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UFC bantamweight Brian Kelleher is not impressed with the way Sean O’Malley comported himself after his UFC 252 loss to Marlon “Chito” Vera.<\/a><\/p>\n

O’Malley and Vera collided in the UFC 252 main event. In a significant upset, Vera stopped O’Malley with first round ground strikes after the formerly unbeaten prospect seemingly injured his leg.<\/p>\n

Post-fight, O’Malley downplayed Vera’s performance, and suggested his foe will be a journeyman in five years’ time.<\/p>\n

Kelleher, who previously angled for a fight with O’Malley, was not particularly impressed.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t like the way he handles the loss,\u201d Kelleher said on MMA Fighting’s A-Side<\/em><\/a>. \u201cStill putting Chito down, not really accepting it. But I do think that business-wise, he\u2019s kind of doing this on purpose. I don\u2019t know if he\u2019s getting information from other guys that have done this in the past, but you know, you have people that love you, you make people hate you, and you have all areas covered as far as fanbase goes, and people that want to see you fight whether they want to see you win or lose.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think O\u2019Malley\u2019s kind of playing that role where he\u2019s like, \u2018Alright, I\u2019m gonna make you hate me. I\u2019m just gonna keep being brash and cocky and you know, I\u2019m still undefeated. So F you, and I\u2019m gonna keep being me\u2019 type of thing. I don\u2019t blame him for doing that, but I like to see a little bit more humble honesty when it comes to real true answers for facing defeat.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kelleher is still interested in fighting O’Malley, but doesn’t expect his fellow bantamweight to be interested in that particular matchup.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wouldn\u2019t think that I would be a bad matchup for them to do now,\u201d Kelleher said of a potential fight. \u201cI think it makes pretty good sense. But I said this before, a lot of the want and desire to fight him was to take that [zero], to be the first guy to beat him and steal the hype and everything, and Marlon Vera kind of just did that. It doesn\u2019t have as much steam to me as it did, but I would still do it. It\u2019s always a big fight with a guy with that big of a following.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think they\u2019re gonna go a safer route with him and give him a very, very winnable fight again and then go from there.\u201d<\/p>\n

What do you think of these comments from Brian Kelleher? What do you think of the way Sean O’Malley handled his first loss?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UFC bantamweight Brian Kelleher is not impressed with the way Sean O’Malley comported himself after his UFC 252 loss to Marlon “Chito” Vera. O’Malley and Vera collided in the UFC 252 main event. In a significant upset, Vera stopped O’Malley with first round ground strikes after the formerly unbeaten prospect seemingly injured his leg. 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