Sean O'Malley has labelled Conor McGregor's latest boast as some "Shakespeare s***".
McGregor boasted on Instagram last week that despite him being regarded as one of the sport's best strikers, he thinks he has the best ground and pound in the UFC, reports The Mirror.
"I’ve the best ground and pound in the game," he wrote in the post. "My highest per cent of finishes does not actually come from my standing horizontal back hand, like most assume.
"My highest per cent of finishing wins actually come from the accuracy of my vertical punching (you are all novices vertical striking. Arm hitters. Ask ref to stop it hitters. Fall over on yourself hitters).
"I don’t miss g’n’p. I do not hit arms. I do not fall in. I hit soft face, head and skull. It’s how you’ve seen people vs me absolutely cut up.
"Looking like they’ve just got a bang of a few golf balls off the tee of a driving range. Skin fully opened. Yet me, skin like butter."
And UFC bantamweight fighter O'Malley - who has previously admitted he is a big fan of McGregor - gave his take on the Irishman's bold claim.
"That was fu****g some Shakespeare s***," he said on his podcast ' The Bromalley Show '.
"I mean, if you drop someone hard and they're like dazed, you can land like seven good shots to the head after you drop them, you're probably going to have a high percentage."
O'Malley crossed paths with McGregor for the first time last year despite having competed in the UFC since 2017.
The pair met at a Dallas Cowboys game, where McGregor was mocked by fans for a wayward first pitch in which tried his best to defend.
And 'Suga' said McGregor is the only fighter he has ever looked up to since starting his MMA career.
"It was cool, you know. I’ve watched his whole career play out. I’ve learned a lot from him. Outside (the octagon), what not to do, what to do; inside, certain techniques, mindset, mental warfare," he told ESPN.
"I’ve learned a lot from Conor. He’s probably the only person I could say I’ve ever kind of, looked up to. Like, ‘Damn, I wanna be that big.’ I wanna change the sport like Conor did.”
McGregor will likely return to the octagon in July after spending the better part of a year on the sidelines due to a broken tibia.
O'Malley doesn't have a fight lined up yet but won three fights by knockout last year, earning $50,000 performance bonuses for each win.
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