News Sean O'Malley chooses Ricky Simon; *UPDATE - Sean will fight Kris Mountinho instead

[HockeyBjj]

Well shit

 

[slavomir]

So Sean is fighting some can, confirmed now by him.
Props to poster who predicted this in this thread.

 

[HockeyBjj]

Cool, here’s to hoping it gets made. Simon should be a good one.

Although He’ll probably end up fighting Simon Ricky some regional 2-4 guy.

EDIT: Wow Called it. He’s fighting newcomer Kris Mountiho

Fucking nailed it

Well, war tomato can upset then I guess

Actually nah, Seems Sean would have taken the legit opponent if Simon could have made weight. Guess Sean deserves to get another highlight reel adder

 

[Guy LeDouche]

Fucking nailed it

Well, war tomato can upset then I guess

Actually nah, Seems Sean would have taken the legit opponent if Simon could have made weight. Guess Sean deserves to get another highlight reel adder

Thanks sherbrotha.
Love the AV btw

 

[Streeter]

A stupid fight for Omalley honestly. He needs exciting wins against strikers to build his name. This fight will sick for him as not only will he lose its likely boring fight with Simon laying on him 3 rds.

 

[TheBigJuicyGuy]

*Bump

<[analyzed}>

Shame on us for thinking S.O.M. would take on a "stiffer" task.

 

[FIghtxIQ]

I just think it's a stiff test with the way Simon puts it on you with wrestling. It's a test we need to see with Omalley him dealing with a physically strong guy who's looking to not give him any room to strike at all times.

Looks like he got some random signed to UFC just for this fight. This is actually worse because if he losses to this it would completely derail him. A loss to a ranked fighter would be better than a loss to a random being brought in just for the fight. Yes they are bringing this guy in hoping for an easy fight for Suga, but if he loses, it's going to backfire tremendously.

 

[HaulParris]

EDIT: Simon can't make weight, according to Sean.



Looks like he'll be facing a clone, well sort of.

I'm in. Book it UFC!

Why not make the Simon fight at catchweight?

 

[Gio]

Why not make the Simon fight at catchweight?

UFC wants it at 135

 

[CC27]

its a late replacement, he'll beat this kid and then should get a top 15 guy next.

 

[deanambrose]

Whoa a rare mirror match!
Don't know Mountinho guy but I hope for a good scrap.

 

[Kb7]

I still don't see what others see in O'Malley. The moment the fight was announced against Marlon Vera, I knew he was going to lose.

 

[DaRivv20]

The amount of grown adults getting triggered by a guy with rainbow hair is actually astounding.

 

[kenetics]

Who and who? Don't know either of his replacements.

 

[slavomir]

Looks like he got some random signed to UFC just for this fight. This is actually worse because if he losses to this it would completely derail him. A loss to a ranked fighter would be better than a loss to a random being brought in just for the fight. Yes they are bringing this guy in hoping for an easy fight for Suga, but if he loses, it's going to backfire tremendously.

No it will not.Most ppl don't know his oponent is a can. And most ppl have memory for 2 fights back anyway. Suga already lost not so long ago.

 

[Martialbeef]

Might watch the highlights, probably just see it on twitter. Not arsed.

 

[Law of One]

In the past we had guys like Wanderlai, Cro Cop, Rampage, Liddell...

Now we got Suga Shane, Izzy... Francis is cool though.

 

[FIghtxIQ]

No it will not.Most ppl don't know his oponent is a can. And most ppl have memory for 2 fights back anyway. Suga already lost not so long ago.

Yes that's the point, he's a random that got brought in for Suga to style on. If Suga somehow loses the fight, it's going to back fire tremendously picking a random can instead of a ranked fighter. A win over a random isn't going to do anything for Suga in terms of getting closer to the belt or being a ranked fighter. It's a pointless win. Maybe he can get a highlight reel ko but that's only good for his brand and nothing more, his brand will the same as MVP if he avoids top competition his whole career.

 

[TheBigJuicyGuy]

Which one of you boys gave us this absolute gem?

 

[SherdogWasNeverMyFriend]

WAR MOUTINHO!!! I guess....

https://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Kris-Moutinho-126341