Sean O'Malley is pleased that he had ruled his friendship with Conor McGregor, although he did not know he had done it.
Former Bantam weight champion O'Malley received praise from his idol McGregor after being seen in his rematch with Nate Diaz from 2016 during a YouTube video. The Irishman was honored to be characterized and tweeted his support for O'Malley for UFC 316.
It follows a tumultuous few years for the couple, whose relationship has been on a rocky road. The former two -weight world champion has hit O
Sean O'Malley responds to Conor McGregor's viral message of support for UFC 316
An important part of the preparations for Sean O'Malley on UFC 316 has dropped social media in the midst of a large number of pre-combat style changes. As a result, he saw none of the reactions of Conor McGregor on a video that showed him during the training camp that he was watching McGregor Diaz 2.
When asked about Bloody Elbow's post on UFC 316 Media Day, O'Malley had to be informed about what exactly was said. He seemed happy with the quote before he answered: “I will be a huge conor fan forever.
“I am grateful that I was able to see how he stands up in my generation, we see it happen. I think we are looking back and say that he had one of the craziest careers, so it's cool to see it happen while I went into the UFC and everything. I am pumping that the relationship is good again.”
Sean O'Malley looked at Conor McGregor vs Nate Diaz 2 to prepare for UFC 316
A moment when Viral went in the run -up to the rematch of Saturday's world title when O'Malley was seen to see one of the most famous fights in Conor McGregor. It was one of a series of rematches that the former champion watched to get inspiration for his second shot on the world title.
“We just have cameras that record so much that I didn't know that I was a moment that was captured,” he said Bloody Elbow. “I viewed some fights, some rematches, Chuck Liddell vs Randy Couture was one.
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“I have never seen Chuck Liddell fights, I clearly knew who he was, but I had never looked at the fighting. I have viewed a lot of old school fights that have been cool.
“I have always inspired by Conor fighting. I have looked at Conor fights more than probably someone except perhaps my fights.”