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Sean O'Malley
“Suga”
United StatesBantamweightActiveage 31
20-3
87% win rate
W2 streak
Peak Vertex
2024-03-09 → 2024-03-0992held 6 bouts-22 vs current
Bouts at peak
- Wvs · U-Dec · 2024-03-09
Eased since the peak
Career timeline
Each dot is a fight — green wins, red losses, larger dots are title fights. Hover for details, click to open the bout.
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- Loss
- Draw / No contest
- Title
12 wins3 losses1 NClast 5: W W L L Wdrag to scroll · 1993–2026
Key stats
Six attributes derived from striking, grappling, and finishing rates.
Striking heatmap
Significant strikes by target zone, aggregated across all UFC rounds.
Round-by-round averages
Average values per round across the selected fights — toggle metrics below.
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Metrics
| Metric | R1(16) | R2(12) | R3(9) | R4(2) | R5(2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sig Str landed | 27.0 | 35.0 | 34.2 | 31.0 | 36.0 |
| Sig Str absorbed | 13.2 | 20.1 | 16.1 | 23.5 | 15.5 |
| Takedowns landed | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.33 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Takedowns absorbed | 0.44 | 0.58 | 0.91 | 0.50 | 1.00 |
| Control time | 0:01 | 0:14 | 0:04 | 0:00 | 0:00 |
Fight history
Career UFC bouts in reverse chronological order.
- UFC Freedom 2502026-06-14W·KO·R2 · 4:02
- UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett2026-01-24W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC 316: Dvalishvili vs. O'Malley 22025-06-07L·Sub·R3 · 4:42
- UFC 306: Riyadh Season Noche UFC2024-09-14L·U-Dec·R5 · 5:00
- UFC 299: O'Malley vs. Vera 22024-03-09W·U-Dec·R5 · 5:00
- UFC 292: Sterling vs. O'Malley2023-08-19W·KO·R2 · 0:51
- UFC 280: Oliveira vs. Makhachev2022-10-22vsPetr YanW·S-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- UFC 276: Adesanya vs. Cannonier2022-07-02NC·NC·R2 · 3:09
- UFC 269: Oliveira vs. Poirier2021-12-11W·KO·R1 · 4:42
- UFC 264: Poirier vs. McGregor 32021-07-10W·KO·R3 · 4:33
- UFC 260: Miocic vs. Ngannou2021-03-27W·KO·R3 · 3:52
- UFC 252: Miocic vs. Cormier 32020-08-15L·KO·R1 · 4:40
- UFC 250: Nunes vs. Spencer2020-06-06W·KO·R1 · 1:54
- UFC 248: Adesanya vs. Romero2020-03-07W·KO·R1 · 2:02
- UFC 222: Cyborg vs. Kunitskaya2018-03-03W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
- W·U-Dec·R3 · 5:00
In the news
Recent MMA headlines that mention this fighter.
- MMA Fighting
Sean O'Malley is prepared to wait for a title shot against Petr Yan, calling a potential rematch between the two the biggest fight in bantamweight history. O'Malley earned his second consecutive…
- MMA Fighting
Sean O'Malley delivered an emotional live reaction to Conor McGregor's stunning injury loss at UFC 329, visibly shaken as he watched his idol's comeback implode in 69 seconds.
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Closest stylistic matches by inverse-Euclidean similarity over striking and grappling rates.
