“It Was a Close One”: Sean O’Malley Makes a Case for Colby Covington vs Leon Edwards Fight Ahead of Khabib Nurmagomedov’s Teammates’ Wish

The UFC president, Dana White, often shocks the MMA world with his decisions. One such decision of his that shook the entire UFC welterweight division was White deciding, Colby Covington, as the next title challenger. Covington became the backup for the clash between Kamaru Usman and Leon Edwards at UFC 286. The bout was indeed a thrilling spectacle for many. Soon after the battle between ‘The Nigerian Nightmare’ and ‘Rocky,’ the UFC boss decided on the next title challenger. When other welterweights came across the news, they were quite upset about White’s decision. Belal Muhammad was the one who topped the upset list. He expected to get the next title shot against Edwards.

Even the welterweight champion himself declared that he was not interested in fighting Covington. ‘Chaos’ lost two title shot opportunities against Kamaru Usman. However, White was stubborn about ‘Chaos’ fighting Rocky. At the moment, UFC bantamweight star Sean O’Malley has come forward with a comparison between Edwards versus Covington and Edwards versus Khabib Nurmagomedov‘s teammate.

Sean O’Malley makes a comparison

Sean O’Malley was talking on his YouTube channel with his brother, Daniel O’Malley. Both of them talked about the recent happenings in the MMA world. It was then that O’Malley decided to take a closer look at the matchups happening in the welterweight division. ‘Suga’ said, “I mean, Colby versus Leon will probably do quite a bit. Maybe not as much, but it’ll definitely be more than Leon versus Belal.“

That’s when his brother, Daniel O’Malley cut in to talk about his take on the matter. He said, “I think potentially a lot more, especially because Colby’s just a good talker and he’s willing. He wants to get paid. He’s willing to say whatever the hell… I mean, I guess you could build up the rematch. There was an eye poke.” As a reply to Daniel O’Malley, ‘Suga’ said, “It was a close one.” The O’Malley brothers sat together and discussed which bout would do well.

Leon Edwards versus Belal Muhammad or Leon Edwards versus Colby Covington?

 While talking about Leon Edwards versus Colby Covington, ‘Suga’ emphasized that Covington is a trash talker. According to the brothers, ‘Chaos’ is someone who is ready to go to any extent to sell his fights. On the other hand, ‘Remember the Name’ is not someone who walks around making noises.

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On the other hand, if the rematch between Muhammad and Edwards would have confirmed, the fighters could have built up the fight based on their past. Muhammad and Edwards locked horns at UFC Fight Night 187. During the bout, ‘Rocky’ accidentally poked the eye of ‘Muhammad’. The bout later ended in a no-contest. Here, Muhammad was able to break Edwards’ winning streak. 

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