The “Suga Show” returns Saturday evening, however it’s extra of a remake than a continuation.
Gone is the outdated Sean O’Malley — the weed-smoking social-media maven — with the metaphorical starring function recast as one undistracted by his personal public persona and targeted extra keenly on the 2 issues most essential to him now: household and reclaiming UFC glory.
Nicely, there’s one factor that really supersedes changing into the bantamweight champion in Saturday’s UFC 316 predominant occasion at Prudential Middle, and that’s settling the rating with the person who beat him for that title in September: Merab Dvalishvili.
“Even if Merab would have lost to Umar [Nurmagomedov, in January], part of me just wanted the Merab fight back,” O’Malley advised reporters throughout media day Wednesday in Morristown, N.J.
