Yan vs O'Malley

Who won Yan vs O’Malley?

Sean O’Malley beat Petr Yan by split decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC 280, on Saturday 22nd October 2022 at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi.

The scorecards were announced as 29-28, 29-28, 29-28 in favor of the winner Sean O’Malley.

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).

Yan vs O’Malley stats

Petr Yan stepped into the octagon with a record of 16 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Sean O’Malley made his way to the cage with a record of 15 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 11 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

Petr Yan's UFC record stood at 9-4-0, while Sean O’Malley's came in at 10-1-0.

The stats suggested O'Malley had a large advantage in power over Yan, boasting a 73% knock out percentage over Yan's 44%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested O'Malley had a slight advantage over Yan, with a 7% submission rate over Yan's 6%.

Petr Yan was the older man by 2 years, at 31 years old.

O'Malley had a height advantage of 4 inches over Yan. That also extended to a 5-inch reach advantage.

Yan was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 3 more fights, and made his debut in 2013, 1 year and 11 months earlier than O'Malley, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 33 more professional rounds, 72 to O'Malley's 39.

Yan vs O’Malley form

Sean O’Malley had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he Pedro Munhoz at UFC 276 on 2nd July 2022 by in the 2nd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

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

Going into that contest, he had beaten Kris Moutinho at UFC 264 on 10th July 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had defeated Thomas Almeida at UFC 260 on 27th March 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

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

Activity check

O'Malley's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 8 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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