UFC Bantamweight Champion Sean O’Malley scored a unanimous decision win over Marlon Vera in the main event of UFC 299.
A few days after the defeat, Vera would go on X to accuse a victorious O’Malley of greasing for their fight:
Who braid your hair @SugaSeanMMA you where grease to the bone I wonder how much gel they use ?
— C H????????T O????????V E R A (@chitoveraUFC) March 13, 2024
O’Malley would respond to what Vera said on the TimboSugarShow podcast (transcript via Farah Hannoun of MMA Junkie):
“I don’t get the whole ‘Chito’ thing. Everyone seems to love this dude. The motherf*cker is a fake-ass b*tch. ‘Chito’ sucks. F*ck him. I know sh*t that people don’t know that would change their minds on him, but I’m not going to go out there and post it.
“The DM sh*t was real. I was in his f*cking head. I was his brain. I was thinking for him. F*ck that guy. Then he comes out saying I’m greasing my hair. You didn’t even get close enough to smell my hair, let alone – what was grease in my hair going to do?”