Is there any way O'Malley can win against Sterling?

krelianx said:
As I said, he is very good at finding ways around his skill gaps to force himself into positions he is good at. He is strong, long and lanky and is very aggressive with the double, and is particularly good and closing in and scrambling to find the back of the opponent, drag them down and control them.
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^ this is literally wrestling.

Aljo also trains with Merab and Chris Weidman.
 
cade187 said:
^ this is literally wrestling.

Aljo also trains with Merab and Chris Weidman.
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I don't think his technique is particularly good, but he finds his ways around it. If you think he is a great wrestler, fine. He is not. A guillotine is part of BJJ; Jones having landed one on Machida doesn't make him a great BJJ artist.
 
Idk maybe do PEDs again?
He’s already popped twice…But for some reason all the virtuous sherdoggers who hate them and fighters related to them seem to forget that about him.
 
krelianx said:
Of course there is. AJ is not a very good wrestler and a very mediocre striker. He is good at forcing the scrambles and going aggressively forward to cut distance, and at controlling his opponent on the ground. He is not a particularly well rounded fighter, but a very crafty fighter who works around his weaknesses to get himself to the positions where he is strongest.

Sean is an exceptionally good counter striker, who is long and precise. And his BJJ is actually very good, so it's not as if he is done if it hits the ground. He is dangerous for a guy who can be a bit sloppy moving forward, and has the length and reach to match Sterling. Also, people talk as time training didn't take place. It will have been a year or so since Sean last competed. His BJJ will have improved considerably in that frame, assuming he has been training consistently.

This is a much closer fight than people think.
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Wait what?

Aljo is an incredible wrestler. He's been with Longo/Serra for his whole career. He's like a 135 lb Weidman. Weidman ran through the entire MW division in his prime, and Aljo has had similar results. The deck is stacked against O'Malley.

What I do agree with is your comment that Aljo's striking is really meh. And especially against Sean's. O'Malley's striking is one of the best of all time, any division.

And I don't want to say it doesn't matter, because especially when Aljo gets tired, his grappling gets sloppy.

But it almost doesn't matter. Right now wrestling yields the greatest success in MMA. The game is still evolving and I believe that it will change. But for now with the techniques we have and the ruleset UFC has, Aljo has very good odds of winning.
 
People are all over this, "he has to have amazing TDD". But that's not his key to victory. Decent TDD will only delay the inevitable. It's his footwork and control of distance that will make the difference IMO. If he can create enough space, he'll land that shot. If he can't. It will look similar to Con/Khab
 
Adamant__ said:
I just don't see it at all. Sterling is just gonna pressure him with his awkward style and he's gonna shoot repeatedly and eventually get one. Then it's a wrap. I just see this fight like Sterling vs Sandhagen.

I think O'Malley's best chance is to swarm him and spam knees but I think Sterling is smart enough to avoid knees and not get KOd at this point. His defense is weird asl but it works. And if he doesn't get a TD, he's just gonna be on his knees and O'Malley is just gonna stare at him lmao. Both of their cardio not the best but Sterling's cardio is at least more proven. We didn't even see O'Malley go 5 rounds.
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Fake injury and blame aljo.
 
Adamant__ said:
I just don't see it at all. Sterling is just gonna pressure him with his awkward style and he's gonna shoot repeatedly and eventually get one. Then it's a wrap. I just see this fight like Sterling vs Sandhagen.

I think O'Malley's best chance is to swarm him and spam knees but I think Sterling is smart enough to avoid knees and not get KOd at this point. His defense is weird asl but it works. And if he doesn't get a TD, he's just gonna be on his knees and O'Malley is just gonna stare at him lmao. Both of their cardio not the best but Sterling's cardio is at least more proven. We didn't even see O'Malley go 5 rounds.
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Depends on if he can conceive and believe, more or less.
 
After following MMA since 2005 I can say only one thing, there is no such thing as a 100% safe MMA bet.
 
Phisher said:
O'Malley can KO or TKO Aljo standing. Aljo himself acknowledges this in his most recent podcast.
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Just watched that part. He doesn't sound right. I'm gonna laugh my ass off if Sean flatlines him. That would be so MMA. I'm also thinking about the youth here. Sterling's last 2 opponents: 1 armed 36 yr old TJ, 3 year off 36 yr old Cejudo. Barely edged Cejudo. Maybe Sean can surprise me with his TDD. Been a year.
 
DiddlyDoodly said:
I distinctly remember Marlon Moreas sending Sterling to Willoughby & Son in the first round of their fight. It's not like Aljamain is indestructible.
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Yeah Moraes nearly killed him but that was when moraes was a monster. He was like the Hendricks of that division, as dangerous and as brief.
 
Maybe if the stars align and something likes this happens:

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Would love for Sean to spark him just to watch the forum implode for the umpteenth time (always my favorite days here) but I think Sterling has improved leaps and bounds. Suga is very well able to KO him, but his ground game is so subpar in comparison, that if it hits the mat even once it's probably a wrap. Sounds like an exciting fight to me, I know both of them get hated on massively here, but it should be a good fight.
spooNN said:
Maybe if the stars align and something likes this happens:

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Dunno if Moraes or Barao had the worse fall from grace at BW.
 
WoozyFailGuy said:
Would love for Sean to spark him just to watch the forum implode for the umpteenth time (always my favorite days here) but I think Sterling has improved leaps and bounds. Suga is very well able to KO him, but his ground game is so subpar in comparison, that if it hits the mat even once it's probably a wrap. Sounds like an exciting fight to me, I know both of them get hated on massively here, but it should be a good fight.

Dunno if Moraes or Barao had the worse fall from grace at BW.
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While Sterling is doubtlessly the superior grappler, Sean has very underrated BJJ.
 
Adamant__ said:
I just don't see it at all. Sterling is just gonna pressure him with his awkward style and he's gonna shoot repeatedly and eventually get one. Then it's a wrap. I just see this fight like Sterling vs Sandhagen.

I think O'Malley's best chance is to swarm him and spam knees but I think Sterling is smart enough to avoid knees and not get KOd at this point. His defense is weird asl but it works. And if he doesn't get a TD, he's just gonna be on his knees and O'Malley is just gonna stare at him lmao. Both of their cardio not the best but Sterling's cardio is at least more proven. We didn't even see O'Malley go 5 rounds.
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Yes , people wrote him off against Yan also and look how close that fight was
 
Adamant__ said:
I just don't see it at all. Sterling is just gonna pressure him with his awkward style and he's gonna shoot repeatedly and eventually get one. Then it's a wrap. I just see this fight like Sterling vs Sandhagen.

I think O'Malley's best chance is to swarm him and spam knees but I think Sterling is smart enough to avoid knees and not get KOd at this point. His defense is weird asl but it works. And if he doesn't get a TD, he's just gonna be on his knees and O'Malley is just gonna stare at him lmao. Both of their cardio not the best but Sterling's cardio is at least more proven. We didn't even see O'Malley go 5 rounds.
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grow wolverine like spikes on his back and Sterling backpacks him skewer him with the spikes.
 
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