Sean O'Malley vs. Andre Soukhamthath Added to UFC 222 in Las Vegas

[Arkridge]

Awesome fight. O'Malley is an awesome prospect, still very green though. Feed him strikers and allow him to grow and you've got a potential star.

Who wins?

 

[SeaLevelMizugaki]

Suga is fun to watch, hope they build him up well.

 

[PlatinumAmerican]

That's a good matchup glad they aren't rushing this guy - honestly didn't expect him to get past Ware

 

[Arkridge]

That's a good matchup glad they aren't rushing this guy - honestly didn't expect him to get past Ware

I was unsure about the matchup as well. Seemed like a rough debut for a guy so green, but he impressed me. I like the route they're taking with him so far. I like this matchup.

 

[BC]

Andre will put hands on him.

 

[orangecuse]

Exciting striking match-up.

 

[ryanrandy]

Andre will put hands on him.

Agree. I think Andre takes him out early.

 

[liljuey]

Pretty good fight. I'd like to see suga keep his hands up a bit more this fight just because dre hits harder than ware does and ware connected a good amount in the 2nd round against suga. Suga by Dec.

 

[Gambit MMA]

who?

 

[Cowboy Cerroliveira]

Andre whoops him.

O'Malley doesn't realize that when he's blazing a joint, it's his cardio that's going up in smoke.

 

[Arkridge]

Andre whoops him.

O'Malley doesn't realize that when he's blazing a joint, it's his cardio that's going up in smoke.

A lot of guys in MMA smoke weed. Plenty of them have fine cardio. Nick and Nate have excellent cardio for one example.

 

[Arkridge]

Stop protecting this kid and give him a top 15 opponent.

WTF lmao he's had one UFC fight. ONE. Doesn't even have 10 professional fight. Why on earth would he get a top 15 opponent?

 

[The_Renaissance]

This will be O'Malley's Northcutt vs. Barberena fight.
Andre can crack, has a good chin and durability and more experience. Soukhamthath keeps it simple and KO's this kid, 2nd round.

 

[CountOfSoCal]

Double KO, hopefully.

Andre TKO’s him though.

 

[Jin Akutsu]

Asian Sensation by TKO.

 

[Cowboy Cerroliveira]

A lot of guys in MMA smoke weed. Plenty of them have fine cardio. Nick and Nate have excellent cardio for one example.

The Diaz bros are anomalies. With all the cardio they do, they could fight 10 hard rounds. If they weren't smoking weed they could probably go 20 rounds. Same with Gastelum.

 

[JBJISGOAT]

Andre is fucking him up imo…

 

[Goodfella86]

Good matchup. O'Malley may not have had the best performance, but I was impressed after seeing a kid of his age winning the third round after losing the second in his UFC debut. I picked Sean to lose that fight. This one has me unsure.

 

[Arkridge]

Because the UFC shouldn't be about building up certain fighters that might be marketable and giving them easy match ups. That's what created Conor. It should be about finding who's the best sink or swim throw him to the wolves imo.

They don't do this purely with guys they find marketable. Any young promising fighter will a small amount of fighters should be brought along slowly and not thrown to the wolves. Rookies in any sport aren't instantly thrown to the wolves. It doesn't happen in boxing either. It shouldn't happen in MMA.

 

[J0N0]

Heart says O'Malley, head says Soukaoukaukathoutot