“I just got surgery this morning and I’m on OxyContin and I just went live on Twitch,” O’Malley told Adin Ross.
Sean O’Malley had surgery earlier this week to repair damage suffered in the buildup to his Merab Dvalishvili title fight atop the UFC 306 fight card last month inside Sphere in Las Vegas, a five-round decision loss that cost “Suga” the bantamweight title.
Not even Suga State Athletic Commission could save his strap.
“First off I wanna say, I didn’t take any pain pills — I didn’t even go to sleep,” O’Malley said. “They did the surgery, I was wide awake. It hurt a little bit, I’m not gonna lie. Whoa dude I feel like I’m peaking. Alright Twitch fam … we’re here, we’re there, we’re everywhere.”
Watch the Twitch stream replay here.
Fans on social media are calling O’Malley’s Oxy-induced Twitch stream “the dumbest thing he could have done,” which tells me they missed this bizarre procedure. The good news is, O’Malley is still cleared for that immediate title shot upon his return.
Assuming Umar Nurmagomedov is champion in 2025.
No word yet on when O’Malley, 29, is expected to make his Octagon return, but he may have to blast his way past this resurgent ex-champion, who has plans for his own 135-pound title shot in 2025. In addition, the promotion has yet to determine when Dvalishvili will make his first division title defense.
Still some missing pieces to this bantamweight puzzle.