UFC bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley could possibly be shedding his endearment towards Conor McGregor after being included in a rant directed towards Ryan Garcia.
McGregor unloaded on Garcia in a since-deleted social media publish after the boxing star examined optimistic for traces of the banned substance ostarine in connection together with his win over Devin Haney. There may additionally be the presence of one other banned substance, however further testing of his authentic pattern and B-sample are required.
McGregor known as for a lifetime ban in opposition to Garcia after which directed a few of his ire towards O’Malley in the identical publish.
O’Malley examined optimistic for a similar banned substance in 2019, resulting in a six-month suspension from the U.S. Anti-Doping Company. McGregor introduced up that state of affairs in his publish and stated he want to battle O’Malley, and even provided to fly him to Dublin for sparring.
O’Malley lastly addressed McGregor’s publish on Monday’s episode of the “TimboSugarShow” podcast and admitted he was caught off guard by McGregor’s tone after their previous has been nothing however cordial.
“That’s loopy what Conor did – f*ck Conor,” O’Malley stated. “F*ck Conor, man. I’ve seen lots of people being like, ‘Yeah, I wager ‘Suga’s’ unhappy. ‘Suga’ is at all times speaking nothing (however) nice about Conor, and he’s his f*cking idol.’
“He simply went on a little bit tweet rant. F*cking booger sugar’d up, speaking sh*t. ‘I’ll fly you out to spar.’ Yeah, proper. I used to be extra unhappy than mad.”
Regardless of indicating that he thought McGregor wasn’t sober when he posted the message, O’Malley (18-1 MMA, 10-1 UFC) seems to be holding a grudge towards “The Infamous.”
With McGregor (22-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC) set to return to the octagon from a virtually three-year layoff vs. Michael Chandler (23-8 MMA, 2-3 UFC) at UFC 303 on June 29 in Las Vegas, O’Malley stated he now is aware of precisely whom he’s rooting for.
“Now I can’t wait to see Michael Chandler completely sleep him,” O’Malley stated. “I’m turning up. I’m altering up actual fast. F*ck Conor. When your idols flip to rivals.”
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