{"id":289211,"date":"2023-08-28T11:35:58","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T16:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/sean-omalley-reveals-what-dana-told-him-after-winning-title-at-ufc-292"},"modified":"2023-08-28T11:36:09","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T16:36:09","slug":"sean-omalley-reveals-what-dana-told-him-after-winning-title-at-ufc-292","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/sean-omalley-reveals-what-dana-told-him-after-winning-title-at-ufc-292","title":{"rendered":"Sean O&#039;Malley Reveals What Dana Informed Him After Profitable Title At UFC 292"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div readability=\"62.2619883041\">\n<section id=\"cb-32917408edb0b083d90e205adf027307\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-5c0391a3-d738-4a7a-b4d5-9b84e6f4470a-1921802473-image-holder\" class=\"embed-responsive-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"embed-responsive-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-5c0391a3-d738-4a7a-b4d5-9b84e6f4470a-1921802473-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"sr-only\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/02\/16by9\/2023\/08\/25\/028a96a4ce414131ba492b967db14e65_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZSports.com<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-32917408edb0b083d90e205adf027307--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-b2b4df7c69a11a196636cc41e787edd4\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"28\">\n<p>&#8220;Kid, you have no idea how much money you&#8217;re gonna make.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-b2b4df7c69a11a196636cc41e787edd4--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-193acfb2769eaed19ed46ebf70173071\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"21.037037037\">\n<p>That&#8217;s what UFC president <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/dana-white\/\"><strong>Dana White<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/sean-omalley\/\">&#8220;<strong>Suga&#8221; Sean O&#8217;Malley<\/strong><\/a> as the newly crowned champion stood in the Octagon with the UFC honcho after defeating the great <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/aljamain-sterling\/\"><strong>Aljamain Sterling<\/strong><\/a> at UFC 292.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-193acfb2769eaed19ed46ebf70173071--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-6c8d6d13775ccb3e098a84f91cfdecc5\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29.8104089219\">\n<p>28-year-old O&#8217;Malley joined <strong>Babcock <\/strong>on the &#8220;TMZ Sports&#8221; TV show on Friday &#8230; and chopped it up about all things Aljo, how life&#8217;s changed since becoming champ, reaching <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/conor-mcgregor\/\"><strong>Conor McGregor<\/strong><\/a> levels of fame, his offer to train <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/henry-cejudo\/\"><strong>Henry Cejudo<\/strong><\/a> in wrestling, and what he wants next!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-6c8d6d13775ccb3e098a84f91cfdecc5--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-ba3489967ba7c546c80152ce11fa1adc\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--sports  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20230825_0e9f4d889e20400588d89682d4c61427\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:a16f45ba-cc34-415b-91fc-23a1ee5d7678\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/0e\/4by3\/2023\/08\/25\/0e9f4d889e20400588d89682d4c61427_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-ba3489967ba7c546c80152ce11fa1adc--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-ebcfe7ce81c6833863fe59ef9e835b60\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"30\">\n<p>&#8220;Chito was acting like he earned a title shot. I think he even tweeted he was the most exciting bantamweight which is just bonkers. I don&#8217;t know how he sees that. He needs to settle down a little bit, cause I do have options.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-ebcfe7ce81c6833863fe59ef9e835b60--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-612b601f8a902fcb6829f47a28703065\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"33\">\n<p>&#8220;Henry, I pretend like is an option, realistically it&#8217;s not. He lost his last fight. Alexandre Pantoja, the 125 lb. champ, throwing my name out there a little bit. That&#8217;s an option. Merab&#8217;s an option. I might just wait for Cory [Sandhagen] if Chito&#8217;s gonna act like he earned a title shot.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-612b601f8a902fcb6829f47a28703065--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-d4e5b70e281bac97fc967ecebfafab79\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"30\">\n<p>FYI, Sean and Chito have history. The men fought in 2020, and Vera won. It&#8217;s O&#8217;Malley&#8217;s lone career loss.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-d4e5b70e281bac97fc967ecebfafab79--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-79c08b8bd9e70a19ce148086bf842257\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"28\">\n<p>(We also talked to Chito about his win over Pedro, and a possible fight with Suga.)