Prior to his collision against Merab Dvalishvili this Saturday at UFC 316, Sean O'Malley received some expert advice from the current featherweight King, Alexander Volkanovski.
On Saturday, Sean O'Malley gets his chance of redemption when he accepts the Merab Dvalishvili at the UFC 316 Main Event in Newark, New Jersey.
'Suga' will come to UFC 316 with a different look, because he revealed that he would not die from his hair as he usually does, and explains why he chooses it.
In anticipation of their rematch, the head coach of O'Malley predicts that the striker will cut open the face of Dvalishvili before scoring a late round finish.
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Volkanovski offers O'Malley Expert Advice for UFC 316 Rematch
In their first collision at UFC 306, 'The Machine' Dvalishvili dominated the fight with its wrestling and grab pressure, so that O'Malley stood none of its sensational striking.
Nevertheless, in the final round O'Malley landed a few crushing body shots and only a few days from their rematch, DvalishVili admitted that if he landed a few more, the result of the fight could be different.
Although 'Suga' went to UFC 306 with a torn Labrum, the broad consensus is that Dvalishvili will again dominate the 30-year-old with his ruthless pressure.
The current UFC -Fedweight champion, Alexander Volkanovski,, however, has given O'Malley some advice, which results from his fighting against Islam Makhachev, which is also known for its dominant struggle.
“The fight must look exactly the same, right? That is what you would think, the fight should look exactly the same,” Volkanovski said in a video on his YouTube channel.
“Are we going to see another Sean? Yes, I think we will do that. The key factor for him is the possibility not to worry and to hesitate and to give the Takedowns. Worry about that … Game plan around him even come in, make that part of your style.
“If you are really worried about that Takedown, you won't be so free on the feet and we know how good Sean O'Malley is when he is free on the feet, I think he is one of the best strikers in the UFC, he is incredibly on the feet,” Volkanovski continued.
Merab Dvalishvili admits that he would never fight Alexander Volkanovski
Fighters trying to become double champions have become extremely regularly occurred in the UFC.
However, 'De Machine' has admitted that he has no plans to ever go to featherweight, despite his brutal bantam weight, it takes a lot from him because he never wants to fight against Volkanovski.