UFC bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley has grand aspirations for his career going into a pivotal 2024 campaign. O’Malley has been pegged as having superstar potential in the fight game ever since he broke onto the scene with Snoop Dogg screaming his name as he earned a UFC contract on Dana White’s Contender Series in 2017. His rise to becoming UFC bantamweight king has been steady and solid, and with gold in his possession, he thinks now is the time to elevate things to the next level. O’Malley (17-1 MMA, 9-1 UFC) is scheduled to put his belt on the line for the first time March 9 when he meets Marlon Vera (21-8-1 MMA, 15-7 UFC) in a rematch at UFC 299 , which takes place at Kaseya Center in Miami. He has the chance to avenge the only loss on his record , and if he does that, then adds another defense on the back half of the year, he thinks he’s poised to break through into the next tier of notoriety that is currently only occupied by former two-division champ Conor McGregor
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