Sean O'Malley

“Every fight I go into, I plan on not getting hit. I plan on me being that much faster and better.”

“Anybody my weight class, I could see me standing across from them and knocking them out.”

“I wouldn't say I prefer being the underdog because at the end of the day I don't really care, but it is different and it's a little boost.”

“I think the higher level guys I fight, the better 'Suga' you guys are going to get.”

“I had 14 amateur fights, and I went out there and knocked a lot of them out. Trainingwise, we would pretty much just spar.”

“You are who you surround yourself with, and that's the truth. I'm surrounding myself with the baddest dudes in the world.”

“I told everyone I was going to go out there and get a viral knockout on Eddie Wineland and I did. I told everyone I was going to go out there and knockout Jose Quinonez and I did.”

“Every opponent underestimates me because of the hair, the outfits, for whatever reason it is. Then I get in there with them and it's like, oh, he is as good as he says he is. It's not just talk.”

“I've delivered knockouts in the first round. It's translated into UFC fighting.”

“The only thing I need to do is keep winning fights and everything around me goes up from there.”

“I'm stupid enough to get a tattoo on my face. But I'm smart enough to get a fake one to see if I like it first.”

“I'm fast and I hit people accurately.”

“The UFC rankings have always been something not super important to me.”

“I always close my eyes after every fight.”

“I know that I can become the best fighter in the world and be in the greatest-of-all-time conversation if I just stay dialed in to what I'm doing.”

“I've learned a lot, through being in the UFC since I was 22, mostly to not care what people think.”

“I don't know if pressure is the right word but I enjoy the anticipation and the hype for people either wanting to see me win or lose, it really doesn't matter to me, as long as they're watching that fight. I really enjoy all the feelings that come with building up a fight.”

“You just have to get good at what you're already good at, and my style just happens to be entertaining. And so, I definitely don't go, Oh, I'm going to try to do some flashy stuff so I can get $50,000 extra dollars.'”

“I got called out by nine guys when I was out for two years. Some of them are going to help my career; fighting someone like Brian Kelleher is not going to do much.”

“Petr, he's just so good at adapting and winning those later rounds.”