Cory Sandhagen continues to be awaiting phrase on his subsequent combat and he’s hoping to get Sean O’Malley’s consideration together with his newest callout.
The veteran bantamweight contender hasn’t fought since this previous August when he misplaced a choice to Umar Nurmagomedov in a back-and-forth battle in Abu Dhabi. Previous to that loss, Sandhagen had rattled off three wins in a row together with a stoppage victory of Track Yadong and he’s anxious to get again to work with O’Malley as his ideally suited opponent.
Add to that, Sandhagen doesn’t purchase that anybody would get enthusiastic about O’Malley working it again with reigning UFC bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili, which is the combat the all the time colourful O’Malley has been calling for ever since shedding the title at UFC 306.
“Let’s be actual, O’Malley has no enterprise preventing Merab for an instantaneous rematch,” Sandhagen stated on Instagram. “He obtained beat up within the first combat. He’s going to get beat up within the second combat. Nobody desires to see that combat.
“I’m not booked but. I wish to combat. I’m so rattling bored. I’ll even give this idiot as a lot time as he desires the way in which that Aljamain [Sterling] gave him as a lot time as he desires. Simply UFC, make the combat that the followers wish to see, which is me and O’Malley. Make it occur quickly. I’m so f*cking bored.”
Sandhagen has lengthy thought of O’Malley as considered one of his ideally suited opponents since each include a placing pedigree that ought to make for an thrilling combat.
Following the loss to Dvalishvili final yr, O’Malley revealed that he suffered a torn labrum in his hip in preparation for the title combat and he later underwent surgical procedure to restore the harm accomplished. That stated, O’Malley doesn’t count on to be sidelined for too lengthy and he already known as for the possibility to face the winner of Dvalishvili and Nurmagomedov previous to their combat at UFC 311.
Dvalishvili got here out on prime with a unanimous choice win in opposition to Nurmagomedov, however doesn’t have a transparent reduce No. 1 contender to face subsequent.
Whereas O’Malley stays an enormous identify within the sport, Sandhagen clearly believes he must earn his means again to a title shot so he’s proposing that they conflict sooner relatively than later to get the bantamweight division transferring once more.
