Garbrandt vs O'Malley

When is Garbrandt vs O’Malley?

Cody Garbrandt could potentially face the challenge of Sean O’Malley, in Spring 2024.

The fight would take place over 5 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which means the weight limit would be 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Garbrandt vs O’Malley stats

Cody Garbrandt would step into the octagon with a record of 13 wins, 5 loses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Sean O’Malley would make his way to the cage with a record of 17 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, with 12 of those wins by knock out and 1 by submission.

The stats suggest Garbrandt would have a slight advantage in power over O'Malley, with a 77% knock out percentage over O'Malley's 71%.

If the fight goes to the ground, their records suggest O'Malley would have a slight advantage over Garbrandt, with a 6% submission rate over Garbrandt's 0%.

Cody Garbrandt is the older man by 3 years, at 32 years old.

O'Malley has a height advantage of 3 inches over Garbrandt. This also extends to a 7-inch reach advantage.

Garbrandt is currently the more experienced professional fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2012, 2 years and 2 months earlier than O'Malley, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He has fought 1 more professional rounds, 35 to O'Malley's 34.

Garbrandt vs O’Malley form

Garbrandt has beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight, he won against Trevin Jones at UFC 285 on 4th March 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Kai Kara France at UFC 269 on 11th December 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Rob Font at UFC Vegas 27 on 22nd May 2021 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest.

Before that, he had won against Raphael Assuncao at UFC 250 on 6th June 2020 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had been beaten by Pedro Munhoz at UFC 235 on 2nd March 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

O'Malley has beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight, he beat Aljamain Sterling at UFC 292 on 19th August 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round in their UFC Bantamweight championship fight at TD Garden, Boston, United States.

Previous to that, he had beat Petr Yan at UFC 280 on 22nd October 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Going into that contest, he had beat Pedro Munhoz at UFC 276 on 2nd July 2022 by split decision in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Before that, he had defeated Raulian Paiva at UFC 269 on 11th December 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had won against Kris Moutinho at UFC 264 on 10th July 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Activity check

In terms of recent activity, Sean O’Malley has been fighting more than Cody Garbrandt.

Cody Garbrandt last fought 9 months and 3 days ago, while Sean O’Malley's last outing was 3 months and 18 days ago.

Garbrandt's last 5 fights have come over a period of 4 years, 9 months and 5 days, meaning he has been fighting on average every 11 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

O'Malley's last 5 fights have come over a period of 2 years, 4 months and 27 days, meaning he has been fighting on average every 5 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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