Remember last week, when Sean O’Malley complained that UFC matchmaker Sean Shelby was “treating him like s—t?” Their little beef originated when “Suga” said he didn’t want to compete in New York City on November 6th, but no opponent was mentioned.
We may now have some insight.
Ariel Helwani reports that UFC would like to book O’Malley vs. former Lightweight strap-hanger Frankie Edgar, possibly for the aforementioned Madison Square Garden date above. While O’Malley’s recent comments seem to indicate that event is out of the question, a different weekend in 2021 seems more likely.
Last month, Edgar revealed that a match up vs. O’Malley appealed to him. “The Answer” is 1-1 since dropping to Bantamweight, winning a highly competitive battle vs. Pedro Munhoz before getting sparked by Cory Sandhagen last time out. O’Malley, meanwhile, is 2-0 in 2021, and both victories were dominant stoppage wins.
Frankie is on an obvious decline. He’s had some legit wars over the years, and I don’t see this going his way.
5-5 out of last 10 fights.
2-3 out of last 5.
I can tell the UG does NOT have the Answer
TTT
