Sean O’Malley is scheduled to undergo surgery after losing the UFC bantamweight title to Merab Dvalishvili at UFC 306, which he said will lead to an extended break from fighting.
O’Malley tore the labrum in his left hip about 10 weeks ago and has a procedure scheduled for Oct. 3, he told internet personality Adin Ross. O’Malley, who suffered his first defeat in over four years against Dvalishvili this past weekend at Sphere in Las Vegas, said it’ll be “nine months, 10 months, maybe a year” before he steps back into the Octagon.