When Sean vs Merab was announced i told all my friends that Merab was dangerous, and that this was a bad matchup for Sean (style wise) My friends then proceeded to laugh at me for placing a Stake bet on him 🤔 Guess whos laughing now? 😂 Thank you Merab ❤️
@mattyctill I just think stylistically. That's the fight to make. And now they're both near the top of the division, coming off a loss. But yeah, it'll probably be a rematch knowing Dana.
@@2barredout yeah and Jon Jones is fighting a guy who effectively retired four years ago instead of the interim champ! Just because something doesn't make sense to us, doesn't mean Dana won't do it. Like I said O'Malley doesn't deserve it but he'll get it if he wants it as he's one of Dana's pets.
Dana white calling the fighters “kid” is normal at this point but hearing the journalists referring to the fighters as “kid” too just seems disrespectful
Maybe if he didn't die his hair pink, wear fur and act like a tiktok influencer they wouldn't call O'mally a kid. It's funny, you never hear men like chael sonnen or dan henderson called "kid".
To be honest, I really hope that loss drives him to get better and he comes back to be champ. I like his style a lot. Merab has carisma, Umar is a great athlele and stuff, but as fan, I want to sit down and watch a great exciting fight.
@LeandroSantos-vp4hf Umar would have did the same suga is done for he will pick his next match thats forsure ......since he's a little punk he will suck dana off for a easy match ......but won't matter the bely is in better hands now
@@KAST403 Calm down, bro lmao! I like his style and he is not fake, like he shows who he is instead of playing humble. I like Merab a lot, but is not cool to sit down and watch him, let's be honest... I'm happy if Merab gets 1-2 defenses and makes his name, but I wish Sean comes back.
Sean had no fire because differently from all his opponents Merab was not flatfooted, he was actually jumping all over the place, Sean had no answer for his footwork and speed.
He had no fire because he was afraid of Merab's takedowns, which lessened his striking. Plus O'Malley is not phisically strong nor has great bjj, that is why he got dominated and lost every round of the fight.
Who cares about fighter pay? Only hypocrites pretend to care about fighter pay. Becauae i guarantee your not out there advocating for construction workers, factory workers ect to get better pay? Yet there the guys that actually make the wold a better place for me and you. Not fucking prize fighters.@@Herbert_Rudolf
Merab is such a great man, imagine that after all the disrespect that Dana has given him by mocking him and talking bad about him these last few weeks that in Merab’s post fight speech he still went and praised Dana and said that he wishes he can have a better relationship with him going forward. What a legend Merab is. Wow. All other fighters should watch and learn from his character and for Dana he should learn to be more mature and stop mocking smaller fighters. Why doesn’t he talk about Aspinall like that😅.
@@sloppyvm7110 merab is not the same style as khabib? hes boring, cant even dream of getting a finish, he's pretty similar to colby and you called colby boring? weird
@@patriotplays6990 not the point. This has been a recurring theme for a long time. These fighters put their bodies. Lives. On the line. Think that's worth a little more than what they make
Who cares about Mexico. And Mexican independance day is a complete joke when there are over 30 million of them in the USA sponging off the tax payers. They are not independant by any stretch.
@@laaa210no it’s because most of the styles that are winning are horrible to watch for viewers. Controls wrestlers are actual cancer. People want to see BJJ , Striking or Wrestlers that use positions to advance and try to finish the fight.
@@laaa210 people hated Izzy because of his personality, he is a weirdo and became super unlikeable the longer he was champ. And because some of his performances were awesome and then his next fight it would look like he is skating by. And I’m a Leon fan but he just has a low motor and is a boxer doing martial arts. Control wrestling as a fight style has the easiest path to success but is not entertaining so a lot of these less technical fighters are abusing the hell out of it.
I didn't know it was possible but Mexicans somehow did worse than Australia and Canada during their cards. Going 2-7 with a -1200 rojas is a truly inspirational feat
@@DiorShiesty I was there too, felt like I was in Mexico city rather than a city in the US, and all they cared about was Mexicans winning, when Raul Rosas Jr grapples, that's amazing, but when Valentina grapples it's boring and boo worthy 🤡
All that talk about the "fighting warrior Mexican spirit" was hilarious. The Aztecs were child murdering blood cultists but no wonder they got conquered if these were their greatest fighters 😂
@@smokeystarr ive always wandered why strikers dont exploit the rules. if theres no action, its stood back up. why dont the strikers just lock hands behind their back, wrap their legs in a closed guard, and just hold tf on until the ref stands them up. "im not letting go, he cant get out or do anything, stand us up"
@@smokeystarr You can shoot n shoot for a takedown without any consequences basically, If they sprawl you get up and shoot again. Now imagine with grounded knees, there's a risk. The opponent sprawls then he can knee you.
Dana is pissed how those last 2 fights ended up.. 10 straight rounds of takedowns, holding and laying. Prior to that the card was on pace to be one of best cards in last few years
I understand that as he prefers to put on exciting fights but at least they get a fair shot to win. I do feel bad when the winners don't get credit tho. It's a tough biz.
"Prior to that the card was on pace to be one of best cards in last few years" Lol... No, it really wasn't. There was a few decent fights before the last 3 but it was no where NEAR close to being best card of the year, especially in terms of fights like you've made out. In terms of show/spectacle? Sure but that's why most people stopped watching Boxing.
Especially during O’Malley’s walkout, it made it sound like they injected fake crowd noise to hype his image up. Which I don’t doubt actually happened to be honest
@yuhlifter2757cuz merab was moving goofy and throwing punches in his face and taking him down like belal does. It’s hard to throw high output when merab would just duck under and take you down for it
I wouldn’t say that. There were clearly some shots that, if landed, could have put merab’s lights out. If Sean had landed those kicks to the body in the first instead of the 5th, this could have been an easy win for Sean.
Styles makes fights seans not a ground guy at all a good match for Merab would be a fighter with the skills of Tapouria need to be a great wrestler with dynamite in their hands
@DynastyIcon no one likes boring wrestlers, aka belal and merab. No one had a problem with khabib because he grappled with the intent of finishing his opponent, not this control shit
@@J.CagleMMAthis is my point. No one. And I mean no one did not appreciate khabib and islams pressure bc the focus was to advance and punish. They may have a round or two where the other guys bottom guard was to stalemate but eventually they made progressions for a finish or dominant ground and actual pound. This laying and praying is fine but they need to add knees for sprawled and also for top wrestlers to finish
Lmao destroyed ?? Not even dudes taking steroids to not get tired Sean was hurt guaranteed and not trying to be that guy but he sold . He had merab hurt a few times and didn't go .
