"I wanted to be the biggest UFC superstar at one point, and I never really was that. I was up there, Top 2, Top 3; I never was the No. 1. I still feel like I have that potential. I go out there and beat Song and I still see the path for me to become the 'Suga' that I wanted to become before it was all said and done. I'm still hungry in that sense."
"O'Malley came to the UFC as an undefeated knockout artist and showed stardom potential from the beginning of his career. O'Malley lived up to the expectations by racking up more knockouts while suffering an injury loss against Marlon Vera, which "Suga" refuses to accept as a loss to this day. O'Malley's stardom likely peaked when he knocked out Aljamain Sterling to win the bantamweight title in 2023."
Sean O'Malley entered the UFC as an undefeated knockout artist and quickly showed star potential. He built a streak of knockouts but suffered an injury loss to Marlon Vera that he does not accept as a defeat. O'Malley won the bantamweight title by knocking out Aljamain Sterling in 2023 and avenged the Vera setback during his first title defense. He then lost the title to Merab Dvalishvili in 2024 and failed to regain it in a rematch, which diminished his standing among emerging stars like Alex Pereira and Islam Makhachev. O'Malley remains scheduled to face Yadong Song at UFC 324 and believes his career peak is still ahead.
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