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<\/p>\nSean O\u2019Malley is a popular fighter on the UFC roster, and one famous legend is credited with helping him break through.<\/p>\n
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O\u2019Malley shined on Dana White\u2019s Contender Series and was given a UFC contract. While it was \u201cSuga\u2019s\u201d performance that scored him a deal with the top MMA promotion, O\u2019Malley found himself in the right place at the right time. Iconic rapper Snoop Dogg provided commentary<\/a> for O\u2019Malley\u2019s appearance on the Contender Series, and he helped boost \u201cSuga\u2019s\u201d stock<\/a>.<\/p>\n During an interview with TMZ<\/a>, O\u2019Malley reflected on what Snoop Dogg\u2019s commentary did for him on top of having an impressive performance inside the Octagon (via MMAFighting<\/a>).<\/p>\n \u201cI mean the knockout was going to go viral regardless,\u201d O\u2019Malley said. \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 O\u2019Malley said the viral moment when he knocked out Alfred Khashakyan back in 2017 was the true start to his UFC run.<\/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 The \u201cSuga\u201d show ended up stringing together a series of wins before being stopped by Marlon \u201cChito\u201d Vera. He rebounded from the loss and eventually captured the UFC Bantamweight Championship. O\u2019Malley avenged his loss to Vera in the process before dropping the 135-pound gold to Merab Dvalishvili.<\/p>\n After being defeated by Dvalishvili a second time back in June, O\u2019Malley looks forward to what\u2019s next.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sean O\u2019Malley is a popular fighter on the UFC roster, and one famous legend is credited with helping…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":112190,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,638,82],"class_list":["post-112189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112189\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}