All through his rise to contendership standing within the UFC’s bantamweight division, rising star Sean O’Malley has made clear his admiration for Conor McGregor.
O’Malley has brazenly admitted that he has used McGregor’s personal rise by the game as a blueprint for his title ambitions — however greater than that, he has mentioned that he sees the Dubliner’s standing as the game’s unchallenged field workplace king as one thing to observe.
However with McGregor having been absent from the cage for effectively over a 12 months since struggling a severe damage to his decrease left leg in the summertime of 2021, O’Malley — who is predicted to battle for the 135-pound title in 2023 — ‘Suga’ says that he’s keenly trying ahead to McGregor’s return as a result of the game simply isn’t fairly the identical with out him.
“I needed to return in and take over the game, after which Conor did it,” O’Malley mentioned on his podcast.
“Dude, I miss Conor. I used to be watching the most effective of moments of Conor vs Chad, Conor/Jose, Conor vs Cowboy. Dude, the press conferences.
“Dude, that sh*t. Even nonetheless, watching it’s motivational and provoking. Similar to, f*ck, that motherf*cker took the game to a brand new degree. You are feeling totally different when he walks out, when it’s his press convention, on the weigh-ins. All the things is totally different. I watch that and I’m like holy sh*t, I’m getting there.”