Sean O'Malley UFC Freedom 250 prep

    by Jeremias: Sean O'Malley

    Sean O'Malley just shared the details of his grueling preparation for UFC Freedom 250 against Aiemann Zahabi. He revealed that he cut 20 pounds and didn't do a single weightlifting session. The fight ended with a win by second-round TKO.

    Transcript (en)

    How often is the weight room a part of your training? Me personally? Not that often. How useful is this in fighting? Like actually lifting weights? It just depends on people's styles. I've cut back lifting weight quite a bit over the last few years. I never was a huge lifter. It definitely plays a role. Like you gotta keep your joints strong and stuff like that. In camp I'm not really lifting as much. I'm trying to lose weight. Weight cutting is the dumbest shit ever. I weighed myself this one 155. 24 days I'll be 135. I'm gonna lose 20 pounds on the dock. I've seen videos lying in bags, dying. One to ten, it's basically a ten. Like, you feel like you're dying. Seeing people pass out, like, we all feel like it. It's fucking horrible.