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 14th 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 10-3-0.

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 32 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 40 more professional rounds, 87 to O'Malley's 47.

Vera vs O’Malley form

O'Malley had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Merab Dvalishvili at UFC 316 on 7th June 2025 by submission in the 3rd round in their UFC Bantamweight championship fight at Prudential Center, Newark, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Merab Dvalishvili at UFC 306 on 14th September 2024 by unanimous decision in their UFC Bantamweight championship fight at The Sphere, Las Vegas.

Going into that 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.

Before 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.

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.

Activity check

O'Malley's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 8 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 18 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.6 rounds on average.

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