Ben Askren slams Sean O’Malley for using the stretcher; Says, “He needs to grow up”

Ben Askren slams Sean O’Malley for using the stretcher; Says, “He needs to grow up”

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Marlon Vera and Sean O’Malley at UFC 252

Sean O’Malley silently accepted his loss against Marlon Vera at UFC 252. He was quite writhing in pain during the match at UFC 252.

The biggest reason behind his pain was the apparent left foot injury he suffered during the fight. The injury made him leave the octagon on a stretcher. Ben Askren commented on this and said that it was a show of weakness from the fighter.

Askren was co-hosting the ESPN’s “DC & Helwani”, when he said, “He wanted to just be out of there for whatever reason.”

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But when it was reminded him the O’Malley could be in a lot of pain, he said, “It’s a fist fight! Deal with that sh*t!” Askren yelled, “Deal with it! It’s a fist fight!”

Later he calmed down and said, “I’m saying he shouldn’t have done that. It’s a fist fight,” he said. “Yes, (O’Malley) was in pain obviously. Listen, if you don’t have the expectation that you’re gonna be in pain when you get into a fist fight, you’ve got some bad expectations.”

Injury report of Sean O’Malley

Sean O’Malley

However, the extent of damage suffered by Sean O’Malley is still unknown. As per ESPN, an X-ray has revealed no fractures but an MRI will reveal any possible ligament or tendon tears.

Askren, despite this fact has still criticised Sean O’Malley for allowing himself to be taken on a stretcher. “If they tried carting me out because of an ankle injury, I would’ve fought someone over that,” Askren said. “You’re not putting my ass on a stretcher because I got an ankle injury. I got one other good leg, and I’m gonna hop all the way to the back. Leave me the eff alone. I think he needs to grow up.“

“It’s part of growing up. In life, you have failures, you have struggles. You’re gonna learn from them. Obviously he hasn’t lost a fight to this point, so he probably hasn’t experienced those really hard things and really, at this point, embarrassment also. He was building himself up and got his ass kicked by ‘Chito’ Vera. He’s probably a little embarrassed by that, as well. Hey, that’s part of it. Get up, rub some dirt on it, hop yourself to the back.”

Now, O’Malley’s coach Tim Welch has come in defense of his fighter. He tweeted that O’Malley was forced to use the stretcher.

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