one for O’Malley to get if you were to just go by the rankings. I’ve never bought into the idea fully, perhaps I should, that the winner of Aljo [Sterling] and Sandhagen would be the one to fight the winner of Aldo and Yan. The only reason I didn’t buy into it is because on that same card, you had the same weight class with Cody vs Assuncao — only that was two matches later! You don’t put your feature match earlier.” (Transcribed by BJPenn.com)
It seems likely that these 2 contenders will almost certainly square off in the octagon one day, but for their next fight? It doesn’t seem very likely, as O’Malley might need a fight or two before stepping up to fight a former champ. Or, you can make the fight while they are both red hot.
What do you think? Should the UFC make this fight next? How do you see this potential bout playing out?
Sean O’Malley is convinced that he’ll do battle with former UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt one day. O’Malley is coming off a sensational knockout victory. The same can be said for Garbrandt. Both 135-pounders were featured o…
Sean O’Malley is convinced that he’ll do battle with former UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt one day. O’Malley is coming off a sensational knockout victory. The same can be said for Garbrandt. Both 135-pounders were featured on the main card of UFC 250. O’Malley knocked out Eddie Wineland with one punch, while Garbrandt found the […]
ESPN and Bellator analyst Chael Sonnen, who is also a former UFC title contender, wants to see Cody Garbrandt vs. Sean O’Malley. Garbandt and O’Malley were featured on the UFC 250 main card. The two competed in separate bouts. Garbrandt too…
ESPN and Bellator analyst Chael Sonnen, who is also a former UFC title contender, wants to see Cody Garbrandt vs. Sean O’Malley. Garbandt and O’Malley were featured on the UFC 250 main card. The two competed in separate bouts. Garbrandt took on Raphael Assuncao, while O’Malley shared the Octagon with Eddie Wineland. Both “No Love” […]
Sean O’Malley has revealed he is interested in fighting Marlon Vera but claims it will be the UFC who ultimately decide who he’ll face next. O’Malley scored a highlight-reel, walk away knockout over former title challenger Eddie Wineland at UFC 250 this past weekend. ‘Suga’ was supposed to face his toughest test to date in […]
Sean O’Malley has revealed he is interested in fighting Marlon Vera but claims it will be the UFC who ultimately decide who he’ll face next. O’Malley scored a highlight-reel, walk away knockout over former title challenger Eddie Wineland at UFC 250 this past weekend. ‘Suga’ was supposed to face his toughest test to date in the fight but eased by Wineland and propelled himself into the bantamweight rankings
Speaking to BJPENN.com O’Malley revealed he is open to fighting Marlon Vera next, but the decision will ultimately lay with the UFC, 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.”
O’Malley went on to explain that the only bantamweight he isn’t interested in fighting is Urijah Faber who seems to have been something of an idol to ‘Suga’ growing up, he said.
“I just don’t think I’d ever want to fight Urijah Faber. He was the first person I ever saw on TV. I just remember watching “The California Kid” and I’ve met him a couple of times. He’s a cool motherf*cker and I don’t have any interest in fighting Urijah. Cody (Garbradnt), yeah that is a fight I’d take. He’s a former champ and he won’t try and lay on me, instead, he will strike with me. But, it’s a lose-lose fight for him.”
Garbradnt also picked up an empathic knockout win at UFC 250 and has been going back and forth with O’Malley over which knockout was better.
“Mine was way better. Way vicious, you know,” Garbrandt told TMZ. “My dude couldn’t get up. Stylistically, Assuncao is leap years ahead of any adversary that “Sugar” has ever fought. There’s no comparison, there’s no characteristic like that.
Do you want to see Sean O’Malley face Marlon Vera or Cody Garbradnt next?
Following on from UFC 250 the official rankings have been updated and several fighters from the card made big jumps in their respective divisions. Sean O’Malley picked up a highlight reel, walk away knockout over Eddie Wineland to open up the main card. ‘Suga’ earned his first ranking in the UFC after the biggest win […]
Following on from UFC 250 the official rankings have been updated and several fighters from the card made big jumps in their respective divisions.
Sean O’Malley picked up a highlight reel, walk away knockout over Eddie Wineland to open up the main card. ‘Suga’ earned his first ranking in the UFC after the biggest win of his career – he is now sits at #15 at 135lbs.
Former UFC bantamweight champ Cody Garbrandt also scored an epic knockout victory over Raphael Assuncao in the co-main event at UFC 250 to snap his three-fight losing skid. The win was enough to move him back into the top five at bantamweight, up four spots from ninth.
Another big mover from UFC 250 was Alex Perez who shockingly stopped Jussier Formiga with leg kicks in round one. He moves five spots up the rankings and is currently tied for fourth with fellow contender Alexandre Pantoja.
