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.

This was Sean O’Malley's 14th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2017.

Sean O’Malley's UFC record stood at 10-3-0, 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 30 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 18 less professional rounds, 47 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 Marlon Vera 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 beaten 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.

Going into that contest, he had defeated 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.

Before that, his fight against Pedro Munhoz at UFC 276 on 2nd July 2022 ended in a no contest.

He was victorious against Raulian Paiva at UFC 269 on 11th December 2021 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, 6 months and 16 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 15 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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