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Sean O'Malley vs.
Jose Quinonez

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

12-3-0 (1 NC) Sean O'Malley · UFC
5-4-0 Jose Quinonez · UFC
Tale of the tape

The men, measured.

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

12-3-0 (1 NC)
UFC record
5-4-0
Bantamweight
Division (benchmark)
Bantamweight
31.8
AgeΔ 4.2 yrs
36
5'11"
HeightΔ 3"
5'8"
72"
ReachΔ 3"
69"
Switch
Stance
Southpaw
1.7
Layoff (months)Δ 66.3 mo
68
WWLLW
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLW
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.

Jose Quinonez hunts takedowns — 2.70 per 15 minutes, vs a 1.12 Bantamweight norm.
Jose Quinonez is a submission threat — 0.63 attempts per 15 minutes, vs a 0.28 Bantamweight norm.
Sean O'Malley carries real power — 0.55 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.30 Bantamweight norm.
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.

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

Jose Quinonez

Full career not yet synced for Jose Quinonez — tier grading appears once their record documentation lands (refreshes weekly).

In the UFC: 2-2 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.4 wins over .500

Striking

The stand-up battle.

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

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

11315.97/min · norm 3.52
Sig. strikes landed
3413.60/min · norm 3.52
6333.34/min · norm 3.58
Sig. strikes absorbed
2843.00/min · norm 3.58
60.3%norm 43.4%
Striking accuracy
45.5%norm 43.4%
59.8%norm 56.6%
Striking defense
64.0%norm 56.6%
70.55/15 · norm 0.30
Knockdowns
30.48/15 · norm 0.30

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

Sean O'Malley

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

Jose Quinonez

Distance 85.9% (norm 87.4%) · Clinch 4.7% (norm 5.7%) · Ground 9.5% (norm 6.5%)

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

Sean O'Malley

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

Jose Quinonez

Head 69.2% (norm 77.4%) · Body 14.7% (norm 12.8%) · Legs 16.1% (norm 8.4%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone O'Malley L/AAccBantamweight med Quinonez L/AAccBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1074 / 1805 59.5% 39.0% 271 / 644 42.1% 39.0%
In the clinch 20 / 25 80.0% 68.7% 20 / 35 57.1% 68.7%
On the ground 37 / 45 82.2% 70.2% 50 / 71 70.4% 70.2%
BY TARGET
To the head 759 / 1401 54.2% 34.9% 175 / 519 33.7% 34.9%
To the body 269 / 364 73.9% 66.8% 66 / 110 60.0% 66.8%
To the legs 103 / 110 93.6% 79.4% 100 / 121 82.6% 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 O'Malley L/AOpp accBantamweight med vs Quinonez L/AOpp accBantamweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 517 / 1402 36.9% 39.3% 237 / 707 33.5% 39.3%
In the clinch 33 / 57 57.9% 70.4% 27 / 47 57.4% 70.4%
On the ground 83 / 115 72.2% 72.4% 20 / 35 57.1% 72.4%
BY TARGET
To the head 301 / 1088 27.7% 34.9% 144 / 563 25.6% 34.9%
To the body 93 / 180 51.7% 66.0% 57 / 110 51.8% 66.0%
To the legs 239 / 306 78.1% 79.1% 83 / 116 71.6% 79.1%
Grappling

The ground war.

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

342.9% acc · 0.24/15 · norm 1.12
Takedowns landed
1747.2% acc · 2.70/15 · norm 1.12
3759.7% def · norm 66.7%
Takedowns stopped
642.9% def · norm 66.7%
2:031.1% of cage time · norm 17.4%
Control time
23:0624.4% of cage time · norm 17.4%
32:472:35 per 15 · norm 2:24
Time under control
3:450:35 per 15 · norm 2:24
30.24/15 · norm 0.28
Submission attempts
40.63/15 · norm 0.28

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

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