O’Malley admits to ‘frustration’ but won’t dwell on defeat to Dvalishvili

Sean O'Malley spoke to the media aft his 2nd nonaccomplishment to Merab Daliashvili. Despite the archetypal disappointment, Sean is inactive successful bully spirits arsenic helium feels determination is nary constituent successful dwelling connected the past.

After successfully recovering from a hep injury, the celebrated UFC combatant returned to the octagon past play successful the main lawsuit of the UFC 316 lawsuit with the purpose of regaining the bantamweight title loop successful a rematch against Dvalishvili. Their archetypal gathering astatine the UFC 306 lawsuit past twelvemonth ended successful a unanimous determination successful favour of the Georgian fighter, who past dethroned O'Malley.

O'Malley looked assured successful the opening rounds connected Saturday. However, arsenic the combat progressed, the Georgian combatant was perpetually nether pressure, and proved to beryllium excessively overmuch for the American, who was defeated successful the 3rd circular by a "north-south" choke. It is his archetypal submission nonaccomplishment successful his nonrecreational MMA career.

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In a caller video connected his YouTube channel, O’Malley spoke astir the nonaccomplishment and the connection he’s taking distant from it. “Suga” admitted that helium was initially upset, but helium stressed the value of staying affirmative contempt the outcome. Plus, his newborn babe plays a large relation successful keeping him from feeling sad.

- Happiness is simply a skill. So, for me, to spell done thing similar that, and past Sunday comes, Monday comes... I don’t consciousness bittersweet astatine all, I inactive consciousness truly happy. I’m a small disappointed with the outcome. I’m a small frustrated, but there’s nary sadness successful me. I’m holding my 14-day-old baby.

- I adjacent my eyes and ideate situations, similar erstwhile (Merab) started locking the choke, I could person done thing different. I could person done this, I could person done that. But past I think, ‘Oh, man, there’s thing I tin bash astir it now.’ I inactive consciousness truly good.