Merab destroyed him. O'Malley kept cheating. When a referee says "break", you can't sucker punch. O'Malley did 2x. Herb and Dana defend him. And the judges 48-47. Everyone rigged and wished a O'Malley victory but Merab destroyed him.
I dont imagine it will be too much stand up. But i imagine them boys gon wrestle their asses off. Umar better hope his cardio is up to par cuz Merabs gas tank is insane. That does happen though when two fighter in the same dicipline fight...usually turns into the gong show lool😂😂😂
@@victorhugo5207 No one wants to watch Merab...boring style...crab walks for 25 minutes and throws a couple takedown attempts per round... there is NO exciting matchups... fans lose.
Sean looked so nervous and star-struck as soon as he came out and in the ring before it started. Didn't look the same knew right then and there that he was going to loose.
UFC is becoming like boxing with all these scorecard shenanigans and even herb constantly demanding action when Merab was ragdolling Sean . It was as if someone had told Herb to be a bit active since the man they wanted to win had the best chance of winning in striking. Even the judges gave him 2 rounds. I bet if Sean landed two shots in the 2nd or 4th, they would have Petr yaned Merab as well.
I'm horribly disappointed in Sean. He underestimated and overestimated Merab. Too afraid of being taken down in the first few rounds, then finally finding some sort of groove at the last seconds of the last round? Now we're stuck with unfun decision merchants champion era. Once Poatan runs through the undeserved Khalil, Ankalaev will join them. Once Jon Jones beats Stipe's old ass, he'll keep the HW division hostage, talking about "I'll fight Tom right after my other pec heals from a tear." Then there's Islam, who's great to watch, but is limited from fighting for a quarter of the year because of his religion, making matchmaking so frustrating for the contenders who are in their primes. What a year for champions.
No, they had a different, amazing ending anticipating Sean to win…Herb was instructed to do whatever he could to ensure a Sean knockout…all wasted, which is why they did the same graphics as Valentina…they were not ready and Dana was pissed
People are complaining about Merab,but Sean didn't do shit other than throwing body shots. The hell you expect Merab to do?Stay still so he can get knocked the fuck out?
£1,300 on average for a one off event is high, but it’s more than affordable if you save and you’re a fan Some football finals cost that, some boxing events too. Fury Saudi events for decent ticket I know personally cost 800/1000 and that’s not a one off mega show either Again it’s expensive, but I’d you’re a fan, it’s a literal one off event… pay it. My last event was ufc Manchester other month and that cost £440. It’s a 5+ show, worth every penny
He did look flat...before the fight even started. Thats not taking away from Merab, but Sean looked flat...now if you dont understand that, your IQ must be scraping the bottom of the barrel.
He looked flat from round 1 like his arms were heavy or something. You can see him taking deep breaths in the first round and trying to shake his arms out. No excuses in this sport but if you look at any other O’Malley fight he has never been so flat and fatigued like that in the first round.
With each new “superstar” that loses their belt after one or two defenses, I start to realize more and more just how special a champion like Anderson Silva truly was.
Boys… December is Mcgregor vs Poirier 4. Thats why Chandler and Oliveira got booked, and Poirier has been saying he is back for a last one yet not saying eho the opponent is, and it makes perfect sense. To me at least. I could also be a lunatics tho, but i had a vivid dream of this happening lol.
The fighters must adapt to the time frame. But imagine watching this from Europe. It was a "breakfast-card" for us over here.. - same with the damn Manchester card. GTFOH
Sean’s a sniper but it wasn’t that he was necessarily flat. Merabs footwork & bouncing around was crazy, never gave Sean many openings. The perfect kryptonite to Sean’s style. That outcome happens 9/10 times.
So many casuals in these comments. Merab performance was incredible. If you don't like wrestling then don't watch MIXED martial arts. Boxing was on at the same time, go watch that instead
Facts, most of them who say this are brain-rotted casuals, they only want to see kickboxing matches or KO’s, and don’t understand or appreciate other forms of Martial arts.
Idk man, congrats to merab i wasn't rootin for anyone tonight but you look at makhachev's wrestling and then look at merab or belal's and they look completely different. Some ufc fans are just salty cuz their favourite fighter lost but i wish some wrestling dominant fighters would try to advance their position after the takedown to get a submission or some ground and pound instead of just racking up points through control time and throwing minimal strikes like valentina's punches when she was on top or merab's knees to the thigh
I watched both. You can be a long time watcher of MMA and still not enjoy a certain style, that doesnt make you a casual you low IQ scrub. Watching paint dry is more entertaining than watching Merab fight...now we have to watch him defend his belt... so much fun.
UFC fkn sucks these days, im glad these comments feel the same. I used to watch every event including fight nights and now its just boring. Look at who the champs are right now lmao. Remember when Dana wouldnt hire you unless you were exciting?
Wait till next year. The fights are going to be good and you’ll forget about now. People might disagree with me but I think khamzat is going to carry 2025 after beating Whittaker and is going to bring a lot hype to the sport.
Suga should have done what he did in round 5 in round 1 and he had Merab hurt and didn't capitalize looks like he was just waiting on that one ko shot. Would love to see Grasso vs Valentina 4. Congrats to Merab and Valentina!
