Cody Garbrandt was completely happy to see Sean O’Malley upset Aljamain Sterling at UFC 292, however the former champion believes O’Malley could have a tough highway forward of him within the bantamweight division.
“No Love” was scheduled to struggle Mario Bautista on the principle card of UFC 292, however sadly he was compelled to withdraw from the matchup with an damage. Baustista ended up profitable a choice over late-replacement Da’Mon Blackshear, and within the evening’s predominant occasion O’Malley claimed the UFC’s bantamweight title by stopping Sterling within the second spherical.
A former bantamweight champion himself, Garbrandt spoke to Michael Bisping the week after the occasion and shared his ideas on O’Malley’s title-winning efficiency.
“I’m completely happy for ‘Sugar’ Sean to lastly get on the market and – he had quite a lot of hype, and he went on the market and he rose to the event and put away Aljamain,” Garbrandt mentioned. “Wanting on the struggle, I simply assume that Aljamain was simply too adamant on getting it to the bottom. He wasn’t very snug with the motion. I’ve the perfect footwork and motion in the entire bantamweight division, and I knew that was gonna be an issue.”
Cody Garbrandt Suggests Sean O’Malley “Has A Lot Of Holes And Weaknesses”
Garbrandt went on to say that Sterling largely performed into O’Malley’s palms at UFC 292, and “No Love” thinks that the newly-crowned champion could face some difficulties towards different opponents within the UFC’s stacked bantamweight division.
“[O’Malley’s] a counter striker, and [Sterling] lunged in, left himself open and you may’t try this with a counter striker. He is aware of what Aljamain’s recreation plan was, get him to the bottom and wrestle him. ‘Sugar’ Sean was like ‘I’m actually going to struggle tooth and nail to not get taken down.’ Aljamain made a relentless mistake that made him lose the title, however like I mentioned I’m completely happy for ‘Sugar’ Sean. I feel it’s nice he’s a champion in our division, I feel he has quite a lot of holes and weak spot which can be gonna be uncovered lots. However proper now, let him benefit from the championship and what he was in a position to do on Saturday evening.”
O’Malley was discussing potential title challengers even earlier than he gained the bantamweight belt at UFC 292, however Garbrandt is aware of all too properly how one unimaginable efficiency doesn’t essentially translate right into a prolonged championship reign.
The 32-year-old surprised Dominick Cruz at UFC 207 when he gained a dominant unanimous determination and have become bantamweight champion, nonetheless he proceeded to get knocked out in his subsequent three fights and has gone 2-5 total since his temporary time with the title.
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