I’m a UFC champ in an open marriage, people criticise our relationship but I don’t care, says Sean O’Malley

SEAN O’MALLEY has defended his open marriage, which has divided opinion among fight fans.

The UFC‘s bantamweight champion has spoken openly about his relationship with his wife Danya Gonzalez in recent years.

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UFC men’s bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley is married to Danya Gonzalez[/caption]

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The couple are in an open marriage, which some people struggle to wrap their head around[/caption]

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O’Malley has been criticised for the open nature of their relationship[/caption]

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O’Malley has blasted critics of their marriage and insists they’re “good”[/caption]

But O’Malley‘s unconventional marriage has rubbed many people up the wrong way, with several fans taking to social media to criticize it.

It’s even irked former UFC light-heavyweight champion Vitor Belfort, who O’Malley claims threatened to kick his ass in a direct message on social media.

The unconventional and colourful O’Malley, however, cares little about the opinions of his Belfort and his detractors.

During an episode of the TimboSugarShow: “I want to work with Danny, that’s why we have certain boundaries and things that can and cannot be done.

“Because I want it to work… we’re good, for now.”

O’Malley, 29, believes the concept of conventional marriages with 100 per cent monogamy is archaic.

He said: “Marriage when it was first introduced is when peoples’ life expectancy was 21 years old.

“It was so f***ing low, it was rare.

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“So you were only married for a few years. Now, you have people that are married for 40, 50, 60 years.”

O’Malley insists the open aspect of his relationship with Gonzalez doesn’t mean he loves her any less than a husband in a traditional marriage.

“I’m a king,” the fan favourite said last year. “I pay for everything. I treat Danny like a queen.

“If I get a little p**s on the side, what does that have to do with anything?

“I have testosterone running through my veins – it’s that f***ing simple.

“I wouldn’t say that if I was in the opposite position, if I wasn’t paying for everything, if I wasn’t successful.

“If I was an average Joe, it probably wouldn’t be fair. But I feel like I’m f***ing King Kong.”

Gonzalez has been by O’Malley’s side for every step of his UFC journey, which continues in the early hours on Sunday morning.

O’Malley will bid to make his second defence of the bantamweight throne in the main event of UFC 306, which takes place at The Sphere in Las Vegas.

‘Sugar’ will face Georgian gladiator Merab Dvalishvili, the team-mate of O’Malley’s former opponent and ex-135lbs champ Aljamain Sterling.

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Sean O’Malley defends his bantamweight title against Merab Dvalishivili at UFC 306[/caption]