UFC Bantamweight contender Sean O’Malley won his last fight against former bantamweight champion Petr Yan at UFC 280. However, the entire UFC world debated whether ‘Sugar’ actually deserved to win, or the referees gave him a handout. Many disrespected him to take an undeserved victory. Despite the criticism, O’Malley rose to the top of the UFC bantamweight rankings. Even more recently, O’Malley faced another Russian opponent, Ramzan Kadyrov. After, The American declined an invitation from Kadyrov to attend his son’s birthday party. And in doing so, he even declined the insane amount of money that came with it.

However, this time, O’Malley has earned the utmost respect from his fans, who commended his decision.

Sean O’Malley didn’t comply with the Russian request

The 28-year-old from Montana stood his ground firmly against Russian dictator Ramzan Kadyrov. He wanted to accommodate O’Malley and fellow UFC fighters Kamaru Usman, Justin Gaethje, and Henry Cejudo in Chechnya, Russia. The UFC bantamweight contender ripped the band-aid from this political issue in a recent podcast episode.

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However, things did not go fully according to Kadyrov’s plan. As O’Malley declined his invite after he consulted a close friend. The boy from Montana instinctually felt this would be a dangerous move at this point in his career.

But the rest of the gang, managed by the controversial figure in the MMA world, Ali Abdelaziz, managed to attend. O’Malley even called out Cejudo for being broke to attend this party in Russia, as he stated his opinion on the matter.

‘Sugar’ earned people’s respect after this bold move

Fans of the sport quickly gathered to get behind Sean O’Malley. Because the young fighter made sense and spoke with a moral compass. Especially since no one else in the UFC community openly spoke about this wild incident. But, ‘Sugar’ opened up and earned the respect of many MMA fans.

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• At least Sean actually has a moral compass
• Don’t like the chap but very respectable move
• Common L by the Ali gang
• Extremely common Ali and co L
• Common O’Malley W.
• Common W by Yan’s father
• finally someone with a moral compass, shoutout suga 🫡
• O’Malley being the informed adult in the room. How bout that
• I don’t like Sean but at least he isn’t a sellout. Justin, Cejudo, and kamaru are sellouts, turning a blind eye to all the killing and wrong in Chechnya. Going over there means you’re complacent.

People liked ‘Sugar’ for being honest and upfront about his personal matter. Sean O’Malley will fight for the bantamweight championship title in the coming months.

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What do you think of Sugar’s decision?