O'Malley vs Paiva

Who won O’Malley vs Paiva?

Sean O’Malley beat Raulian Paiva by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of UFC 269, on Saturday 11th December 2021 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

O’Malley vs Paiva stats

Sean O’Malley stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Raulian Paiva made his way to the cage with a record of 21 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.

Sean O’Malley's UFC record stood at 10-1-0, while Raulian Paiva's came in at 3-4-0.

The stats suggested O'Malley had a massive power advantage over Paiva, boasting a 71% knock out percentage over Paiva's 19%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Paiva had a slight advantage over O'Malley, with a 14% submission rate over O'Malley's 7%.

Sean O’Malley was the older man by 1 year, at 29 years old.

O'Malley had a height advantage of 3 inches over Paiva. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

O'Malley was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 9 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2015, 1 year and 5 months later than Paiva, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 26 less professional rounds, 39 to Paiva's 65.

O’Malley vs Paiva form

O'Malley had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Thomas Almeida at UFC 260 on 27th March 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Marlon Vera at UFC 252 on 15th August 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Eddie Wineland at UFC 250 on 6th June 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had defeated Andre Soukhamthath at UFC 222 on 3rd March 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

He was victorious against Terrion Ware at The Ultimate Fighter 26 Finale on 1st December 2017 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Park Theatre, Las Vegas.

Activity check

O'Malley's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 4 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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