Aiemann Zahabi, throughout a latest candid chat with N3on, claimed that Sean O’Malley had lied to the American streamer about not coaching in wrestling.
For context, N3on, after noticing that “Suga” doesn’t have cauliflower ears, questioned why O’Malley has regular ears, to which the previous UFC bantamweight champion responded that he doesn’t wrestle and subsequently has not developed wrestler’s ear. He mentioned:
“Do I seem like I understand how to wrestle? You get that from wrestling. I don’t wrestle. Not me. By no means wrestled a day in my life. I simply strike child. [When I get taken down during fights,] I lay there and get crushed up till the tip of the spherical. I’ve good ears.”
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Whereas Sean O’Malley stored it actual with N3on, Aiemann Zahabi nonetheless believes “Suga” lied
Sean O’Malley is primarily a striker with devastating knockout energy and has at all times struggled towards elite wrestlers and grapplers corresponding to Petr Yan and Merab Dvalishvili.
Nonetheless, throughout his 2022 bout towards Yan, within the closing moments of the primary spherical, O’Malley timed a perfectly executed level change, secured a takedown, and briefly took Yan’s back.
Contemplating Dvalishvili struggled to persistently take “No Mercy” down at UFC 323, O’Malley’s success in that one trade makes it tough for Zahabi to imagine that “Suga” doesn’t prepare wrestling.
The 38-year-old believes that there’s no method O’Malley may have taken Yan down so effortlessly if what the previous champ claims is true. He instructed N3on:
“There’s no method [O’Malley does not train his wrestling]. He took down Petr Yan… I believe he’s joking with you.”
Aiemann Zahabi, who’s using a 7-fight win streak, will tackle Sean O’Malley this weekend at UFC Freedom 250, and sources counsel that the winner of this bout may struggle the winner of the potential Petr Yan vs. Merab Dvalishvili 3 title rematch that’s anticipated to occur later this yr.
Throughout the identical interview with N3on, the Canadian fighter added that he’s anticipating O’Malley to wrestle on June 14, however personally, he would love the bout to be a pure striking fest.
“I’m on the brink of defend the wrestling that he’s gonna convey… It’s not a card I would like to make use of, and if I don’t need to, I gained’t use it. I wish to stand with him.”
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