Vera vs O'Malley

Who won Vera vs O’Malley?

Marlon Vera beat Sean O’Malley by knockout in the 1st round during the co-main event of UFC 252, on Saturday 15th August 2020 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).

Vera vs O’Malley stats

Marlon Vera stepped into the octagon with a record of 15 wins, 6 losses and 1 draw, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.

Sean O’Malley made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 12 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Marlon Vera's 24th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2014. Sean O’Malley marked his 13th fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2017.

Marlon Vera's UFC record stood at 15-9-0, while Sean O’Malley's came in at 10-2-0.

The stats suggested O'Malley had a massive power advantage over Vera, boasting a 67% knock out percentage over Vera's 33%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Vera had a massive advantage over O'Malley, boasting a 53% submission rate over O'Malley's 8%.

Marlon Vera was the older man by 2 years, at 31 years old.

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

Vera was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 10 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 3 years and 8 months earlier than O'Malley, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 43 more professional rounds, 87 to O'Malley's 44.

Vera vs O’Malley form

Vera had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Frankie Edgar at UFC 268 on 6th November 2021 by knockout in the 3rd round at Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Davey Grant at UFC Vegas 29 on 19th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Jose Aldo at UFC Vegas 17 on 19th December 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had defeated Sean O’Malley at UFC 252 on 15th August 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

He had been beaten by Yadong Song at UFC Fight Night Jacksonville on 16th May 2020 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville.

Activity check

Vera's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 4 months and 2 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 13 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

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