Tim Welch says there’s ‘no excuses’ after Sean O’Malley’s loss at Noche UFC | ESPN MMA

ESPN MMA’s Brett Okamoto interviews Sean O’Malley’s head coach, Tim Welch, days after losing the bantamweight title to Merab Dvalishvili at Noche UFC inside Sphere. They discuss Sean’s hip injury, timeline for return and more.

0:00 The coffee business
0:57 UFC 306 Thoughts
2:08 Sean’s hip injury
6:14 Merab’s strategy
9:45 Timeline for return
11:12 Potential fights
12:24 Merab’s kiss and start of fight
14:04 Tim’s message before Round 5
15:45 “Practice what we preach”
16:30 Merab vs. Umar

[pointnine]

Bret asking the dumbest questions about why is merab not rushing in with his chin up and striking with one of the best strikers 🤣🤣

[Killerboot]

No excuses but my fighter is getting surgery because his tear was so bad that he could only roll for 15 minutes at a time before screaming in agony. Best training camp ever except for the fact that we couldnt drill wresting or bjj. No excuses tho.

[ruthless]

Brett okamoto what kind of interview is this and questions? Sounds like Dana sent you to interview Tim in order to discredit Merab hard work. Eating the clock… not Merab’s fault if Sean can’t stop take downs. 90% of your interviews have weird questions, it’s like you don’t prepare for it.

[ceenstate]

Marab said it the best, he made Sean look normal and he did

[wilson-jdnq]

Bret okamoto THE worst journalist in all of MMA

[dynamic]

“No excuses” then starts the interview with a massive excuse

[salvie]

"bro can you imagine how sick winning would been if you hadn't lost?"

"Bro it would've been so sick 🥴"

[TruthSeeker-rntm]

When Merab confronted him he may as well have curled up in a ball for his response.

[RichardCameron-tb]

He can grapple 20 hours a day everyday and he still won’t be on the same level as merab

[RSOUL]

Merab laughed his way through five rounds with full domination minus one random gut shot. We aren't fully confident it was this death blow the media is using to save face for Suga. If they fight 10 times, it may end at best 8-2, with Suga having a punchers shot for a knockout win.

[fashcs]

sean needs to throw elbows dudes so boney hes got blades

[gsltbjoe]

No excuses, if you don't count all the excuses 😂

[AlexXDiety]

So we're ignoring the fact that Sean said it happened in 2016?

[GuardDown]

So Henry was right Sean was hurt lol sore back sore hip

[MrBlakeguerra]

What happened to this was the best fight camp he'd in awhile. That's all he was saying before the fight.

[cameronturner]

I'm not buying it I witnessed his monster sprawls after the fight.
(Arms crossed foot tapping)

[Trlodleg]

UFC will continue to have reporters bash Merab. Dana hates his fighting style but Umar has a wrestling style too. Merab also denied Umar twice in the interviews Saturday 😂

[doni]

Tim and Sean got exposed from Merab. I hope they learn from the arrogance.

[TheDogN]

Sean would get bullied by merab injury or not

[ryuk]

Excuse Sean got man handled it was bound to happen y’all had a compromised Aljo and got lucky lmao