{"id":450449,"date":"2022-06-14T21:15:28","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T04:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=450449"},"modified":"2022-06-14T21:15:28","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T04:15:28","slug":"sean-omalley-explains-why-he-thinks-dominick-cruz-beats-marlon-vera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/sean-omalley-explains-why-he-thinks-dominick-cruz-beats-marlon-vera\/","title":{"rendered":"Sean O\u2019Malley explains why he thinks Dominick Cruz beats Marlon Vera"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sean O&#8217;Malley believes Dominick Cruz will defeat Marlon Vera in August.<\/p>\n<p>Cruz and Vera<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/dominick-cruz\/marlon-vera-vs-dominick-cruz-set-to-headline-august-ufc-event\/\"> are set to headline a Fight Night card on August 13 in San Diego<\/a> in a crucial fight for the bantamweight division. The winner could very well get a title shot and for O&#8217;Malley, who fought Vera, he believes Cruz is just too skilled for &#8216;Chito.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen Jose (Aldo) fought Chito, I said, I think Jose wins that fight. When Chito fought Frankie (Edgar), I said, I think Chito wins that fight. Chito fought Rob (Font), I think I said, Chito wins that fight. Chito vs. Dom (Cruz), I think Dom wins,&#8221; O&#8217;Malley said on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?app=desktop&amp;v=RbQ7J1cl-MM&amp;t=154s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube channel<\/a>. &#8220;I just think Dom\u2019s gonna be a little bit too fast, just a little bit better than Chito. But, with that being said, I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if Chito won, but I do think Dom\u2019s gonna take that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-401753 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Sean-OMalley.jpg\" alt=\"Sean O'Malley\" width=\"696\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Sean-OMalley.jpg 696w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Sean-OMalley-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Of course, O&#8217;Malley and Vera fought in the co-main event of UFC 252 and it was &#8216;Chito&#8217; who won by first-round TKO. In the fight, Vera used a lot of leg kicks which eventually damaged O&#8217;Malley&#8217;s leg and the fight was called off. Since then, the two have taken shots at one another and the possibility of a rematch seems likely given the way their careers are going.<\/p>\n<p>Sean O&#8217;Malley is set to return to the Octagon at UFC 276 on July 2 against Pedro Munhoz. Should &#8216;Suga&#8217; win, he will enter the top-10 of the rankings and could very well get an opponent in the top-five next.<\/p>\n<p>As for Vera, as mentioned, he&#8217;s set to face Cruz next. &#8216;Chito&#8217; has gone 3-1 since his win over O&#8217;Malley, scoring victories over Davey Grant, Frankie Edgar, and Rob Font with the one loss coming to <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/jose-aldo\/jose-aldo-vs-merab-dvalishvili-in-the-works-for-ufc-278-on-august-20th\/\">Jose Aldo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What do you make of Sean O&#8217;Malley saying Dominick Cruz defeats Marlon Vera on August 13?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sean O&#8217;Malley believes Dominick Cruz will defeat Marlon Vera in August. Cruz and Vera are set to headline a Fight Night card on August 13 in San Diego in a crucial fight for the bantamweight division. The winner could very well get a title shot and for O&#8217;Malley, who fought Vera, he believes Cruz is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54463,"featured_media":388425,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10131,39563,32290,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sean O\u2019Malley explains why he thinks Dominick Cruz beats Marlon Vera | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sean O&#039;Malley believes Dominick Cruz will defeat Marlon Vera in August and he explained why in a video on his YouTube channel.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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