Six weeks earlier than the most important struggle of his UFC profession, Sean O’Malley suffered a rib damage.
‘Sugar’ stepped contained in the Octagon on August 19, 2023, for his first crack at UFC gold, squaring off with then-bantamweight world champion Aljamain Sterling at UFC 292 in Boston, Mass. Lower than a minute into the second spherical, O’Malley delivered a picture-perfect counter proper that despatched the ‘Funk Grasp’ crashing to the canvas. A number of follow-up pictures later and we had ourselves a brand new 135-pound king.
Following the struggle, O’Malley revealed that he had sustained a rib damage whereas coaching that prevented him from grappling for the ultimate month and a half of his struggle camp.
Courtesy of the promotion’s latest documentary, Battle Inc: Inside The UFC, we now have footage of the precise second that Sean O’Malley sustained the damage.
Sean O’Malley slated for 2024 returns to tackle the division’s No. 1 contender
Fortuitously, the damage performed little function within the struggle itself.
Since then, O’Malley has added a profitable title protection to his resume, handily defeating Marlon ‘Chito’ Vera within the UFC 299 headliner in Miami. Subsequent on the docket for ‘Sugar’ is a showdown in opposition to the division’s No. 1 ranked contender, Merab Dvalishvili.
No official bulletins have been made, however each fighters have pointed towards their inevitable conflict taking place on September 16 when the promotion heads to Sphere in Las Vegas for UFC 306.
