Sean O'Malley Confronts His Haters Online

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In GQ's new series "Smack Talk," reigning UFC bantamweight champion Sean O'Malley reacts to headlines, quotes from opponents, and tweets directed at him in an effort to set the record straight. Will his reign last more than one defense? Does he think Aljamain Sterling will call for a rematch? How does he make so much money? Will he knockout Marlon 'Chito' Vera in March?  Director: Cole Evelev Director of Photography: Zack Eisen Editor: Brady Jackson Talent: Sean O'Malley Producer: Camille Ramos Line Producer: Jen Santos Associate Producer: Chris Sechler Production Manager: James Pipitone Production Coordinator: Tania Jones Talent Booker: Paige Keffer Camera Operator: Mar Alfonso Swing: Meicen Meng Gaffer: Niklas Moller Sound Mixer: Sean Paulsen Production Assistant: Ashley Vidal; Ziyne Abdo Post Production Supervisor: Rachael Knight Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant Supervising Editor: Rob Lombardi Additional Editor: Jason Malizia Assistant Editor: Andy Morell

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00:00 (dramatic music)

00:02 Cameron said Sean O'Malley's championship reign

00:11 will not last more than one defense.

00:14 Cameron, you are wrong.

00:16 I will knock Cheeto out in March.

00:18 Is that it?

00:21 Ryan Garcia responds to Sean O'Malley's boxing claims,

00:23 you'll just get knocked out.

00:25 And I said, like you did, or different.

00:28 And he said, boxing and MMA are two different sports,

00:31 and if you need a reminder, let me know,

00:33 I'll gladly do a tune-up for my return fight.

00:35 Well, Ryan's coming off a loss.

00:37 I'm looking for winners.

00:38 And I'd like to box someday.

00:39 I get a lot of hate for saying that,

00:40 but I don't really understand why.

00:42 Boxing's just a super limited form of fighting.

00:44 Sweet sport, not as cool.

00:46 (dramatic music)

00:47 - Look at this timing.

00:49 - Something magical happened that night in Boston.

00:52 That whole fight week,

00:53 there was some magic spinning in the air,

00:55 and put that magic right into Aljo's chin,

00:57 and Boston will forever be something special.

01:00 Sports World reacts to Sean O'Malley's stunning upset

01:03 over Aljomaine Sterling at UFC 292.

01:06 Kevin Durant says, "Suga, Sean,

01:09 "really a different beast.

01:10 "Salute that, man."

01:12 That was cool.

01:13 That was really cool.

01:15 This guy said, "Who?"

01:16 Not really sure what he was referring to there.

01:18 Dylan Danis, Dildo Danis, said,

01:20 "I can't even hate, that was beautiful.

01:22 "I know we have our beef, but that was a work of art."

01:24 Congratulations, Sean O'Malley.

01:26 It was an excellent performance.

01:27 It's hard to hate on that, even Dildo Danis can agree.

01:30 Nevermind, that was an early stoppage.

01:33 I mean, I don't really have anything to say.

01:34 Everyone watched Logan versus Dylan,

01:36 so for me to say anything mean would just be a bully,

01:39 because it was so embarrassing,

01:41 that if I was to talk shit, I would look like a bully,

01:43 'cause how bad he looked in that fight against Logan.

01:45 So I'm not gonna say anything mean about how bad he looked.

01:48 Should Sean O'Malley and Aljomaine Sterling have a rematch?

01:50 No, we shouldn't.

01:51 I knocked you out in the second round.

01:52 Move up to 145.

01:54 Good luck in your future.

01:56 - So full thing, jab, backhand, uppercut, knee,

02:01 put the hat on his eyes, travel behind him, hook it.

02:06 - Laugh my ass off, this is the worst self-defense tutorial

02:09 I've ever seen.

02:10 What is he thinking?

02:11 Actually, I was making a couple videos

02:12 where it was kind of borderline,

02:14 they didn't know if I was being serious or not.

02:16 They were supposed to be funny,

02:17 but some guys, funny man, 6549, took it literal.

02:22 I will choose how to finish him.

02:24 He dismisses Sean O'Malley as a threat

02:26 as he eyes UFC band-aid title.

02:28 Yeah, Umar's definitely a dangerous opponent.

02:30 I think he just has an issue getting two fights.

02:32 I think he's fought one time in the last like three years.

02:35 Who knows if it's diet or if it's just training schedule,

02:38 takes confidence to take a day off.

02:40 Some of those guys just go hard every day.

02:43 Shows the level of intelligence in their stupid.

02:46 Shitty tattoos.

02:49 Sean O'Malley gets a self-portrait of himself on his neck.

02:52 I don't ever really have plans on tattoos.

02:55 I just kind of get them when I think about them.

02:56 Sometimes I regret it, sometimes I don't.

02:58 This one, I actually never see it,

03:01 so I always forget about it.

03:03 I was in California, dude hit me up, just went and got it.

03:05 It was after a fight, hit a little jump shot,

03:08 and I, yeah, I don't know.

03:09 Next.

03:10 Shakur Stevenson, MMA fighter, wants smoke?

03:13 I'll beat the shit out of O'Malley.

03:15 I've never watched him fight.

03:17 I guess I don't know his record.

03:18 I'm assuming he's undefeated.

03:19 I get it, you know, I'm talking shit,

03:20 so they gotta talk shit back.

03:22 I respect boxing as a sport.

03:23 I think it's a great sport, but it's just not as cool as MMA.

03:27 Peter Yan said, "Our rematch have to happen

03:30 "sooner or later."

03:31 I think he meant has to happen.

03:33 Yeah, very well could.

03:34 I mean, he's on a three-fight losing streak.

