Sean O'Malley

BantamweightVolume Striker
12 - 31 NC

16 UFC Fights | 75% Win Rate | 7 Finishes (58%)

Height
5' 11"
Reach
72"
Weight
135 lbs.
Age
31
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Sean O'Malley UFC Record & Pro MMA Record

Sean O'Malley is 12-3 in the UFC across 16 fights (1 no contest), with 7 wins by knockout and 5 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 20-3 (1 NC), 8-0 of it outside the UFC. O'Malley competes at bantamweight as a switch volume striker, standing 5'11" with a 72" reach at 31 years old. The last bout was a win over Aiemann Zahabi by knockout in Jun 2026.

Best attribute: striking accuracy (share of significant strikes that land) — 98th percentile among 182 bantamweight fighters (61%).

Sean O'Malley's UFC win rate is 75% (12 of 16 fights), and 58% of those wins came by finish. O'Malley averages 0.2 takedowns per fight at 43% accuracy and stops 60% of opponents' takedown attempts.

Pro MMA Record
20-3 (1 NC)
UFC Record
12-3 (1 NC)
Height
5'11"
Reach
72"
Age
31
Stance
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Last Fight
W vs Aiemann Zahabi · KO/TKO · Jun 2026

Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.

Sean O'Malley's Last 5 Fights

O'Malley is 3-2 in the last five UFC fights.

  1. Win vs Aiemann Zahabi · KO/TKO · R2 4:02 · UFC Freedom 250 · Jun 2026
  2. Win vs Song Yadong · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett · Jan 2026
  3. Loss vs Merab Dvalishvili · Submission · R3 4:42 · UFC 316: Dvalishvili vs. O'Malley 2 · Jun 2025
  4. Loss vs Merab Dvalishvili · Decision · R5 5:00 · UFC 306: Riyadh Season Noche UFC · Sep 2024
  5. Win vs Marlon Vera · Decision · R5 5:00 · UFC 299: O'Malley vs. Vera 2 · Mar 2024

Striking

Fighter Profile

Offensive Output

Sig. Strikes / Min
6.1
+1.8x ratio
Accuracy
61%
above avg
Knockdowns / Fight
0.47

Defensive

Absorbed / Min
3.4
0.9x avg
Strike Differential
+2.8
Opp. Accuracy Against
40%
hard to hit

Strike Targets

Position Breakdown

Grappling

Takedowns & Control

Takedowns / Fight
0.2
Takedown Accuracy
43%
Takedown Defense
60%
Control Time / Fight
0:08
Sub Attempts / Fight
0.2

Win Methods

Finish Probability by Round

R1
20% KO
0% Sub
R2
13% KO
0% Sub
R3+
13% KO
0% Sub

Round-by-Round Output

Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Sean O'Malley vs Average

Sean O'Malley lands 24.5 strikes in R1 but 32.6 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.

Sean O'Malley's UFC Fight History

16 UFC fights on record (12-3 (1 NC)), most recent first.

ResultOpponentMethodRd · TimeEventDate
WAiemann ZahabiKO/TKOR2 · 4:02UFC Freedom 2502026-06-14
WSong YadongDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett2026-01-24
L★Merab DvalishviliSubmissionR3 · 4:42UFC 316: Dvalishvili vs. O'Malley 22025-06-07
L★Merab DvalishviliDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC 306: Riyadh Season Noche UFC2024-09-14
W★Marlon VeraDecisionR5 · 5:00UFC 299: O'Malley vs. Vera 22024-03-09
W★Aljamain SterlingKO/TKOR2 · 0:51UFC 292: Sterling vs. O'Malley2023-08-19
WPetr YanDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 280: Oliveira vs. Makhachev2022-10-22
D/NCPedro MunhozOtherR2 · 3:09UFC 276: Adesanya vs. Cannonier2022-07-02
WRaulian PaivaKO/TKOR1 · 4:42UFC 269: Oliveira vs. Poirier2021-12-11
WKris MoutinhoKO/TKOR3 · 4:33UFC 264: Poirier vs. McGregor 32021-07-10
WThomas AlmeidaKO/TKOR3 · 3:52UFC 260: Miocic vs. Ngannou2021-03-27
LMarlon VeraKO/TKOR1 · 4:40UFC 252: Miocic vs. Cormier 32020-08-15
WEddie WinelandKO/TKOR1 · 1:54UFC 250: Nunes vs. Spencer2020-06-06
WJose QuinonezKO/TKOR1 · 2:02UFC 248: Adesanya vs. Romero2020-03-07
WAndre SoukhamthathDecisionR3 · 5:00UFC 222: Cyborg vs. Kunitskaya2018-03-03
WTerrion WareDecisionR3 · 5:00The Ultimate Fighter: A New World Champion Finale2017-12-01

How O'Malley Ranks at Bantamweight

Percentile among the 182 bantamweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).

Striking volume6.1 sig. strikes/min
97th percentile
Striking accuracy61%
98th percentile
Strikes absorbed3.4/min
57th percentile
Takedowns0.2/fight
13th percentile
Takedown defense60%
45th percentile
Knockdown power0.47/fight
81st percentile

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