Cory Sandhagen calls for blockbuster clash against Sean O’Malley
UFC star Cory Sandhagen has revealed his interest in pursuing a long-awaited showdown with Sean O’Malley.
As we know, Cory Sandhagen is one of the most intriguing bantamweight contenders in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is clearly a phenomenally talented fighter, but for whatever reason, he can’t quite seem to get over the finish line and win the world title, with his latest effort coming against Merab Dvalishvili.
Sandhagen has faced many of the biggest names at 135 pounds, but someone he hasn’t battled before is none other than Sean O’Malley. Most fans agree that it would be a really fascinating style matchup, but right now, ‘Suga’ appears to be on a collision course with Petr Yan in a rematch of their bout from a few years back.
In a recent interview, Sandhagen made it clear that he would be very interested in going toe to toe with O’Malley.
Sandhagen wants O’Malley showdown
“O’Malley is definitely the guy that there is to fight,” Sandhagen said on an ONX Sports podcast. “Everyone’s talking about that fight. There’s really, I mean, there’s no reason not to do it. I’m coming off of a really close fight with Merab, where it was a super competitive fight. Still lost, but it was a very competitive fight. He’s coming off of getting finished by Merab – got finished once, but lost to him twice. That’s the fight that everyone’s calling for.”
“Hell yeah, and I think Sean would bite at that too,” Sandhagen said. “Because who wouldn’t want to fight? That fight is gonna get so many views. Like the last one at Paramount+ got like 7 million viewers or whatever. Imagine what the White House card is gonna get. People are gonna tune in from other sports just because it’s a once-in-a-lifetime event. I bet you it’ll be around 14, 15 million people watching.”
Quotes via MMA Junkie
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