ESPN journalist Ariel Helwani has provided a Sean O’Malley injury update after speaking with a source close to the situation.<\/p>\n
This past weekend at UFC 252, ‘Suga’ was hoping to keep his perfect mixed martial arts record intact by defeating Marlon Vera in the evening’s co-main event.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately for Sean O’Malley things did not go as planned in his bout with ‘Chito’. The budding star suffered a self-induced injury to his lower leg early in the contest and moments later his leg gave out on him for good. Marlon Vera was quick to smell blood and immediately pounced on O’Malley forcing the referee to step in and call a stop to the contest<\/a>.<\/p>\n Now, two days removed from the first setback of his career, a source close to the situation provided a Sean O’Malley injury update to ESPN<\/a>‘s Ariel Helwani.<\/p>\n Update on Sean O\u2019Malley from a source close to him:<\/p>\n \u201cX-ray on his ankle\/lower leg came back OK. No fractures but MRI is needed (once swelling goes down) to look for ligament & tendon tears. They will scan knee too. Can\u2019t have a MRI until swelling subsided.\u201d<\/p>\n No timetable yet.<\/p>\n — Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) August 17, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n