03:35 That's not very good, but to be honest,

03:38 Peter Yan is one of the scariest dudes in the division still,

03:40 even though he's coming off three losses,

03:42 one of them to me.

03:43 So I tweeted, "UFC champ, 18 and 0, 28 years old.

03:47 "Life is crazy."

03:48 Community Notes said, "Sean O'Malley's professional

03:50 "MMA record is actually 17, 1, 0, and 1, no contest.

03:55 "He lost to Marlon Chidovera by way of TKO

03:57 "first round at UFC 252."

03:59 Ben Davis tweeted, "Community Notes just TKO'd

04:01 "Sean O'Malley."

04:02 Sugar State Athletic Commission actually took that away,

04:05 not even in no contest, completely erased it from the record

04:09 so that Community Notes needs to be community denoted

04:12 under it saying that that Community Notes is wrong.

04:17 That's a KO.

04:18 Next one, "UFC champion, Sean O'Malley

04:19 "makes brash claim about his only career loss."

04:22 Sugar went on to claim that the apparent setback

04:25 was actually all part of his master plan

04:27 to set up a rematch with the UFC

04:29 by adding to my title on the line.

04:30 That's correct, playing chess.

04:32 I lost that fight on purpose.

04:33 Now it's gonna be a massive rematch.

04:35 It's all going as planned.

04:36 This one says, "How is Sean O'Malley making so much money?

04:41 "Someone explain this to me,

04:42 "but it seems like he's making way more money

04:43 "than most UFC fighters due to flying private,

04:46 "driving Lambos, and doing so much more

04:48 "while other UFC fighters live

04:49 "like your average middle class folks."

04:51 I am making a lot of money.

04:53 99% of the other guys aren't.

04:55 I make most of my money from brand deals,

04:59 Sugar Shop, my merch,

05:01 and I'm also making good money in the UFC.

05:03 Put on shows like I have been,

05:04 you knock people out the way I've been knocking people out.

05:06 You give the UFC something to work with,

05:08 you get paid in return.

05:10 Boxing has absolutely been destroyed

05:13 because of money and all the things that go on.

05:16 It's never gonna happen while I'm here.

05:18 Believe me, these guys get paid

05:20 what they're supposed to get paid.

05:21 - Yeah, I mean, a lot of people complain about

05:24 getting paid perspective.

05:26 Could be worse.

05:27 Could be working a nine to five that you don't like.

05:29 "Maturing is realizing that Sean O'Malley

05:32 "isn't copying Clown's hair.

05:34 "Clowns are actually copying his hair.

05:37 "Been happening since the dawn of time."

05:39 I thought Clown's hair was just rainbows.

05:41 Mine's always been a little bit different.

05:42 I definitely have had Clown hair before.

05:44 I rock it.

05:45 "Updated UFC pound for pound rankings."

05:47 I am, oh wow, this one says number six.

05:50 "How did Sean O'Malley get so high on this list?"

05:52 Well, I knocked out the greatest Bantamweight of all time

05:55 and I guess he just threw me up there.

05:57 I'm okay with it.

05:59 - Good God.

06:01 They see an owl.

06:02 God, I don't even remember seeing this tattoo.

06:05 Sugar Sean O'Malley.

06:06 He's brand new.

06:07 That's why I didn't notice that.

06:09 But we're ready for him.

06:10 We're excited.

06:11 And that's one bad tattoo.

06:12 [laughing]

06:14 - That's wild.

06:14 Yeah, that was 2017 when I first fought

06:18 on the Contender Series.

06:20 It's gotten colored in since then.

06:21 It wasn't quite done, so I feel like it looks better now.

06:24 Even back then I was telling Dane

06:26 and doing all my interviews saying,

06:27 "I'm gonna be a star.

06:28 I'm gonna be the world champ.

06:29 Just give me some time."

06:30 And here we are, world champ.

06:32 The next one, "Yay, UFC 5 rating release

06:35 for the best Bantamweight,

06:37 Sean O'Malley's skills surge after title win."

06:40 Yeah, they were always kind of whack in other UFC games.

06:43 But now, you know, they got it.

06:44 Striking five, grappling four, health four and a half,

06:48 overall four and a half.

06:50 I did get a secret little,

06:52 I don't know if it's a secret anymore,

06:53 but I did get a bonus from EA

06:55 saying I was one of the most used players in the game.

06:57 So that was pretty cool.

06:58 I mean, I wasn't surprised that I was the most used.

07:00 The others are accurate, yeah.

07:01 I mean, I might be a five, but.

07:03 Next one.

07:04 Dylan says, "The fact Sean O'Malley is from Montana

07:06 is so random."

07:08 Yeah, I don't really know what to comment about that.

07:09 I was just born there.

07:11 I do feel like when I tell people,

07:12 like, "Where are you from, Montana?"

07:13 They're like, "Taken back by us."

07:15 So I guess you could consider it random.

07:18 "Sean O'Malley's next fight,

07:19 ranking which opponents pose the biggest risk

07:21 to the new UFC champion.

07:23 O'Malley has expressed interest

07:25 in defending his newly won UFC Bantamweight title

07:27 before the year ends."

07:29 Yeah, that won't happen.

07:30 Called out Chito in December,

07:32 or for December after our fight.

07:33 UFC, you know, already had December planned out.

07:36 So March is when I get to fight Chito.

07:38 Chito's not an easy fight.

07:39 I'll talk shit, say he's slow,

07:40 say I'm gonna knock him out, 'cause I probably will.

07:42 But he's not an easy fight.

07:43 Corey Sanhagen, not an easy fight.

07:45 Raab is not an easy fight.

07:46 But I am very capable of knocking all of them out.

07:51 All right, that was easy.

07:53 (upbeat music)

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08:03 (electronic music)

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