Sean O malley looked like a child when they have people like strickland on the card thats why this card didnt have any big guys fighting on it. Pathetic really. UFC done everything possible to try make malley a star but he's an overated clown :D
@@arturoreyes5220and there needs to be points for defending takedowns + laying on your opponent like a wet blanket shouldn't count towards anything. If no damage or submission is attempted within a 30 second window ref should stand them back up
@@breakingbread9313 thats pretty aggressive, what quantifies as damage? that rule already somewhat exists, they have to stay active. maybe you've never grappled, but what merab did to omalley wasnt just laying on him. omalley never went to break merabs hands when they were clinched against the fence and merab had half his back, thats very basic grappling. you break the hands so they cant control your hips and disrupt your point of balance for free, omalley instead put his hand out to post on merabs leg to stop the knees to his thigh. merab ragdolled omalley, he wasnt picking him up and slamming him like in a video game, but he absolutely rag dolled him
@@stealthyturtles not aggressive at all. Staying active isn't enough merab did nothing to Sean on the ground to the point where Herb Dean was verbally telling them to do something to do anything. If you have no urgency to finish your opponent on the ground,merab had none. He wasn't even close to finishing Sean,the ref should just reset the fighters on the feet. The rulebook is obviously being exploited by wrestlers because it's clearly tailored for them. This way it's an actual fight. god forbid it resembles an actual fight. Crotch sniff enjoyers are going to riot
@@stefanshipoyeah Anderson is different he was very high level grappler himself and especially good off his back, training with nogueira brothers for years
Guys.. I think our 30+ year experiment of what martial art skill is the best is over. These wrestlers with non-stop cardio are reproducing like rabbits and are all becoming champs and snoozing up the joint. We’re in trouble
we just had a row of champions who were mainly strikers. the only constancy is mma fans immediately flip flopping between "wrestling too good" and "wrestling bad." It's the fighters that make it happen, end of story
This needs to be vocalized more, the ufc is in big trouble. no stars left. When i start talking about ufc with friends, no one even knows who the champs are because they tuned out about year ago due to the non stop wrestling. There is no mma anymore, its just all wrestling and if you complain someone comes out the woodwork and calls you a casual. Non of these wrestlers are entertaining inside the ring or outside of it. UFC has lost its spark and its hemorrhaging fans. Every single divsion is either dominated by wrestling, or is about to be
When Dana says a fighter looks flat, that's just code for him not coping with who he thinks should have won. It's such a slap in the face to Merab. Sean looked flat because Merab made him look that way- he feared the takedown.
I know Dana had to been crying inside when O’Malley lost because Merab is not gonna sell tickets. Kinda like his buddy Sterling before him I don’t know Anyone who was like Sterling fighting tonight let’s buy the fight 😂
Sphere had a cool and fun concept but the small videos vere terrible and extremely boring. Expected something different than fairy tales and nonsense information, which seemed made up at times and didn't fit in correctly when they just could have done some fun stuff with past and present legendary fighters.
@@mikemichaels2914 Besides Jon and Conor, the UFC tends to stay far away from fighters who have trouble with the law until things that get settled again.
Sean looked like he was trying to punch a pinata blindfolded and his daddy merab kept pulling the strings..I was rooting O'Malley all the way, he never opened up the 1 1 1 1 1 combo aint helping anything...gg merab omalley will be back
Your product sucks if you pay more for the production than the actual fighters. Get your head straight. Record gate revenue? Yeah bc tickets prices went through the roof.
@@RandomNoob1124 Dana lost focus and forgot that people will stop to watch a fight literally anywhere it goes down. If you’re going to make it an event you only need a comfy seat, cold beverage and a good view. He can shove the bells and whistles up his ass. Pay the fighters instead.
“Wha-What’s the question? Yeah O’Malley looked BONE DRY out there tonight. I think we book the rematch immediately. Thats the fight to make.” - Dana White, probably
The suga show has been the focus of the UFC. They are always trying to promote him. He didn't show any desire to fight for and to defend his belt . He doesn't deserve the immediate rematch
Sean fought a terrible fight. No rematch. Give him Henry just to piss him off
XD That would be hilarious.
😂
Sofa take
Or Cody Garbrandt
@@Nothingmoresj it’s literally what happened. Sean fan right here crying with his O’Malley body pillow tonight.
When Sean vs Merab was announced i told all my friends that Merab was dangerous, and that this was a bad matchup for Sean (style wise) My friends then proceeded to laugh at me for placing a Stake bet on him 🤔 Guess whos laughing now? 😂 Thank you Merab ❤️
You were brother, i had the same feeling tbh, but Omalley fanboys are adicted to copium.
Undeserved, Merab is the most boring fighter, only thing he did was hug the guy for 5 rounds ZzzzZZ
Merab, well deserved!
Omalley fanboys, bring out the salt, il even take some pepper to go with it XD
Scoring system in UFC needs to be changed, this Sport is starting to become a Snoozefest.
Once Brendan Shaub said that Suga would win and make it look easy, I knew Merab was going to dominate and be the new champ.
Did you bet on him then!
😂😂😂
And Chael also picked sean, we all knew Merab will have it easy
Shaub and Chael are the most clueless former fighters I've ever seen in my life, they can't pick a fight for shit...
U listen to that idoit?
If we look at it optimistically, O'Malley vs. Sandhagen would make sense now.
He'll get an immediate rematch should he want it. He doesn't deserve it but Dana will offer it.
@mattyctill I just think stylistically. That's the fight to make. And now they're both near the top of the division, coming off a loss. But yeah, it'll probably be a rematch knowing Dana.
Awesome fight to make even Tho I’m pretty sure they’re good friends.
@@mattyctillbro he not getting an immediate rematch he got smothered for 5 rounds didn’t fight back no way he gets the rematch 🤣
@@2barredout yeah and Jon Jones is fighting a guy who effectively retired four years ago instead of the interim champ! Just because something doesn't make sense to us, doesn't mean Dana won't do it. Like I said O'Malley doesn't deserve it but he'll get it if he wants it as he's one of Dana's pets.
Dana white calling the fighters “kid” is normal at this point but hearing the journalists referring to the fighters as “kid” too just seems disrespectful
and weird
they are kids to him bros like 55😂
It’s the opposite actually it’s very respectful
you have a point there, kid
Maybe if he didn't die his hair pink, wear fur and act like a tiktok influencer they wouldn't call O'mally a kid. It's funny, you never hear men like chael sonnen or dan henderson called "kid".
chael said before main event " i got grasso and malley winning" i knew right away i was down 2 parlays 🙀
Smart
@@rose2riches93 😂
😂😂😂
The moment he picked o’malley, I knew he was screwed 😂
I thought same for sean..lol
I had Valentino and sean winning decision.
But also bet merab -5.5 point by decision
Dana sounds like Jon Jones left him on read tonight
😂 srsly tho u know he’s pissed off that Merab won
@@blackscreen1810 best gift any mexican could get on their special day
White people love big black Jones 😂
@@jonasdauerbrenner6432 Na, Sean is OK with me. He still became a Champion and no one can take that away.. I'm not hating on him anymore.
Feels weird without a 30min glaze
Nobody mentioned the ring girls outfits, that was amazing too, very immersive
Yeah, they should do this more often, for special occasions, and you know, move with the times and all that
No clothes would have been better
Absolutely incredible....best outfits was the first main event fight with the native American headdress looking outfits.