<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-79c08b8bd9e70a19ce148086bf842257--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-e6dfa66ae8bf585febccfd64ef170342\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-f7ee87b8-c53d-4048-9f2c-9a7dc2771c74-1390840935-image-holder\" class=\"embed-responsive-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"embed-responsive-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-f7ee87b8-c53d-4048-9f2c-9a7dc2771c74-1390840935-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"sr-only\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/da\/16by9\/2023\/08\/23\/dadc43f504e84ae0bdad05816aef7461_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZSports.com<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-e6dfa66ae8bf585febccfd64ef170342--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-6bc075b57a1d886b241855a5f66faa20\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"32\">\n<p>Sean says there&#8217;s a way for Vera to lock down the fight, but it&#8217;ll involve eating a little crow first and saying something along the lines of &#8230; &#8220;Ya know what Suga, thank you so much for giving me this opportunity. I didn&#8217;t deserve it. I didn&#8217;t earn it, but I appreciate you.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-6bc075b57a1d886b241855a5f66faa20--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-0203789fe270bdc24a867eb9bf638e63\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"30\">\n<p>&#8220;If he came at it like that I would think about it more. But the fact that he&#8217;s tweeting, &#8216;I earned that&#8217; and stuff, it&#8217;s throwing me off a bit. I got options. I&#8217;m not too worried about it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-0203789fe270bdc24a867eb9bf638e63--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-78abcf14e61fcbb4d2c11dcf9ae55cb9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--sports  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20230825_762ada7ad5a64caa87b8cb0b0005b7ba\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:a16f45ba-cc34-415b-91fc-23a1ee5d7678\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/76\/4by3\/2023\/08\/25\/762ada7ad5a64caa87b8cb0b0005b7ba_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"UFC 292\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-78abcf14e61fcbb4d2c11dcf9ae55cb9--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-7dff0157ab5c8953c54096875632b8f0\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"30.9375\">\n<p>Of course, Sean <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2023\/08\/20\/sean-omalley-knocks-out-aljamain-sterling-win-bantamweight-title\/\"><strong>dropped Aljamain<\/strong><\/a> with a perfectly placed straight right about 30 seconds into the second round, and after some effective ground and pound, the fight was stopped by ref <strong>Marc Goddard<\/strong> &#8230; and just like that, O&#8217;Malley was Bantamweight champion.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-7dff0157ab5c8953c54096875632b8f0--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-eb97497d88ce926b57d0baa19d690597\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--sports  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20230825_9993e53505e642448840915c5be28c69\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:a16f45ba-cc34-415b-91fc-23a1ee5d7678\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/99\/4by3\/2023\/08\/25\/9993e53505e642448840915c5be28c69_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-eb97497d88ce926b57d0baa19d690597--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-ec6595d72c04a3f9092cc97520b69be9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>As for how life has changed &#8230; Sean says while he was a star before winning the title, he&#8217;s now more than just a big deal amongst MMA fans.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-ec6595d72c04a3f9092cc97520b69be9--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-e410ca093e17d7d1fd80d938ee0b1472\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"32\">\n<p>&#8220;I kind of had everything-ish before &#8216;champ status,&#8217; but definitely getting recognized way more in public by random people you wouldn&#8217;t think were fight fans. The casuals that don&#8217;t watch the fight, watched that fight,&#8221; Suga said.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-e410ca093e17d7d1fd80d938ee0b1472--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-53e44ece4a9553c4385eb22c3f75ce14\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block canvas-youtube-video-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block--default  \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-53e44ece4a9553c4385eb22c3f75ce14--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-97da8451d3f29023655c65668078bd8e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"28\">\n<p>Speaking of fame and making money &#8230; we also talked to Sean about acting (he&#8217;s received movie offers) and whether he believes he will ever fight Aljo again.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-97da8451d3f29023655c65668078bd8e--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-0618e7afb0d0de1b30d69617028835cf\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Check out the clip!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-0618e7afb0d0de1b30d69617028835cf--><\/p><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2023\/08\/26\/suga-sean-omalley-beat-aljamain-sterling-mma-ufc-dana-white\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Play video content TMZSports.com &#8220;Kid, you have no idea how much money you&#8217;re gonna make.&#8221; That&#8217;s what UFC president Dana White told &#8220;Suga&#8221; Sean O&#8217;Malley [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1075,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-289211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1075"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=289211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289211\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}