Conor McGregor doesn’t have any unwell will towards UFC bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley.
McGregor (22-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC) took intention at O’Malley when asking for a lifetime ban on Ryan Garcia, who examined optimistic for traces of ostarine in his win over Devin Haney. O’Malley examined optimistic for a similar banned substance in 2019, leading to a six-month suspension by the U.S. Anti-Doping Company.
O’Malley (18-1 MMA, 10-1 UFC) responded, saying McGregor is probably going jealous of his rising star energy and that he’d be open to combating him. McGregor acknowledges that O’Malley has all the time proven him respect previously.
“You recognize, I like Sean O’Malley – I do truly like Sean,” McGregor stated on a reside stream with Duel Bits (h/t Championship Rounds on X). “I’d simply seen the disrespect of Garcia, coming in chubby, actual lackadaisical with it, a number of kilos chubby, after which testing optimistic for performance-enhancing medication.
“It simply jogged my memory of the state of affairs with Sean and he form of bought caught within the crosshairs. He additionally stated one thing like he’d beat me. Not in his wildest goals – however I do like Sean.”
McGregor recollects giving O’Malley recommendation when he was on the come-up, and seems open to hashing issues out.
“I ran into him at a soccer stadium and he was being influenced by this influencer boxing method the place it’s choose and select your matches,” McGregor stated. “He stated he wouldn’t struggle folks above his class. I went and seen him when he was on this mode and I stated to him, ‘Are you the most effective? Are you the world champion? As a result of in the event you’re world champion, who cares who it’s towards? You must go till you’re the champion – struggle everybody and anybody at any given second. That’s what I’ve performed.’
“Since then, he went and fought Petr Yan, he fought (Marlon) ‘Chito’ Vera, Aljamain Sterling. He performed it and he confirmed it, so I used to be proud of that. It’s what it’s. No matter. You’ll be able to’t be dishonest and utilizing performance-enhancing medication in competitors. O’Malley, he has been good to me, and I do know I motivated him to most likely take up this profession, as I’ve performed to many individuals. So you understand, we’ll determine it out.”
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