Sean O’Malley Says He Is Modelling His UFC Career On Conor McGregor

Sean O'Malley‘Suga’ Sean O’Malley has revealed he plans to model his UFC rise on Conor McGregor, who he feels got the perfect build-up in the promotion.  The 25-year-old bantamweight is fresh off an impressive first-round TKO win at UFC 248 against Jose Quinonez. It was his first fight since 2018, as his hype-train was derailed by […]

Sean O'Malley

‘Suga’ Sean O’Malley has revealed he plans to model his UFC rise on Conor McGregor, who he feels got the perfect build-up in the promotion. 

The 25-year-old bantamweight is fresh off an impressive first-round TKO win at UFC 248 against Jose Quinonez. It was his first fight since 2018, as his hype-train was derailed by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency and Nevada State Athletic Commission with a pair of suspensions that kept him out of fighting until just last month.

Even though he’s coming off a two-year lay off O’Malley is still confident he’s on the right path, and that fight fans are just as interested as they ever were in seeing him compete. 

“I don’t think I really lost any hype going into that fight,” O’Malley told MMA Fighting. “It was exciting. I think people feel that certain way when I fight, and I’m excited to get back in there and make them feel that again. It’s powerful.”

“I think the two fights I was supposed to be in brought that hype back a little bit,” O’Malley explained. “Then it got pulled, then it got built up again, then it got pulled. There was a lot of drama behind it all, so it almost made it more exciting for my return, but yeah, it felt like my debut all over again.

Now he’s free to fight again the 11-0 prospect plans to continue building his name, reputation, and record in a way similar to MMA superstar Conor McGregor.

“Conor [McGregor’s] career, they did pretty well with as far as building him up,” O’Malley said. “It’s a business. It’s a career. You can only fight for so long. You’ve got to make as much money as you possibly can. So we’re going to look at it like a business and go from there.”

Could Sean O’Malley follow in Conor McGregor’s footsteps and become the biggest star in MMA?

Sean O’Malley Celebrates UFC 248 Win With Weed And Pizza

Sean O'MalleyUFC bantamweight prospect Sean O’Malley enjoyed an emphatic return to the cage last night and the best type of after-party if he is a man of his word. Speaking to TMZ Sports ahead of his UFC 248 fight against Jose Quinonez, O’Malley revealed he won’t be having any type of official after-party. However he did […]

Sean O'Malley

UFC bantamweight prospect Sean O’Malley
enjoyed an emphatic return to the cage last night and the best type of after-party
if he is a man of his word.

Speaking to TMZ Sports ahead of his UFC 248 fight against Jose Quinonez, O’Malley revealed he won’t be having any type of official after-party. However he did let us know about his plan to enjoy the victory by smoking some weed, chilling with friends and eating some pizza, he said.

“I’m
gonna take a rip, I’m gonna hang out with my circle. I don’t have an
after-party planned. I’m just gonna celebrate with some medicine and some good
food and that’s about it. I always crave pizza. I think a lot of fighters do
for whatever reason.”

These type of parties seems to be part of tradition for ‘Sugar’ who after his last fight at UFC 222 sparked up a huge joint and even introduced everyone his own strain of weed.

The 25-year-old has been out of action for two years after becoming embroiled in issues with anti-doping organisation USADA. Despite such a long period of time out, the undefeated star did not feel any pressure coming back and headlining the UFC 248 prelims, he said.

“It just
feels like another fight. 2 years off is not that big of a deal. I don’t think
anything’s really changed. I don’t think much has changed as far as the
attention I’m getting, as far as how excited the fans are.”

The now 11-0 professional fighter fought without a care in the world. He finished the fight inside the first round after landing a sweet head kick, upper cut combination before following up with some ground and pound to get the stoppage.

Post-fight O’Malley
was awarded the performance of the night bonus and $50,000 in extra cash. That will
for sure keep the weed and pizza party going for quite some time!

How did
you rate Sean O’Malley in his return to the octagon?

UFC 248 Highlights: Sean O’Malley Destroys Jose Quinonez

Sean O’Malley ran through Jose Quinonez. The two fighters met in a bantamweight bout at the UFC 248 pay-per-view event on Saturday night (March 7, 2020) from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. In the first-round, O’Malley scored an im…

Sean O’Malley ran through Jose Quinonez. The two fighters met in a bantamweight bout at the UFC 248 pay-per-view event on Saturday night (March 7, 2020) from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. In the first-round, O’Malley scored an impressive TKO win after dropping him then smashing him on the ground with strikes. This […]

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Sean O’Malley Aims To Finish Jose Quinonez Early At UFC 248 (Exclusive Taki Clip)

Sean O’Malley has laid out his plan to take out Jose Quinonez early. This Saturday night (March 7), O’Malley will make his highly anticipated return to the Octagon. He’ll go one-on-one with Quinonez in the featured preliminary bout on…

Sean O’Malley has laid out his plan to take out Jose Quinonez early. This Saturday night (March 7), O’Malley will make his highly anticipated return to the Octagon. He’ll go one-on-one with Quinonez in the featured preliminary bout on the ESPN portion of UFC 248. It’ll be O’Malley’s first bout since March 2018. O’Malley Makes […]

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Sean O’Malley Aims To Finish Jose Quinonez Early At UFC 248 (Exclusive Taki Clip)

Sean O’Malley has laid out his plan to take out Jose Quinonez early. This Saturday night (March 7), O’Malley will make his highly anticipated return to the Octagon. He’ll go one-on-one with Quinonez in the featured preliminary bout on the ESPN portion …

Sean O’Malley has laid out his plan to take out Jose Quinonez early. This Saturday night (March 7), O’Malley will make his highly anticipated return to the Octagon. He’ll go one-on-one with Quinonez in the featured preliminary bout on the ESPN portion of UFC 248. It’ll be O’Malley’s first bout since March 2018. O’Malley Makes Prediction […]

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UFC Bantamweight Sean O’Malley Teams With Video Platform Taki

Sean O’Malley has partnered with a new video platform, Taki to document the lead up to his UFC 248 fight. Taki announced in a press release that they will be releasing “SUGA SEAN O’MALLEY: THE ROAD TO UFC 248,” a four-part short-form …

Sean O’Malley has partnered with a new video platform, Taki to document the lead up to his UFC 248 fight. Taki announced in a press release that they will be releasing “SUGA SEAN O’MALLEY: THE ROAD TO UFC 248,” a four-part short-form video series following O’Malley’s first fight in nearly two years. The prospect has […]

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