September 19, 2024 11:00 am ET
UFC Corridor of Famer Matt Serra doesn’t suppose Sean O’Malley’s nook confirmed a way of urgency at UFC 306.
O’Malley (18-2 MMA, 10-2 UFC) was outgrappled in a unanimous decision loss to Merab Dvalishvili (18-4 MMA, 11-2 UFC) in final Saturday’s title-fight headliner at Sphere in Las Vegas. Heading into Spherical 5, O’Malley was down 4 rounds on one of many judges’ scorecards and 3-1 on the opposite two. Serra, who’s one in every of Dvalishvili’s coaches, criticized Welch for not lighting a fireplace beneath O’Malley when he was clearly shedding the struggle.
“This struggle uncovered him as a coach as a result of when your man is successful and knocking folks out, certain, you appear like a f*cking hero,” Serra stated on “UFC Unfiltered.” “When your fighter is clearly shedding the struggle and he begins shedding rounds, Tim Welch was, like, not wanting to harm his emotions.
“‘OK, good spherical.’ No, you’re shedding f*cking three rounds! You’ve obtained to get in his ass. You’ve obtained to say – he was afraid that he didn’t know learn how to deal with his man on that many rounds. And I assumed his f*cking cornerwork was sh*t. So, he uncovered himself. You (Dvalishvili) took care of enterprise, and Tim Welch had no solutions for his fighter.”
O’Malley later revealed that he tore the labrum in his left hip 10 weeks previous to his struggle with Dvalishvili. He’ll undergo surgery on Oct. 3. For extra on the cardboard, go to MMA Junkie’s occasion hub for UFC 306.
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