Sean O'Malley
16 UFC Fights | 75% Win Rate | 7 Finishes (58%)
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
- Switch
- 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.
- Win vs Aiemann Zahabi · KO/TKO · R2 4:02 · UFC Freedom 250 · Jun 2026
- Win vs Song Yadong · Decision · R3 5:00 · UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett · Jan 2026
- Loss vs Merab Dvalishvili · Submission · R3 4:42 · UFC 316: Dvalishvili vs. O'Malley 2 · Jun 2025
- Loss vs Merab Dvalishvili · Decision · R5 5:00 · UFC 306: Riyadh Season Noche UFC · Sep 2024
- Win vs Marlon Vera · Decision · R5 5:00 · UFC 299: O'Malley vs. Vera 2 · Mar 2024
Striking
Fighter Profile
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Finish Probability by Round
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.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Rd · Time | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Aiemann Zahabi | KO/TKO | R2 · 4:02 | UFC Freedom 250 | 2026-06-14 |
| W | Song Yadong | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett | 2026-01-24 |
| L★ | Merab Dvalishvili | Submission | R3 · 4:42 | UFC 316: Dvalishvili vs. O'Malley 2 | 2025-06-07 |
| L★ | Merab Dvalishvili | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC 306: Riyadh Season Noche UFC | 2024-09-14 |
| W★ | Marlon Vera | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC 299: O'Malley vs. Vera 2 | 2024-03-09 |
| W★ | Aljamain Sterling | KO/TKO | R2 · 0:51 | UFC 292: Sterling vs. O'Malley | 2023-08-19 |
| W | Petr Yan | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 280: Oliveira vs. Makhachev | 2022-10-22 |
| D/NC | Pedro Munhoz | Other | R2 · 3:09 | UFC 276: Adesanya vs. Cannonier | 2022-07-02 |
| W | Raulian Paiva | KO/TKO | R1 · 4:42 | UFC 269: Oliveira vs. Poirier | 2021-12-11 |
| W | Kris Moutinho | KO/TKO | R3 · 4:33 | UFC 264: Poirier vs. McGregor 3 | 2021-07-10 |
| W | Thomas Almeida | KO/TKO | R3 · 3:52 | UFC 260: Miocic vs. Ngannou | 2021-03-27 |
| L | Marlon Vera | KO/TKO | R1 · 4:40 | UFC 252: Miocic vs. Cormier 3 | 2020-08-15 |
| W | Eddie Wineland | KO/TKO | R1 · 1:54 | UFC 250: Nunes vs. Spencer | 2020-06-06 |
| W | Jose Quinonez | KO/TKO | R1 · 2:02 | UFC 248: Adesanya vs. Romero | 2020-03-07 |
| W | Andre Soukhamthath | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 222: Cyborg vs. Kunitskaya | 2018-03-03 |
| W | Terrion Ware | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | The Ultimate Fighter: A New World Champion Finale | 2017-12-01 |
How O'Malley Ranks at Bantamweight
Percentile among the 182 bantamweight fighters in our database (higher is better; absorbed strikes are inverted).
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