Sean O’Malley is ready to get back inside of the Octagon and is hoping to meet current UFC bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili in a title fight rematch sometime in the middle of this year.
plans to “detox” from social media in effort to focus solely on his UFC career and being a father. The former UFC champion is also coming off hip surgery, but by the sounds of it O’Malley plans to return to the Octagon sooner than originally expected.
RIZIN’s stacked “Decade” card. O’Malley helped ring in the festivities and stated that he had the best trip of his life. During his stay, “Suga” spoke with RIZIN TV and was asked about his return to the cage. O’Malley is hoping that Dvalishvili successfully defends his UFC bantamweight title against Umar Nurmagomedov at the upcoming UFC 311 card later this month so the two can run it back in Q2-Q3.
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“Ideally, Merab beats Umar and I get the rematch,” said O’Malley. “But if Umar wins, it’ll be Umar. That’s what I want next is a title fight.
“Hopefully mid next year against the winner of that one.”
