Sean O’Malley is now in camp ahead of his UFC 316 title fight rematch against Merab Dvalishvili on June 7.
Having disappointingly dropped his bantamweight title to Merab Dvalishvili at UFC 306 last September, Sean O’Malley took some time off from fighting to recover from ongoing injuries.
After Dvalishvili went on to defend his title against Umar Nurmagomedov at UFC 311, the promotion went on to announce that a rematch between Dvalishvili and O’Malley will take place at UFC 316.
Following his first loss to ‘The Machine’, O’Malley made some huge lifestyle changes, with one of them being that he gave up social media to put more time into his recovery.
Sean O’Malley trains with Israel Adesanya ahead of UFC 316
As well as making some key lifestyle changes ahead of his rematch against the dominant Georgian, ‘Suga’ has also got some training in with fellow UFC star, Israel Adesanya.
O’Malley and Adesanya both had their come-up at a similar time and were once regarded as two of the biggest stars in the sport outside of Conor McGregor.
Unfortunately, Adesanya is seemingly coming towards the end of his time at the top, now on a three-fight losing streak after his recent loss to Nassourdine Imavov.
In an attempt to change the trajectory of his recent fights, ‘The Last Stylebender’ has linked up with O’Malley at ‘The Suga Factory’ to get some work in with the former bantamweight champion and his coach, Tim Welch.
In a video on his Instagram story, Adesanya practiced his combos on the pads with Welch, whilst also sharing the cage with O’Malley at the 30-year-old’s own facility.
Fans accuse O’Malley of Dana White privilege
When the promotion announced the rematch between O’Malley and Dvalishvili, fans criticised the matchmaking, claiming that ‘Suga’ didn’t deserve an immediate rematch.
Despite that, O’Malley responded to the criticism, claiming that this time around it is going to be a completely different fight because he is not going into it injured.
It is nothing new for the 30-year-old to be accused of favorable matchmaking, as he has received those comments throughout the entirety of his UFC career.
