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For Sure Umar Nurmagmedov is a truly great fighter I also want to see him in a title shot aswell but that is if O'Malley is still champion that time, but for sure I want to see Umar Nurmagomedov in that kind of spotlight getting the Belt against the Champion that will be a true highlight of a fight aswell but for now I think that O'Malley will be fighting Marlon Vera, or a rematched against Sterling,


You have heard it right Sean O'Malley wants to settle the score against Marlon Vera against his recent lost to him that Perenial Nerve lock of Marlon Vera that injured Sean O'Malley, because O'Malley keeps on saying that is not his lost but because of an injury only, Well Marlon Vera already explained that he is aware that back kick to the knee would cost O'Malley to stumble and locking his perinial Nerve Vera elaborately cost that injury on Sean O'Malley,


The recent form of the Korean Zombie right now is very different than with his past style for sure this is going to be a technical fight and will be a good one but Holloway will have a advantage with the boxing here and the Zombie needs something very different here if he wants to win this fight,

Yeap, you are crazy. Imho Holloway gonna take Korean Zombie to boxing school and give him some hard lessons. Max has only lost to a champ (3 times lol, but all the fights went full distance) and Poirier in peak form. I doubt that those 7cm reach advantage gonna play a big role, Zombie is not much of a knockout artist. Winning few rounds is also not likely, if the stupidly throw strikes, then Max is a strike spam machine.

Oh man I really like upcoming main event Max Holloway vs Korean Zombie, but this whole main card is a bomb!
Bookmakers made Holloway a huge favorite in this fight, but call me crazy for thinking that Korean Zombie can take advantage of his reach advantage and win few rounds or a whole fight.
Co-main event is interesting but I want to see how Giga Chikadze will react after losing last fight from Calvin Kattar.

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Yeah, that is true. Every people growing up in Dagestan has to fight. I don’t know if you have seen the interview of Khabib Nurmagomedov with Patrick Ben David in the MGM Arena. Khabib said it really well. He just directly said that as a man you cannot be weak. You have to be a fighter if you are a man in Dagestan.

So when every other kid is learning how to fight, you are not going to be the one to pussy out. It’s like even if you do not like fighting, you have to train and you are always in a competitive mindset with the others that you have to be better. And the next day you wake up and you are fighting a bear as a child. And one day you wake up as the number one Pound for Pound fighter with a 29-0 record. This also indicates that tradition is very important.

You guys are forgetting about Khabib's cousin, Umar Nurmagomedov.    He supposed to fight Corey Sandhagen but had to pull out due to injury, so Rob Font went in on short notice...  Had Umar Nurmagomedov fought Sandhagen, good chance he would've won and become one of the contenders for the title.  

Among the top guys, I think Vera is the easiest match up for O'Malley.  

Anyway, I almost forgot.  Here's the post fight press conference.

UFC 292:  Post Fight Press Conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvdBsHT10iA

It's always good to hear what the fighters have to say after an event.  Enjoy...

There is something not in water, but in the air Wrestling fluids.

Real answers are simple: first there is nothing much to do there, and this is kid of a cheap sport for locals. You need to buy special protection gear and have a special gym. Just shorts, t-shirt and you are ready. Second, it is less traumatically than boxing or when you get hit into head (even though it is not the most safe sport). It helps to develop body. Third, this is like a tradition. Like baseball for USA, cricket for India.


Maybe I have missed something about Sean, but when he became a champ, he told that he wants to "close" that case with Vera and have a rematch? Because I remember that was something with O'Malley leg. An injury. When Sean walked back. That cost him a fight. Or I am confusing something ?

In Dagestan, there is something in the water. Everyone that comes out from there is a fighter and everyone is really good at wrestling. This is absolutely undeniable. A lot of people do say that they do not like to see wrestling in MMA because wrestling feels a little boring at times. But I beg to differ.

Umar Nurmagomedov is definitely a great fighter. I think we will see a fight between him and Sean O’Malley sometime in the future. And that is a fight. I am really looking forward to see. Sean O’Malley getting submitted by a Dagestani is not unbelievable to think though.

