Sean O’Malley Wanting His Father to Be His ‘Driver’ Elicits Divided Response From Fans – “Some People Say That This Is Their Champ”, “Chito Would Never”

Sean O’Malley is all set to defend his bantamweight title against Marlon Vera this week, in what would be O’Malley’s first title defense since clinching the title against Aljamain Sterling. Suga’s title run surely earned him the bantamweight gold and significantly increased his value. There was a time when O’Malley shaved his eyebrows for some money, and now he boasts an ultimate millionaire tag. Nevertheless, his recent revelation about his father has raised some questions from the fans.

Sean O’Malley’s father is Dan O’Malley, a retired narcotics officer. His relationship with his father is good. ‘Suga’ has confessed that his father never stopped him from following his passion. Interestingly, Dan O’Malley confessed that ‘Suga’ hated UFC at some point in time and he never thought his son would be a UFC star. Fast forward to today, O’Malley is a multi-millionaire and a UFC champion. Yet, despite his millionaire status O’Malley wants his father to drive him everywhere he goes!

In a recent confession, O’Malley said “Trying my dad to move down here like a full-time job. Drive me anywhere I want”. O’Malley’s random confession got the attention of fans. Making your father your driver didn’t sit well with the MMA community.

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Fans have diverging opinions over Sean O’Malley’s confession about his father

After the confession, fans of the sport took to social media to express their opinion. Some of them are a bit harsh towards the bantamweight champion but let us look into them. The comments by the community are as follows:-

Starting off, a fan asserted that he would have retired his parents if he had as much money as O’Malley

Another fan supported O’Malley’s stance and stated that ‘Suga’ is doing everything to keep his father with him as he couldn’t retire.

Furthermore, another fan came forward to support Sean O’Malley.

A fan was rather a bit judgemental towards O’Malley.

A fan even stated that Marlon Vera would never do this thing with his parents

Another fan had a rather interesting observation about the situation.

From the reactions of the fans, one thing is clear- they have diverging opinions over O’Malley’s comments. While some see no wrong in it, others are ripping apart Sean O’Malley for it.

Regardless, whether or not he will keep his father as his driver is his own decision. What’s your take on this?

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