{"id":289089,"date":"2018-10-24T07:19:37","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T14:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=289089"},"modified":"2018-10-24T07:19:54","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T14:19:54","slug":"sean-omalley-hip-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/sean-omalley-hip-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Sean O\u2019Malley out four-months with scheduled hip surgery on Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We won&#8217;t be seeing the &#8220;Sugar&#8221; show back in the octagon anytime soon. UFC bantamweight Sean O\u2019Malley announced on Twitter that he&#8217;ll be out of action for at least four months due to hip surgery which is scheduled for Thursday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Surgery on Thursday on my right hip.   This will put me off the Mats for about 4 months. Still waiting on the USADA situation to get sorted out . This year has been the best year,and toughest year of my life .Fuckin love you guys tho \u2764\ufe0fI\u2019ll be streaming A LOT<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sean O&#39;Malley (@SugaSeanMMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SugaSeanMMA\/status\/1054502361278763008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 22, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This injury represents another setback in what&#8217;s been been a rough second half of 2018 for The MMA Lab product. O&#8217;Malley (10-0) also underwent surgery earlier this year due to a broken foot following his win over Andre Soukhamthath at UFC 222.<\/p>\n<p>Sean O&#8217;Malley was slated to face Jose Quinonez at UFC 229 earlier this month before<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-229\/sean-omalley-announces-hes-out-of-ufc-229-due-to-potential-usada-violation\/\"> a potential USADA violation pulled him from the card<\/a>. The 24-year-old maintains his innocence in the matter and will have to see how the situation plays out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been working with Jeff Novitzky at UFC and I believe that we have already identified a dietary supplement that would have caused this,&#8221; O&#8217;Malley said on Instagram shortly after his withdrawal from UFC 229. &#8220;We\u2019ve sent remaining samples from the bottle I took to the USADA lab and as well as a full sealed bottle. I\u2019m told the testing of these supplements can take as long as 30 days. I will continue to update you all the findings, but I fully expect the results what I already know. That I did nothing on purpose.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The undefeated bantamweight was riding high at the end of 2017, going a perfect 4-0. He&#8217;s best known for his highlight reel win on Dana White&#8217;s Contender Series which earned him a UFC contract.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"FREE FIGHT | Sean O&#039;Malley Scores Impressive KO | DWTNCS Week 2 Contract Winner - Season 1\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/psk4Q5rtuPQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>He followed that up with a unanimous decision victory over Terrion Ware in his UFC debut last December. With this upcoming surgery and the length USADA generally takes with their investigations, it&#8217;s likely O&#8217;Malley will be sitting for a full year since his last fight.<\/p>\n<p>Who would you like to see Sean O&#8217;Malley face when he&#8217;s ready to return to the Octagon? Let us know what you think in the comments section below.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 10\/24\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We won&#8217;t be seeing the &#8220;Sugar&#8221; show back in the octagon anytime soon. UFC bantamweight Sean O\u2019Malley announced on Twitter that he&#8217;ll be out of action for at least four months due to hip surgery which is scheduled for Thursday. Surgery on Thursday on my right hip. 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