Outfits were, not was.
Outfit was, not were.
@@armandotext🤓
I love how you can tell who lost the mainevent based on how depressed Dana looks in the thumbnail
LOL
@@joaomendes147worst event ever, ufc is so bad these days
Facts. It was a great show though
@@Dontbeasheep33 Wasn't even that bad
@@is4349 awful. Usually friends have a chat about fights, nobody talking about ufc these days at all. Definitely lost its appeal
Smothering wrestlers as champs is gonna have Dana cutting the bonuses down to 10K 😂😂
We got pantoja, Merab, Belal and DDP. If Ankalaev fights Pereira we might have to add him to the list too 😂😂😂
@@Phaminator525 ddp isn't even a wrestler tbh, he's just the guy with the worst technique that keeps winning. 😅
@@Phaminator525DDP and Anklaev finishes fights wym?
Its mma you bunch of casuals. Watch bare knuckle or boxing if your not a fan
@@Phaminator525ddp ??
Aspinall and Perieira are the faces of the sport now. Come on Dana, promote them!!
Not sure bout Assinall! He has to defend belt 2 times
@@mikemichaels2914 The interim has to defend his belt more?
The UFC is moving east. That's where the money is coming from.
@@mikemichaels2914 Aspinall has the shortest average fight time in ufc history. He's one of the most exciting fighters to watch right now.
Any mention if either of them and we will be put through another 30 min jon jones glaze
Sean got humbled. He needed it.
😂😂😂😂 did he ever suga lost fair and square now everyone knows how to solve him
I agree
To be honest, I really hope that loss drives him to get better and he comes back to be champ. I like his style a lot. Merab has carisma, Umar is a great athlele and stuff, but as fan, I want to sit down and watch a great exciting fight.
@LeandroSantos-vp4hf Umar would have did the same suga is done for he will pick his next match thats forsure ......since he's a little punk he will suck dana off for a easy match ......but won't matter the bely is in better hands now
@@KAST403 Calm down, bro lmao! I like his style and he is not fake, like he shows who he is instead of playing humble. I like Merab a lot, but is not cool to sit down and watch him, let's be honest... I'm happy if Merab gets 1-2 defenses and makes his name, but I wish Sean comes back.
Sean had no fire because differently from all his opponents Merab was not flatfooted, he was actually jumping all over the place, Sean had no answer for his footwork and speed.
Boring as fk
He had no fire because he was afraid of Merab's takedowns, which lessened his striking. Plus O'Malley is not phisically strong nor has great bjj, that is why he got dominated and lost every round of the fight.
Sean can’t grapple
Those knees on the fence from Merab sapped his legs. Dude was cooked
@@serialhealer5113u don’t think it was a 4-1?
First Merab took O’Malley’s jacket, then he took his belt 😂
This comment needs more likes 😂😂🙌🏻🙌🏻
Pant is next to go
The story is complete 😂
“ that was my SIDEBELT “ don’t brag about takin my SIDEBELT !!
@@thatrandomproject6652you know he wants to after that kiss
Like we give a fuck about the UFC breaking merch sales 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Imagine the profits and amount of oil he could buy
I bet he mad over 5 million just on merchandise
Imagine paying 20 million on garbage production that nobody cares but not on fighter pay
@@Herbert_Rudolfyou obviously care if you took time to comment. Clown
Who cares about fighter pay? Only hypocrites pretend to care about fighter pay. Becauae i guarantee your not out there advocating for construction workers, factory workers ect to get better pay? Yet there the guys that actually make the wold a better place for me and you. Not fucking prize fighters.@@Herbert_Rudolf
Merab is such a great man, imagine that after all the disrespect that Dana has given him by mocking him and talking bad about him these last few weeks that in Merab’s post fight speech he still went and praised Dana and said that he wishes he can have a better relationship with him going forward. What a legend Merab is. Wow. All other fighters should watch and learn from his character and for Dana he should learn to be more mature and stop mocking smaller fighters. Why doesn’t he talk about Aspinall like that😅.
That is how to stay safe in a company
Win or lose Dana is 100% right about him.
Is it no wonder why Conor got so much love ...never in a boring fight, he always produced electrical atmospheric main events....
@robertsaladino until he ran into the GOAT
who made him look normal.Just like what Merab did to SSO.😂😂😂😂😂
@@leonardomoore1868 GOAT with padded record, fights with 20 unknown journeymen fighters. Go check out their record, ull see what I mean. 😂
@@leonardomoore1868 Goat? Where? Point him out? You mean the hugger with a padded record who retired early before he could fight someone dangerous?
Sleep please you sleep don't tap
Oooh broken english so scary 😱@syamsulyakin6063
O'Malley didn't look flat. He looked dominated.
dominated XD go watch khabibs or islams or umars fight. This was far from domination 48:47 from 2.
@@dominikb6896 I agree they are more dominant but 48-47 scorecards were insane judges are clowns
@@dominikb6896anyone with eyes and no bais no it wasn't 48/47
Omalley denier. Sad world. Go Harris, right?
Brother he got beat but not dominated, both had bad performances and merab looked scared in the 5th
The never ending kryptonite of highly skilled strikers. Wrestlers with insane cardio. Hate watchin it but respect the hell out of it.
Some people actually enjoy the wrestling. The skill to grapple and even attempted submission or control time.
This is why I loved Anderson Silva, they threw every wrestler at him, he stuck to his game and beat them all.
@@austinparker4666except that one wrestler who decided to strike with him instead lol
@@austinparker4666he did lose to Chael twice, but put forth a valiant effort in defeat
@@sloppyvm7110 merab is not the same style as khabib? hes boring, cant even dream of getting a finish, he's pretty similar to colby and you called colby boring? weird
22 million. Plus merch. sales and everything else. 50k to fight of nite. These fighters deserve more pay. Greedy Corp. America.
Crybabies, you have any idea how much this event cost to put on?
@@patriotplays6990 not the point. This has been a recurring theme for a long time. These fighters put their bodies. Lives. On the line. Think that's worth a little more than what they make
@@Badbandanaman shit 50k is still 50k, it's a lot if you make it a lot and not spend it on dumb shit wasting all your money
@@Badbandanaman lmao most people are underpaid choosing to get punched and kicked doesnt mean shit, everyone should be paid more
PPV sales are about to be all time bad in '25. Belal, Merab, Pennington, Valentina, Pantoja all champs.
