Ahead of his return to form this weekend at UFC 260, Sean O’Malley has revealed how he has managed to deal with the hatred that was leveled at him after his last loss.
The bantamweight boom preview said the “insecure people” just hated his courage, and received a lot of negative reaction to being a fighter who likes to talk and engage.
In his interview with ESPN’s Ariel Helwani, Sean O’Malley said he wasn’t too worried about the criticism he received after UFC 252. Sugar said he received a lot of hate messages, even until recently.
Now that O’Malley is ready to come back, he thinks there’s a lot of hype again to return.
“People hate confidence, a lot of people are insecure in the world and they hate confidence. They don’t like to see someone win, especially when you speak. I clearly speaking, I’m confident, I think I’m good, though .. But I got a lot of hate but I don’t know, it’s cool, whatever it was. I’m worried about it.I think I got a lot of hype coming back for this fight but initially for a while, a month or two, even until recently just getting a lot hate, get messages from people, it’s kind of funny. “
This Saturday at the UFC 260 pay-per-view, Sean O’Malley will face Thomas Almeida in his fight back.
After losing to Marlon Vera in his last Octagon tour, O’Malley was at the heart of the conversation for a while, especially for claiming he’s not yet lost after the loss. .
Sugar aims to get back in the winning column by defeating Almeida and continuing the quest to challenge his UFC bantamweight title at some point down the road.
Sean O’Malley is a rising star in the UFC pantomime division
Despite his first UFC loss, Sean O’Malley remains a sentiment in the UFC pantomime division. Since its inception in 2017, O’Malley has had some of the most impressive winners at 135.
But it was the incredible impact he made on Eddie Wineland at UFC 250 that caught the attention of many. Sean O’Malley will be aiming for such a re-enactment performance this coming Saturday and get the better of Almeida.