YouTube personalities sparring towards high tier UFC fighters has grow to be a factor. Former middleweight champion Sean Strickland has made a behavior of it. Former heavyweight titleholder Jiri Prochazka not too long ago beat up two Swedish YouTubers in the identical sparring session.
Former bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley has now jumped on the development. In a video posted to his YouTube channel, O’Malley roughed up skilled poke participant and YouTuber Frankie C (Frank Cucchiara).
O’Malley did not take it as onerous on Frankie C as Strickland does on anybody sparring with him, however finally dropped the influencer with physique photographs.
“I would like him to really feel like he received hit by a truck,” O’Malley stated earlier than the sparring session. “I wish to harm him within the physique, I wish to kick his leg a pair occasions. A tough couple leg kicks. I’m going to try to get him actually, actually drained.”
O’Malley is getting ready for the largest struggle of his profession, a rematch towards present bantamweight titleholder Merab Dvalishvili. Dvalishvili defeated O’Malley at UFC 306 final September to win the championship.
Following the loss to Dvalishvili, O’Malley underwent hip surgical procedure and was sidelined for months. Throughout that point, Dvalishvili efficiently defended the title towards Umar Nurmagomedov. The O’Malley and Dvalishvili rematch headlined UFC 316 on June 7 on the Prudential Middle in Newark, N.J.
