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Pedro Munhoz vs.
Sean O'Malley

Two full careers, measured against each man's own division and against each other — the tape, the read, and every number behind them.

10-10-0 (2 NC) Pedro Munhoz · UFC
12-3-0 (1 NC) Sean O'Malley · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

Frame, age, layoff and recent form — green marks the edge on each line.

10-10-0 (2 NC)
UFC record
12-3-0 (1 NC)
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
39.9
AgeΔ 8.1 yrs
31.8
5'6"
HeightΔ 5"
5'11"
65"
ReachΔ 7"
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
21.1
Layoff (months)Δ 19.4 mo
1.7
LLLWNC
Last 5 (newest first)
WWLLW
The read

What the numbers say.

Scouting notes, auto-generated — only stats deviating more than 25% from the division median make this list. No narratives, just deviations.

Sean O'Malley carries real power — 0.55 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.30 Bantamweight norm.
Sean O'Malley rarely shoots — 0.24 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Pedro Munhoz absorbs 6.29 sig. strikes per minute, well above the 3.58 Bantamweight norm — hittable.
Level of competition

Who did they actually beat?

Full-career records re-graded by the tier of opposition — the same grading the Contender Series pick model uses. Records built on tier-4 competition are worth less than records built on killers.

Pedro Munhoz

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1010
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 40
Tier 3 — regional circuit 60

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.1 · 14 tier-1/2 wins · 13 finish wins over 32 documented bouts

In the UFC: 8-10 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.5 wins over .500

Sean O'Malley

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 133
Tier 2 — LFA / Cage Warriors (feeder belts) 10
Tier 3 — regional circuit 60

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.75 · 14 tier-1/2 wins · 14 finish wins over 24 documented bouts

In the UFC: 8-3 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +4.1 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

Career totals; norms are the medians of each man's own division.

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

13585.38/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
11315.97/min · norm 3.52
15876.29/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
6333.34/min · norm 3.58
41.9%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
60.3%norm 43.4%
56.0%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
59.8%norm 56.6%
70.42/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
70.55/15 · norm 0.30

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Pedro Munhoz

Distance 94.6% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 3.1% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 2.3% (norm 6.5%)

Sean O'Malley

Distance 96.3% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 1.3% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 2.4% (norm 6.5%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Pedro Munhoz

Head 70.5% (norm 77.4%) · Body 12.9% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 16.5% (norm 8.4%)

Sean O'Malley

Head 74.7% (norm 77.4%) · Body 19.4% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 5.9% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Munhoz L/AAccBantamweight med O'Malley L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1252 / 3065 40.8% 39.0% 1074 / 1805 59.5% 39.0%
In the clinch 57 / 99 57.6% 68.7% 20 / 25 80.0% 68.7%
On the ground 49 / 75 65.3% 70.2% 37 / 45 82.2% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 723 / 2284 31.7% 34.9% 759 / 1401 54.2% 34.9%
To the body 224 / 419 53.5% 66.8% 269 / 364 73.9% 66.8%
To the legs 411 / 536 76.7% 79.4% 103 / 110 93.6% 79.4%

Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Bantamweight: 117 fighters · Bantamweight: 117 fighters).

What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man

Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.

Zone vs Munhoz L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs O'Malley L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1543 / 3519 43.8% 39.3% 517 / 1402 36.9% 39.3%
In the clinch 27 / 60 45.0% 70.4% 33 / 57 57.9% 70.4%
On the ground 17 / 25 68.0% 72.4% 83 / 115 72.2% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 1142 / 2924 39.1% 34.9% 301 / 1088 27.7% 34.9%
To the body 248 / 435 57.0% 66.0% 93 / 180 51.7% 66.0%
To the legs 197 / 245 80.4% 79.1% 239 / 306 78.1% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

Takedowns, control and submissions — career totals with each man's per-minute rates against his division norm.

816.0% acc · 0.48/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
342.9% acc · 0.24/15 · norm 1.12
4782.5% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
3759.7% def · norm 66.7%
13:205.3% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
2:031.1% of cage time · norm 17.4%
5:160:18 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
32:472:35 per 15 · norm 2:24
80.48/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
30.24/15 · norm 0.28

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Munhoz has more cage time on record.

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