Merab has dominated the best Banamweights with ease

[GoldenWolf87]

Merab dominated this one with bit of kissing the opponent.
The kissing was unnecessary

 

[Goutfather]

The guy is far from beloved and has a ton of critics but has dominated the best Bantamweights; and never seemed to be in any danger. Clearly under-rated and lots of ATers thought Sean was going to catch him. Like Cejudo, Yan and Aldo...O'Malley was beat badly...with relative ease. Love him or hate him, Merab will be tough to beat. Father time might catch him, he is getting old, but no one on the immediate horizon poses much of a threat.

This is an impressive run - one of the best in Bantamweight history:
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that’s an extremely impressive run, can’t lie. it’s just the way he fights seems kinda cheap sometimes. like when he shoots a bunch of takedowns, most of which are stuffed, but then just shoots more. basically his cardio wins fights. fair play to him, i guess.

i will be rooting for him over umar. frankly they should just put umar in right now. merab won’t be able to fight like this for much longer.

 

[Qays Stetkevich]

Umar vs Merab will be fire... Then everyone will be going crazy about whoever wins that..

Im glad the pink hair era is one and done...maybe now O'malley can eat like an adult and move up to WW or LW or something ...


Dude was extremely one dimensional and had no answers for an opponent who was only going to fight one way....

I didnt find the fight boring at all...it was just very clear O'malley had nothing to offer Merab...

Clear dominant victory...

O'Malley knew exactly what Murab's gameplan would be, and Murab knew exactly what O'Malley's gameplan would be. Murab utterly dominated O´Malley, while O´malley couldn't get anything going whatsoever other than some body kicks in the 5th.
So there are some possibilites: Either Sean didn't prep for Murab's grappling and instead relied on his striking alone (in which case he and his team are retarded), or he did plan for Murab's grappling and had no answers. Either way, not a good look Sean at all.

 

[ricains_cretins]

 

[SuperAlly]

DJ is the goat but that didnt save him from getting the boot. UFC is an entertainment business and there is nothing entertaining about a wrestler who has no intention of finishing his opponent.

Umar vs Merab will be fire... Then everyone will be going crazy about whoever wins that..

Im glad the pink hair era is one and done...maybe now O'malley can eat like an adult and move up to WW or LW or something ...


Dude was extremely one dimensional and had no answers for an opponent who was only going to fight one way....

I didnt find the fight boring at all...it was just very clear O'malley had nothing to offer Merab...

Clear dominant victory...

Salt.

Followed immediately by hard truths.

Nice one

 

[SuperAlly]

Original post was good until some mad narrative about no one around looks like they can touch him

Nurmagomedov for a start

 

[World eater]

I wouldn’t be surprised if Merab walks through Umar as well.

 

[SuperAlly]

O'Malley knew exactly what Murab's gameplan would be, and Murab knew exactly what O'Malley's gameplan would be. Murab utterly dominated O´Malley, while O´malley couldn't get anything going whatsoever other than some body kicks in the 5th.
So there are some possibilites: Either Sean didn't prep for Murab's grappling and instead relied on his striking alone (in which case he and his team are retarded), or he did plan for Murab's grappling and had no answers. Either way, not a good look Sean at all.

Some hard truths the poodle lovers won't swallow

 

[SalvadorAllende]

He has better wins that overrated Cruz. BTW GOAT right now.

Only one who can surpass him is Umar Nurmagomedov if he beats him and goes on to defend a couple of times vs top contenders

 

[Doctor Grudge]

He has better wins that overrated Cruz. BTW GOAT right now.

Only one who can surpass him is Umar Nurmagomedov if he beats him and goes on to defend a couple of times vs top contenders

Merab only beat two great fighters in their prime. Cruz has done that to say the least.

 

[Natural Order]

People didnt know how good they had it with GSP. Thought he was a blanket? Boring?

Merab makes GSP seem like Roy Jones Jr….

 

[SalvadorAllende]

Merab only beat two great fighters in their prime. Cruz has done that to say the least.

Cruz best win is TJ Dillasnake

He beat a bunch of jabronis, FLWs and Urijah Faber.

 

[HatKick]

I can't stand his fighting style. In fact I loathe it. But that's one hell of a run. He's amazing and I hope Umar knocks him out cold.

 

[payton]

DJ? DJ was entertaining as fuck what are you talking about. It's like you wasn't even around when he fought. You wasn't huh?

No I was born yesterday. Why do you think they traded DJ the money maker and "entertaining as fuck" for Askren? Please try and use your brain before typing.

 

[Skarsgard]

Tibau arguably beat Khabib.

Aldo did not arguably win that fight.

I think a better comparison is Randy vs Vera. Yeah, Randy probably deserved the win on paper, but he didn't look good doing it and a more bloodthirsty set of judges could have easily seen it the other way.

 

[CroCopsLHK]

FR. Half that list is barking at retirement. Umar or nobody. Don't call out Figuredo who just beat Cody Garbrabdt of all people

Merab is special but with fear no one will appreciate him

 

[Doctor Grudge]

Cruz best win is TJ Dillasnake

He beat a bunch of jabronis, FLWs and Urijah Faber.

Saying "FLWs" is a nice way of writing off that he beat DJ. DJ at 135 is still a championship level fighter.

Urijah Faber is one of the best lighter weight fighters of all time.

I dont get how Merab already has a better resume. One of his best wins is Cejudo, who is worse than DJ.

You can just as easily say Merab has only beaten two "real" BWs and jabronis.

 

[SalvadorAllende]

Saying "FLWs" is a nice way of writing off that he beat DJ. DJ at 135 is still a championship level fighter.

Urijah Faber is one of the best lighter weight fighters of all time.

I dont get how Merab already has a better resume. One of his best wins is Cejudo, who is worse than DJ.

You can just as easily say Merab has only beaten two "real" BWs and jabronis.

Merab beat Petr Yan, Aldo and Suga Shin.

No way Cruz beat those guys.. no fucking way.