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O'malley got completely outclassed. He got outwrestled, dominated and showed that he doesn't have an answer on the ground or if his opponent moves at all.I mean Sean didn't do all that bad relative to Merab's other opponents.
Funny thing is I don't even think we saw a fraction of Merab's cardio potential tonight, he couldn't exactly be as aggressive and forward moving as he usually is against other opponents. Underrated fight IQ by him tonight IMO, some of his takedowns were very well timed, he's more skilled than people think.
It's going to be a Pettis like downfall from here IMO. He will get a few KOs here and there, but ultimately if you take threaten the takedown enough he will shut down and just throw single shots. I guess they could do vera 3 to try and get him a ranked win again.