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
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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