Sean O’Malley has clapped back at Payton Talbott over the latter’s ducking claims.

Talbott took on flyweight great Deiveson Figueiredo in the co-main event of UFC 332. In just under 130 seconds, the 28-year-old earned a TKO win (via punches), making it three straight wins and improving his record to 12-1.

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH – OCTOBER 03: Payton Talbott punches Deiveson Figueiredo of Brazil in a bantamweight fight during the UFC 332 event at Delta Center on October 03, 2026 in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)

Following his win, in the post-fight interview with Joe Rogan, Talbott called out O’Malley:

I just mopped the floor with two champions, back-to-back, and I want another one. Andrew Garfield, I mean, Sean O’Malley. You can’t run forever. Give the people what they want.

Check out Payton Talbott’s post-fight interview below:

Following Talbott’s callout, O’Malley took to Instagram Stories to pull up receipts to prove that he “ain’t duckin no one.” Sharing a screenshot of his record over the last seven fights, ‘Suga’ wrote:

4 out of last 7 fights have been against 3 of the greatest bantamweights of all time. Ain’t duckin no one.

Check out Sean O’Malley’s Instagram Story below:

It is worth noting that the first fight against Merab Dvalishvili in the record table is wrongly listed as a win for O’Malley.

In his next story, which was a short clip, O’Malley sported a look resembling Talbott, while appearing to mock the young bantamweight.

Sean O’Malley Recently Denied Rumors that He was supposed to fight Payton Talbott at the White House

A week ago, on his YouTube channel, Talbott had also claimed that he was supposed to fight O’Malley at the White House (UFC Freedom 250).

However, O’Malley denied the same, calling it “absolutely bullsh*t:”

What’s up guys, I’m here to f*ckin address these rumors that I got offered Payton Talbott for the White House. That’s just absolutely bullsh*t.

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