Aljamain Sterling doesn’t perceive why Sean O’Malley has turn out to be such an enormous star.
After being handily defeated by Merab Dvalishvili 9 months in the past at UFC 306, battle followers have been a little bit shocked to listen to the information that ‘Sugar’ would get an instantaneous rematch towards ‘The Machine’ this Saturday night time at UFC 316 contained in the Prudential Heart in Newark, New Jersey.
Contemplating how handily Dvalishvili defeated him the primary time round, many assumed that O’Malley must exit and win yet one more earlier than getting one other crack on the reigning 135-pound titleholder. Alas, that isn’t the case, with many assuming that O’Malley’s star energy is what landed him on this weekend’s headliner.
However not everyone seems to be satisfied that O’Malley is as huge a star because the promotion suggests.
Throughout a current interview with Residence of Combat, Sterling provided his trustworthy tackle O’Malley’s perplexing reputation, suggesting that whereas his combating type is thrilling, his persona is much from gripping.
“I don’t actually know his persona outdoors of when he’s asking me continually about my weight, or asking different fighters how a lot they weigh in individual,” Sterling mentioned. “That’s all the time been my interplay with him: ‘How a lot do you weigh proper now?’ So I don’t actually have a lot to go of off.
“I’ve all the time mentioned his persona was a little bit dry, for my part, and I didn’t actually perceive the stardom apart from his battle expertise. He’s an excellent fighter. He had numerous good knockouts and highlights. That’s often good while you’re combating not-so-good folks.”
Sterling doesn’t perceive the attraction of Sean O’Malley
Responding to the above publish on X, Sterling additional clarified his feedback about O’Malley.
Kinda sounds just like the ‘Funk Grasp’ remains to be feeling a little bit salty about getting brutally KO’d by O’Malley a few years again.
