Sean O’Malley may be about to get the step up in competition – and fighter pay – that he feels he deserves. The 27-year-old American bantamweight (15-1) added another highlight to his reel with a first-round TKO of Raulian Paiva (21-4) on Saturday night’s UFC 269 main card in Las Vegas. “Sugar” is now tied for the second-most knockouts (5) in the division in UFC history, just two behind former champion TJ Dillashaw (7) – or one, as he sees it. “Well, I knocked out Thomas [Almeida] twice, so my record is six,” he said. “Yeah, it’s pretty crazy because…