Sean O'Malley's father describes how 'Sugar' ventured into combat sports after disliking team sports × Follow Us Create Notifications New User posted their first comment this is comment text Link Approve Reject & ban Delete Log in Manage your profile Editing Story Queue Video Queue Editing Stats Writer Home SEO Redirection Admin Gaming Wiki Edits Taxonomy Home Edit Site Menu Mapping Dashboard Tag Pages Community Social Feed Queue Feed Center Notification Center Affiliate Home Manage Pages Bottom Tagline Dash Timeless Stories Logout MMA UFC News Never seen anybody with the speed and strength of Sean - Sean O Malley s father describes how Sugar ventured into combat sports after disliking team sports By Rafael Bandayrel Modified 20 Sep 2022 Follow Us Comment Share UFC bantamweight star SeanO'Malley Sean O'Malley's father, Dan O'Malley, told the story of how his son got into combat sports. O'Malley was featured in Anatomy of a Fighter's short documentary ahead of his UFC 280 clash against Petr Yan. During which, the rising star's father revealed that 'Sugar' got into combat sports due to his dislike of playing in a team sports setting: "Sean was just spectacular at baseball, football, [and] basketball. The problem with Sean is that he never liked team sports. He wasn't good with coaches, wasn't good with any authority, which is ironic because I'm a retired cop and detective... but you can just see Sean that wasn't having fun with organized sports." The older O'Malley then said that he took the future UFC bantamweight star into a boxing gym in downtown Helena, Montana. However, young Sean was apparently dismissed due to his "scrawny-looking" physique. At that point, Dan decided to turn to an old friend for a favor. "I have a buddy who's a native American, who was a Golden Gloves boxer. [His] son was Golden Gloves, [and] his daughter was Golden Gloves. I asked him if Sean could go train with him... Took Sean in there and I would say two weeks later, he looked at me and said, 'You've got no idea what you got here. I've been doing this my whole entire career. I've never seen anybody with the speed and strength of Sean." Watch the mini-documentary below: Sean O Malley aspires to become the next Conor McGregor Sean O'Malley is one of the most popular fighters on the UFC roster today. However, 'Sugar' revealed that his goal is to become as big of a pay-per-view draw as Conor McGregor. Unlike McGregor, O'Malley has never headlined a PPV before. However, he is set to compete in his highest-profile match so far next month. With that in mind, O'Malley is hoping his ascent continues after that fight: "I mean, it’s crazy to think any time Conor fights, that’s a million buys," O’Malley said on his personal YouTube channel. "That’s so legendary. That’s the sh*t I want. That’s what makes me so excited about fighting, and the career, and everything. It’s like, doing big pay-per-views, being a part of massive events – that’s so exciting." Watch Sean O'Malley's video below: Poll : 0 votes Quick Links More from Sportskeeda Edited by C. Naik × Feedback Thank You! Be the first one to comment Follow Us Share Show More Comments GIF Comment in moderation 0 0 Reply x Edit Delete Delete the comment? No thanks Delete GIF Cancel Update GIF Cancel Reply ❮ ❯ GIF Comment in moderation 0 0 Reply x Edit Delete Delete the comment? 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