Sean Sharaf’s life has taken a complete U-turn after he knocked out hot prospect Gable Steveson at UFC 331 last month in California. The 33-year-old’s stardom has skyrocketed to a point that he is getting unexpected attention from former adult star Mia Khalifa.

In a recent interview with the Double Coverage podcast, Sharaf revealed that Mia Khalifa followed him on social media right after he beat Jon Jones’ protege in 12 seconds at the Crypto.com Arena.

“Mia was definitely a crazy one,” Sharaf admitted. “Yeah. Well, she just gave me the follow, you know, because she’s very supportive of the… and all that. So, I think we’re going to be doing a collab. There is definitely a lot of… that are going to be… I’ll leave it at that.”

Both burst into hysterical laughter at the thought of Sharaf’s desire to collaborate with Mia Khalifa. However, what makes the situation most unexpected is that this happens to be the first time Khalifa has followed someone from the UFC. Before Sharaf revealed their newly established connection, there was no record of the former adult star associating herself with UFC.

However, the pair appears to share another link: both are ethnically Arab.

Sean Sharaf hails from a Palestinian family that relocated from Jerusalem to America when he was young. Similarly, Mia Khalifa was born in Beirut, Lebanon, and moved with her parents to the United States when she was little.

Despite that, Sharaf revealed that he also received attention from other famous personalities, not only Mia Khalifa.

“Yeah, it’s definitely been interesting,” Sharaf said further. “I met Morgan Wallen as well when…Joe Rogan, Morgan Wallen. 

Sharaf indeed met with Joe Rogan and even shot a lengthy podcast where he opened up about a lot of things. But he was especially candid about how knocking out Gable Steveson practically changed his life. 

Sean Sharaf opens up about the impact of knocking out Gable Steveson at UFC 331  

For someone like Sean Sharaf, who entered the fight as a massive underdog against Gable Steveson, scoring a 12-second knockout victory was nothing short of a dream. In fact, the UFC heavyweight still struggles to fathom pulling off the biggest win of his career, which happened roughly a few weeks ago.

“Everything just felt like so euphoric,” Sharaf told Joe Rogan. “Even, like, I haven’t seen the clips… I remember I shook Jones’ hand and his hand before they left. But everyone was saying, like, ‘Are you sure you did that?’ I vividly remember, like, before they walked out and everybody started booing. I shook their hands and didn’t say nothing.

“But everything feels like… I even didn’t have the chance to digest. I have been just going whole week, like, doing interviews after interviews, and I’m, like, so exhausted. I just wanna go to a mountain and f—ing desert and take some mushrooms with my dog and then process what the f—k is going on, man.”

As Sharaf pointed out, he has been doing multiple podcasts, which shows his stardom has risen to a level few could have imagined. It won’t be a stretch to say that the Palestinian-American has practically taken over the internet

However, what’s even wilder is that Sharaf’s view of his recent victory runs deeper than we can imagine.

During the interview with Joe Rogan, Sharaf explained that he suspects he couldn’t recreate the viral knockout, so he would want to retire on top.

That explains how much regard Sharaf holds for his first victory in the UFC. No wonder he’s getting traction from fans and famous people around the world.