Former UFC bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley, who’s an enormous Conor McGregor fan, has revealed how McGregor fires him up earlier than each struggle.
O’Malley final locked horns with Aiemann Zahabi on the White Home, the place the previous scored a highlight-reel knockout to snap the Canadian fighter’s seven-fight profitable streak.
In a latest video, “Suga” confessed he loves the best way McGregor handles strain greater than anyone within the recreation, which is why he prefers to rewatch McGregor’s previous fights earlier than stepping contained in the octagon. Even earlier than his White Home bout, O’Malley was watching a Conor McGregor documentary. Explaining how a lot watching “The Infamous” has helped him evolve and keep fired up, he mentioned:
“On each single struggle day, we’re watching Conor McGregor, whether or not it’s his previous fights or documentaries. I discover a lot inspiration and motivation from different athletes, however particularly from Conor and his rise. I tune into it each single struggle day. He handles strain higher than anyone… It will get me fired up.”
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When Sean O’Malley admitted that aiming to change into greater than Conor McGregor was a “delusional concept”
Merab Dvalishvili dethroned Sean O’Malley in 2024. Nevertheless, O’Malley was granted a right away title rematch, due to ‘Dana White privilege,’ wherein “The Machine” submitted him.
“Suga” noticed a few of his aura fade after the back-to-back losses to the Georgian phenom.
Nevertheless, earlier this yr, he snapped his dropping streak by beating Track Yadong at UFC 324 after which adopted it up with a knockout win over Aiemann Zahabi at UFC Freedom 250.
Earlier than the aforementioned Yadong bout, “Suga” was on a two-fight dropping skid, throughout which he admitted he nonetheless desires to be the “largest star within the UFC,” however surpassing the corporate’s largest draw, McGregor, when it comes to stardom is a “delusional concept.” He informed UFC on TNT Sports:
“I mentioned in interviews I’m going to be greater than Conor. It was a form of delusional concept as a result of Conor is huge, however there’s nonetheless a path for me to get to that – possibly not that degree, however I need to be the largest star within the UFC at one level.”
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