Following his UFC 306 loss to Merab Dvalishvili, former bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley revealed that he wanted hip surgical procedure. “Suga” will go underneath the knife on Oct. 3
“I’ve surgical procedure October third. I am enthusiastic about the entire (factor). I simply type of mentally accepted it,” O’Malley mentioned The Timbo Suga Present. “I simply mentally accepted, alright, we’ll undergo surgical procedure. Undergo restoration and simply get ‘er finished. I am truly actually f**king excited as a result of it has been bothering me.”
“I will take two, three months of full simply bodily remedy. Restoration like a f**king professional. Eat good. Sleep good,” O’Malley continued. “I am excited. (I am) 29. By the point I combat once more I will be 30. I believe 30 to 35 I will be in my prime. We have got lots of years left and massive fights.”
O’Malley can have the labrum in his hip repaired and might be out of motion for an prolonged time frame. He’ll be on crutches for 2 to 6 weeks adopted by bodily remedy. It may take as much as six months for O’Malley to completely recuperate.
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Anticipating the panorama of the division altering over the following yr, O’Malley is not occupied with opponents or his subsequent combat. He is centered on therapeutic.
“It is enjoyable to consider. ‘I may combat him. I may combat him.; Nevertheless it’s like, in a yr, 9 months, or no matter it’s after I come round to combat once more, who’s going to be related, who’s going to be in the best spot, who’s going to be champ, so it is pointless to assume who’s subsequent proper now,” O’Malley mentioned.
“I nearly do not even need to take into consideration that, or take into consideration combating. Simply actually deal with the household, deal with therapeutic, and simply get again. Get again higher than ever.”