Cory Sandhagen calls for UFC White House clash against Sean O’Malley

UFC bantamweight Cory Sandhagen has called for a possible UFC White House showdown with Sean O’Malley.

Off the back of his loss to Merab Dvalishvili, in which he looked pretty competitive, Cory Sandhagen is looking ahead to his future at 135 pounds. There are plenty of fun and interesting fights out there for him to consider, but one that seems to stand out for a lot of people is Sean O’Malley.

The two men have fun styles, they have never fought before, and Cory Sandhagen clearly believes that he can get the better of ‘Suga’. With that being said, O’Malley may well be getting lined up for a title fight against Petr Yan at the UFC White House event this summer.

In a recent interview, Cory Sandhagen made his pitch for a clash against O’Malley.

Cory Sandhagen calls for Sean O’Malley fight

“O’Malley is definitely the guy that there is to fight,” Sandhagen said on an ONX Sports podcast. “Everyone’s talking about that fight. There’s really, I mean, there’s no reason not to do it. I’m coming off of a really close fight with Merab, where it was a super competitive fight. Still lost, but it was a very competitive fight. He’s coming off of getting finished by Merab – got finished once, but lost to him twice. That’s the fight that everyone’s calling for.”

“Hell yeah, and I think Sean would bite at that too,” Sandhagen said. “Because who wouldn’t want to fight? That fight is gonna get so many views. Like the last one at Paramount+ got like 7 million viewers or whatever. Imagine what the White House card is gonna get. People are gonna tune in from other sports just because it’s a once-in-a-lifetime event. I bet you it’ll be around 14, 15 million people watching.”

Quotes via MMA Junkie