UFC Bantamweight Champion Sean O’Malley has provided a reason for testing positive for a Performance Enhancing Drug back in the day. However, it was so obscure it had people like Conor McGregor commenting and laughing.
The current champion Sean O’Malley faced a ban back in 2019 after testing positive for Ostarine. This is a prohibited substance, which was found in O’Malley’s system. The drug Ostarine is the same drug which Ryan Garcia recently tested positive for. UFC boss Dana White told GIVEMESPORT and other reports that the information he had received would suggest that this was from a tainted supplement.
Sean O’Malley Gives Reason for Testing Positive
Sean O’Malley was speaking on his youtube channel and explained:
“I got suspended a couple years ago and it always drove me crazy anytime somebody brought it up — ‘You did steroids!’ I didn’t do s***.”
“My levels were so low, scientists said it had to be a tainted supplement. We tested the supplements at that time, and there was nothing in them. Not in any of those supplements,”
Sean O’Malley has also stated that two other gym mates of his also tested positive for the drug however, the other gym mates have said they have never taken the drug either.
Sean O’Malley had then asked the UFC and USADA if the drug could be transferred through sweat. The answer at the time of his answering was no. However, the fighter has now stated that science has now changed that view.
Conor McGregor Has Reacted
It wasn’t long before Conor McGregor would go on to see the viral clip of Sean O’Malley’s comments. He then went on to react with a laughing face emoji. Conor McGregor’s post has since been removed from X, which was formally known as Twitter. However, the post can be summarized with a crying with laughter-emoji.
The pair have been at war with one another on social media. Each been taking turns trashing one other. However, most of it has ended up being one-way traffic with Sean O’Malley going scorched Earth on the former two-weight champion. Sean O’Malley has even suggested that Conor McGregor was jealous of him.
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