Tim Welch, the coach of Sean O’Malley, pretended to be Aljamain Sterling’s coach throughout their UFC 292 title struggle.
A video has gone viral displaying Welch pretending to be Sterling’s coach and telling him he “has to go” simply moments previous to O’Malley scoring the end. After his feedback, Sterling went ahead and O’Malley caught him with the punch that dropped him, and he proceeded to complete him off with strikes.
🤯 Footage seems displaying O’Malley’s coach Tim Welch pretending to be Aljo’s coach:
“Aljo, you gotta go!” pic.twitter.com/tzRrD23YgN
— Dwelling of Battle (@Home_of_Fight) Might 8, 2024
Welch is heard saying “Aljo, you gotta go,” only a mere second earlier than ‘Funkmaster’ bought dropped and knocked out by Sean O’Malley. It’s an attention-grabbing tactic from Welch that did work out for him.
After the clip went out of Sean O’Malley’s knockout, Aljamain Sterling and Tim Welch additionally began to take photographs at one another. Sterling claimed he needed to slap Welch in the course of the struggle for all of the trash discuss he was saying.
Cap. You talked hella shit throughout my struggle with Sean. The ref needed to let you know to stfu a number of occasions. I needed to slap you in between rounds and I remorse not taking the superb for that. You must know higher as a former fighter and a present coach. You always discuss shit about… https://t.co/eRKB5rpz3v
— Aljamain Sterling (@funkmasterMMA) Might 8, 2024
“Cap. You talked hella shit throughout my struggle with Sean. The ref needed to let you know to stfu a number of occasions. I needed to slap you in between rounds and I remorse not taking the superb for that. You must know higher as a former fighter and a present coach. You always discuss shit about merab. Let Sean discuss shit, you don’t have to be chiming in on the shit discuss until you need the issues as properly. It’s that straightforward bro,” Sterling wrote on X.
It’s clear that the rivalry between Aljamain Sterling and Sean O’Malley continues to be there. However, the rivalry now turns to Merab Dvalishvili who’s Sterling’s shut pal and coaching companion and is anticipated to struggle O’Malley subsequent trip.
Sean O’Malley is coming off a choice win over Marlon Vera again in March to defend his belt for the primary time after successful it final August. O’Malley is at present 18-1 and one NC as a professional and driving a seven-fight unbeaten streak and doesn’t have his subsequent struggle booked.