How long before Merab gets chinned?

[MarioLemieux]

Do you think he'll rule for a long time at 34 or will O'Malley, Yan, Corey, Umar, Rob ect. find that chin?

He has good recovery but gets rocked a lot. Let's just hope he doesn't lose his knees too soon as well because of his style.

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

Hopefully soon, and often afterwards

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

When he fights Topuria in a Champ vs Champ fight

 

[Joshua Judd]

Umar hit him with some bombs. Maybe the signature flying knee from Sandhagen. O’Malley hits hard but I just don’t think the confidence will be there, especially the second time around.

 

[AL-Tappo McSnappo]

Do you think he'll rule for a long time at 34 or will O'Malley, Yan, Corey, Umar, Rob ect. find that chin?

He has good recovery but gets rocked a lot. Let's just hope he doesn't lose his knees too soon as well because of his style.

Give CCC another chance, he nearly chinned him.

 

[AmonTobin]

Same as anybody else. Can happen anytime in any fight. O’Malley is a sniper and he couldn’t manage to do it.

 

[McSpikes]

I get the feeling it’s coming soon and once it does, he will be bouncing all over the octagon in every fight like Frankie

 

[gentel]

O'Malley couldn't land anything against Merab as a 1-hit KO sniper. Umar landed a perfect chin shot in the 1st round and Merab didn't even wobble that much

Overall him getting chinned doesn't seem like a very serious possibility unless it's by a much improved Umar

 

[Sean Chowdhury]

He has good recovery and doesn't get hit clean often due to his style, I don't think he gets chinned, probably will retire with the belt as sad it is

 

[CombatCyborg]

I can picture him defending the belt until 2027 when he's on the wrong side of 35. It depends what mentality Umar comes into a potential rematch with, because he is scary fast and is probably the most likely to land something clean.

 

[Versez]

Topuris will smash him and humble him to oblivion and then people like @Ares Black will understand what is a true respectable topuris is as a martial artist .

 

[Oscar Madison]

Merab has an unorthodox Concussion Training Plan (CTP) --

so, good luck with that.

 

[Snake_bite]

 

[VinceArch]

Hard to find those guys that have that one punch KO power at the lower weight classes and O'Malley can't pull it off when he's facing a grappling heavy fighter as we saw back in September.

 

[McGeezle]

Same as anybody else. Can happen anytime in any fight. O’Malley is a sniper and he couldn’t manage to do it.

He's a sniper who doesn't have the wrestling to keep it on the feet, where you only need to be decent to crack merab, hence why cejudo wobbled him in the one of the first exchanges

 

[BowserJr]

Do you think he'll rule for a long time at 34 or will O'Malley, Yan, Corey, Umar, Rob ect. find that chin?

He has good recovery but gets rocked a lot. Let's just hope he doesn't lose his knees too soon as well because of his style.

2 yrs. He's 34. No fighter under 155 is champ over 36yrs old

 

[McGeezle]

O'Malley couldn't land anything against Merab as a 1-hit KO sniper. Umar landed a perfect chin shot in the 1st round and Merab didn't even wobble that much

Overall him getting chinned doesn't seem like a very serious possibility unless it's by a much improved Umar

(Repeating my post as the site is too broken to let me quote multiple people)

He's a sniper who doesn't have the wrestling to keep it on the feet, where you only need to be decent to crack merab, hence why cejudo wobbled him in the one of the first exchanges

 

[CrimsonFan]

He's already 34?

Well not long if that's the case. You can look at these lower weight class champions and they all decline pretty quickly and drastically in their late 30s. One or two more years at most until he will lose fights to younger guys.

 

[JKS]

When does he get chinned?? I will guess on Omalleys 4th try in 2027 when he lands a lucky shot.

 

[Mammothman]

Marlon Moraes almost did