Sean O’Malley thinks he’s in Cody Garbrandt’s head and that the former UFC bantamweight champion is avoiding a fight with him.
Both men have been jawing at each other on social media for the past few weeks, but O’Malley believes Garbrandt was trying to prevent the situation from escalating because the latter ‘don’t want that fight’.
Speaking to MMA Fighting’s Damon Martin ahead of his co-headlining bantamweight bout against Marlon Vera at UFC 252, ‘Suga’ explained why Garbrandt doesn’t want to fight him.
“I don’t think he wants to fight me,” O’Malley said. “I might be a little biased … I don’t think Cody wants to fight me.