TMZ<\/a>. \u201cJust this skinny little white dude with a fro, just sleeping this Russian. I mean that would have been viral regardless.<\/p>\n\u201cThe Snoop [commentary] just elevated it to an insane level. He posted me on his Instagram twice in a row, like back-to-back and it just absolutely blew up. I think it would have done big numbers without it but absolutely insane numbers with it.\u201d<\/p>\n
The video clip featuring Snoop Dogg\u2019s commentary has over 1.1 million views on YouTube not to mention the explosion on social media.<\/p>\n
Following that win, O\u2019Malley joined the UFC roster where he\u2019s become one of the biggest stars in the sport not to mention eventually claiming the bantamweight title before dropping it to Merab Dvalishvili this past year.<\/p>\n
While he always felt destined to do great things in the sport, O\u2019Malley admits it\u2019s a little surreal to think about how his UFC career started, especially with somebody like Snoop Dogg provding commentary to his fight.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was just reaffirming to myself like what I thought, what I felt was happening was true,\u201d O\u2019Malley said. \u201cThat truly felt like the beginning. This is the start of what I had kind of built up in my mind. Like this is the beginning of the vision.\u201d<\/p>\n
O\u2019Malley praised the Contender Series for helping to launch his career and the platform has done the same for hundreds of fighters ever since. White has claimed numerous times in the past that he would produce Contender Series every week for the rest of his life if he had the choice, although the show ultimately rolls out in a season long format to allow the talent coffers to refill over time.<\/p>\n
While Contender Series is technically part of the bigger UFC machine, O\u2019Malley truly believes the series has carved out a place of its own at the combat sports table, perhaps even bigger than all of the other major organizations out there.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Contender Series is the second biggest promotion in the world,\u201d O\u2019Malley said. \u201cIt\u2019s UFC and then Contender Series. There\u2019s nothing really that\u2019s competing with it. I mean PFL is but to be honest, I watch more Contender Series than I watch PFL or Bellator, you still don\u2019t really know what\u2019s going on there. But Contender Series is a huge opportunity for these guys to go out there and make a name for themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n
O\u2019Malley is actually planning to attend an upcoming episode of Contender Series when one of his teammates is scheduled to compete.<\/p>\n
That trip to Las Vegas where the show is film is also going to give O\u2019Malley the chance to meet with UFC executives to begin discussing plans for his next fight.<\/p>\n
O\u2019Malley has been out of action since April when he dropped a second straight fight to Dvalishvili, which effectively put him out of the title race for the time being.<\/p>\n
There are still plenty of other opportunities out there and O\u2019Malley hopes to get word soon on when he gets to fight again.<\/p>\n
\u201cNothing right now,\u201d O\u2019Malley said about his current fight schedule. \u201cI don\u2019t have really too many ideas. I\u2019m going to go talk to the UFC that Monday before the fight [on the Contender Series] on Tuesday. So I\u2019m going to go talk the UFC in two weeks and hopefully get something out there.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wouldn\u2019t mind fighting one more time this year, November-December. November, obviously they do [Madison Square Garden in New York], December, they typically do Vegas. One of those sound good and if not, if it doesn\u2019t work out, next year I\u2019m ready to go.\u201d<\/p>\n
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