Actually this is great about MMA than with Boxing if though the gloves is not that thick in the MMA the rules on Stoppage is to prevent a fighter from further damage even though sometimes it become an early stoppage the referee is there to keep the fighters safe, for sure so yeah Aljamain Sterling and most fighters are thankful for the Refs that doing their job properly, for sure that is the big difference on Boing and the MMA,

Well Sean O'Malley surely got an unfinished business against Marlon Vera, and he wants to settle the score once and for all because this is the lost that O'Malley didn't recognized back then he still thinks that Vera only won because he got injured which is likely not his fault that he gets injured, for sure because O'Malley is the champion now he surely have the right to pick his opponent next,


He admits what have happen for sure he also said that O'Malley get up there and showed that he is the champion, actually Sterling was really shocked on the performance of O'Malley setting up the hand setting up the fakes, misdirecting most of his strikes so Sterling can not read what he is after,


For me because he is not Champion he can get what he wants I think he can get Marlon Chito Vera 1st before anything else because that lost from him he can not accept it,

And even though I bet on Ian Machado Garry, I really don't like what he did to Neil Magny that kind of Disrespecting Neil Magny, for sure what Neil Magny was trying to say is he will disciplined Ian Garry just like how he discipline his sons, and whooping his ass inside the octagon, what I think Neil Magny is saying here, but for sure Iam McGregor Wannabe is making some different statement on what really Neil is saying, that is why I don't like Garry at all,

It is good that on top of bantamweight is a striker, because among top fighters of this division we have a guy who wears papakha on his homeland If Nurmagomedov was to face Sandhagen, and Sandhagen is one of the first contenders on a title fight. Then in 2-3 fights we might see O'Malley got submitted by another Dagestani I bet O'Malley gonna beat Dvalishvili/Sandhagen next, and revenge Vera.

In his post-fight interview, Sterling didn't really blame the referee. He said that he was not out and rolled over to defend himself, but he understood the decision. So there's no controversy here.
O'Malley ruled out a rematch even before the fight. His fight with Vera will be easy to hype but I somehow don't find it super-exciting. I'd rather see a rematch against Sterling or  have O'Malley fight Sandhagen tbh.

The bombs dropped on Sterling are just not bearable. His head bounced several times, he couldn't even stand to protest. When they see he didn't protect himself, they understood it's the end already. If the rules say we wait til a fighter is flat out, the majority of the fighters in UFC will not live long. Sterling be grateful to that referee or it would have been more slashes on his face and he might end up with a brain hemorrhage.

And Sean also just cut him out for a rematch by calling Vera who seems tobe his priority. After Vera that might just be the time we'll see who will be the next, Cejudo despite being old, will grab his phone to Dana.

I was really surprised by what have happen and I admit that I don't like O'Malley and I don't like him to win this match but surely he got pretty much good from his previous fights for sure and in this fight, he really made it too easy for sure and I really don't like that because O'Malley has stopped the takedowns of Aljamain Sterling in this fight that means all takedowns is now voided it was shocking that there is something that is not right in this fight as it looks like Aljomain Sterling is now giving Merab Dvalishvili an opportunity to beat Sean O'Malley because his friend doesn't want to fight him he is giving the fight to him, just my theory and as many said the fight looks to easy,


For me, it looks like an early stoppage but for sure it was a good one and the referees are just doing their job for sure, so it is a good stoppage in my opinion, this is the difference in boxing where the referee will save the fighter early if necessarily so no further damage or a serious concussion is prevented,

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Just right now, he almost is the face of social media because of this new accomplishment and this man really deserves some honor because he fought hard and won that fight against a worthy opponent. Maybe this time he really reached the prime of his career and enjoyed it for a while because, after this one, he surely will face stronger opponents in the future. And it would be a great challenge and high risk for him but if he managed to win it, then he would surely become a phenomenal fighter and become famous like Mcgregor.

^  Yup, Blanchfield vs Santos is gonna be a banger for a WMMA match up...  And I'm not sure why it's one notch above the bottom at the main card.  They're both ranked at the top 5 and the winner could be next to fight Grasso for the title.  It should be the co main event imho.

