UFC bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley is not like other fighters. His colorful personality, rainbow-colored hair, and soft-spoken demeanor set him apart from most other fighters. It elicits equal parts love and hate from the fans, in addition to making him very marketable.

His flamboyance is nowhere more evident than the many tattoos he has on his body that serve as representations of who he is and what is important to him. And as O’Malley gears up to face Marlon ‘Chito’ Vera at UFC 299 on March 9 at the Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida, for his first bantamweight title defense, let us take a look at his tattoos.

Sean O’Malley’s popular face tattoos

Sean O’Malley has four tattoos on his face, with the latest being a “CHAMP MMXXIII” tattoo done in red ink, with a crown below it, to signify him becoming UFC bantamweight champion in 2023 (written in the Roman numerals MMXXIII; M= 1,000; X= 10 and I= 1).

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The 29-year-old has his moniker ‘SUGA’ tattooed above his right eyebrow, while he has a red heart with the words “LOVE”s besides it. On the left side of his forehead, he has the word “Breathe” in reverse, to remind himself to breathe properly whenever he looks into the mirror. His final face tattoo is that of a five-pointed star below his left eye.

Tattoos on Sean O’Malley’s chest and back

On the left side of his body, the bantamweight champion has the name “Akiata” inked in cursive. The meaning behind this tattoo remains unknown. Adjoining this, on his left torso, O’Malley has a tattoo of a dragon. On the right torso, he has the famous boxing idiom “Float like a Butterfly Sting like a Bee”, which reflects his fighting style, tattooed on it.

On his left upper back, he has the O’Malley family crest tattooed with a boar in the middle, while the upper right back has a four-leaf clover with the words “O’Malley” emblazoned on it as a reference to his Irish heritage. The most prominent tattoo below the neck is a massive owl, a symbol of wisdom and learning, with its wings outstretched.

Other tattoos of Sean O’Malley

Sean O’Malley also has the words “Only God” on his right bicep and the other part of the phrase “Can Judge Me” on his left bicep, perhaps because of the colorful lifestyle he leads. Another prominent tattoo is a green mask overlaid by vines an red and blue berries on his left shoulder and upper arm. On the back of his upper right arm, he has two boxing gloves connected via a looped ribbon, a symbol of his commitment to combat sports.

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On the inside of his left forearm, there is a panoply of different objects, including a rainbow, the sun, a hat, spectacles, and horseshoe tattooed on it. The 29-year-old has a hand with a snake wrapped around the wrist reaching out to a bouquet of flowers inked on his outer right forearm. On the inside part is his right forearm is a tattoo of the word “FAMILY” in stylized cursive. In addition, he has the letters “FREE” tattooed on his right fingers. What do you think about Sean O’Malley’s tattoos? Let us know in the comments section below.

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