Despite being outmuscled at UFC 306 on the biggest stage of his career, ‘Suga’ Sean O’Malley believes that the judges robbed him! While he was quick to accept his defeat against Merab Dvalishvili on the day, admitting that his performance was dull, and bland, the Montana native seems to have had a change of heart as some time has passed.
In a recent video on his YouTube channel, the champion was seen re-watching the fight with his crew after which he admittedly texted UFC commentator Joe Rogan asking for his honest opinion.
“I messaged Joe Rogan, I said, ‘Joe, brother please re-watch that fight and tell me your honest opinion.’ I’m telling you guys, you can’t have Merab as the champion. He’s boring as f**k!”
Furthermore, while he admits that he got whooped in a couple of rounds by the Georgian, O’Malley still dwells under the impression that he had done enough to win the fight.
With the American is still salty about his title loss, Merab’s coach and former UFC lightweight champion, Matt Serra has blasted O’Malley’s coach Tim Welch for his corner work.
Serra calls out Welch for not doing his job
UFC Hall of Famer, Matt Serra doesn’t think that O’Malley’s corner took the right approach at UFC Noche. O’Malley was simply out grappled to a unanimous decision loss by Merab Dvalishvili during last Saturday’s title-fight headliner at The Sphere in Las Vegas.
Reflecting on it, Serra went ballistic against Welch who according to the veteran failed to light a fire in his fighter’s belly. In fact, before the fifth, O’Malley was clearly down on the scorecards and desperately needed a stoppage to retain his belt but his corner showed absolutely no sense of urgency whatsoever.
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During a segment on UFC Unfiltered, Serra pointed out,
“This fight exposed him as a coach because when your guy is winning and knocking people out, sure, you look like a f*cking hero. When your fighter is obviously losing the fight and he starts losing rounds, Tim Welch was, like, not wanting to hurt his feelings.”
Furthermore, Serra went on to say that Welch’s corner work was “sh*t” and alleged that he had no idea how to handle his fighter. Now, whether or not there’s some truth to that is another matter all together.
The fact is that Serra is a world champion, a UFC hall of famer, so his words hold a lot of stock around these parts.
