At last month’s UFC 276 Sean O’Malley fought to a no contest with Pedro Munhoz. The bout, which Munhoz was winning on the scorecards, was called off in the second round after Munhoz was rendered unable to compete by an eye poke from O’Malley.
As soon as the fight was over O’Malley acted like he had won and has since claimed that Munhoz was play-acting (despite the Brazilian suffering a scratched cornea).
The UFC match-makers haven’t punished O’Malley for a ho-hum performance that culminated in an illegal blow, though. Instead he’s been giving the biggest opportunity of his career.