O'Malley vs Almeida

Who won O’Malley vs Almeida?

Sean O’Malley beat Thomas Almeida by knockout in the 3rd round during the main card of UFC 260, on Saturday 27th March 2021 at UFC APEX in Las Vegas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

O’Malley vs Almeida stats

Sean O’Malley stepped into the octagon with a record of 12 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Thomas Almeida made his way to the cage with a record of 22 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 17 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

This was Sean O’Malley's 14th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2017.

Sean O’Malley's UFC record stood at 10-3-0, while Thomas Almeida's came in at 5-4-0.

The stats suggested Almeida had a slight advantage in power over O'Malley, with a 77% knock out percentage over O'Malley's 67%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Almeida had a slight advantage over O'Malley, with a 18% submission rate over O'Malley's 8%.

Sean O’Malley was the younger man by 3 years, at 30 years old.

O'Malley had a height advantage of 4 inches over Almeida. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

O'Malley was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 13 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2015, 3 years and 9 months later than Almeida, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 8 more professional rounds, 47 to Almeida's 39.

O’Malley vs Almeida form

O'Malley had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Merab Dvalishvili at UFC 316 on 7th June 2025 by submission in the 3rd round in their UFC Bantamweight championship fight at Prudential Center, Newark, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Merab Dvalishvili at UFC 306 on 14th September 2024 by unanimous decision in their UFC Bantamweight championship fight at The Sphere, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had won against Marlon Vera at UFC 299 on 9th March 2024 by unanimous decision in their UFC Bantamweight championship fight at Kaseya Center, Miami.

Before that, he had beaten Aljamain Sterling at UFC 292 on 19th August 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round in their UFC Bantamweight championship fight at TD Garden, Boston.

He had defeated Petr Yan at UFC 280 on 22nd October 2022 by split decision in their 3 round contest at Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Activity check

O'Malley's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 7 months and 17 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 18 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.6 rounds on average.

Almeida's last 2 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 4 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 years, 8 months and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.5 rounds on average.

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