UFC Corridor of Famer Daniel Cormier beloved to see Sean O’Malley name for a combat with Conor McGregor.
In case you missed it, a rivalry between ‘Sugar’ and ‘The Infamous’ has begun brewing. Earlier this month, Ryan Garcia failed a drug take a look at stemming from his boxing match with Devin Haney. That constructive take a look at resulted in a rant from Conor McGregor, who slammed the boxer. The Irishman additionally aimed toward Sean O’Malley within the rant, who beforehand failed a drug take a look at for a similar substance Garcia did.
That resulted in some photographs being fired by the UFC bantamweight champion. Earlier this week, Sean O’Malley responded to Conor McGregor, calling him jealous. ‘Sugar’ additionally speculated that the actual beef might be that he didn’t signal with the Irishman’s administration firm some time in the past. Nonetheless, O’Malley additionally stated one thing else.
Earlier this week, Sean O’Malley referred to as for a light-weight combat towards Conor McGregor. Whereas ‘Sugar’ at the moment fights at bantamweight, he’s keen to go up 20 kilos for a combat towards ‘The Infamous’. Whereas that sounds just a little bit loopy on paper, Daniel Cormier appears to be a fan of the concept. ‘DC’ mentioned the potential bout on his Good Man, Unhealthy Man Podcast with Chael Sonnen.
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UFC analyst Daniel Cormier reacts to backwards and forwards between Sean O’Malley and Conor McGregor
On the podcast, Daniel Cormier opined that whereas the combat won’t occur, it’s not out of the realm of chance. Regardless ‘DC’ praised Sean O’Malley going backwards and forwards with Conor McGregor, stating that it places the 2 on the identical enjoying area. Cormier added that now, ‘Sugar’ is only one callout away from a possible combat with the celebrity.
“It feels prefer it raises [his stock] and will get folks speaking.” Daniel Cormier acknowledged on the podcast. “Right here’s what Sean O’Malley must do and that is one factor he acknowledges. Merab Dvalishvili for a man such as you, for a man like me, it’s thrilling as a result of we love the wrestling. We love his means to grind folks out, actually take their will and their spirit, and make them not wish to combat him. However to the overall fan, Merab Dvalishvili is not going to draw you right into a Sean O’Malley combat like a few of these different guys proper?”
He continued, “Sean doesn’t have that as a challenger. So what do you do? The subsequent neatest thing to do is that this. Callout Conor, get your identify aligned with the most important identify within the sport. Particularly now that McGregor is coming again. Hope that when Conor fights at Worldwide Combat Week, the most important combat card of the 12 months for the UFC basic, Sean O’Malley is within the area… After the combat, hope Conor simply canine him out. That retains him on the identical enjoying area with him.”
What do you make of those feedback from UFC Corridor of Famer Daniel Cormier? Do you wish to see a combat between Conor McGregor and Sean O’Malley sooner or later?