Check Out The Updated UFC Rankings Below (via MMA Mania)
MEN’S POUND-FOR-POUND RANKINGS
1. Jon Jones 2. Khabib Nurmagomedov 3. Stipe Miocic 4. Israel Adesanya 5. Daniel Cormier 6. Kamaru Usman 7. Alexander Volkanovski 8. Conor McGregor 9. Max Holloway 10. Justin Gaethje 11. Dustin Poirier 12. Tony Ferguson 13. Robert Whittaker 14. Francis Ngannou 15. Dominick Reyes
FLYWEIGHT RANKINGS
Champion: VACANT
1. Deiveson Figueiredo 2. Joseph Benavidez 3. Brandon Moreno 4. (T) Alexandre Pantoja +1 4. (T) Alex Perez +5 6. Jussier Formiga -2 7. Askar Askarov -1 8. Kai Kara France -1 9. Rogerio Bontorin -1 10. Matt Schnell 11. Brandon Royval 12. Tim Elliott 13. Jordan Espinosa 14. Raulian Paiva 15. David Dvorak
1. Marlon Moraes 2. Aljamain Sterling 3. Petr Yan 4. Cory Sandhagen 5. Cody Garbrandt +4 6. Jose Aldo 7. Pedro Munhoz 8. Raphael Assuncao -3 9. Jimmie Rivera -1 10. Cody Stamann +2 11. Rob Font -1 12. Dominick Cruz -1 13. John Dodson 14. Song Yadong 15. Sean O’Malley *NR
FEATHERWEIGHT RANKINGS
Champion: ALEXANDER VOLKANOVSKI
1. Max Holloway 2. Brian Ortega 3. Zabit Magomedsharipov 4. Chan Sung Jung 5. Yair Rodriguez 6. Calvin Kattar 7. Frankie Edgar 8. Josh Emmett 9. Jeremy Stephens 10. Shane Burgos 11. Dan Ige 12. Arnold Allen 13. Jose Aldo 14. Ryan Hall 15. Sodiq Yosef
LIGHTWEIGHT RANKINGS
Champion: KHABIB NURMAGOMEDOV
1. Justin Gaethje 2. Tony Ferguson 3. Dustin Poirier 4. Conor McGregor 5. Dan Hooker 6. Paul Felder 7. Charles Oliveira 8. Kevin Lee 9. Al Iaquinta 10. Diego Ferreira 11. Gregor Gillespie 12. Donald Cerrone 13. Islam Makhachev 14. Beneil Dariush 15. Drew Dober
WELTERWEIGHT RANKINGS
Champion: KAMARU USMAN
1. Gilbert Burns 2. Colby Covington 3. Jorge Masvidal 4. Tyron Woodley 5. Leon Edwards 6. Stephen Thompson 7. Demian Maia 8. Michael Chiesa 9. Rafael dos Anjos 10. Nate Diaz 11. Geoff Neal 12. Robbie Lawler 13. Vicente Luque 14. Anthony Pettis 15. Neil Magny *NR
MIDDLEWEIGHT RANKINGS
Champion: ISRAEL ADESANYA
1. Robert Whittaker 2. Paulo Costa 3. Jared Cannonier 4. (T) Yoel Romero 4. (T) Darren Till 6. Jack Hermansson 7. Kelvin Gastelum 8. Derek Brunson 9. Edmen Shahbazyan 10. Uriah Hall 11. Omari Akhmedov +1 12. Brad Tavares -1 13. Ian Heinisch 14. Antonio Carlos Junior 15. Krzysztof Jotko
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT RANKINGS
Champion: JON JONES
1. Dominick Reyes 2. Thiago Santos 3. Jan Blachowicz 4. Corey Anderson 5. Glover Teixeira 6. Anthony Smith 7. Volkan Oezdemir 8. Alexander Gustafsson 9. Aleksandar Rakic 10. Nikita Krylov 11. Johnny Walker 12. Misha Cirkunov 13. Ryan Spann 14. Magomed Ankalaev 15. Mauricio Rua
HEAVYWEIGHT RANKINGS
Champion: STIPE MIOCIC
1. Daniel Cormier 2. Francis Ngannou 3. Curtis Blaydes 4. Derrick Lewis 5. Junior dos Santos 6. Jairzinho Rozenstruik 7. Alexander Volkov 8. Alistair Overeem 9. Walt Harris 10. Augusto Sakai 11. Aleksei Oleinik 12. Shamil Abdurakhimov 13. Sergei Pavlovich 14. Fabricio Werdum 15. Blagoy Ivanov
Sean O’Malley would like to share the Octagon with Marlon Vera next. O’Malley had quite the performance in his last outing. On June 6, O’Malley did battle with Eddie Wineland on the main card of UFC 250. The “Sugar” show p…
Sean O’Malley would like to share the Octagon with Marlon Vera next. O’Malley had quite the performance in his last outing. On June 6, O’Malley did battle with Eddie Wineland on the main card of UFC 250. The “Sugar” show put Wineland to sleep with a one-punch knockout. The performance was good enough to earn […]
Sean O’Malley has revealed he is interested in fighting Marlon Vera but claims it will be the UFC who ultimately decide who he’ll face next. O’Malley scored a highlight-reel, walk away knockout over former title challenger Eddie Wineland at UFC 250 this past weekend. ‘Suga’ was supposed to face his toughest test to date in […]
Following on from UFC 250 the official rankings have been updated and several fighters from the card made big jumps in their respective divisions. Sean O’Malley picked up a highlight reel, walk away knockout over Eddie Wineland to open up the main card. ‘Suga’ earned his first ranking in the UFC after the biggest win […]