“Suga” 2017-2026 · 42 rounds on file

Sean O'Malley

13-3-1 W-L-D in this database

Strike accuracy 1,158/1,920

Takedown accuracy 3/7

Sig. strikes / round 27.6

Control / round 0:03

Inside the distance 62% 8 of 13 wins

Height: 5′11″180.3 cm
Reach: 72″182.9 cm
Leg reach: --
Stance: Switch
Age: 3224 OCT 1994
Listed weight: 135 lb61.2 kg

Distance Striker Automatically assigned from data across 17 fights - 0.5 takedown attempts and 1% control time per 15 minutes.

Who they have fought

Every completed bout, grouped by the opponent's style.

Striking 7 6-1-0 vs 1578 avg

Distance Striker 7 6-1-0

Hybrid 5 4-0-1 vs 1536 avg

Well-Rounded 5 4-0-1

Grappling 4 2-2-0 vs 1628 avg

Positional Controller 4 2-2-0

-- Not classified 1 1-0-0 --

Opponent styles are assigned from their own fight data, not from a training background. They describe how those opponents have fought. Bars scale against 7 bouts, the largest group.

The career, in order

One bar per bout, oldest on the left. Height is the significant strikes landed in that fight.

Won Lost Draw / no contest

What they do with a round

Summed over 42 rounds across 17 of 17 bouts - the ones the corpus has per-round observations for.

Per round

Sig. strikes landed 27.6

Sig. strikes absorbed 15.7

Takedowns landed 0.1

Knockdowns 0.2

Sub. attempts 0.1

Control time 0:03 of each 5:00 round

Accuracy

Sig. strikes 60% 1,158/1,920

Takedowns 43% 3/7

Opponents’ accuracy 40% 659/1,635

Where the strikes land

Head 68% 782

Body 24% 273

Leg 9% 103

And from where

At distance 95% 1,099

In the clinch 2% 22

On the ground 3% 37

How the bouts ended

KO / TKO 8 won Technical Knockout · 8-1

Submission 0 won Submission · 0-1

Decision 5 won Decision (Unanimous) · 4-1 Decision (Split) · 1-0

Other 0 won No Contest · 0-0

Every bout

Most recent first. Struck and absorbed are significant strikes.

Date	Opponent	Result	Method	End	Struck	Absorbed	Event
14 JUN 2026	Aiemann Zahabi	Won	Technical Knockout	R2 4:02	41	32	UFC Freedom 250
24 JAN 2026	Song Yadong	Won	Decision (Unanimous)	R3 5:00	48	36	UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett
07 JUN 2025	Merab Dvalishvili	Lost	Submission	R3 4:42	31	52	UFC 316: Dvalishvili vs. O'Malley 2
14 SEP 2024	Merab Dvalishvili	Lost	Decision (Unanimous)	R5 5:00	47	82	UFC 306: Riyadh Season Noche UFC
09 MAR 2024	Marlon Vera	Won	Decision (Unanimous)	R5 5:00	230	89	UFC 299: O'Malley vs. Vera 2
19 AUG 2023	Aljamain Sterling	Won	Technical Knockout	R2 0:51	25	17	UFC 292: Sterling vs. O'Malley
22 OCT 2022	Petr Yan	Won	Decision (Split)	R3 5:00	84	58	UFC 280: Oliveira vs. Makhachev
02 JUL 2022	Pedro Munhoz	No decision	No Contest	R2 3:09	25	26	UFC 276: Adesanya vs. Cannonier
11 DEC 2021	Raulian Paiva	Won	Technical Knockout	R1 4:42	39	11	UFC 269: Oliveira vs. Poirier
10 JUL 2021	Kris Moutinho	Won	Technical Knockout	R3 4:33	230	70	UFC 264: Poirier vs. McGregor 3
27 MAR 2021	Thomas Almeida	Won	Technical Knockout	R3 3:52	86	25	UFC 260: Miocic vs. Ngannou
15 AUG 2020	Marlon Vera	Lost	Technical Knockout	R1 4:40	10	18	UFC 252: Miocic vs. Cormier 3
06 JUN 2020	Eddie Wineland	Won	Technical Knockout	R1 1:54	13	4	UFC 250: Nunes vs. Spencer
07 MAR 2020	Jose Quinonez	Won	Technical Knockout	R1 2:02	18	0	UFC 248: Adesanya vs. Romero
03 MAR 2018	Andre Soukhamthath	Won	Decision (Unanimous)	R3 5:00	63	25	UFC 222: Cyborg vs. Kunitskaya
01 DEC 2017	Terrion Ware	Won	Decision (Unanimous)	R3 5:00	141	88	The Ultimate Fighter: A New World Champion Finale
18 JUL 2017	Alfred Khashakyan	Won	Technical Knockout	R1 4:14	27	26	DWCS 1.2

Photographs on this page

Sean O'Malley - Musicmakestheworldgoround, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped.