UFC bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley wasn’t a fan of what former middleweight champion Sean Strickland did to social media influencer Sneako during their sparring session.
“I thought it was f**ked up,” O’Malley said on the Timbo Sugar Show. “His corner threw in the towel. If someone came in here and wanted me to f**king peck around with them because I’m a professional, I’m a champ and they want to get a little taste of what it’s like, I’m not going to – Did you see how hard he was trying to hurt him?”
“They threw in the towel and he clearly was quit. He was clearly balling up. He was still trying to just hurt him,” O’Malley continued. “I’ve never liked hurting people, though like in certain areas like that.”
There is one scenario where O’Malley wouldn’t have had an issue with Strickland beating up an untrained opponent.
“Also, if Sneako was talking sh*t at all then it changes it. Then it 100 percent changes it. If someone was talking sh*t and then they want to come spar and I agree then it’s different. But if, ‘I just want to like peck aground,'” said O’Malley. “I think it depends if Sneako was talking sh*t and acting like he could do something. Then it’s different. Then it makes it 100 percent okay to whoop his ass a little bit.”
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