Valentina is boring now ? She was the better fighter on all 3 fights with grasso
Depends on the contender who is looking to dethrone...
Snooze fests
😢
Boo hoo
Merab: “You keep smoking and I will keep training”
womp womp it wasnt that huge lol
boring ass fighter
EPO works. Imagine that
Merab: "I keep pretending Umar Nurmagomedov does not exist"
@@travisc8159yea I do think he is on it
“Sean O’Malley was never my friend”
😂😂😂 I see what you did there
Disgusting, despicable move.
They ignored Cain Velasquez was ever born. Or 1st UFC Mexican champ ever. Lol.
😳
mexican-american
Female*
Who cares about Mexico. And Mexican independance day is a complete joke when there are over 30 million of them in the USA sponging off the tax payers. They are not independant by any stretch.
Dude was born in the us dummy
cain wasnt born in mexico
Not flat, but too scared of the takedown to try pressure Merab. Props to the Georgian, he dismantled O'Malley's strategy.
But how could he win then. Pressure is his strength.
Merab was the one running away and punching air until he could get a take down.. got 3 very boring UFC champs now
Nah he looked Flat Footed he normaly throws 200 Shots a Fight he barly threw 30 Shots xD something was off 100%
@@Herogames2022hahahaha nothing was off. Dude sucks.
@@LordxFloki big cope. Merab engaged plenty. More than o'malley.
Ufc is heading towards an era of fans waiting for champs to lose rather than rooting for them to win.
No that’s just people. Soon as someone loses once they all hate them for some reason. People are so weird
An individual v.s. an individual within a group
@@laaa210no it’s because most of the styles that are winning are horrible to watch for viewers. Controls wrestlers are actual cancer. People want to see BJJ , Striking or Wrestlers that use positions to advance and try to finish the fight.
@@ImThEProdigy15 it’s not just wrestlers. Everyone hated when Izzy lost too. When Leon lost. People just hate for no reason cause they weird
@@laaa210 people hated Izzy because of his personality, he is a weirdo and became super unlikeable the longer he was champ. And because some of his performances were awesome and then his next fight it would look like he is skating by. And I’m a Leon fan but he just has a low motor and is a boxer doing martial arts. Control wrestling as a fight style has the easiest path to success but is not entertaining so a lot of these less technical fighters are abusing the hell out of it.
I didn't know it was possible but Mexicans somehow did worse than Australia and Canada during their cards. Going 2-7 with a -1200 rojas is a truly inspirational feat
It's because Dana wants so badly to turn Mexico into the new Brazil or Dagestan, for some reason, but the talent simply isn't there.
It was bad live at the sphere they had no idea what they were watching
@@DiorShiesty I was there too, felt like I was in Mexico city rather than a city in the US, and all they cared about was Mexicans winning, when Raul Rosas Jr grapples, that's amazing, but when Valentina grapples it's boring and boo worthy 🤡
@@bluejay9235 Yup bro even though I’m a Suga fan when a couple fans chanted Merab everyone was getting mad
All that talk about the "fighting warrior Mexican spirit" was hilarious. The Aztecs were child murdering blood cultists but no wonder they got conquered if these were their greatest fighters 😂
Merab dominated him, Sean was flat he was rag dolled
The whole fight card was a snooze fest. 🚮 I fell asleep.
I woke up in Toronto in 12:30am, saw that main card didn’t happen yet and went back to sleep.
@@alexgorchkov3844 You didn’t miss much brother. I like your country. I’m especially fond of the west coast (B.C.).
I’m sure u going to sleep affected something bro 🔥💯
Guess you must've had a tough Saturday. Most of the main card which is all I watched we were on the edge of our seat
I agree the sphere and the fight card was trash
Man most of these champs are not exciting. Grounded knees should be legal so wrestlers can get finishes or get finished themselves.
I love wrestling and grappling to watch but you are right
I'd love to see knees to the Chops than the ass
MMA rules heavily favor wrestlers. It's the biggest flaw in this sport (other than horrible judges).
@@smokeystarr ive always wandered why strikers dont exploit the rules. if theres no action, its stood back up. why dont the strikers just lock hands behind their back, wrap their legs in a closed guard, and just hold tf on until the ref stands them up.
"im not letting go, he cant get out or do anything, stand us up"
@@smokeystarr You can shoot n shoot for a takedown without any consequences basically, If they sprawl you get up and shoot again. Now imagine with grounded knees, there's a risk. The opponent sprawls then he can knee you.
To me O'Malley was just to patient searching for a KO shot. Grasso, though looked flat as heck.
The better fighters just dominated, that’s all.
too scared, fixed it for u
That’s exactly how Sean fights he just snipes he himself says it that he finds chins and merab didn’t give him the right distance to get that done.
Couldn’t have said it better, he looked for those snipe shots way to much, but merab kept pushing he is not use to that
right he didn’t look loose or into it from the first bell he looked dead from the jump
Apparently O’Malley isn’t that good, otherwise he would have won. Being flat means you look like shit because your opponent is kicking your ass.
Dana is pissed how those last 2 fights ended up.. 10 straight rounds of takedowns, holding and laying. Prior to that the card was on pace to be one of best cards in last few years
I understand that as he prefers to put on exciting fights but at least they get a fair shot to win. I do feel bad when the winners don't get credit tho. It's a tough biz.
I really was disapointed with the win of Valentina
Man I agree. This was on pace to be one of the all time great fight cards then get two dudes
"Prior to that the card was on pace to be one of best cards in last few years" Lol... No, it really wasn't. There was a few decent fights before the last 3 but it was no where NEAR close to being best card of the year, especially in terms of fights like you've made out. In terms of show/spectacle? Sure but that's why most people stopped watching Boxing.
UFC 300 cleared this easily
During the show on tv the sound was really poor at some points when the commentators were speaking, anyone else also get this?
Especially during O’Malley’s walkout, it made it sound like they injected fake crowd noise to hype his image up. Which I don’t doubt actually happened to be honest
@@VerzirooI was at the sphere and the crowd went wild, I’d say it was 78% Sean crowd there was pink hats everywhere
I noticed that also. Couldn’t hear the live call very well.
Yeah there were times that you couldn't hear the commentating over the crowd
Yes
"Sean looked bone dry out there guys." Dana White justifying an immediate rematch.
