Sean O’Malley named his four best UFC strikers.
UFC bantamweight champion O’Malley (18-1 MMA, 10-1 UFC) “easily” included himself by naming his Mount Rushmore of strikers in the BS with Jake Pauland mentioned three other names.
One of them being featherweight champion Ilia Topuria (15-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC), with whom O’Malley thinks a superfight is inevitable in the future.
“I’m up there,” O’Malley said. “Max (Holloway) is really good – Max is super sick. Ilia Topuria, his striking is very good. Me, Max, Ilia, (Israel) Adesanya.”
Topuria won the featherweight title with a knockout over Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 298. “El Matador” is linked to defending his title against former champion Max Holloway, who is coming off an incredible last-second fight. knockout of lightweight challenger Justin Gaethje at UFC 300 in April.
O’Malley, who dethroned Aljamain Sterling to win the bantamweight title via knockout, earned his first title defense by putting on a striking clinic against Marlon Vera at UFC 299. He is preparing for his next title defense against the lightweight division. cock Merab Dvalishvili later. in the year.
Boxing remains part of O’Malley’s goals, but if he overcomes Dvalishvili, he will have the featherweight title in his sights.
“I really want a boxing match,” O’Malley said. “I’m not really sure I’ll go crazy if it doesn’t happen. I think it’s going to be interesting – especially if I knock out Merab, Ryan (Garcia) does his thing, I think there’s a really cool fight there.
“If that doesn’t happen, I’m not that worried about it. I want to go there and beat Merab, if Max and Ilia fight, I would like to go up to 45 and fight the winner of that.
