” I take a look at him and Im like, hes not that great. And I fu ** ing lost to him. Thats the most aggravating thing. Which humbled post was a f ** king joke, so everybody commenting silly sh * t, Im not humbled.”
UFC 252 marked the most prominent bout of the 25-year-old OMalleys career to date. “Sugar” was one of the most hyped fighters on the card, getting his own ESPN promo video, which highlighted his 12-0 start and numerous spectacular highlights he authored prior to his clash with Vera.
That may become part of the reason that Vera released into a psychological celebration while OMalley lay on the ground clutching at his leg. It was a response that OMalley did not value.
” Even in the back warming up, everything was best,” OMalley said. “Im in good shape, Im in f ** king great shape. Im breaking this motherf ** ker, hundred percent in my mind. Return there, doing our warmup, everythings going ideal. About five minutes before they stated, Alright, were gon na walk, I go, Hey (movement coach) Brandon (Harris), do you think you can f ** king loosen up my ankle brace, its f ** king tight. So hes sitting in the back, loosening up my ankle braces since they were so tight.
” The thing is we selected the date,” OMalley stated. “We selected the time. We both went out and after that it does not matter what the fu ** takes place. Whoever wins, however they win, wins. He won. It draws for me because Im like, I lost to somebody who I take a look at as not great.
At UFC 252 this past weekend, OMalleys unbeaten run came to an end when he suffered a leg injury during his co-main event bout with Marlon Vera that directly led to “Chito” putting OMalley on his back and ending up with ground-and-pound at the end of round one. Whether Veras attacks aimed at OMalleys legs are what triggered the injury is up for argument, however regardless, there is no longer a zero in OMalleys loss column.
” Its like, holy sh * t, everybodys freaking the f ** k out about that. Were not playing f ** king ping pong.
OMalley discussed the battle during the most current episode of The Timbo Sugar Show alongside coach Tim Welch and he provided some viewpoint for himself to assist proceed from the problem.
” Dude, I knock out Eddie Wineland, I peace,” OMalley said. “That was easy. He gets lucky and beats me and jumps up like he just f ** king won the lottery, that simply showed me what kind of a b * tch he was.”
OMalleys impaired movement would show to be his undoing as Vera went on to make a TKO success at the 4:40 mark of the opening round. There had actually currently been lots of public chatter in between the 2 bantamweight competitors, however it was exacerbated by Vera taking umbrage with the talk coming from Welch and OMalleys corner.
” Lets look at his profession in 5 years, lets look at my own,” OMalley stated. “Im going to be f ** king world champion, hes going to be a f ** king journeyman. Hes sluggish, but hes gritty, so hes going to be able to complete some individuals after they beat him up for a while.
Sean OMalley hated losing for the very first time in his professional battling career and he specifically hated being up to an opponent that he considers to be inferior.
” Lets look at his career in 5 years, lets look at mine,” OMalley said. “Im going to be f ** king world champion, hes going to be a f ** king journeyman.” Even in the back warming up, whatever was perfect,” OMalley stated.” Dude, I knock out Eddie Wineland, I peace,” OMalley said.” The thing is we chose the date,” OMalley stated.
Welch, for his part, safeguarded his part in perhaps riling up Vera.
The phase was set for OMalley to make another leap in notoriety and as far as he was concerned, everything felt right till the injury happened.
” We walked out, everything felt good. … If he cant strike me and he cant take me down, I didnt believe he d be able to take me down because he was so slow. I remember dragging my foot up versus the cage like, F ** k.” Even still, didnt feel in risk.”
OMalley and Welch agreed that they expect a rematch with “Chito” to happen at some time in the future, however for now 25-year-old possibility is simply accepting the bitter tablet of defeat, while also ensuring everyone that his self-confidence has not been decreased in the smallest.
” If you had a friend that was entering into a battle and you understood that simply perhaps if you stated something it could f ** k with the other persons head a bit. Possibly. Possibly not, possibly it would,” Welch said. “And you had the chance to state something, would you say it? When hes trying to f ** k the other person up and take half the cash, its a possibility that it could assist.
” I do not know if I was gon na get a finish in that preliminary. He was difficult and he was patient, which was fine, because thats simpler for me, he wasnt doing anything, he was standing there. It f ** king sucks.”
