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UFC veteran believes Conor McGregor attacked Sean O’Malley and Ryan Garcia out of jealousy

ADespite being one of the most recognizable faces in sports and entertainment, UFC legend Conor McGregor is still occasionally betrayed by his ego. One of the most recent examples of this was the time when Ryan Garcia appeared to have missed his drug tests in the fight against Devin Haney. In a now-deleted tweet: McGregor threatened Ryan about being a cheater and also called him out Sean O’Malley. It didn’t take long for him to delete the tweet, but the damage was already done. McGregor didn’t sound like he was in his right mind when he wrote that. In his tirade, McGregor accused both of them of taking steroids and challenged them to a fight.

Conor McGregor steps into a heavy bag with the same leg he broke in UFC

Was Conor Magregor jealous?

UFC legend Daniel Cormier spoke about it on the latest Funky and the Champ podcast, where he discussed Conor’s attitude with his fellow veteran Ben Askren. Here’s what he said about McGregor’s deleted message: “But is Conor doing this because he sees this young man (Sean O Malley) following in his footsteps and becoming such a big star? As they say.” That imitation is the biggest compliment you can get, but when you’re the biggest star, you might see that someone has your back: “I don’t like that guy.”

Sean O’Malley He himself has said that before Conor McGregor is deeply jealous of what he has already achieved. In many ways, “Suga” Sean O’Malley is the new kid on the block that Conor used to walk through. When he was in his prime, people were crazy about him, like Sean is now. For O’Malley, this is nothing more than a sign of jealousy. Speaking on his own podcast, Sean said: “Conor is one of the few guys I would fight. This bastard is big. I would fight him at 55. I think there was a lot of jealousy. People like that.”, such a big ego, he sees what’s happening. He sees that he’s starting to get pushed out (and) that I’m starting to show up…”