Jon Anik on GSP vs. Sean O'Malley potential, Ronda Rousey, UFC 292, Jones-Adesanya and more
LAS VEGAS – Jon Anik suggests one of the biggest stars on the UFC roster as Georges St-Pierre’s grappling match opponent.
Former welterweight and middleweight champion St-Pierre will take part in a UFC Fight Pass Invitational no-gi jiu-jitsu match Dec. 14, and the UFC’s play-by-play commentator thinks Sean O'Malley should be his opponent.
O’Malley, who challenges bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling in the UFC 292 headliner Aug. 19 in Boston, took part in the Quintet Ultra grappling competition in 2019. He tapped out Takanori Gomi with a guillotine choke, but then was submitted by former UFC middleweight Hector Lombard. O’Malley then went to a draw with former Strikeforce lightweight champion Gilbert Melendez.
“There are a lot of willing and able grapplers out there. I don’t know – maybe ‘Suga’ Sean O’Malley,” Anik told MMA Junkie and other reporters Thursday on the UFC Hall of Fame red carpet. “How about that? He’s competed before, Quintet Ultra against Gilbert Melendez. It was very competitive, a little bit of a size discrepancy. ‘Suga’ Sean O’Malley, Georges St-Pierre, under the lights in December, UFC Fight Pass Invitational, let’s go!”
Check out what Anik had to say about St-Pierre’s return to competition, the 2023 UFC Hall of Fame and more below.