Sean O’Malley has admitted it was a “disgusting feeling” when he landed a knee to the face of Marlon Vera, after the strike went viral following their UFC 299 fundamental occasion.
O’Malley dominated “Chito” for 5 rounds on Saturday (9 March), retaining the lads’s bantamweight title through resolution and avenging a 2020 loss to the Ecuadorian.
Vera, 31, has by no means been stopped in a battle, and “Sugar Sean” did not buck that development, though he got here shut in spherical two. O’Malley, 29, jolted again Vera’s head with a knee, sending a sickening sound echoing round Miami’s Kaseya Middle.
Addressing that second, O’Malley mentioned on The MMA Hour this week: “I’d like to know if I broke one thing in his face with that knee. It was the loudest pop I’ve ever heard hitting somebody.
“It was really a disgusting feeling, it was gross. I’d like to see an image of his face right now.”
O’Malley additionally admitted to feeling a level of guilt, referencing Dustin Poirier’s revelation on The MMA Hour that he struggled along with his psychological well being after shedding to Justin Gaethje in July. Poirier bounced again with a knockout win in opposition to Benoit Saint-Denis within the UFC 299 co-main occasion.
“Main up, I used to be simply so excited to get my fingers on him, to beat his ass,” O’Malley mentioned of Vera. “It’s a bizarre factor, [because] then you definately hear somebody like Dustin Poirier speaking about how unhealthy he was feeling, [how] down within the dumps he was, from after that Justin Gaethje battle.
O’Malley (left) touchdown a brutal knee on Vera
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“I’m certain Chito’s coping with some s*** proper now. I doubt he would disagree. I’m certain he’s not having a good time, so there’s part of me that feels unhealthy for him. And I clearly prompted that, nevertheless it’s the battle sport.”
In 2020, Vera beat O’Malley through TKO. The end result stays the one lack of the American’s skilled profession.
