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Sean O'Malley was unable to reclaim the bantamweight title at UFC 316 as he suffered a third-round submission loss to Merab Dvalishvili. The No.1-ranked bantamweight recently discussed losing to the same opponent for his second consecutive fight.
'Suga' appeared on The Ariel Helwani Show, where he was asked about the loss. He said:
"It was a lot easier to deal with the second time around. The first time having a surgery right after the fight - coming off a loss and surgery back-to-back, that's difficult. Coming off the loss, still healthy, feel good, family's healthy, everything is good, it's a lot easier to deal with. Merab's good. He's No. 2 on the pound-for-pound list right now. He's got a good style to beat me and yeah, it is what it is."
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O'Malley was asked if he was fully healthy going into the bout, responding:
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"I don't think anyone goes in there 100% healthy, but I had a great camp. I was able to wrestle, was able to do most of what I need to. I went in there very confident, very ready to go."
Check out Sean O'Malley's comments below:
O'Malley had made excuses for his previous two losses; however, he appears to be accepting his latest loss with a different mindset. The former UFC bantamweight champion shared that having a healthy family makes it easier to deal with losing.
Sean O'Malley reveals why he changed walkout song
Sean O'Malley typically walks out to Lupe Fiasco's 'Superstar'; however, that was not the case at UFC 316. 'Suga' opted for Lee Greenwood's 'God Bless the USA.' He revealed the reason for the change during his appearance on The Ariel Helwani Show, stating:
"I just randomly kind of wanted to switch it up and then I had that song in mind and then they said [Donald] Trump's going to be there. I was like these are all great signs for me to win - didn't happen. But the walkout was a cool memory. It was bad a**."
He added:
"I was feeling super American. I watched that Netflix O**ma bin Laden [documentary] a couple of weeks before the fight and I was just feeling American as f**k. I was like, let's go beat this little Russian or little Georgian or whatever."
Check out Sean O'Malley's comments on changing walkout song below:
