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.

Marlon Vera's UFC record stood at 15-8-0, while Sean O’Malley's came in at 10-1-0.

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 45 more professional rounds, 84 to O'Malley's 39.

Vera vs O’Malley form

Vera had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Sean O’Malley at UFC 299 on 9th March 2024 by unanimous decision in their UFC Bantamweight championship fight at Kaseya Center, Miami, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Pedro Munhoz at UFC 292 on 19th August 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at TD Garden, Boston.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Cory Sandhagen at UFC Fight Night San Antonio on 25th March 2023 by split decision in their 5 round contest at AT&T Center, San Antonio.

Before that, he had beaten Dominick Cruz at UFC Fight Night: Vera vs. Cruz on 13th August 2022 by knockout in the 4th round at Pechanga Arena, San Diego.

He had defeated Rob Font at UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Vera on 30th April 2022 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

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

In his last fight before this contest, he was victorious 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 been defeated by 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 won against Eddie Wineland at UFC 250 on 6th June 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at UFC APEX, Las Vegas.

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

He had defeated 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

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Marlon Vera had been fighting more than Sean O’Malley.

Going to this contest, Marlon Vera had last fought 1 month and 15 days ago, while Sean O’Malley's last outing had been 3 years and 28 days ago.

Vera's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 11 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 4 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 22 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4.4 rounds on average.

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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