PEORIA, Ariz. -- Sean O'Malley was feeling good.
It was 5 p.m. on a Saturday in September, about five weeks into his camp for this weekend's bantamweight fight against Petr Yan at UFC 280 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. O'Malley had looked great in sparring that morning and was sitting down to a well-deserved steak with his head coach, Tim Welch. Moments before, he had lit up a joint, as he's known to do.
Smiling, O'Malley opened Twitter on his phone and wrote, "I'll be surprised if I get hit once.