@yuhlifter2757cuz merab was moving goofy and throwing punches in his face and taking him down like belal does. It’s hard to throw high output when merab would just duck under and take you down for it
@yuhlifter2757 took many bong hits, get mauled kid
@yuhlifter2757merab was tearing his thighs up.
Nah, he’s 100% not getting a rematch. He only had one fight defense n this was a domination. Hell Aljo didn’t get a rematch… Sean better not either
I wouldn’t mind a rematch. Better than umar
I thought schevchenko fight was really good personally. Very technical
If Merab and Sean fought 10 times, Merab would win 10 times. He is just better than Sean. Simple as that
100 times in a row suga is a bum and always has been
I wouldn’t say that. There were clearly some shots that, if landed, could have put merab’s lights out. If Sean had landed those kicks to the body in the first instead of the 5th, this could have been an easy win for Sean.
Styles make fights
@@cliptomaniac2562Merab is a dumb ass, lol he was trolling half the fight. Out of 1000 fights Sean might take 1 or 2
Styles makes fights seans not a ground guy at all a good match for Merab would be a fighter with the skills of Tapouria need to be a great wrestler with dynamite in their hands
Pereira the only one saving the UFC
of course.. he's a kickboxer, he's give you what you kickboxing fans who claim to be mma fans wanna see.. kickboxing
@DynastyIcon no one likes boring wrestlers, aka belal and merab. No one had a problem with khabib because he grappled with the intent of finishing his opponent, not this control shit
Islam?
@@J.CagleMMAthis is my point. No one. And I mean no one did not appreciate khabib and islams pressure bc the focus was to advance and punish. They may have a round or two where the other guys bottom guard was to stalemate but eventually they made progressions for a finish or dominant ground and actual pound. This laying and praying is fine but they need to add knees for sprawled and also for top wrestlers to finish
@@J.CagleMMA MMA fans don’t mind , I didn’t mind the last two fights at all..
Sean looked flat because Merab destroyed him
Destroyed isa stretch buddy lol
Exactly!!! Merab made him look flat.
@@avreevesnah bro… that was a wresting clinic. literally won 4-5 rounds I forgot the score cards
Edit: he won 3 round 1,2,4
Lmao destroyed ?? Not even dudes taking steroids to not get tired Sean was hurt guaranteed and not trying to be that guy but he sold . He had merab hurt a few times and didn't go .
Not destroyed but he definitely took his will. By the end of the 4th if he didn’t land a Leon head kick the fight was over.
Merab destroyed him. O'Malley kept cheating. When a referee says "break", you can't sucker punch. O'Malley did 2x. Herb and Dana defend him. And the judges 48-47. Everyone rigged and wished a O'Malley victory but Merab destroyed him.
fell asleep half way thru the co main and woke up to merab w the belt😭😭
Same!!!! Exactly the same thing happened to me! Lol
Yall didn't miss shit
Same thing
Merab vs. Umar now would be VERY exciting. It's going to be mainly a stand-up match and hopefully not boring.
Merab must be a superstar by now and talk trash to Umar, but I think Umar is gonna be much bigger than Merab.
I dont imagine it will be too much stand up. But i imagine them boys gon wrestle their asses off. Umar better hope his cardio is up to par cuz Merabs gas tank is insane. That does happen though when two fighter in the same dicipline fight...usually turns into the gong show lool😂😂😂
@@victorhugo5207 No one wants to watch Merab...boring style...crab walks for 25 minutes and throws a couple takedown attempts per round... there is NO exciting matchups... fans lose.
No it wouldnt be
UHUHAHUSA u joking right ?
Sean looked so nervous and star-struck as soon as he came out and in the ring before it started. Didn't look the same knew right then and there that he was going to loose.
I think you mean lose*
Yeah he looked like he had no sleep or something, he’s usually bouncy on his feet and limber he looked slow sluggish and unbalanced vs merab
Watched it live seen the look when he walked out and looked up his eyes u can tell easily
He looked so nervous during the ceremonial weigh ins also. Twitching and self soothing the whole time.
You could tell he was going to lose just from the walkout
Thanks for doing this for Mexico Dana 🇲🇽 🇺🇸
UFC is becoming like boxing with all these scorecard shenanigans and even herb constantly demanding action when Merab was ragdolling Sean . It was as if someone had told Herb to be a bit active since the man they wanted to win had the best chance of winning in striking. Even the judges gave him 2 rounds. I bet if Sean landed two shots in the 2nd or 4th, they would have Petr yaned Merab as well.
Everybody looks flat against Merab because of his insane pressure.....😂😂😂😂😂😂
Boring ass fighter
That last fight didn’t come until almost 2 am eastern time, that’s ridiculous.
I cant stay up always missing last 3 typically
English fans had a 3am ppv card start time in Manchester 😂
It was 8 in the morning in Europe😂
Stop crying about that, where I live in europe it started at 7 AM
7am in uk its a joke lol
Sean looked flat footed cuz Merab was stuntin on that boi
I'm horribly disappointed in Sean. He underestimated and overestimated Merab. Too afraid of being taken down in the first few rounds, then finally finding some sort of groove at the last seconds of the last round? Now we're stuck with unfun decision merchants champion era.
Once Poatan runs through the undeserved Khalil, Ankalaev will join them. Once Jon Jones beats Stipe's old ass, he'll keep the HW division hostage, talking about "I'll fight Tom right after my other pec heals from a tear." Then there's Islam, who's great to watch, but is limited from fighting for a quarter of the year because of his religion, making matchmaking so frustrating for the contenders who are in their primes.
What a year for champions.
Dana: Sean O’Malley was never my friend
Bro is not happy😂
Why
What is the reason?
half of his audience fell asleep during his most expensive event
No, they had a different, amazing ending anticipating Sean to win…Herb was instructed to do whatever he could to ensure a Sean knockout…all wasted, which is why they did the same graphics as Valentina…they were not ready and Dana was pissed
You can definitely hear it in his voice. Sounds soo tired.
People are complaining about Merab,but Sean didn't do shit other than throwing body shots. The hell you expect Merab to do?Stay still so he can get knocked the fuck out?
22 mill gate and 16k something people,damn...those are some expensive tickets.
£1,300 on average for a one off event is high, but it’s more than affordable if you save and you’re a fan
Some football finals cost that, some boxing events too.
Fury Saudi events for decent ticket I know personally cost 800/1000 and that’s not a one off mega show either
Again it’s expensive, but I’d you’re a fan, it’s a literal one off event… pay it.
