The coach of Sean O'Malley, Tim Welch, does not come from his position on his UFC 306 defeat.
Former UFC Bantamweight champion Sean O'Malley gets the chance of revenge when he is confronted with the current title holder Merab Dvalishvili in the UFC 316 Main Event next week in Newark. O'Malley gets an immediate second chance to beat DvalishVili after a unanimous loss of decision at UFC 306 in September.
O'Malley has applied a whole series of personal life changes in the run -up to UFC 316 and promises a different result when he and Dvalishvili reunite in the cage. After repairing a hip injury and eliminating different vices, O'Malley feels rejuvenated with the chance to reclaim the Bantamweight title.
Dvalishvili's Elite struggles frustrated O'Malley from start-to-finish in their first fight; An approach that can repeat itself on UFC 316. But the O'Malley coach is happy that they are not dealing with another fighting evening element in the Dvalishvili Rematch.
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Coach Tim Welch defends Head-Scrating Comments about the loss of Sean O'Malley at UFC 306
O'Malley's old coach Tim Welch disrupted a few feathers when he blamed the UFC 306 loss of O'Malley on the lighting in the Las Vegas -Bol. It was the first time that the UFC had held an event in the ultramodern arena, with huge screens and unique lighting throughout the location.
In a recent performance on the Ariel Helwani show, coach Welch defended his comments about the atmosphere of Las Vegas that influenced O'Malley's performance on UFC 306.
“It was just that all night. You always see Sean when he comes to the Octagon, he will come in the face of the man, he will walk to him with his arms open, and he has that aura over him. He didn't,” Welch said about O'Malley.
“We didn't get to see the ball at all until we walked out of the cage and it felt quite a bit different. I don't know if it was the atmosphere that had to do with it, but only that night it is just something.
“We were meant to lose that fight and now it will just make this so much sweeter.”
While O'Malley and Dvalishvili share a mutual respect for each other prior to UFC 316, the same cannot be said about Dvalishvili and Welch. Before UFC 306, Dvalishvili Welch threatened to attack comments that he made the then Bantam weight candidate.
Things did not improve in the cage at UFC 306, when Welch tried to give Dvalishvili fake instructions before referee Herb Dean intervened.
UFC Legend believes that Sean O'Malley can make a drastic move with a loss at UFC 316
Although O'Malley and Welch have extremely confidence in their chances of UFC 316, a UFC legend believes that it is a 'must-win' situation for the former title holder. Chael Sonnen thinks that a loss at UFC 316 O'Malley could force to move to the featherweight division; A movement that the star repeatedly mentioned during his career.
In the interview with Ariel Helwani referred to above, Welch admitted that O'Malley is increasingly difficult to make the weight limit of 135 pounds now compared to earlier in his career. O'Malley previously teased a super fight with Ilia Topuria before Topuria left the title of featherweight for a full -time move to lightweight.
If O'Malley wins on UFC 316, a trilogy with Dvalishvili would be very logical for the next Bantamweight title fight. Umar Nurmagomedov and other Bantam weights also wait in the wings for another shot in the belt.
After O'malley had shared several vices that he specified for UFC 316, we are days removed from seeing the fruits of his work.