Morning Report: Sean O’Malley would still ‘like to consider myself the GOAT’ of bantamweight by end of career

Sean O’Malley is back on a win streak, one that could vault him back to the top of the all-time great list at 135 pounds when it’s all said and done.

It’s been two years since O’Malley had UFC gold around his waist, with his bantamweight reign ending at the hands of Merab Dvalishvili at UFC 306. An immediate rematch ended with Dvalishvili scoring a dominant submission win over O’Malley, knocking “Suga” out of the title picture for the foreseeable future.

O’Malley has bounced back with consecutive victories over Song Yadong and Aiemann Zahabi, the latter taking place at the massive UFC White House event, and if he can become champion again he’d