Sean O’Malley simply ran into a muchbetter fighter at last weekend’s UFC 306, according to previous champ Aljamain Sterling.
Sterling, the previous 135-pound champ who was dismissed by O’Malley last year, hasactually been a longtime goodfriend and training partner of the bantamweight department’s brand-new pacesetter Merab Dvalishvili who authored a five-round consentaneous choice to claim the world title.
Speaking lateron, UFC employer Dana White informed the media in Las Vegas that he felt that O’Malley looked ‘flat’ throughout the 25-minute affair throughout which he was mainly notable to uncork his sniping, long-range design of striking.
But goingover the battle on his YouTube channel, as keptinmind by MMA Junkie, Sterling disagreed with White’s evaluation of the bout.
“I understand individuals are attempting to state that O’Malley looked flat. I believe that’s the story that Dana was attempting to push,” Sterling stated. “If I’m being reasonable, if you appearance at his battles, his track record of all the guys he’s beaten, they were all punching bags for the most part. … I provide credit where due. He was well ready, however to s