Dana White Says ‘Suga’ Sean O’Malley Can Be UFC’s Subsequent Famous person, Like Conor

“Suga” Sean O’Malley is already a UFC star, however Dana White says he might attain Conor McGregor-like ranges of fame … so long as he retains profitable within the Octagon!

TMZ Sports activities talked to the UFC honcho simply days earlier than he headed again to Struggle Island in Abu Dhabi … the place UFC 280 goes down Saturday afternoon (within the USA). O’Malley is not shy about his want to be a world star, so we requested Dana if Suga had what it took.

“100% and it is all about profitable these key fights. He must win this struggle this weekend towards Petr Yan. He beats Petr Yan, watch what occurs on Sunday,” Dana mentioned.

“Will probably be loopy, however yeah, Conor, on his method up, gained all the key fights he wanted to win. It isn’t for a title or something however Petr Yan is the number-one-ranked man on the earth.”

Dana says, maintaining with the McGregor theme, a win vs. Petr could be equal to Conor’s epic KO of Jose Aldo in 2015.

O’Malley is 15-1, together with his sole loss coming towards Chito Vera in August 2020 (relying on who you ask, the loss was controversial). He is the #11 ranked bantamweight.

As for Yan, he is the #1 ranked 135-pounder … and whereas he is coming off a loss to Aljamain Sterling, it was a really shut struggle.

Talking of the champ, Aljo can also be on the stacked 280 card. Sterling is preventing #2 ranked T.J. Dillashaw.

The blokes aren’t precisely associates. In truth, we spoke to Aljamain earlier this month, and he known as T.J. “Tablet.J DillaRoid.”

We requested Dana if he felt assured Dillashaw wasn’t taking any banned substances.

“T.J. is completely positively clear. These guys are all being examined by USADA and while you’re coming off what T.J. is coming off of, I am positive he is getting arduous by USADA.”

In fact, Dillashaw was popped for a banned substance, EPO, in early 2019. He obtained a 2-year ban from the game.

There’s extra. We additionally talked to White about the principle occasion, Charles Oliveira vs. Islam Makhachev.

There is a dream situation amongst many followers. Oliveira beats Makhachev, after which Khabib Nurmagomedov comes out of retirement to avenge his brother’s loss.

Doable?! We requested Dana.

“That is hilarious. I like it. Consider me, that might be everyone’s dream situation, together with mine if he beats Islam,” White mentioned.

Dana additionally supplied some warning to individuals who assume Islam’s going to roll proper via Charles.

“[Oliveira’s] one of many guys that is type of slips underneath the radar and other people do not understand it. He is on an 11-fight win streak. He is obtained the report for probably the most finishes in UFC historical past, he is obtained probably the most submissions in UFC historical past, tied for general UFC post-fight bonuses. He has most Efficiency Of The Night time awards in UFC historical past, most submissions in each UFC light-weight and featherweight historical past!”

“I imply the man has data on prime of data on prime of data! It is unimaginable.”

We additionally spoke to Makhachev earlier within the week … and talked about all issues Charles Oliveira, backup fighter Alex Volkanovski, and UFC 280.