FIRST TAKE | Sean O'Malley shares on his match with Dvalishvili in Noche UFC 306 at Las Vegas Sphere

so um Sean we had Dana White on the show yesterday obviously he's been in the game a long time right I've never seen him so excited about a card putting this event at the spear we've never seen anything like this in Las Vegas it's going to be an epic show you always put on a show with the Kos how excited are you and what does it mean to you to be the main event at the first show at the sphere yeah Dana was giving me I was in Vegas a couple days ago and Dana took me down to the little sphere room and was giving me a little tour of it and there was no cameras on and he was so fired up I could wa I was watching him get goosebumps on his arms was giving me goosebumps and uh yeah even being around Dana Dana's Dana's The Man He's The Legend being around him gets you gets you fired up motivated inspired but to to this feels different this feels legendary like you know this is my third time headlighting U um pay-per-view this feels you know bigger Sean Mor Rob is is is no joke he's considered Elite obviously his conditioning is off the charts he's well known for that and his grappling ability and what have you some people are labeling him your toughest opponent yet number one do you feel that way and number two whether you do or not what specific kind of threat does he pose to you yeah it's easier to answer who's the tougher opponent after I fight these guys Peter Jan was a dog Adine Sterling on paper was you know the hardest match up for be of the division put his lights out in two um so yeah Mor Rob's cardio is absolutely insane topnotch one of the best in the UFC but it doesn't matter how good your cardio is when you're sleeping on the canvas knocked [Laughter] out sugar when you go into a fight let me ask you a question when you go into a fight are you looking to try to end it or you just like picking your spot and they just come naturally because once you touch somebody they go down yeah I I mean I definitely don't force The Knockout uh prime example my last fight against Cheeto Vera the dude wouldn't go away but I was able to fight intelligently and know how much energy to release each round um because the dude didn't go away so if I would have forced a knockout I you know could have got put away myself in those later rounds so uh for the most part The Knockouts just come you know I'm very patient I'm very accurate and the openings it's 25 minutes people are saying oh Mor has 25 minutes I have 20 25 minutes to find his chin as well Dana Dana White has said this is a love letter to Mexico and obviously prime example my last fight against Cheeto Vera the dude wouldn't go away but I was able to fight intelligently and know how much energy to release each round um because the dude didn't go away so if I would have forced a knockout I you know could have got put away myself those later rounds so uh for the most part The Knockouts just come you know I'm very patient I'm very accurate and the openings it's 25 minutes say oh 25 minutes I have 25 minutes to find his chin as well Dana Dana White has said this is a love letter to Mexico on obviously Mexican Independence Day weekend you know I want to know what does that style when they talk about the Mexican style of fighting what does that mean to you uh I think yeah Mexicans are some of the hardest people to knock out you know I've sparred a lot of Mexicans I fought a couple Mexicans they're very very durable very tough they'll they'll they'll hit you he'll get inside get hit give one back um I'm gonna go out Rob saying he's gonna box me stand up and fight Mexico that is absolutely craziest thing he's ever said he said some crazy things but uh yeah I'm HED to headline the Mexican card Sean let me ask you this um Monday morning what do you think is going to be the headline after this fight at the sphere I think it's going to be Sunday morning it's going to be that beautiful that no you're not going be able to knock talk about it it's going to be the you know a couple hours after it's gonna go I I believe I'm getting these Boston Vibes when I went out there and knocked out Al Sterling you know a lot of similarities in my Camp you know you know what my weights are you know just just weird little things I'm getting a lot of boss it's Al's best friend Mor Rob Alo be in the corner I'm gonna enjoy watching alj Jo's reaction after I sleep Mor Rob as well so it's just uh I think it's gonna be the suar show does it again we have to start stop doubting this kid I'm an underdog again which I enjoy you're an underdog fight yeah go ahead Shannon go ahead no goad steephen go ahead because because see I'm wondering I'm thinking about this right now with you know Canelo is fighting on the same night in the sport of boxing at the T-Mobile Arena you're fighting as sphere obviously you think your numbers are going to be better than his and if so what should that tell us about the UFC or you if that happens I do believe the numbers will be better for the UFC and us that night I do believe Sunday Monday that week it'll all be about the UFC the sugar show um I'm fighting the I defended my the Bel the bandwe champ fed the number one guy on a 10 fight win streak in the UFC the best the biggest platform in sporting in uh MMA Sports and then canel's fighting guy I know you told me his name the other day and I forgot it already I just I think this is Burrito think so I think I think this is just I think UFC we're gonna crush it we're gonna crush it well I don't anything I just want to wish you good luck Sean uh I'm gonna be at the fight I'm looking forward to it and I want to see some Dynamite I want to see somebody I want to see somebody get slipped you want left hand or right hand Shannon left left I prefer the right I prefer the right I little double punch I might have to hit him with it Molly what you want left right what you got I just want the headline Sean does it again right as we predicted a couple hours I'm going to wait for Monday I'm going to jump online right after Sean you're the best you always put on a show and we're looking forward to it good luck thank you guys all right coming up Stephen A fired up to give his aist the top five teams in the NFL after week one find out if your team is at the top of his rankings around and Kendrick Lamar chosen for this year Super Bowl halftime show what do we think of this election we'll let you know [Music] spe for for for for for for spe hello for for for for for for for for but