Bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley places his title on the road for the primary time towards Marlon “Chito” Vera within the UFC 299 most important occasion on March 9. If O’Malley wins, and he predicts that he’ll, he needs to face featherweight titleholder Ilia Topuria on the Sphere on Mexican Independence Day.
Each males are newly topped champions with contenders awaiting of their divisions. Former two-division champion Daniel Cormier does not need to see them battle, or a minimum of not but.
“I can let you know what I do not need to see. I do not need to see him (Topuria) battle Sean O’Malley. I needn’t see these guys battle simply but as a result of neither of them have defended their championship,” Cormier stated on his YouTube channel.
“I do not know that we must always proceed to permit for these guys to get a belt and instantly depart the division,” Cormier continued. “That is what occurred with Islam [Makhachev] and [Alexander] Volkanovski… Islam hadn’t cleared out (the division). He has two title defenses, each towards Volk. He is a forty five pounder. He is by no means defended the belt towards a light-weight. However once more, that battle with Volk was a credit score to Volk for what he had accomplished as a result of he had type of cleared out his division.
“I get it in that occasion but when we’re speaking to Topuria and O’Malley, these are two guys that have not fought anybody in that division. So, I do not assume these guys ought to battle one another proper now. They have work to do.”
