O'Malley hurls cap at heckling fan during McMillen's Noche UFC 4 walkout

Sean O’Malley took matters into his own hands at Noche UFC 4 when he hurled his cap at a fan heckling his teammate Tommy McMillen during the walkout to the featherweight bout against Marwan Rahiki — the former bantamweight champion’s first time cornering in an arena.

O’Malley recounted the incident on his YouTube channel, describing how a fan had been shouting abuse at McMillen for roughly two minutes before the walkout began. Rather than ignore it, O’Malley rolled his cap into a ball and launched it at the offender the moment the team stepped out.

“This one fcking drunk cowboy guy was shouting, ‘Fck you Tommy, you fcking pssy,’ for like two minutes,” O’Malley said. “I grabbed my hat and rolled it into a ball and I got it into a nice ball and right when we walked out, I smoked that mothercker right in the face with it. Part of me felt bad because, like, I looked up at one point and he said, ‘You’re cool, you’re OK,’ to me, but I was like, ‘Fck off.’”

The walkout was not the only colourful moment surrounding the bout. McMillen had already made headlines at the ceremonial weigh-ins by throwing a Twinkie at Rahiki, a stunt O’Malley revealed triggered additional security checks before fighters were permitted to make their entrances.

Despite the pre-fight theatrics, the contest itself delivered on the main stage. McMillen defeated Rahiki by unanimous decision in a back-and-forth fight that earned both men Fight of the Night honours.