Sean O’Malley has given fellow UFC champion Islam Makhachev his flowers. Bantamweight champ O’Malley (17-1 MMA, 10-1 UFC), who defends his title against Merab Dvalishvili (17-4 MMA, 10-2 UFC) in the UFC 306 main event Sept. 14 at Sphere in Las Vegas, has goals of becoming the greatest of all time. When asked whom he thinks is the current best fighter, O’Malley shared the same opinion as the panel in charge of the UFC’s pound-for-pound rankings: Makhachev (25-1 MMA, 14-1 UFC), who is currently tied for most lightweight title defenses all time at three. “Greatest fighter right now? Probably Islam (Makhachev),” O’Malley told Helen Yee
The rest is here:
Sean O’Malley considers UFC champ Islam Makhachev the ‘greatest fighter right now’ – MMA Junkie