Sean O'Malley
Sean O’Malley details a brief run-in with Nate Diaz’s team at UFC 276 afterparty, particularly with one of Diaz’s teammate
Every UFC fan is familiar with the brawling adventures of the Diaz brothers. The Stockton natives do not take kindly to any shade or insult hurled at them, and are not afraid to scrap at any given circumstance. Even though neither Nate Diaz, nor any of his teammates were part of the UFC 276 fight card, the Stockton slugger still made headlines when he slapped a Full Send MMA reporter for past mockery memes aimed at his teammate. UFC bantamweight superstar Sean O’Malley recently on his podcast detailed a slight run-in he had with a member of the Diaz crew at the UFC 276 after-party.
Nate Diaz was in attendance for the UFC 276 fights, accompanied by his longtime teammates, and MMA legends, Gilbert Melendez, and Jake Shields. Diaz, who is more often than not chaperoned by a huge entourage, came into this fight week with a smaller crew. In a vlog posted on his YouTube channel, the younger Diaz brother can be seen partying with basketball legend Shaquille O’Neal, middleweight champion Israel Adesanya who successfully defended his belt at UFC 276, and the Nelk Boys.
Detailing the altercation on his YouTube channel, O’Malley said that although every other member of the Diaz crew were respectful of him, one teammate, in particular, wanted a crack at the UFC bantamweight star. He said, “Remember that little Nate’s friend at the club? I don’t even know who he is but he’s one of Nate’s crew. But I saw Gilbert Melendez, Gilbert was faded and like ‘Nah, we’re good bro,’ then Jake Shields comes up to me and is like ‘We’re good, bro.’ Their whole crew was being so cool. Nate didn’t really want anything to do with me because I think that was his boy and Nate’s Nate.”
He further added, “One of Nate’s buddies comes up and says he was trying to do this to Figueiredo, he’s just trying to create something, which I get. But that was weird, when I’m drunk I’m never in a ‘F*** you’ kind of mood, and it put me in there right quick. I had to snap out of it … I liked seeing Gilbert and Jake Shields there and they were givin’ me skin and we’re mutually ‘Wassup motherfer, we’re boys.’ Wish we could have had shots with them, but that little fing weasel….”
Nate Diaz, who is more often than not chaperoned by a huge entourage, came into this fight week with a smaller crew. He was accompanied by Zach Rosenfield, his manager, Lucas Gamaza, Cesar Gracie jiu-jitsu black belt and coach at the Nick Diaz Academy, Elijah Gutierrez, Diaz’s content producer, and Luciano Ramos, a bantamweight fighter himself.
Luciano Ramos is a bantamweight fighter, hailing from Concordia, Entre Rios, Argentina. He trains at the Nick Diaz Academy, and competes in both MMA, and boxing bouts. Although not much is known about his official record, it is 8-7 as per Tapology.
Nate Diaz had suggested Luciano’s name to the UFC for a fight against Sean O’Malley once in the past. Ramos fights with the famed Diaz mentality of ‘Kill or be Killed’, and is aiming to make a big move into the UFC.
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