Former undisputed bantamweight champion, Sean O’Malley has confirmed he plans to delete and take away himself from all types of social media within the new yr as he gears up for a return to the UFC within the coming months.
O’Malley, who has been out of motion since September, most just lately headlined Noche UFC on the Las Vegas Sphere, struggling a title battle loss in opposition to the streaking, Merab Dvalishvili in a one-sided unanimous choice loss.
Dropping his championship besides following a pair of profitable victories in opposition to each Aljamain Sterling and Marlon Vera in title conflict settings, O’Malley has additionally missed out on a UFC 311 return in opposition to the Georgian — who has as an alternative been booked to tackle the unbeaten, Umar Nurmagomedov in California on the flip of the yr.
Sean O’Malley plans to ditch social media forward of UFC return
Nonetheless planning a well timed return to competitors off the again of his second skilled loss, Dana White’s Contender Collection product, O’Malley revealed a change in technique for his subsequent battle camp — as he plans to ditch social media within the new yr.
2025 l am deleting all my social medias off my telephone till my subsequent battle,” Sean O’Malley wrote in an Instagram Story.
“My team will be running my socials,” Sean O’Malley continued. “We will still make content but I just need a detox from my phone. Going to focus on reaching my full potential as an athlete and a father.”
Provided a route again to the Octagon within the coming months, former undisputed champion, Petr Yan welcomed the prospect to battle O’Malley over the course of 5 rounds, following his shutout win over one other ex-titleholder, Deiveson Figueiredo in Macau earlier this quarter.
“You know, if (Nurmagomedov title shot) is going to happen, I would lean towards a rematch with Sean O’Malley, but I don’t know what’s going on with him,” Petr Yan advised “The Ariel Helwani Show” by way of an interpreter on Tuesday. “He’s out for nine to 12 months, so maybe he got pregnant.”