{"id":271760,"date":"2018-03-04T06:58:33","date_gmt":"2018-03-04T14:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=271760"},"modified":"2018-03-04T06:58:33","modified_gmt":"2018-03-04T14:58:33","slug":"nate-diaz-comments-on-sean-omalleys-win-omalley-responds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/sean-omalley\/nate-diaz-comments-on-sean-omalleys-win-omalley-responds\/","title":{"rendered":"Nate Diaz comments on Sean O&#8217;Malley&#8217;s win, O&#8217;Malley responds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last night, on the main card of UFC 222, red-hot bantamweight prospect Sean O&#8217;Malley took his latest steps into the Octagon, this time facing the dangerous Andre Soukhamthath.<\/p>\n<p>Despite having his leg pulverized in the final frame \u2013 at which point a Soukhamthath win looked like it was only a kick away \u2013 O&#8217;Malley ultimately came out on top, as he awarded <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-222\/ufc-222-results-sean-omalley-vs-andre-soukhamthath\/\">a decision win for his performance in the first and second rounds<\/a>.\u00a0Unfortunately, however, O&#8217;Malley&#8217;s leg was so damaged that he couldn&#8217;t even stand for his post-fight interview with Joe Rogan.<\/p>\n<p>While many onlookers took this as a display of grit and heart from O&#8217;Malley, fan favorite UFC lightweight <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/nate-diaz\/\">Nate Diaz<\/a> did not. Instead, he took it as a reason to question O&#8217;Malley&#8217;s win.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">How u win if u can&#8217;t walk out the cage ? Smh<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nathan Diaz (@NateDiaz209) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NateDiaz209\/status\/970161185956876288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>&#8220;How u win if u can&#8217;t walk out the cage? Smh,&#8221; Diaz said.<\/p>\n<p>Given Diaz and O&#8217;Malley&#8217;s shared love of the devil&#8217;s lettuce, this comment came as a bit of a surprise to some fans. In many ways, the two fighters seem to be cut from the same cloth.<\/p>\n<p>Diaz&#8217;s comment certainly seemed to disappoint to O&#8217;Malley, who quickly issued a response.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Nates one of my favorite fighters all time<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sean O&#8217;Malley (@SugaSeanMMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SugaSeanMMA\/status\/970172828858204161?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>&#8216;Nate&#8217;s one of my favorite fighters all time.&#8221; O&#8217;Malley said in the replies to Diaz&#8217;s Tweet.<\/p>\n<p>With his win over Soukhamthath, Sean O&#8217;Malley improved to 2-0 in the Octagon, and continued his emergence as one of the UFC&#8217;s fastest rising stars. Expect the enigmatic bantamweight to get a real push from the promotion in the year 2018 \u2013 with Nate Diaz&#8217;s support or otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>What did you think of Sean O&#8217;Malley&#8217;s win over Andre Soukhamthath at UFC 222? Join the conversation in the comments section.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 3\/4\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night, on the main card of UFC 222, red-hot bantamweight prospect Sean O&#8217;Malley took his latest steps into the Octagon, this time facing the dangerous Andre Soukhamthath. 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