Sean O’Malley explains why he’s taking a break from social media

UFC star Sean O’Malley has explained why he wants to take a break from social media ahead of his proposed return to the cage.

As we know, Sean O’Malley is one of the biggest names in mixed martial arts. He has accomplished some amazing things throughout the course of his career, including becoming UFC bantamweight champion.

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Now, however, he faces the prospect of being a contender again after losing the strap to Merab Dvalishvili. The popular opinion is that he’ll get a rematch for the belt at some point in the future, but after how the first fight went, it seems as if he’ll have to make some serious adjustments in order to get his revenge.

In a recent episode of his podcast, O’Malley spoke candidly about his plans regarding social media moving forward.

O’Malley’s social media detox

“I said I was going to start in 2025, but it’s been like two or three days, and I already feel more disconnected from the internet universe,” O’Malley said on his “TimboSugaShow” podcast. “I’d be working out and I’d check my Snapchat, post some Snapchat, check Instagram. Even just three days or whatever it’s been, I already feel like – the original reason, and I don’t know how to articulate this yet, but I feel like my higher self is trying to tell me something. I’m trying to learn something, but I’m too distracted and out of touch with reality to grasp what’s trying to be taught from my higher self.

“And I feel like the only way to do that is just to disconnect from distractions. Social media is the biggest distraction right now for me. I’ve already started reading more, writing more, it’s just going to force me to continue to do stuff like that, and that’s where I feel like I’m going to be able to learn this lesson of whatever is trying to be taught to me. I feel like it’s already been good. 2025 is going to be exciting. I’m not going to be on social, I said, until my next fight (is over), but ideally I can just keep that going. I don’t want to do podcasts, I don’t want to do interviews.”

Quotes via MMA Junkie