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‘Suga’ revealed during an episode of The BrO’Malley Show (h/t Sportskeeda) that he recently turned down a fight at the high-stakes UFC 268 PPV in New York and that Shelby was not too happy with his decision.
“I don’t even know if I’m supposed to say this…Sean Shelby was mad at me,” O’Malley said. “Dude, I don’t wanna fight in New York. It’s far, the taxes are ridiculous, and Tim (Welch) has no-Gi or no, ADCC trials that weekend. And he told me that before I even potentially had a fight. So, that’s his thing, and I’m not gonna say, ‘No. I have a fight’. We’re doing it, especially when I could fight like a month later in Vegas.”
“He said, ‘I know you’re going to be asking for a lot of money’. It’s like, no s**t! I’m pulling f**king numbers, dude,” O’Malley said. “You can’t deny that. It’s like, why do they have a problem paying someone what they’re worth? That shouldn’t be an issue. That should be like, especially when I’m blowing up like that. Those last two fights – Third-round finishes – Handing out brain damage. Like, dude, you should be like, ‘Hell yeah. I’m gonna pay you a lot. You’ve earned it’.”
I might have some kind of sympathy for him if he hadn't trashed other fighters who were complaining about the revenue split last month.
Stupidity like that is why these guys are never going to organize themselves to do anything about the position that the UFC has them in.