As for O'Malley, I think he just wants to get that L back.  Looking back, it was a fluke.  Vera did get lucky hitting the nerve that makes the leg numb.  I mean what's Vera gonna do?  Hit it at the exact same spot?  That's not happening...  On the other hand, Vera is one tough dude...  He's never been finished.

The fight of these two is an important battle as either of them wins could challenge for the Bantamweight title.
Now that Marlon Vera has come out as champion by unanimous decision and the difference in points that has been obtained is quite a lot, then Marlon Vera will become a challenger for the Bantamweight title.
I'm surprised by @Hydrogen why he dared to take a winning bet for Pedro Munhoz without seeing the development of the two in the UFC so far.

Now the Batamweight class belt is held by OMalley who also managed to defeat Aljamain Sterling at UFC 292 and it looks like in the future Marlon Vera will fight OMalley to fight for the title again.

O'Malley may want what ever he wants, but a rematch against Vera seems to me not in UFC to-do list. Imho it is Sandhagen or Dvalishvili time to get a title fight. Dvalishvili deserves a title fight more than anyone in bantamweight. He is on series of 8 or 9 wins. O'Malley and Dvalishvili can show good fight. Dvalishvili is even able to take belt from O'Malley. So I think O'Malley not going to meet Vera any time soon.

I agree with the Pedro Munhoz fight Vera did great Marlon Vera has given more damage to Pedro Munhoz you can surely see that in the face of Munhoz, you can say that Pedro Munhoz got the 1st round because Chito Vera will begin in a slow pace and will always let his opponent strike 1st and getting a hang on how his opponent will be approaching, well in his fight with Sandhagen he admits that he doesn't feel well and he just let Cory take him down, 


Sean O'Malley wants a rematch against Marlon Vera he already said that he wants a rematch I really think this is his ego talking he doesn't believe that Marlon Vera defeated him in that fight so he truly wants a rematch, to cover up that loss, or maybe he wants a picked fight on his 1st title defense just for him to be safe,


This is what I am anticipating for an Erin Blanchfield fight and her Astonishing move to be champion because I think she can after that 8 consecutive wins she got 2 more and it will be a road to 10 wins for her really an incredible fighter to be a figure and to be an inspiration for the Women Community that Woman can also do it, for sure Erin Blachfield is setting up her career pretty much well,

UFC on ESPN: Holloway vs. The Korean Zombie



Date: August 26, 2023
Main Card: SAT, AUG 26 / 3:00 PM GMT+3
Prelims: SAT, AUG 26 / 12:00 PM GMT+3

Venue: Singapore Indoor Stadium

Main card (ESPN+)
Featherweight: Max Holloway vs. Jung Chan-sung            
Light Heavyweight: Anthony Smith vs. Ryan Spann            
Featherweight: Giga Chikadze vs. Alex Caceres            
Bantamweight: Rinya Nakamura vs. Fernie Garcia            
Women's Flyweight: Erin Blanchfield vs. Taila Santos            
Heavyweight: Junior Tafa vs. Parker Porter

Preliminary card (ESPN / ESPN+)
Heavyweight: Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs. Łukasz Brzeski            
Bantamweight: Toshiomi Kazama vs. Garrett Armfield            
Middleweight: Chidi Njokuani vs. Michał Oleksiejczuk            
Welterweight: Song Kenan   vs.   Rolando Bedoya            
Welterweight: Billy Goff vs. Yusaku Kinoshita            
Women's Flyweight: Liang Na vs. JJ Aldrich            
Featherweight: Choi Seung-woo vs. Jarno Errens

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This definitely portrays that you should not talk shit about someone. Karma is a bitch. You never know when the same thing will happen to you. And it might not exactly look the same. But it is definitely a counter that brought him down.

Sean O’Malley definitely made it look easy. I did not think that the fight was going to end early in the second round. And I also definitely think that it was not a bad stoppage by the referee. Sterling definitely was going to get some free hammer fists on his face if the fight was not stopped. Great fight from Sean O’Malley. And great finish as well.