My last event was ufc Manchester other month and that cost £440. It’s a 5+ show, worth every penny
60k people there brother
Swing and a miss
O'Malley: gets shut down by better skill and superior gameplan.
Dana: 'He looked flat tonight'
He did look flat...before the fight even started. Thats not taking away from Merab, but Sean looked flat...now if you dont understand that, your IQ must be scraping the bottom of the barrel.
Both things are true
He looked flat from round 1 like his arms were heavy or something. You can see him taking deep breaths in the first round and trying to shake his arms out. No excuses in this sport but if you look at any other O’Malley fight he has never been so flat and fatigued like that in the first round.
UFC needs to stop saying someone looked bad anytime they lose.
Who looks good losing?
@@Masterofnon3 Jon Jones the pound for pound best fighter in the world when he loses to Tom
You must of not seen John Jones fight then
@@Masterofnon3 Never seen John Jones fight. Who is he?
@@Masterofnon3 nate diaz
With each new “superstar” that loses their belt after one or two defenses, I start to realize more and more just how special a champion like Anderson Silva truly was.
Merab MADE him 'look' flat. 🔥
Boys… December is Mcgregor vs Poirier 4. Thats why Chandler and Oliveira got booked, and Poirier has been saying he is back for a last one yet not saying eho the opponent is, and it makes perfect sense. To me at least. I could also be a lunatics tho, but i had a vivid dream of this happening lol.
No it's not. Mcgregor will never fight again. You can screenshot this
I don’t care what anybody says these fights are just too late and that does effect the fighter sometimes
uuhhhh they are always this late? all the videos on screen were like 90s - 2 minutes. it added like 20 minutes most to the fights.1
its possible, just like back in highschool when you were varsity and had to play later at night after everyone played, your just waiting and waiting
@FireMcgwire straight facts even with boxing.Fighting after 10:00 pm west coast time makes no sense.
The fighters must adapt to the time frame.
But imagine watching this from Europe.
It was a "breakfast-card" for us over here..
- same with the damn Manchester card. GTFOH
Sean’s a sniper but it wasn’t that he was necessarily flat. Merabs footwork & bouncing around was crazy, never gave Sean many openings. The perfect kryptonite to Sean’s style. That outcome happens 9/10 times.
So many casuals in these comments. Merab performance was incredible. If you don't like wrestling then don't watch MIXED martial arts. Boxing was on at the same time, go watch that instead
Facts, most of them who say this are brain-rotted casuals, they only want to see kickboxing matches or KO’s, and don’t understand or appreciate other forms of Martial arts.
He didn't even make it boring he was in n out hands up at seans face all times
Idk man, congrats to merab i wasn't rootin for anyone tonight but you look at makhachev's wrestling and then look at merab or belal's and they look completely different. Some ufc fans are just salty cuz their favourite fighter lost but i wish some wrestling dominant fighters would try to advance their position after the takedown to get a submission or some ground and pound instead of just racking up points through control time and throwing minimal strikes like valentina's punches when she was on top or merab's knees to the thigh
It's becos they fanboy for Sean.. they should Blame Sean if they found it boring..it takes 2 to tango
I watched both. You can be a long time watcher of MMA and still not enjoy a certain style, that doesnt make you a casual you low IQ scrub. Watching paint dry is more entertaining than watching Merab fight...now we have to watch him defend his belt... so much fun.
Sean looked “flat” because of MERAB 😂😂😂 smh 🤦🏿♂️ give the dude credit for shutting him down
Spot on
UFC fkn sucks these days, im glad these comments feel the same. I used to watch every event including fight nights and now its just boring. Look at who the champs are right now lmao.
Remember when Dana wouldnt hire you unless you were exciting?
Better boring than rigged
Wait till next year. The fights are going to be good and you’ll forget about now. People might disagree with me but I think khamzat is going to carry 2025 after beating Whittaker and is going to bring a lot hype to the sport.
So don’t watch it lol
@@RandomNoob1124 I barely do, that's the point. Same with thousands of other people.
@@vangoghsseveredear clearly watched this one tho, don’t watch at all is what I’m saying
Most of Sean’s fights were against strikers Merab exposed him on the ground
Suga should have done what he did in round 5 in round 1 and he had Merab hurt and didn't capitalize looks like he was just waiting on that one ko shot. Would love to see Grasso vs Valentina 4. Congrats to Merab and Valentina!
Sean O malley looked like a child when they have people like strickland on the card thats why this card didnt have any big guys fighting on it. Pathetic really. UFC done everything possible to try make malley a star but he's an overated clown :D
Spot on
Sean looked flat and Merab made Sean flat is a two different things buddy
He’s gotta cover for his boy. Dana was hoping he’d be Conor 2.0.
Dana’s glazed O’Malley but he was always mid overrated. glad he got humbled.
I haven’t watched this yet. When does Dana talk about how Jon Jones is the pound for pound best fighter of all time?
1st thing he says
@@mikemichaels2914 Lmao
1st and last thing he says
Ufc reaches its peak and now the future declining
They need to allow soccer kicks and knees to grounded opponents to end dominant wrestling or increase finishes.
The age of Power Slap is upon us.
@@arturoreyes5220and there needs to be points for defending takedowns + laying on your opponent like a wet blanket shouldn't count towards anything. If no damage or submission is attempted within a 30 second window ref should stand them back up
@@breakingbread9313 thats pretty aggressive, what quantifies as damage? that rule already somewhat exists, they have to stay active. maybe you've never grappled, but what merab did to omalley wasnt just laying on him. omalley never went to break merabs hands when they were clinched against the fence and merab had half his back, thats very basic grappling. you break the hands so they cant control your hips and disrupt your point of balance for free, omalley instead put his hand out to post on merabs leg to stop the knees to his thigh. merab ragdolled omalley, he wasnt picking him up and slamming him like in a video game, but he absolutely rag dolled him
@@stealthyturtles not aggressive at all. Staying active isn't enough merab did nothing to Sean on the ground to the point where Herb Dean was verbally telling them to do something to do anything. If you have no urgency to finish your opponent on the ground,merab had none. He wasn't even close to finishing Sean,the ref should just reset the fighters on the feet. The rulebook is obviously being exploited by wrestlers because it's clearly tailored for them. This way it's an actual fight. god forbid it resembles an actual fight. Crotch sniff enjoyers are going to riot
A great grappler beats a great striker 80% of the time minimum in mma. We should all know this by now
Not true. No need to spread your ignorance though.
