Bantamweight

Sean O'Malley

Suga

20-3

Age
31
Height
5'11"
Reach
6'0"
Stance
Switch
Camp
Red Hawk Academy
Out of
USA
Style
striker
Fight IQ
C · 60
Finish rate
5%
Win rate
87%

Career methods

KO/TKO
0
Sub
1
Dec
19

FightMetric

SLpM

5.98

SApM

2.51

Str Acc

61%

Str Def

56%

TD Avg

0.23

TD Acc

43%

TD Def

84%

Sub Avg

0.23

Tape read

Volume pressure striker

Fight IQ

60C

Thin sample — 0 loaded UFC rows, 23 career fights for Sean O'Malley. Reaction and agility are wider intervals.

IQ

C

Ground

D

Defense

B

Counter

C

Reaction

proxy

B

Agility

proxy

A

TD react

C

Chin

A

What they do well

  • Durability

    Gets through fire. Rarely finished by strikes; the later minutes are still theirs to win.

  • Punching agility

    Hands move. High clean output for the age band — combinations come in bursts, not long-arm pawing.

  • Timing & reaction

    Average-plus reactions. Gets touched, but rarely frozen in place when the shot or the shot-to-takedown comes.

Where they leak

  • Ground game

    Thin offensive ground game. Wins come standing; once taken down this fighter is hunting a stand-up, not a sweep chain.

  • Counter punching

    This is a first-strike, pressure profile more than a counter. Wins come from owning the center, not waiting.

Scouting report

Sean O'Malley “Suga” is a 31-year-old Switch bantamweight out of USA, camped at Red Hawk Academy. The tape read: volume pressure striker. Career mark 20-3-0 — 0 by KO/TKO, 1 by submission, 19 by decision. Fight IQ grades C (60).

What works. Durability is the standout at 85 (A). Gets through fire. Rarely finished by strikes; the later minutes are still theirs to win. Ground game D on 0.23 TD/15 and 0.23 sub attempts. Striking defense B at 56% / 2.51 SApM. Counter punching C; punching agility A (output × accuracy × age curve). Takedown reaction C on 84% TD defense. These are tape proxies — not lab reaction times — built from FightMetric rates, finish shares, and 0 loaded UFC rows.

Where it breaks. Ground game is the soft spot (25, D). Thin offensive ground game. Wins come standing; once taken down this fighter is hunting a stand-up, not a sweep chain. Opponents who force wrestling and keep the fight on the fence have historically been the ones who make this résumé leak. Losses lean decision more often than a highlight — the issue is usually control of minutes, not a glass jaw.

The book has no per-fight UFC rows for O'Malley yet. This scouting card is carried by career FightMetric rates and the win-method split — treat the reaction and agility marks as wider intervals.

Ground game

25 D

Thin offensive ground game. Wins come standing; once taken down this fighter is hunting a stand-up, not a sweep chain.

  • 0.23 takedowns / 15 at 43% accuracy
  • 0.23 submission attempts / 15 · 1 career sub wins

Striking defense

71 B

Serviceable pocket defense. Can be found, but rarely walks into the same shot twice.

  • 56% striking defense · 2.51 SApM
  • 0 KO/TKO losses in 3 defeats

Counter punching

54 C

This is a first-strike, pressure profile more than a counter. Wins come from owning the center, not waiting.

  • 61% accuracy on 5.98 SLpM
  • 0.93 knockdowns / 15 · 0 KO/TKO wins

Timing & reaction

74 B

Average-plus reactions. Gets touched, but rarely frozen in place when the shot or the shot-to-takedown comes.

  • Str def 56% · TD def 84% — the two read-and-react rates
  • 2.51 shots absorbed / min (lower = sees it earlier)

Punching agility

83 A

Hands move. High clean output for the age band — combinations come in bursts, not long-arm pawing.

  • 5.98 SLpM at 61% — output with cleanliness
  • Throws without paying full retail: 2.51 SApM

Takedown reaction

59 C

Hips arrive late. A committed wrestler will get them down; the question is what happens next.

  • 84% takedown defense — the live reaction to level changes
  • 1 submission losses (once the fight hits the mat)

Durability

85 A

Gets through fire. Rarely finished by strikes; the later minutes are still theirs to win.

  • 0 times finished by strikes in 3 losses
  • 19 decision wins — proof they last and still score

Fight history

DateOpponentResMethodRndSig
No UFC tape loaded for this fighter yet.