Joe Rogan sees the sacrifices Sean O’Malley is making to regain his UFC title. He’s simply undecided it issues.
O’Malley rematches Merab Dvalishvili in the primary occasion of UFC 316 on June 7 in Newark, N.J., the place he has the prospect to avenge his loss from their first encounter this previous September. In that UFC 306 headlining bout, Dvalishvili largely dominated the motion together with his wrestling and continuous stress en path to claiming a unanimous determination and O’Malley’s bantamweight belt.
Since then, Dvalishvili efficiently defended his title towards the beforehand unbeaten Umar Nurmagomedov, whereas O’Malley has not competed, specializing in restoration from shoulder surgical procedure to handle an harm he had heading into UFC 306, and making different pivotal life modifications.
On a latest episode of his podcast, Rogan praised O’Malley for his self-discipline, however puzzled whether or not the seemingly indomitable Dvalishvili might be an excessive amount of for him once more.
“The Merab rematch with ‘Suga’ Sean, that’s an attention-grabbing battle,” Rogan stated. “Very attention-grabbing battle. I have no idea how Suga Sean retains that man off of him, however I do like what he’s been doing. Received off social media, stopped smoking weed, simply dialed the f*ck in. Received his hip mounted, which was an enormous downside. There’s numerous these fighters that take these fights as a result of it’s some huge cash and it’s an enormous occasion they usually don’t need to cancel they usually’ve obtained a major harm.
“Sean couldn’t wrestle. Think about not with the ability to wrestle in camp and then you definitely’ve obtained to go face Merab. He’s a f*cking animal. That man is superhuman. There’s nobody like him. The cardio that man has is off the charts. It’s simply off the charts, I’ve by no means seen something prefer it. He doesn’t get drained and he’s full fuel, no brakes the complete battle. It’s simply smothering, overwhelming folks. Even Nurmagomedov, who’s additionally an animal, he couldn’t preserve him off of him. This motherf*cker’s loopy.”
Rogan’s perception in Dvalishvili is backed up by loads of in-cage proof. “The Machine” has regularly lived as much as his nickname, pushing the tempo throughout the competition and leaving his opponents with little room to breathe, a lot much less provoke any vital offense.
Dvalishvili has typically raised eyebrows for his unorthodox habits between fights, however the outcomes converse for themselves: he has gained 12 straight fights courting again to 2018.
“When [Daniel Cormier] went to go to him on Sunday, the day after the battle, he’s out operating,” Rogan stated. “‘DC’ went to his home to congratulate him… and he’s like, ‘This motherf*cker’s out operating.’ He’d simply gained the world title, and the subsequent day he’s operating. He’s an animal. He’s a f*cking animal.”
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Hope everybody had a pleasing lengthy weekend, whether or not it was spending high quality time with family and friends or just having fun with some peaceable solitude.
On to UFC Vegas 107!
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