Newly minted bantamweight world champion Sean O’Malley believes he can educate Olympic gold medalist Henry Cejudo a factor or two about wrestling.
On August 19, ‘Sugar’ went from standout to celebrity with a perfectly-timed counter proper hand that despatched his opponent, Aljamain Sterling, crashing to the canvas in spectacular style within the second spherical of their UFC 292 title tilt.
Sean O’Malley’s spectacular win over the ‘Funk Grasp’ largely hinged upon his means to fend off Sterling’s relentless takedown makes an attempt. Showing on the Consider You Me podcast with former middleweight titleholder Michael Bisping, ‘Sugar’ advised that his pace and talent to hit a goal from lengthy distances make it extremely troublesome for wrestlers to implement their recreation plan towards him.
“Aljamain Sterling was not anticipating me to be as quick as I used to be,” O’Malley stated. “And it drives me loopy when individuals are like ‘Why didn’t he wrestle, why didn’t he attempt to wrestle?’ I’m standing about 42 ft away from you and nonetheless with the ability to hit you, and these guys can’t get in on me. It’s not as simple as making an attempt to seize my leg.”
Sean O’Malley now finds himself with an enormous goal on his again and virtually everyone seems to be aiming for the bullseye.
Decided to defend his title at UFC 296 in December, O’Malley has a plethora of potential title challengers. Certainly one of which incorporates former two-division titleholder Henry Cejudo. From the second ‘Sugar’ strapped on the gold, ‘Triple C’ has been concentrating on him with a sequence of verbal insults dripping together with his signature cringe type of trash-talk.
Talking a couple of potential conflict with Cejudo, Sean O’Malley advised that he might educate ‘Triple C’ a factor or two about wrestling after doing one thing Cejudo couldn’t towards Aljamain Sterling.
“[Sterling] couldn’t [wrestle more]. That was 100% his objective, it was no secret what our recreation plans have been. I executed mine higher. And even when he did get me up towards the fence I outwrestled him in a way. He couldn’t take me down. I’ll educate Henry no matter he desires to know. ‘Trigger he took Henry down 4 instances. There’s simply ranges to wrestling, and I’m above Henry – statistically talking – towards Aljamain” (h/t MMA Information).
