Sean O'Malley
“Suga”
Sean O'Malley is ranked 9th of 439 bantamweights by the First Light Rating, and 2nd in the UFC’s own bantamweight rankings.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 1,9889th of 439 · Bantamweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- +0.86Fame ahead of skill
- Career phase
- PrimeCareer-best FLR 1,992, 14 Jun 2026
- Record
- 20–3Pro, 1 NC
Fame against skill.
Every fighter with an FLI, by skill and fame. Hover a dot for the fighter; click to open their page. The dashed curve is the fame their skill predicts: above it, a fighter is more famous than their skill; below it, better than their fame.
Skill and attention.
Attention is drawn at the skill level its fame matches: above the skill line, more famous than skilled. Shaded: where the most similar careers went next.
Recent fights.
| Date | Fight | FLR |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Jun 2026 | Won vs Aiemann ZahabiUFC White House - Freedom 250: Topuria vs. Gaethje · TKO (Punches), R2 | +24 |
| 24 Jan 2026 | Won vs Yadong SongUFC 324 - Gaethje vs. Pimblett · Decision (Unanimous), R3 | +14 |
| 7 Jun 2025 | Lost to Merab Dvalishvili TitleUFC 316 - Dvalishvili vs. O'Malley 2 · Submission (North-South Choke), R3 | −19 |
| 14 Sept 2024 | Lost to Merab Dvalishvili TitleUFC 306 - Noche UFC: O'Malley vs. Dvalishvili · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | −8 |
| 9 Mar 2024 | Won vs Marlon Vera TitleUFC 299 - O'Malley vs. Vera 2 · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | +23 |
| 19 Aug 2023 | Won vs Aljamain Sterling TitleUFC 292 - Sterling vs. O'Malley · TKO (Punches), R2 | +22 |
| 22 Oct 2022 | Won vs Petr YanUFC 280 - Oliveira vs. Makhachev · Decision (Split), R3 | +24 |
| 2 Jul 2022 | No contest vs Pedro MunhozUFC 276 - Adesanya vs. Cannonier · No Contest (Accidental Eye Poke), R2 | — |
| 11 Dec 2021 | Won vs Raulian PaivaUFC 269 - Oliveira vs. Poirier · TKO (Punches), R1 | +35 |
| 10 Jul 2021 | Won vs Kris MoutinhoUFC 264 - Poirier vs. McGregor 3 · TKO (Punches), R3 | +19 |
| 27 Mar 2021 | Won vs Thomas AlmeidaUFC 260 - Miocic vs. Ngannou 2 · KO (Punch), R3 | +34 |
| 15 Aug 2020 | Lost to Marlon VeraUFC 252 - Miocic vs. Cormier 3 · TKO (Elbows and Punches), R1 | −38 |
FLR is the First Light Rating points the fight earned or cost them.
How it is measured.
Data Credit: First Light Observatory.
How these numbers are made.
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