Sean O’Malley reacts after Ilia Topuria says he’s not interested in a super fight: “I’m the biggest fight for him”

By Harry Kettle - March 1, 2024

UFC bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley has reacted to the idea that Ilia Topuria isn’t interested in fighting him.

Sean O'Malley

Following his win at UFC 298, Ilia Topuria has been a pretty popular guy. A plethora of fighters have been calling him out, with Sean O’Malley even throwing his name in the hat.

In response, Topuria has both shown interest and dismissed the idea in equal measure. Essentially, for now, nobody really knows what’s next for the Georgian-Spaniard.

RELATED: Sean O’Malley says Ilia Topuria “better hope he f*cking” defeats Alex Volkanovski at UFC 298: “He’s talking a lot of sh*t”

As for O’Malley, he’ll be defending his belt next weekend against Marlon Vera at UFC 299. Prior to that, however, ‘Suga’ has given his thoughts on why ‘El Matador’ wouldn’t want to fight him.

O’Malley questions Topuria

‘’I’m a tough fight for him and there’s a reason for that,” O’Malley said on YouTube. “Bro I’m the biggest fight for him but he’s like, ‘No I’m not fighting Sean.’ He should be wanting that unless he knows it’s a bad fight for him. I thought people would be jacked about that, but I’ve been getting so much hate. I’m gonna beat up Merab next, that’s what the people wanna see. People get what they want.”

Quotes via MMA Mania

There’s no denying that this would serve as an absolutely blockbuster matchup between Ilia and Sean. At the same time, both men have a lot of other potential contenders to face in their respective divisions.

Nobody knows what this fight would look like if it gets booked. What we do know, however, is that it would do absolutely blockbuster numbers for the promotion.

Would you be interested in seeing Sean O’Malley and Ilia Topuria square off in the future? If they did, who would be the favorite? Let us know, BJPENN Nation!

This article appeared first on BJPENN.COM


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Ilia Topuria Sean O'Malley UFC

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