For a top prospect in any other sport, it would have been a bona fide disaster. One moment, "Sugar" Sean O'Malley (9-0) was palling around with company executives, with an impressive minor league win having guaranteed him a shot at the big time.
The next?
He was filmed smoking cannabis with notorious, though grandfatherly, rapper Snoop Dogg.
But MMA is no regular sport. It's chaos in a cage. Mr. Dogg is not just a fan but a part-time commentator, and the smoke out occurred on set in his trailer, cameras rolling. Smoking with Snoop wasn't a public relations crisis for O'Malley.