Former champion Sean O'Malley has a tough task for him at UFC 316.
Almost nine months have passed since Sean O'Malley the Bantamweight title dropped to Merab Dvalishvili in the atmosphere last year at UFC 306. Before the fight even started, O'Malley was surpassed for a relatively divorce decision.
Coming from the loss and a successful operation at its torn Labrum, O'Malley is back in action in two weeks while he meets Dvalishvili again in the UFC 316 main event on 7 June.
The Dvalishvilis champion runs on a 12-fog win racing and is considered the largest Bantamweight of all time by former two-division champion Henry Cejudo and O'Malley's head coach Tim Welch.
Dvalishvili stands as a 3-on-1 gamble favorite in the Rematch with many who predict his busy wrestling and seemingly unbeatable gas tank to be more than enough for O'Malley, known for its striking.
UFC commentator Joe Rogan loves what he sees of the Bantam weights prior to the title fight, but expressed some concern about O'Malley in his last breakdown.
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Joe Rogan has no idea how Sean O'Malley closes the wrestling of Merab Dvalishvili at UFC 316
Dvalishvili scored six Takedowns and had 10 minutes of control time on O'Malley in their first fight. While O'Malley will be better prepared for the gripping fairs in the Rematch, Rogan wonders how the striker keeps the ruthless Dvalishvili at bay.
“That is an interesting fight,” said Rogan about Dvalishvili vs. O'Malley 2 on the experience of Joe Rogan.
'Very interesting fight. I don't know how 'Suga' Sean keeps that guy away from him …
“He is off Animal,” said the UFC commentator about Dvalishvili. “That guy is superhuman. There is no one like him. The cardio that man has is of the charts. It is just outside the charts.
“I have never seen anything like that. He doesn't get tired. He is full of gas, no brakes the whole fight.
“It's just smothering, overwhelming people. [Umar] Nurmagomedov, who is also an animal. He couldn't stay [Dvalishvili] From him. This m ———— Crazy. “
Dvalishvili handed Umar Nurmagomedov's first loss on UFC 311 in January by unanimous decision. The Bantam weight champion taunted Nurmagomedov by bringing him down for his legendary cousin Khabib Nurmagomedov.
Joe Rogan says he is a fan of the lifestyle changes of Sean O'Malley
After his UFC title loss against Dvalishvili, O'Malley knew that something had to change.
Before O'Malley greats of all time added Demetrious Johnson and Israel Adesanya, O'Malley chose 'by giving up different vices for the fight of Dvalishvili.
“I like what he did,” said Rogan about the lifestyle of O'Malley.
“Stabbed from social media, stopped smoking, just berded.
“Got his hip solved, which was a big problem,” Rogan O'malley's torn Labum injury prior to the Dvalishhvili fight.
“There are many of these hunters who take these fights because it is a lot of money and it is a big event and they do not want to cancel and they have been given a considerable injury.
“Sean couldn't struggle,” said Rogan.
“Imagine that you can't struggle in the camp and you have to go opposite Merab …”