Now that he’s riding off into the sunset with a check for $1,000,000, Sean O’Connell doesn’t mind if other light heavyweights size him up and think “if that guy can become a millionaire, why shouldn’t I give the Pro Fighters League a try?”
The Utah native came close to calling it a career after he lost three straight UFC bouts and was released from his contract two years ago. But he gave the fledgling PFL a whirl, and went on to win their inaugural PFL divisional tournament in his final career fight in one of 2018’s feel-good MMA stories.