O'Malley Squashes Beef With Garbrandt and Says He's "Unranked Champ".

[Substance Abuse]

Sean O’Malley is moving on from his wish of facing Cody Garbrandt, and he holds nothing against the former bantamweight champion.

For the better part of the past year, O’Malley and Garbrandt have feuded over social media, with O’Malley repeatedly trying to bait Garbrandt into a fight, including calling out “No Love” after his stoppage victory over Kris Moutinho at UFC 260 in July. Ultimately, O’Malley’s attempts fell short and Garbrandt is set to make his flyweight debut against Kai Kara-France on the main card of UFC 269 next week, immediately following O’Malley’s own fight on that card against rising contender Raulian Paiva. But though the two will undoubtedly cross paths next week, O’Malley says that he anticipates smooth sailing for the event as he has put the feud behind him, given Garbrandt’s drop down to 125 pounds.

On Garbrandt:

“He’s a flyweight now,” O’Malley told The Schmo. “There’s no beef. You can’t pick beef with someone below your weight class. That’s just not what you do, so there should be nothing there. He’s a flyweight now, I’m a bantamweight, so I think it should be nothing.”

Garbrandt is not the only former bantamweight champion at UFC 269 that O’Malley has beefed with in the past though. O’Malley has also engaged in a war of words with former two-time champion Dominick Cruz, who takes on the eighth-ranked Pedro Munhoz on the preliminary card of UFC 269. And while O’Malley is prepared to let bygones be bygones with Garbrandt, “Suga” was less kind when talking about Cruz and Munhoz.

On Cruz:

“He messed up,” O’Malley said of Cruz. “I called out him and Pedro Munhoz and now they’re on the prelims. I guess it doesn’t really matter. They’re gonna get paid the same whether they’re on the main card or the prelims, I’m gonna get paid the same whether I’m opening up the main card or the prelims, so as far as making money, it doesn’t really matter but for your ego, that’s got to hurt. Being talked about as one of the best bantamweights ever and you’re on the prelims. I don’t even know if he’s headlining the prelims.

“Prelim Pedro vs. Dominick, it just makes sense down there. I haven’t talked to anybody that’s super excited for that fight. They’re both top-10 I’m pretty sure and me and Paiva aren’t even ranked and we’re opening up the main card, so I think it just goes to show I’m the unranked champ.”

While “unranked champ” might be a bridge too far, the UFC has certainly made no bones about believing that O’Malley is a future star for the promotion. Since joining the organization, five of his seven fights have been on the main card of a pay-per-view event. Should O’Malley get the job done against Paiva next weekend, a big fight against a big name like Cruz could be on the horizon. But if not, O’Malley already has his sights set on another fight against a man who called him out recently, rising contender Adrian Yanez.

On Yanez:

“I thought Adrian Yanez had a good fight last fight,” O’Malley said. “I thought that would be a good matchup. I thought that was an impressive performance, I called him out, and he kind of accepted. He said that I want ranked opponents but I don’t know where he heard that from. I’ve called out ranked guys but I’ve never specifically said I want a ranked opponent. I’ve called out Dominick Cruz, Pedro Munhoz, Petr (Yan), Cody, I’ve called out ranked guys but I’m not really worried about getting a ranked opponent. I think Adrian Yanez would be a good matchup next. Obviously not counting out Paiva, gotta go out there and take care of him first, but I think regardless, Yanez is a next good fight. People want it.”

Link: https://www.mmafighting.com/2021/12...lls-for-fight-with-adrian-yanez-after-ufc-269

 

[VinceArch]

Still has to get one last dig in him though lol.

 

[Question]

Garbarant, O'Malley and Cruz on the same card. Good job UFC

 

[BeerAndKush]

I don’t like O’Malley but would like to see him win the title so we can have our first Cuck UFC champion

 

[Failwani]

Lmao, can’t lie, his trash talk has grown on me.

Has he squashed the beef with Font Rob though

 

[Boomb]

What was the "beef" about? Who has worst tattoos?

 

[NoSmilez]

I will almost root against this guy no matter what.

 

[Substance Abuse]

Lmao, can’t lie, his trash talk has grown on me.

Has he squashed the beef with Font Rob though

Sean would duck a fight with Font for eternity.

 

[Koro_11]

The only BW even less likeable than necktats is Cuck O Mally. Let them fight, double leg break on a checked kick please.

 

[Harlekin]

Main fight on the prelims > First fight on the main card.

It has been like that since many years ago when Faber headlined the prelims a few times.

It's there to generate interest on the free market

 

[M4rk]

Has O'malley not got addicted to heroin yet?

 

[tornado362]

Main fight on the prelims > First fight on the main card.

It has been like that since many years ago when Faber headlined the prelims a few times.

It's there to generate interest on the free market

Munhoz/Cruz isn't the main fight on the prelims.

I'm pretty sure it's Emmett/Ige

 

[G10]

What was the "beef" about? Who has worst tattoos?

LMAO! Both guys are up there, that's for sure.

 

[koquerelle]

In other news: they had a beef.

 

[TheMMAnalyst]

I hope he beats Paiva just so they try to push him for a title shot - would love to see Sandhagen or another contender put him in his place.

“Uncrowned Champ” with no elite wins and twigs for shins lol - dude is pretty talented but I think his #1 priority is being rich and famous, way too focused on the money and fame to ever reach the title.

He’s kind of like Kevin Lee in some ways but with a different skill set - and we all saw how that turned out…

 

[BigTruck]

Still has to get one last dig in him though lol.

I noticed that too. Wasn't much squashing of a beef but more of a dig imo.

 

[MMAcolyte]

I don’t like O’Malley but would like to see him win the title so we can have our first Cuck UFC champion

BJ Penn already has that honour.

 

[JangoMike]

How can anyone with brittle bones have beef?

 

[Jojomojo]

Doenst change the fakt that he is a duck and a sore loser.

 

[Jozo Sha]

Voted for Paiva, because I don't like O'Malley at all.