O'Malley admits he wondered whether Cormier wanted to see him lose
Sean O'Malley and Daniel Cormier cleared the air after a question at UFC 333, when the commentator asked Petr Yan about a rematch with Song Yadong, who was in the arena. O'Malley admitted that at times he had wondered whether the former two-division champion wanted to see him lose.

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Daniel Cormier e Sean O'Malley colocaram o assunto em pratos limpos depois de uma pergunta no UFC 333 que o lado de O'Malley recebeu mal.
Petr Yan defendeu o cinturão dos galos em uma luta de trilogia contra Merab Dvalishvili no sábado, em Abu Dhabi. Cormier então perguntou a Yan sobre uma possível revanche com Song Yadong, que estava presente na Etihad Arena — uma fala que O'Malley e seu técnico Tim Welch criticaram nos vídeos de reação, argumentando que o ex-campeão merece a próxima chance pelo título porque já venceu tanto Yan quanto Song.
Cormier levou O'Malley ao seu canal no YouTube para se explicar, dizendo que citou Song porque o concorrente chinês estava no prédio e a equipe de produção havia avisado que ele apareceria na tela.
“Petr Yan defende o título e Song Yadong está na arena”, lembrou Cormier. “Eu disse: ‘Bom, o Song Yadong está bem ali.’ Vou ser completamente honesto com você: a transmissão no meu fone dizia: ‘Vamos mostrar o Song.’”
O'Malley admitiu que às vezes se perguntou se o ex-campeão de duas divisões era contra ele, mas disse que a perspectiva mudou sua leitura do episódio. “Houve momentos em que eu pensei: ‘Cara, será que o DC não gosta mesmo de mim? Será que ele quer me ver perder?’”, disse. “Havia uma parte de mim que tinha esse tipo de sentimento ao longo das lutas. E aí você coloca em perspectiva — vocês ficam ali oito, nove, 10 horas comentando. Cada luta, cada card. É inevitável dizer algo que você não necessariamente quis dizer, ou que simplesmente soa errado.”
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