Sean O’Malley is able to get again inside the Octagon and is hoping to satisfy present UFC bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili in a title combat rematch someday in the course of this 12 months.
In case you forgot, O’Malley misplaced his title in a unanimous choice loss to Dvalishvili again at UFC 306 this previous September. It was solely O’Malley’s second profession loss and the primary since a TKO defeat by the hands of Marlon Vera again in 2020. O’Malley nonetheless believes he did sufficient to defend his title at UFC 306, however the judges and majority of UFC followers know he misplaced that combat.
O’Malley is planning for large issues in 2025. Only a few weeks in the past, the favored UFC fighter introduced that he plans to “detox” from social media in effort to focus solely on his UFC profession and being a father. The previous UFC champion can be coming off hip surgical procedure, however by the sounds of it O’Malley plans to return to the Octagon ahead of initially anticipated.
Earlier this week, O’Malley was in Japan for RIZIN’s stacked “Decade” card. O’Malley helped ring within the festivities and said that he had the very best journey of his life. Throughout his keep, “Suga” spoke with RIZIN TV and was requested about his return to the cage. O’Malley is hoping that Dvalishvili efficiently defends his UFC bantamweight title towards Umar Nurmagomedov on the upcoming UFC 311 card later this month so the 2 can run it again in Q2-Q3.
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“Ideally, Merab beats Umar and I get the rematch,” stated O’Malley. “But when Umar wins, it’ll be Umar. That’s what I would like subsequent is a title combat.
“Hopefully mid subsequent 12 months towards the winner of that one.”
