Days away from his extremely anticipated return to the Octagon, Sean O’Malley took a while out of his busy schedule to troll Henry Cejudo.
Little greater than a yr faraway from his stunning second-round knockout of Aljamain Sterling, ‘Sugar’ will put his bantamweight belt on the road for the second time when he meets the division’s top-ranked contender Merab Dvalishvili within the UFC 306 headliner.
With battle night time quickly approaching, O’Malley has been busy with media obligations and promotional appearances. Nonetheless, that didn’t cease ‘Sugar’ from taking just a little outing of his strategy to converse with former UFC champions Kamaru Usman and Henry Cejudo on their Pound 4 Pound podcast.
Nevertheless, O’Malley had no intention of sticking round for very lengthy.
“Boys, you recognize I’m a really busy man so I’ll maintain this brief. I got here right here for 2 causes. 1) to reward you, Kamaru. You’re an absolute legend and a couple of) Henry, how’d you let Aljo take you down really easy?” O’Malley asks with an accompanying maniacal chuckle earlier than abruptly exiting the interview.
Clearly, O’Malley was solely enthusiastic about trolling Cejudo who misplaced to each Aljamain Sterling and Merab Dvalishvili in his final two outings.
‘Triple C’ has some work to do earlier than he can share the octagon with Sean O’Malley
After O’Malley bailed, Cejudo pleaded his case for a shot on the champion following UFC 306, however all indicators level towards Umar Nurmagomedov being subsequent in line following his choice victory over Cory Sandhagen final month.
As soon as upon a time, it appeared as if O’Malley and Cejudo had been on a collision course, however back-to-back losses contained in the Octagon have taken ‘Triple C’ out of the bantamweight title image in the meanwhile. Following his loss to Dvalishvili in February, Cejudo confirmed his intent to proceed combating, although he has not but booked a return.
Regardless of not profitable a battle since 2020, Cejudo continues to be the No. 6 ranked contender within the bantamweight division and certain stays one strong win away from a shot reclaiming the division’s high prize.
