One of MMA’s most flamboyant and fascinating prospects is finally looking to get clear of his ongoing drug testing woes. Former Dana White’s Contender Series alumn ‘Sugar’ Sean O’Malley is set to fight Jose Alberto Quinonez at UFC 248. However, before the bout can take place, he’ll need to complete his period of ineligibility stemming from an August drug test failure.
O’Malley failed a set of out-of-competition drug tests administered by USADA on August 6th and 12th. In those tests, the MMA Lab fighter popped positive for ostarine. The same contaminant that has caused issues for a number of UFC fighters in recent years—and that O’Malley originally tested positive for back in September of 2018.