‘It’s like why even do that’

Sean O’Malley was convinced he’d be leaving the White House with one among the post-fight bonuses.

O’Malley halted Aiemann Zahabi’s win streak when adding one other stylish knockout to his already impressive highlight reel.

With all seven fights ending in a finish and the cardboard being closed out by an incredible clash between Ilia Topuria and Justin Gaethje, there was stiff competition for the bonuses.

Despite this, ‘Suga’ was still confident that the way in which he dropped his opponent and saluted the audience could be enough to spice up his payday.

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Sean O’Malley says he’s not complaining after expressing bonus snub frustrations

On the post-fight press conference where Dana White announced that Justin Gaethje won two post-fight bonuses, the entire night’s winners were on stage at the identical time.

This meant that the likes of Sean O’Malley needed to stick around until the event was over before they might truly rejoice their wins.

The previous UFC bantamweight champion voiced frustrations about not getting a bonus when finally attending to recap his fight via his YouTube channel within the early hours of Monday morning.

Having now recorded back-to-back wins contained in the Octagon, ‘Suga’ also highlighted how the highs and lows of MMA don’t compare.

“Then we did a f—— pointless press conference where I didn’t get a bonus and it was f—— ridiculous,” he said. “I used to be just telling Tim, like these wins feel good, prefer it feels good but when I might have lost, those are only a lot worse than wins. It’s like, why even do that s—.”

“Dude, Gaethje getting a double bonus. I believed of course I used to be getting a bonus,” he added later within the video. “I used to be so confident… Hey, I’m not complaining.”

O’Malley did earn the usual $25,000 bonus for producing a finish, but remarked that he’ll use this to pay taxes and get back home.

While he won’t have gotten the payout he hoped for, the 31-year-old still got here away from the White House with a really significant win.

O’Malley has been in a position to beat two contenders to bounce back from suffering consecutive losses for the primary time in his profession.

Together with his first finish since he knocked out Aljamain Sterling to win the bantamweight gold, he’s actually back within the title picture.