UFC bantamweight champion Sean O'Malley was the highlight of the Nate Diaz vs. Jorge Masvidal boxing card and he wasn't even fighting. O'Malley was making his commentary debut for the event and frankly, he was incredible. His insight was invaluable, his knowledge superb and his voice and personality flowed nicely throughout the event. Just look at his breakdown of the fight itself. It's magical.
Many people had wondered if O'Malley would carry his outlandish personality and sometimes obnoxious tradh talking over into the commentary booth but he seemed to really behave himself and acted super professionally. I'd love to see him on a UFC broadcast. Let's put him and Snoop Dogg on Dana White's Contender Series commentary and go full circle from when Snoop and Uriah Faber did commentary for O'Malley's DWCS debut.
Sean O'Malley speaking the gospel in there#LastManStanding pic.twitter.com/FIKCLJoVy5
— UFC FIGHT PASS (@UFCFightPass) July 7, 2024
In fact, he was so good that MMA fans didn't even realize it was him ... in a good way. Here's how MMA Twitter reacted to O'Malley on commentary.
Can’t believe I stayed up till 1:00 am to watch Nate Diaz and Jorge Masvidal box in the year 2024.
— Lane (@lane_caballero) July 7, 2024
Winner of tonight was Sean O’Malley, dude was great on the call.
Sean O'Malley was great on commentary today
— 𝗫𝗮𝘃𝗲 🇦🇺 (@WonderbreadMMA) July 7, 2024
I'd love to see him do more in the future pic.twitter.com/SiDV0UDEg3
Shockingly Sean O’Malley is decent when he’s just talking and not doing his “character” or “jokes”.
— Fred Garvin (@FredGarvinReal) July 7, 2024
Great fight commentary from first timer Suga Sean O’Malley @SugaSeanMMA #DiazMasvidal #Boxing #UFC pic.twitter.com/mJ6zsx7bjk
— Thomas Peters (@thomasopeters) July 7, 2024
I finally figured it out, Sean O'Malley has Paul Felder vibes on the mic (I personally like Felder on comms)
— Val Dewar (flyweight enjoyer) (@the3els) July 7, 2024
Sean O'Malley has done a good job commentating tonight.#DiazMasvidal
— Timothy James (@TimmyshoesMMA) July 7, 2024
Diaz vs. Masvidal main card results
- Nate Diaz defeated Jorge Masvidal via majority decision (95-95, 97-93, 98-92)
- Shane Mosley Jr. defeated Daniel Jacobs via unanimous decision (99-91, 99-91, 100-90)
- Chris Avila defeated Anthony Pettis via unanimous decision (58-56, 59-55, 59-55)
- Curmel Moton defeated Nikolai Buzolin via second-round knockout
- Amado Vargas defeated Sean Garcia via sixth-round TKO
- Devin Cushing defeated Manny Correa via unanimous decision (77-75, 78-74, 80-72)