Sean O’Malley Defends Dana White’s Controversial $250,000 Gift to Nelk Boys Amidst UFC Fighter Pay Issue

The UFC and Dana White have received criticism for several things over the years. The UFC President was also recently criticized when he gifted Kyle Forgeard from the Nelk Boys $250,000. Once again, the fighter pay issues came up and fighters reacted to the same as well. Bantamweight fighter Sean O’Malley also expressed his thoughts.

On his YouTube channel, O’Malley said, “250 racks cash for his birthday from Dana.”

When the fighter got to know people were angry at White’s gesture, he asked, “Why?”

“That’s Dana’s own money. It’s personal money. If you want to give 250 racks to his friend, to his, you know, someone he probably looks at more as a son, I don’t see anything wrong with it. I’m not complaining,” he explained.

“I’ve seen some people weren’t too happy about that sh*t too. I don’t know, I’m not really too worried about it. I’m like, it’s whatever. It’s his money. Of course, he has 250,000 extra cash, dollars, laying around.”

“He wants to give it away, give it away. Dana’s the f**king man, I like Dana, you know.”

While the 15-1-0 record holder does not seem to mind White gifting Forgeard a huge amount, several prominent fighters have tweeted about it. This includes bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling, who revealed his birthday in hopes the promoter would send him a gift too.

Additionally, media personality Ariel Helwani too spoke about White’s gift and thought it was creepy.

The Nelk Boys’ relationship with Dana White and Sean O’Malley

The Nelk Boys not only have a great relationship with Dana White but also with UFC fighters like ‘Sugar‘.

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As reported by ‘Mirror‘, O’Malley was spotted partying in Miami with the Nelk Boys. In fact, he even landed a spinning kick on Nelk member, Tyler Chaffee. People saw Chaffee in great pain.

Besides this, the Nelk Boys will also sponsor a fighter in the UFC. They have brought a lot of attention to the promotion.

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