“What a Clown”: UFC Fans Question Sean O’Malley About His Social Media Quitting Plans After Hilarious Video Post

Former UFC bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley is back to social media, posting random hilarious skits of himself. This happened just a week after announcing he was going off it for the time being. Having undergone hip surgery since his title loss to Merab Dvalishvili at UFC: Noche, O’Malley perhaps wanted to keep fans updated about his recovery. However, all he got for his efforts was mainly trolling which he could not have imagined.

Some fans reminded O’Malley of his promises and wondered whether the loss has affected his mind.

However, his die-hard fans have not read much into the post and his social media promise.

O’Malley had earlier claimed that he wanted to be back as a champion in the UFC and be a great dad at the same time. For that, going off social media was necessary.

As he recovers, O’Malley starts each day by hydrating and then follows it up with Red light therapy. However, everyone is allowed a bit of a break every once in a while.

Besides, O’Malley is still in title contention, especially with the champion’s first title defense being against Umar Nurmagomedov.

O’Malley to be present at UFC 311 in Inglewood, California

O’Malley especially has had an axe to grind with Merab, even when the champion actually had offered him an immediate rematch. However, at the time he did so, it seemed more of a way to get out of having his first title defense against Umar.

Merab was prepared to fight O’Malley in a title rematch in 2024 itself. But O’Malley didn’t want to delay his surgery any further. Now, he wants to know who his next opponent will be.

However, that could take a while. His reign as the bantamweight champion didn’t particularly inspire any confidence.

So much so, that Merab practically toyed with him at UFC: Noche. It was almost too easy for the Georgian to take the title off of O’Malley.

So, perhaps he will have a rematch with Petr Yan first. O’Malley has a controversial decision win against Yan at UFC 280 that the latter disputes to this day and seems rather bitter about as well.

Yan has been pining for a rematch for some time. In an interview with Ariel Helwani, he had even joked about O’Malley’s surgery.

“I don’t know what’s going on with him he’s out for 9 to 12 months so maybe he got pregnant.”

Either way, O’Malley will have his hands full when he gets back. It will be interesting to see whether he would be able to come back stronger from his surgery as well as get right on the job from his break in Japan.