Not ignorant at all. I think 80% is actually pretty conservative
Yea he is right but strikers need to learn from Anderson Silva they put every wrestler against him and he beat them all
@@stefanshipoyeah Anderson is different he was very high level grappler himself and especially good off his back, training with nogueira brothers for years
@@vinigoalkeeper3009Jose Aldo fought a lot of wrestlers too, Chuck Liddell
Pink dude my illegal stream worked flawless no buffering whatsoever for both fights. Fucking flawless
So nice to see the UFC went the way of coke and pepsi.......ZERO SUGAR
Wtf
Haha
Zero sugar. AHHHHA
That's pathetic and childish
@@GoingShinzo1993lmao cry more
“All these new champions are so boring” well, then somebody needs to show the “exciting” fighters had to get off their back and just stand up
@alextbo7138 u do know Merab outstruck Sean right? Your just pissed your boy got his ass whooped.😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@leonardomoore1868 don’t act like it was a slug fest lmao
@@leonardomoore1868 im fine with how he won, but those strikes were on the ground
Mr Merab is a true Court Jester. Much respect 💯
Sean vs. Cory, book it now
Most boring fights we should all have gotten a refund UFC is turning into a snooze fest pay $89 to watch this garbage
Why would you pay for it? Bro….. it’s free to stream online. Are you 90 years old? If not then there is no excuse
Yeah i never paid to watch ufc ....not paying to watch 2 guys roll around on the ground and call it mma
“Looked flat…” aka Absolute crap on the ground and incapable of takedown defense. Sad. Sean, go to BKFC. Leave Tim and join Tri-Star in Montreal.
Suga is overrated
Guys.. I think our 30+ year experiment of what martial art skill is the best is over. These wrestlers with non-stop cardio are reproducing like rabbits and are all becoming champs and snoozing up the joint.
We’re in trouble
Wrestling is king
They need to change the rules, they favour wrestling too much.
Bare knuckle boxing is the real
we just had a row of champions who were mainly strikers. the only constancy is mma fans immediately flip flopping between "wrestling too good" and "wrestling bad." It's the fighters that make it happen, end of story
This needs to be vocalized more, the ufc is in big trouble. no stars left. When i start talking about ufc with friends, no one even knows who the champs are because they tuned out about year ago due to the non stop wrestling. There is no mma anymore, its just all wrestling and if you complain someone comes out the woodwork and calls you a casual. Non of these wrestlers are entertaining inside the ring or outside of it. UFC has lost its spark and its hemorrhaging fans. Every single divsion is either dominated by wrestling, or is about to be
O'Malley vs Sandhagen is the fight to make
When Dana says a fighter looks flat, that's just code for him not coping with who he thinks should have won. It's such a slap in the face to Merab. Sean looked flat because Merab made him look that way- he feared the takedown.
Sean looked flat.
I know Dana had to been crying inside when O’Malley lost because Merab is not gonna sell tickets. Kinda like his buddy Sterling before him I don’t know Anyone who was like Sterling fighting tonight let’s buy the fight 😂
Waaaaattttt???? Merabs personality alone is better than anything sterling ever did. He is a much better fighter and I know he will sell tickets
@@TerpSpiceFACTS! Kabib was selling tickets and he was quiet as hell but Merab isn't even though he's a showman. OK
Performance of the night was undoubtedly the production. The fights were ok
Dana was right about one thing the sphere was the star of the show for sure
Maybe Merab is just that good
Dana says a fighter "looked flat" everytime he didn't like the outcome lol
Or because he did look flat 😂 you should of watched the fight before commenting
He super pissed 😡 😤
We need rule changes. Takedowns without considerable damage should not win fights. We need point deductions for holding positions or "stalling"
Dana White- “O’Malley looked flat today…But Jon Jones is the PFP GOAT!!!”😂
Jake paul would knock out Jon in a boxing ring 💯
Sphere had a cool and fun concept but the small videos vere terrible and extremely boring. Expected something different than fairy tales and nonsense information, which seemed made up at times and didn't fit in correctly when they just could have done some fun stuff with past and present legendary fighters.
Agree but the graphics and ring girl costumes were insane! I still loved it. Also no shoutout to Cain V
@@mikemichaels2914 Besides Jon and Conor, the UFC tends to stay far away from fighters who have trouble with the law until things that get settled again.
I need to go to the sphere once in my life! The visuals were insane
It's cool
There is no way I would have put that card together for the sphere.
Make a First Responders event....only first responders.
great idea
Shout out to Dana white, never expected this card to deliver, but damn I was wrong congrats, and enjoy retirement sir!!!
That's actually hilarious.
Wtf haha
Are you high
O'Malley looked flat, cause Merab went over him like a bulldozer lol !
Was O'Malley "flat" or did Merab just neutralize him?
Sean looked like he was trying to punch a pinata blindfolded and his daddy merab kept pulling the strings..I was rooting O'Malley all the way, he never opened up the 1 1 1 1 1 combo aint helping anything...gg merab omalley will be back
I was appalled at how flaccid he was. So weird. I thought he'd be on top of his speed game
@@A3LIENWRKSHOP vegas told him he can’t win it’s obvious he hurt merab multiple times and didn’t capitalize
Your product sucks if you pay more for the production than the actual fighters. Get your head straight. Record gate revenue? Yeah bc tickets prices went through the roof.
Couldn't agree more. The whole marketing of this show was pathetic. "The sphere is the show". Even O Malley mentioned how that pissed him off.
Yeah bro you know more than Dana about running a business/company.
Fighters sucked so yah
@@RandomNoob1124 Dana lost focus and forgot that people will stop to watch a fight literally anywhere it goes down. If you’re going to make it an event you only need a comfy seat, cold beverage and a good view. He can shove the bells and whistles up his ass. Pay the fighters instead.
“Wha-What’s the question? Yeah O’Malley looked BONE DRY out there tonight. I think we book the rematch immediately. Thats the fight to make.” - Dana White, probably
What it do
The suga show has been the focus of the UFC. They are always trying to promote him. He didn't show any desire to fight for and to defend his belt . He doesn't deserve the immediate rematch
Merab is what Valentina, Belal, Pantoja should be like.. Moving, trying to finish, not just hold and sit there making it a snooze fest.