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Sean O’Malley has an interesting reason as to why he didn’t finish Thomas Almeida in the first round.<\/p>\n

Early on in their UFC 260 fight, O’Malley was having a ton of success and landing heavy shots. Midway through the first round, he dropped the Brazilian with a left hand and walked away as he thought he had the walkoff KO. However, the ref didn’t stop the fight and it then took O’Malley until the third-round to get the TKO finish<\/a>.<\/p>\n

According to O’Malley, he says he needed to sell some merch and was having fun in there as to why he didn’t end the fight.<\/p>\n

“The real reason as to what happened, before the fight, I had undefeated shirts made up that said another right hand from Suga lands,” O’Malley said to Pat McAfee on his show<\/a>. “I drop him in the first round but I dropped him with a left hand, I wasn’t walking away because I thought I got a walkoff knockout, I was walking away to let him back up so I could knock him out with the right hand and sell my shirts. Which are doing absolutely incredible right now.”<\/p>\n

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Sean O’Malley, UFC 260<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Although selling the merch was part of it, Sean O’Malley says he didn’t feel in danger either and wanted more cage time to show off his skills.<\/p>\n

“I went and rewatched the fight and the commentators were saying it was the biggest mistake of my life and I’m just this young kid and I need to mature, I’m not smart enough in there. I’m thinking, I’ve been doing this for 10 years, I’m pretty mature as far as a professional fighter,” O’Malley said. “I’ve been striking for a long time and I didn’t feel in any danger in there.<\/p>\n

“If I wanted to get on him and get a TKO finish, I could’ve jumped on him and did that in the first round. That’s not what I’m in there for, I’m in there to put people’s lights out and I want to go viral,” Sean O’Malley continued. “Like I said, I have 15 minutes in there, why end it in three minutes in the first round when I am still having fun in there, I just broke a sweat… I need to get in there and have some fun, you only get to fight a couple of times of a year.”<\/p>\n

What do you make of Sean O’Malley’s reason as to why he let Thomas Almeida up in the first round?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sean O’Malley has an interesting reason as to why he didn’t finish Thomas Almeida in the first round. Early on in their UFC 260 fight, O’Malley was having a ton of success and landing heavy shots. 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