Sean O’Malley has no intention of limping after losing his first loss to Marlon Vera at UFC 252.
In fact, O’Malley (12-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) does not feel that relegation was particularly legitimate, and days later the outcome eats him away.
O’Malley brought a lot of hype and an unbeaten record in his bantamweight co-headliner with Vera (16-6-1 MMA, 10-5 UFC) at UFC 252. He was comfortable starting the fight, but then things took a turn for the worse. a turn when an ankle problem began to impede his movement. “Chito” capitalized and got the top spot, where he landed some great shooters who forced the referee to stop the fight in the first round.
According to O’Malley, there is no serious damage to the ankle. He said he “rolled about seven times” and indicated that the problem could stem from his decision to fight to loosen the wraps on his feet.
“Warm up in the back, everything was perfect,” O’Malley said on The Timbo and Sugar Show podcast. ‘I’m in (explosive) good shape. I am this mother (explicitly) 100 percent in the sense. I’m coming back, do our warm-up, everything’s going perfectly. About five minutes before we started running I was like, ‘Do you think you could loosen my ankle band (expletively)? It’s (explosively) tight. ‘So he sat back and pulled my ankle straps loose because they were tight. That’s about it.
‘Out round, everything felt good, came in. I sat in front of him, and I am, like me, like me: ‘This is easy. He’s slow. He can ‘t hit me. ‘You can not touch me, and you can not bring me down. I did not think he could take me down because he was so slow. … God, just stood there and knew I had one leg and like, ‘He’s still pulling.’ ”
O’Malley gave Vera no credit for the outcome. He said he felt he was ‘in complete control’ from the start, but then it turned into a dime. There are parts of that reality that O’Malley can accept, and others with whom he still wrestles.
‘We chose the date, we chose the time, and we both ran out. It does not matter what happens (explosively), “said O’Malley. ‘Whoever wins, no matter what happens, wins anyway. He won. It swallows up for me because I lost to someone I do not see so well. I look at him, and I’m like, ‘He’s not that good.’ And I (expletive) lost to him. That is what is the most frustrating thing. Losing to someone I’m better than. That ‘humble’ post was an (explicit) joke. So for anyone commenting stupidly (explicitly), I’m not humble.
‘Let’s look at his career over five years, and let’s look at mine. I will become (explosive) world champion, and he will become an (explosive) traveler. That’s exactly what his style is. He wins something; he loses something. He’s slow, but he’s creepy, so he’s going to be able to finish some people off after hitting him for a while. … He’s lucky and beats me and jumps up like he won the (explosive) lottery. That just shows what kind of (explosive) he was. ”
O’Malley said he received no medical clearance in the aftermath of UFC 252. He visited another doctor this week for an MRI, and then said he hoped to “get this taste out of my mouth.”
Days after the fight, however, it is clear that taste is still strong.
“Literally the only thing that bothers me is I lost in a way that I feel I did not forget, and I lost to a man I feel is not so good,” O’Malley said. ‘I had the same pain, but ran my ankle, and I remember dragging my foot to the cage like,’ (Expletive). ‘Even still, I did not feel in danger. I’m like, ‘OK, I’m not very mobile, but I do not feel in danger. I do not feel he is a threat. ‘I was hoping he would shoot at me so I could try to guillotine him. (Explosive) scratched him with a good shot, then did the last little faint I had. I don’t think he hit me on my feet once, not even after my foot (explosively) stood up. ‘
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