Former UFC bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley was an avid marijuana smoker. He by no means hid his marijuana use usually consuming whereas on air throughout his podcast on YouTube. The channel was sponsored by marijuana-relate merchandise. That each one modified when he misplaced the title.
“Suga” determined to make way of life adjustments after dropping the championship to Merab Dvalishvili at UFC 306. Heading into their UFC 316 rematch, O’Malley had lower social media and marijuana out of his life, amongst different issues.
O’Malley hasn’t returned to social media however has returned to consuming hashish forward of his UFC 324 match in opposition to No. 5 ranked Music Yadong.
“I’ve not been on social media this 12 months, and it feels good,” O’Malley mentioned on the Ariel Helwani Present. “I really feel higher. I really feel higher. I really feel like there’s much less noise, pointless noise in my head… I really feel extra free. I really feel noticeably higher,” O’Malley mentioned.
“I even have been smoking my marijuana once more, and God rattling it I missed it,” mentioned the previous champion. “I hit my vaporizer as soon as, twice an evening, somewhat puff, and it simply feels good.”
O’Malley has applied different adjustments to his UFC 324 coaching camp. He introduced in a motion skilled and believes the choice is paying off.
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“It is form of like enjoying contact butt within the park. Type of like that form of stuff, but it surely’s been very nice,” O’Malley mentioned. “We meet within the warehouse and simply wake the physique up with some motion. It is a quite simple idea, but it surely goes a good distance.
“These previous couple of years my physique has simply felt damaged down. Simply been feeling like simply exhausting to get via per week of fine, exhausting coaching. This motion I really feel like is actually going to assist, and it has been serving to already. I’ve already seen some variations within the motion in my backbone and vary of movement in my joints. I am feeling higher, noticeably higher. I am excited and I really feel like that is going so as to add years to my profession,” O’Malley continued.
“I actually wish to battle till the f**king wheels fall off. I do not wish to get out too early. I do not wish to get out too late, however I do wish to push it and battle for some time and I can solely try this if the physique holds up. So, I really feel like that is going to be an ideal addition to the group.”
