Sean O’Malley isn’t happy with the judging at last weekend’s UFC 306 event inside the Sphere in Las Vegas.
Per the officials scorecards of the cageside judges Mike Bell, Sal D’Amato and Chris Lee, Georgian fighter Merab Dvalishvili was the unanimous winner of the five-round contest (49-46, 48-47 x2) — but despite initially appearing to accept the result of the fight, O’Malley has now claimed that he has been the victim of some subpar judging.
In a series of posts to the platform formerly known as Twitter on Thursday, O’Malley went through the fight round-by-round and came to the conclusion that he won the fight by a score of three rounds to two, saying that he was the winner of rounds 1, 3 and 5.
Speaking subsequently on Twitter Spaces, O’Malley elaborated on his reasoning.
“I had not rewatched the fight, because the narrative around this f*cking fight was I got my ass whooped,” he said. “I won the first, third, and fifth rounds, and I challenge all you f*cking little dorks that think that I got my ass kicked to go and rewatch that fight… Rewatch that fight, whether you hate me or love me, rewatch the fight, turn the commentary off, and tell me I did not win that fight.
“I won the first, third, and fifth. Oh I’m f*cking fired up right now. I’m the champ! I won! I’m the champ! Where’s my belt?! Get that belt out my suitcase! I’m the champ, baby!…
“Merab is a bitch still! I had him running around, holding his f*cking little gut. The champ is here! The champ is here! Go rewatch that fight. 135 bantamweight champion of the world is still here. F*ck Merab! Let’s go!
“But for real, Round 3 was close. Round 3 and 5, two judges gave it to me. Round 1, in my opinion, was clearly my round. Round 3 was a closer round, I still think it was my round. Round 1, I don’t know how they gave it to Merab. Just look at the stat sheet, he took me down a few times but literally did no damage. Come on now, tell me I’m wrong! Round 1, 3, and 5. I won that fight. It’s as simple as that.”
