Who won O’Malley vs Soukhamthath?
Sean O’Malley beat Andre Soukhamthath by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of UFC 222, on Saturday 3rd March 2018 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
The scorecards were announced 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).
O’Malley vs Soukhamthath stats
Sean O’Malley stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 9 wins, zero losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.
Andre Soukhamthath made his way to the cage with a record of 12 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by knock out and 3 by submission.
This was Sean O’Malley's 13th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2017.
Sean O’Malley's UFC record stood at 10-2-0, while Andre Soukhamthath's came in at 2-5-0.
The stats suggested that O'Malley and Soukhamthath have similar power, both with a 67% knock out percentage.
If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Soukhamthath had an advantage over O'Malley, with a 25% submission rate over O'Malley's 11%.
Sean O’Malley was the younger man by 6 years, at 30 years old.
O'Malley had a height advantage of 2 inches over Soukhamthath. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.
O'Malley was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 8 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2015, 3 years and 5 months later than Soukhamthath, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 11 less professional rounds, 44 to Soukhamthath's 55.
Activity check
In terms of activity leading into the fight, Andre Soukhamthath had been fighting more than Sean O’Malley.
Going to this contest, Sean O’Malley had last fought 7 years, 1 month and 15 days ago, while Andre Soukhamthath's last outing had been 7 years, 5 months and 11 days ago.
What were the odds on O’Malley vs Soukhamthath?
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