Don't ask UFC bantamweight phenom 'Suga' Sean O'Malley what's behind his propensity for highlight-reel knockouts.
I mean, why is water wet?
"It just happens to be that my style is explosive and I finish people," O'Malley tells Newshub. "I don't necessarily try to do that, that's just my skill set."
"If someone is going to push forward on me, they're going to run into shots or if I back them up they're going to get knocked out….I have the athletic ability too, and it all equals entertaining."
It's a rare attribute the American almost stumbled across by chance as a teenager. He recalls being dragged along to an MMA class by a mate before he even knew what the UFC was.
Brazilian Jiu-jitsu was his first love, but it was kickboxing that really sparked his bloodlust and a realisation that a career in professional fighting was his true calling in life.
"I've been knocking out grown men in kickboxing fights since I was 16," he recalls. "Right away when I started striking.
"I never thought I hit hard but I always knew I was fast, and if I hit them on the chin that was all it takes."
Combine that innate ability with O'Malley's unique brand of millennial charisma (he's also an avid gamer and 'herbal enthusiast') and and you have a package that has propelled the 25-year-old into that elite category of fighters that you ensure you're in front of the TV for whenever his name's on a card.
That's exactly where you should be on Sunday afternoon (NZT), when O'Malley will try to extend his undefeated streak to 12 against veteran Eddie Wineland at UFC 250 in Las Vegas.
In 2017, O'Malley stormed on to the scene by way of Dana White's Contender Series and has so far delivered on every ounce of the potential he was tapped for, despite a doping suspension that put a momentary handbrake on his momentum.
Former WEC champion and UFC title contender Wineland offers O'Malley a fastpath back into the Octagon to reignite that roll, with a contest that comes just three months after his Performance of the Night-winning knockout of Jose Quinonez in March.
He also offers O'Malley an opportunity to leap a few places in the queue in a bantamweight division that is suddenly champion-less, after the shock retirement of champion Henry Cejudo last month.
With two other marquee bouts in the division sharing Sunday's card (Raphael Assuncao v Cody Garbrandt, Aljamain Sterling v Cory Sandhagen), it's a moment ripe for making an impression.
"I think my skills match up very well against his skills and it just comes down to who's got moore technique and who's more skillful.
"I'm not really focused on [the title] too much right now. I think I'm going to go out there, perform really well and talk with the UFC and see what's next.
"If I had to guess, I probably will shoot up with those higher-ranked guys, but I'm super focused on Sunday."
Come Sunday at the crowdless UFC Apex , it will be the same pre-fight ritual and hopefully, for O'Malley's sake, the same familiar outcome.
"I like to get to a calm zen state of mind, where nothing is on my mind. I'm just following my breath and I'm ready to perform.
"As long as Joe Rogan and Dana White are there I'm ready to whip ass."
Of course, a third post-fight bonus in four fights wouldn't go amiss either.
"I'm still waiting for my extra 50 g's from the last fight to hit my bank account," O'Malley laughs. "It'll be nice to have two of them on the way."
The now in-flux bantamweight division has been crying out for a marquee star since the days of peak Dominick Cruz, and 'Suga' may well be the answer to that question.
