Cory Sandhagen has slammed Sean O’Malley as he continues to push for a fight against the former UFC bantamweight champion.
As we know, Cory Sandhagen is easily one of the most exciting bantamweights out there in the world of mixed martial arts. He has achieved some big things in his career, but of course, he has yet to hold gold in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, with his latest attempt coming against the great Merab Dvalishvili.
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In terms of what’s next for him, Sandhagen hasn’t been shy in calling out Sean O’Malley for a potential showdown at some point in the future. This has been a fight that a lot of fans have been eager to see for a long time, if only because they both have fan friendly styles that should make for quite the chemistry in the cage.
In a recent video, however, Sandhagen made all kinds of claims directed towards O’Malley regarding the two competing.
Cory Sandhagen just called out Sean O’Malley for avoiding a fight against him 👀😳
“The UFC is gonna miss out on one of the biggest fights that they can put on the White House card right now, and it’s because O’Malley’s being a little entitled b*tch.”
(via @corysandhagenx) pic.twitter.com/AgN3GWi1h9
— Championship Rounds (@ChampRDS) March 5, 2026
Sandhagen goes after O’Malley
“Yo, what’s up guys? Pay attention, because I’m about to breakdown why the UFC is going to miss out on one of the biggest fights they can put on the White House card right now, and it’s because O’Malley’s being a little entitled bitch.’”
Sandhagen proceeded to show clips of O’Malley seemingly not being too keen on fighting him, with him mocking ‘Suga’ via his responses. O’Malley was then shown to be suggesting that he prefer to wait for the winner of a Petr Yan vs Merab Dvalishvili trilogy fight instead of taking on Cory.
“That’s not how it works,” Sandhagen said, bemusedly, before ending with one final clip of O’Malley being noncommittal, prompting a final response from Sandhagen. “Fight me! Frick! [Shoots the bird].”
Quotes via MMA Fighting
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