UFC 306 witnessed a war between Sean O’Malley and Merab Dvalishvili as the fighters gave it their all for the bantamweight championship belt. The build-up to the fight was indeed enormous, with both fighters lashing out at each other on social media. O’Malley, even though was a better striker and fan-favorite, wasn’t able to finish the fight and lost via unanimous decision.

It was a fight that showed the underdog dominate the Octagon with his superior wrestling skills. Needless to say, the entire world of mixed martial arts believed that the former bantamweight champion would be heartbroken with the loss. Some big guns even fired shots at the judges for the scorecard. However, a social media post forced the fighting community into thinking otherwise.

An account on Instagram by the name of ‘paintitblonde’ shared a picture of O’Malley with three women on IG Story. The former champ reshared it on his IG Story, as well. But as soon as the photograph found its way to Reddit, the netizens were left wondering about the identity of the women. The caption to the post read, “Maybe Sean at least got one W that night.”

Some of the fans began wondering if one of the ladies in the picture was O’Malley’s wife, while others began to link the picture to the happenings at the UFC 306 main event. Let’s see what the fighting community had to say.

Fans were left baffled by Sean O’Malley’s picture

As soon as the picture crossed the social media platform, the fight fans took over the comments section to express their views. One of them questioned if Suga’s wife was present in the picture. The comment read, “Bro, is that his wife? What a wild way to live. I don’t understand it, but I respect it.”

Some of the fans revealed that the lady on O’Malley’s extreme left was his wife, while the others were his hairdressers. One fan commented, “That’s the ladies that do his hair and his wife lol, they worked on his hair for 6 hours and posted it in their instagram.” Meanwhile, another fan wrote, “They be doing his hair dye, they ain’t random chicks.”

But a few others decided to drag the unfortunate loss at Riyadh Season Noche UFC into the picture. One of the fans wrote, “Dude prob thinking about merab the whole time.” Meanwhile, some others reflected on the way Tim Welch shouted at their opponent from cageside. The fan wrote, “Is his coach in the corner trying to yell at the girls?” There was an instance when the referee in charge, Herb Dean, urged the former champ to work his way out of Dvalishvili’s grip. The fan commented, “Herb in the corner of the room yelling, “Get to work! You gotta work!!”

Nevertheless, a few others offered their respect for the hard work that O’Malley put in for the fight. One such comment read, “He is living the life regardless of winning or losing any fights he is set for life. Respect to his grind even though I think he will ever be champion again lol.”

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