"Sugar" Sean O'Malley is a UFC Bantamweight Fighter with a professional MMA record of 14 wins and one loss. O'Malley has a professional boxing record of 1-0 and currently holds a brown belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
In Abu Dhabi, Sean O'Malley won his last fight with Petr Yan at UFC 280: Oliveira vs. Makhachev on October 21, 2022.
Sean O'Malley started his combat sports journey in boxing. He trained in boxing for 2-years and fought a boxing match in 2016 that he won via TKO in the first round.
O'Malley started training in MMA alongside his boxing. He made his amateur debut at Fight Force - Helena Havoc 11 against Stein Anderson. He won the fight via second-round TKO and then earned an amateur record of 7-1 before becoming professional.
Sean made his professional MMA debut in 2015 at ICF 17 against John Reyes. O'Malley outclassed Reyes as he TKO'ed him in the first round via punches. Sean continued his debut momentum and won his next 4-fights in the ICF. Following this, he fought and won a fight at Extreme Beatdown and Legacy Fighting Championship before fighting at Dana White's Contender Series.
Sean fought Alfred Khashakyan in the Contender Series and knocked him in the first round via a punch to the face. Following this KO, he got signed to the UFC.
Sean O'Malley made his UFC debut at the TUF 26 Finale against Terrion Ware. O'Malley won the fight and then won on a 3-fight win streak before fighting Marlon Vera at UFC 252.
O'Malley lost the fight against Marlon Vera in the first round via TKO(elbows and punches). After the fight, O'Malley got diagnosed with a drop foot.
Sean returned to the UFC at 260 against Thomas Almeida. O'Malley outclassed Almeida and finished him in the third round. He next fought Kris Moutinho at UFC 264 and put on a striking master class to defeat Mouthinho in the 3rd round via TKO.
Below is the professional MMA record of Sean O'Malley
Sean O'Malley has only lost to Marlon Vera at UFC 252 so far.
Sean O'Malley has had 10 fights in the UFC.
Sean O'Malley is currently the No.1 contender in the UFC bantamweight division.
*Last updated on January 8, 2022.
