"Congrats on the title defence brother!" - Fans react as Sean O'Malley shares reaction video rewatching Merab Dvalishvili fight with Tim Welch

Former UFC bantamweight champion 'Sugar' Sean O'Malley released a new video featuring his coach Tim Welch reviewing his unanimous decision loss to Merab Dvalishvili at Noche UFC 306 last weekend.

While the former champ already went to X for an initial analysis of the battle and declared himself the winner, he created a video to get a few more points across.

Here's the video:

In the video, O'Malley said:

"I know the haters are gonna comment what they want, but if someone rewatched this with judging in mind, this is a f*cking close fight."

As expected, some fans disagreed with O'Malley's assessment, with @SaaraLindberg saying:

"Sean i love you brother, even placed a Stake bet for you to win it. But everyone who watched the fight knows that Merab won, let’s not bring out the copium here."

However, there are some, like @adr0hub416, who agreed with the former world champ, saying:

"Congrats on the title defence brother!"

Comments on the video. [Image credit: Sean O'Malley's YouTube channel]

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More comments on the video. [Image credit: Suga Sean O'Malley on YouTube]

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Sean O'Malley decides to take a break from fighting, changes his mind a day later

In an Instagram video uploaded days ago, Sean O'Malley, donning his usual pink robe, walked inside an octagon cage and put his championship belt in a suitcase. He then left the cage with it, seemingly implying that he'll be away for a while.

Here's the video:

"You can take the belt from me but you can’t take the champ outa me. Not necessarily proud of my performance but proud of my mindset. Lost first 2 rounds and came back to win the 3rd and 5th. Had his bitch ass running from me in the 5th. Going to be out realistically 7-9 months. Going to get healthy and work on some things. Love you guys, love this sport, love the UFC. I’ll be back."

A day later, however, the former champ uploaded another video announcing his return from his very short break, with the caption:

"IM BACKKKK. AND STILL. Rewatch the fight. 1,3,5 I won. You have to beat the champ to be the champ. God it feels GOOOOOOD!! 🎉🎉 thank you guys. ❤️ can’t wait to defend my belt again."

Like his unique fighting style, 'Sugar' Sean O'Malley is as unpredictable as they come. It's hard to guess his next move as he rarely shows his cards on the table. Let's see what he does next after this.