Sean O’Malley vs. Jose Quinonez – Preview & Matchup Analysis

UFC 248: Adesanya vs. Romero is scheduled to take place on Saturday, March 7, 2020, in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. In one of the matchups on the fight card, Sean “Sugar” O’Malley will take on Jose “Teco” Quinonez in the Bantamweight bout. You can view the full UFC 248 card.

In this post, we will break down Sean O’Malley vs. Jose Quinonez matchup. Let’s take look at the fighter’s ages, their height, records, reach, fight stats and more below ⤵

The 29-year-old, Sean O’Malley is coming in with a 10-0-0 record. O’Malley will be fighting for the first time since a win via unanimous decision against Andre Soukhamthath at UFC 222: Cyborg vs. Kunitskaya in March.

Quinonez, meanwhile, is coming off a unanimous decision win against Carlos Huachin on March 3, 2018 at UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Stephens and holds a 9-3-0 record.

Sean O’Malley has an switch fighting stance with a 72″ reach. The 33-year-old, Jose Quinonez is an fighter with a 69″ reach. An orthodox fighter stands with their left side forward and jabs with their left hand, the southpaw fighter is the opposite, southpaw stands with their right side forward and jabs with their right hand. In most cases, orthodox fighters are right-handed, if you are left-handed, then you fight southpaw.

O’Malley comes in with 56% striking accuracy, he typically lands about 6.75 significant strikes every minute. His opponent, Quinonez fires at 47% accuracy, landing about 3.49 significant strikes per minute. Sean O’Malley also has a 50% takedown accuracy and on average gets around 1.31 takedowns every 15 minutes, compared to Quinonez’s 2.64 takedowns and 50% takedown accuracy.

Jose spent on average 12:11 minutes in the Octagon and Sean has an average fight time of 11:25 minutes.

This looks like an exciting matchup, at least on paper. UFC 248 is live in , who do you think will win, Sean or Jose? Sound off in the comments.

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