Bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley headlines this weekend’s UFC 299 combat card in a rematch with Marlon “Chito” Vera. It is going to be O’Malley’s first title protection.
When the 2 first fought at UFC 252 in August 2020, Vera stopped O’Malley within the first spherical. It is O’Malley’s solely profession defeat. He’ll have the chance to avenge that loss, however former two-division champion Henry Cejudo does not assume he’ll.
“Sean O’Malley has come a great distance. What’s it that makes his placing actually good? It is his motion,” Cejudo stated on his YouTube channel. “He’ll carry all the pieces together with his feints. He does a extremely good job of juking and getting folks to pause and getting folks to freeze earlier than he truly assaults.”
“It has been tremendous spectacular what he is been in a position to do together with his motion and clearly his placing. His means to set traps. He’ll use the actions to get folks to comply with for him to finally begin going. So now he is utilizing his lateral motion to get folks to comply with to set the lure to finally cha-cha, do his pretend, his feint and finally go and catch you with one thing huge,” Cejudo continued.
Vera’s strengths, Cejudo puzzled if he may have success on the bottom with O’Malley. He is additionally already crushed O’Malley as soon as.
“He is aware of the way to press folks. He presses folks and the best way that he does it, he is locked in. He is loaded. He does not care when you hit him. He will just about take that distance and switch it right into a canine combat,” stated Cejudo.
“His floor recreation. 43 p.c of his wins come by way of submission. This dude is hard on his again. He is searching for submissions. He is tremendous energetic off of there,” Cejudo continued.
“He is the one particular person to defeat Sean O’Malley. He is achieved it earlier than. He is aware of what it is prefer to be in there with him. Has Sean actually modified or advanced that a lot? I’ll say this, if there’s one space this man may expose him is that rattling leg kick. And I feel he is aware of that. It’s going to at all times be there as a result of Sean has the very same stance. He is lots additional out now however he nonetheless has that leg.”
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Cejudo expects O’Malley have be harmful within the first couple of rounds. Understanding that Vera tends of beginning sluggish, Cejudo sees him getting higher because the combat goes on.
“Triple-C” predicted that the title bout won’t go the space. He additionally predicted that the belt will change palms.
“I am sorry Sean however I nonetheless do not assume you will get previous. I nonetheless assume you are a clown and… yeah, I misplaced. I will take it, however I feel you are about to lose,” Cejudo stated. “I imagine if Chito sticks to the sport plan, kicks your f**king leg. He runs you down for 5 rounds and simply stalks you and catches you wanting on the clock.”
“I do imagine that Chito Vera just isn’t solely going to beat Sean O’Malley however he is truly going cease him. I am going Chito Vera by way of stoppage possibly inside the fourth or fifth spherical,” Cejudo continued. “I feel for that cause it could possibly be a simple combat for the one and solely Marlon ‘Chito’ Vera.”
