Henry Cejudo needs Sean O’Malley subsequent.
This previous weekend, O’Malley misplaced his bantamweight title to Merab Dvalishvili, dropping a unanimous determination in the primary occasion of UFC 306. Cejudo has a long-standing rivalry with O’Malley and likewise predicted Dvalishvili to win, so “Triple C” was fairly please with how issues turned out at UFC 306.
“What can I say? I predicted this stuff,” Cejudo mentioned on his Pound 4 Pound podcast. “Sean will not be accustomed to going 5 rounds, and he isn’t accustomed to individuals on his legs. I simply felt like – I nonetheless return and say, hey, that struggle with Aljamain Sterling, that was a fluke too.
“Aljamain was nonetheless in that struggle, and other people thought I used to be simply hating. No, I’ve been in there with Merab. I did an entire lot higher than Sean did after I fought Merab. I imply, I took down Merab. Merab is fortunate that I had that groin damage… And I nonetheless plan on operating it again.
“Both manner, Sean O’Meth-ly acquired his ass kicked for 5 rounds and I can’t wait to get him subsequent!”
Cejudo and O’Malley have exchanged social media insults for some time now, with O’Malley even trolling Cejudo’s podcast forward of UFC 306. And now that O’Malley is not champion, a struggle between the 2 is considerably extra potential. However Cejudo has his doubts it’s going to occur.
“I personally would like to struggle him,” Cejudo mentioned. “I believe with all of the trolling that we have now executed to one another — we each reside in the identical rattling metropolis — however I simply don’t assume that he’s going to need to struggle me. Significantly proper after this efficiency that Merab did to him.
“Like I mentioned, Merab was fortunate that I used to be damage in that struggle. I had no conditioning as a consequence of not having the ability to wrestle due to a torn groin. However I took my possibilities as a result of I needed to struggle him, I needed to struggle on the Sphere, I needed to beat him up in entrance of all people. However that’s not the case.
“So I believe transferring ahead, if Sean O’Malley is keen and needs to struggle this troll who’s the true king of Arizona, nicely then right here I’m. But when not, I’m making my manner again all the way down to 125 kilos, as a result of I’m not going to waste my time.”
But when Cejudo actually needs to struggle O’Malley, he’ll have to attend fairly some time. Following his loss, “Sugar” revealed he intends to take an prolonged break from combating to restore a torn labrum in his hip he suffered forward of UFC 306.
