Now you can add Sean O’Malley’s identify to the lengthy listing of fighters determined to get on the UFC’s White Home card.
From the second Dana White and Co. formally confirmed plans to run an occasion at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue subsequent 12 months, UFC stars far and vast have been chomping on the bit to get a spot on the history-making present. Conor McGregor, Jon Jones, and a slew of different UFC stars have already expressed curiosity in competing on the White Home.
Now, O’Malley is throwing his identify into the ring, suggesting that the nation’s capital can be a terrific setting for one of many bantamweight division’s greatest yet-to-be-booked bouts.
“Yeah, the White Home card,” O’Malley mentioned on his podcast. “If Cory [Sandhagen] goes on the market and wins — and I beat whoever is subsequent — that’s attention-grabbing. However regardless, I wish to combat within the subsequent 4 to 5 months or no matter. So, that I’ll even be prepared for that.
“UFC mentioned [the White House card] may very well be in June, Worldwide Battle Week or July,” O’Malley added. “So if I can get one in early subsequent 12 months or on the finish of the 12 months — one of many two, rely me in, I wish to be on that card. Dude, being on the Sphere card and the White Home card, these are legendary moments which might be as soon as in a lifetime f—king moments.”
O’Malley and Sandhagen have but to sq. off contained in the Octagon. If the ‘Sandman’ emerges victorious in his bantamweight title tilt in opposition to reigning champion Merab Dvalishvili at UFC 320 on October 4, the stage may very well be set for the 2 elite 135’ers to lastly collide on MMA’s greatest stage.
In fact, that solely works if O’Malley will get again into the win column following his back-to-back losses in opposition to Dvalishvili.
‘Sugar’ has not but booked a return date, although current rumors counsel {that a} conflict with fifth-ranked contender Music Yadong is within the works for late 2025 or early 2026. If O’Malley can ship one other highlight-reel end, he may very properly slink his method again into title rivalry—particularly if Sandhagen is the one holding the belt.
