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There is no love lost between Marlon Vera and Sean O’Malley, and that became even more obvious with Vera’s latest post.

Vera and O’Malley met inside the octagon at UFC 252, where ‘Chito’ won via TKO in the first round. However, O’Malley suffered drop foot early in the fight, which made it difficult for him to move. That was the first and only loss of his professional career. ‘Suga’ doesn’t consider it a loss, saying the injury hindered him.

The number 12 ranked bantamweight recently went around Walmart, giving hundred dollars to people. In return, he received a lot of love and they were excited to see him. People got pictures clicked with the UFC star, thanked him, and wished him well. He posted the video on his YouTube channel.

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Many people from the MMA community praised his gesture and gave him plaudits. However, his former opponent didn’t understand why he needed a camera while doing a good deed. He took to Twitter to hit out at O’Malley, and said, “U don’t need a camera guy to help people. You piece of s**t.”

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Vera still doesn’t like his rival and it will be interesting to see if UFC books a rematch between them.

I think a freak accident happened – Sean O’Malley on his defeat against Marlon Vera

Sean O’Malley and Marlon Vera went head-to-head at UFC 252. ‘Suga’ was undefeated going into the fight, and was expected to win by many. However, an injury during the fight compromised his movement, which eventually led to his defeat.

But the UFC bantamweight doesn’t acknowledge the defeat and, according to him, it was just a freak accident. In a recent interview, he said, “I don’t feel like I lost that fight because my skills were worse than his. I think a freak accident happened. How many thousands of leg kicks, hundred and thousands of leg kicks have landed in the UFC, and how many times has that happened? That’s probably happened three or four times.”

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“If I was fighting someone, and it happened to them, I wouldn’t be like, yeah, I beat that guy. I wouldn’t think that way. I want to knock someone out.”

There’s obvious animosity between the two men. Would you like to see them bury the hatchet? Should the UFC book both fighters to face each other next? Let us know in the comments!