Sean O’Malley vs. Marlon Vera – Preview & Matchup Analysis

UFC 252: Stipe vs. Cormier 3 is scheduled to take place on Saturday, August 15, 2020, in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. In one of the matchups on the fight card, Sean “Sugar” O’Malley will take on Marlon “Chito” Vera in the Bantamweight Bout. You can view the full UFC 252 card.

In this post, we will break down Sean O’Malley vs. Marlon Vera 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 12-0-0 record. O’Malley will be fighting for the first time since a win via KO/TKO against Eddie Wineland at UFC 250: Nunes vs. Spencer in June.

Vera, meanwhile, is coming off a unanimous decision loss against Song Yadong on June 6, 2020 at UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Harris and holds a 15-6-1 record.

Sean O’Malley has an switch fighting stance with a 72″ reach. The 31-year-old, Marlon Vera is an switch fighter with a 70″ 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.

Sean O’Malley:
→ O’Malley’s striking accuracy is 58%.
→ O’Malley lands 6.86 significant strikes per minute.
→ O’Malley’s takedown accuracy is 50%.
→ O’Malley’s takedown average is 1.18 per 15 minutes.
→ O’Malley’s takedown defense is 61%.

O’Malley comes in with 58% striking accuracy, typically landing about 6.86 significant strikes every minute. On the other side, Vera fires at 48% accuracy, landing about 3.70 significant strikes per minute. Sean O’Malley also has a 50% takedown accuracy and on average gets around 1.18 takedowns every 15 minutes, compared to Vera’s 0.88 takedowns and 69% takedown accuracy.

Marlon Vera:
→ Vera’s striking accuracy is 48%.
→ Vera lands 3.70 significant strikes per minute.
→ Vera’s takedown accuracy is 42%.
→ Vera’s takedown average is 0.88 per 15 minutes.
→ Vera’s takedown defense is 69%.

Marlon spent on average 10:55 minutes in the Octagon and Sean has an average fight time of 7:38 minutes.

This looks like an fun matchup, at least on paper. UFC 252 is live in , who do you think will win, Sean or Marlon? Sound off in the comments.

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