Useless title defense

[mister piscadinha]

That’s why they fight the fights. We all knew O’Malley would get battered because we already saw it. At least there’s intrigue with Cory

its also fair, the man should have been seans first title defense

 

[moosaev]

UFC is in the business of selling ppvs/tix - its not that egregious

O’Malley can’t sell tickets. That’s a myth.

 

[jeff7b9]

it's the UFC so it could even be Suga vs Merab 3 next!

Hey.... hey


Let's not get carried away here



First we need Jon Jones vs Stipe 2.



THEN... we can worry about Suga Sean vs Merab Trilogy

 

[BeastDanSevern]

No, that’s not how it works. We already saw Merab walk through Sean, that’s why this was unnecessary. Corey has a chance, you can’t just give Merab the virtual win.

I just don't see anyone at that weight even troubling Merab. That fight should be next.

 

[CieloLuce]

Sean O'Malley is cooked at BW.

 

[moosaev]

I disagree I think O'Malley has a way better chance than Cory it'll be the same but easier

Nah man, we haven’t seen what the Corey fight will look like. Everyone KNEW this fight would end this way because we’ve seen it!!!!!!

 

[USA!USA!]

O’Malley can’t sell tickets. That’s a myth.

Can sell more than Sandhagen lol

 

[moosaev]

I just don't see anyone at that weight even troubling Merab. That fight should be next.

Umar already troubled him, so that’s false.

 

[Blond]

Merab is getting close to cleaning out the division. There's no good number one contender

 

[Xanzito]

2 insuferrable fighter IMHO lost, Pena and Cucka Sean lost, so all in all not a bad night.

 

[moosaev]

Can sell more than Sandhagen lol

Meh, marginally perhaps. Nothing worth giving him a totally undeserved title shot for.

 

[Wardum]

Sean v Umar lets go

 

[moosaev]

Merab is getting close to cleaning out the division. There's no good number one contender

If he beat Corey then you could actually say he cleaned out the division, this win did nothing for him.

 

[Bowel-forged Stool]

The passing of the torch as O’Malley once said

 

[sdpdude9]

It was criticized for being a pointless rematch and it proved those criticisms were valid. Could have all been different if Sean won just a single fight in between, would have made more sense and been more intriguing. But UFC has poor vision and can’t build up fights.

 

[ExitLUPin]

It was but there wasn't any clearcut contender. Yan probably the best shout but what Merab did against him no one wants to see that again. Cory just beat Fig. Fig got derailed. Song lost. What was the other option? Umar rematch?

 

[cws80us]

Agreed, made no sense. O'Malley did nothing to deserve a rematch. Did he even have a fight in between? Now he's finished having lose twice to the champion. 2nd time more decisive than the 1sr.

 

[volcom5]

And this is why instant rematches are stupid.

 

[14 division]

Merab is an animal and active. I knew he was gonna win, Sandhagen is the only option next.

 

[RockyLockridge]

If he beat Corey then you could actually say he cleaned out the division, this win did nothing for him.

Legacy wise. No but it was a nice finish over a top 5 fighter, he also slipped it in at a good time to get that extra title defense. He can probably fight corey later this year in msg.


I'm not sure it doesn't nothing from a career perspective. If he fights cory this year and wins we could be looking at a fighter of the year run with wins over O'Malley, Umar and sandhagen. Would be much less impressive without O'Malley on there.