If at first you succeed, attempt to do it higher.
That’s the mentality Merab Dvalishvili and his coach, John Wooden, are carrying into UFC 316 when ‘The Machine’ runs it again with Sean O’Malley in a most important occasion rematch that no person requested for as a result of Dvalishvili was so ridiculously dominant the primary time round.
So how do you inspire your self to go on the market and beat somebody up that you simply already embarrassed for 25 minutes?
“For Merab, the flip facet is he beat O’Malley fairly dominantly,” Wooden mentioned in interview with MMA Combating. “It was not an in depth battle. I believe you might perhaps argue O’Malley gained one spherical perhaps. And that’s an argument. So, the opposite facet is like whenever you’ve crushed a man so dominantly, like how do you rise up for that once more, proper? And it’s not prefer it was three years in the past. It was, you realize, lower than a yr in the past.
“The motivation is to go on the market and end Sean. And if that doesn’t occur, like I mentioned, it’s not for lack of attempting. It’s not for lack of—Sean ought to be a modified man after this battle if he goes 5 rounds, you realize? So, that’s the place I believe Merab’s head is at. That’s the place I believe the motivation for this battle goes to lie: to do this stuff higher than we did earlier than. And that’s—Merab lives for that.”
Sean O’Malley has one thing to show in opposition to Merab Dvalishvili
In fact, it’s a distinct state of affairs solely for O’Malley.
After getting his ass handed to him by Dvalishvili at UFC 306 in September, issues can solely enhance for the previous bantamweight champion, proper? Maybe, buts oddsmakers aren’t precisely satisfied that ‘Sugar’ will fare any higher the second time round.
Presently, ‘The Machine’ is favored 3-to-1 to retain his title within the sequel scrap whereas O’Malley is a +225 underdog.
