13 things about UFC fighter Sean O’Malley from Phoenix, Arizona

Sean Daniel O’Malley is an American professional mixed martial artist born in Helena, Montana, United States. His grandmother is Irish.

O’Malley is fighting out of Phoenix, Arizona, USA. He is an advocate for marijuana legalization.

BIOGRAPHY

O’Malley is 5’11” tall and he competes in the bantamweight division. His fight name is Suga.

Currently, O’Malley is signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship, which is based in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. He is a brown belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Augusto “Tanquinho” Mende.
2. He used to be a vegan.
3. He wanted to be in the National Football League before he became a fighter.
4. He is 5 years younger than his head coach and best friend Tim Welch, who was born in Great Falls, Montana.
5. He holds a professional boxing record of 1 win and 0 loss and a professional MMA record of 18 wins, 3 losses and 1 No Contest.
6. In 2014, he joined The MMA Lab in Phoenix.
7. On March 6, 2015, he made his professional MMA debut.
8. On July 16, 2016, he made his professional boxing debut.
9. On March 3, 2018, he made his UFC debut.
10. On June 21, 2019, he announced his withdrawal from his “UFC 239” fight against Marlon Vera on July 6, 2019 in Paradise due to a failed test for ostarine, which led to his six-month suspension from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA).
11. In 2020, his wife Danya Gonzalez gave birth to their daughter.
12. On September 20, 2020, he placed third in the 155-pound advanced no-gi division of Grappling Industries Phoenix.
13. On October 24, 2024, he turned 30.

TIMELINE

From 2015 to 2025, O’Malley had 22 professional MMA opponents. Here are the results:

2015

• On March 6, 2015, he defeated Josh Reyes via technical knockout at “Intense Championship Fighting 17” in Great Falls.
• On July 3, 2015, he knocked out Shane Sargent at “Intense Championship Fighting 19” in Choteau, Montana.
• On August 21, 2015, he submitted Omar Avelar at “Intense Championship Fighting 20” in Great Falls.
• On November 7, 2015, he defeated Mark Coates via unanimous decision at “Intense Championship Fighting 23” in Helena.

2016

• On July 16, 2016, he defeated David Courtney via TKO at the Celebrity Theater in Phoenix.
• On October 21, 2016, he knocked out Tycen Lynn at “Intense Championship Fighting 26” in Great Falls.

2017

• On March 18, 2017, he knocked out Irvin Veloz at “EB: Beatdown 20” in New Town, North Dakota, USA.
• On May 5, 2017, he knocked out David Nuzzo in the Legacy Fighting Alliance event “LFA 11” in Phoenix.
• On July 18, 2017, he knocked out Alfred Khashakyan at “Dana White’s Contender Series 2” in Las Vegas.
• On December 1, 2017,he defeated Terrion Ware via unanimous decision at the finale of “The Ultimate Fighter: A New World Champion” in Las Vegas.

2018

• On March 3, 2018, he defeated Andre Soukhamthath via unanimous decision at “UFC 222” in Paradise, Nevada.

2020

• On March 7, 2020, he defeated José Alberto Quiñónez via TKO at “UFC 248” in Paradise.
• On June 6, 2020, he knocked out Eddie Wineland at “UFC 250” in Enterprise, Nevada.
• On August 16, 2020, he lost to Vera via TKO at “UFC 252” in Enterprise.

2021

• On March 27, 2021, he knocked out Thomas Almeida at “UFC 260” in Enterprise.
• On July 10, 2021, he defeated Kris Mountinho via TKO at “UFC 264” in Paradise.
• On December 11, 2021, he defeated Raulian Paiva via TKO at “UFC 269” in Paradise.

2022

• On July 2, 2022, his fight against Pedro Munhoz at “UFC 276” in Paradise ended in a No Contest due to accidental eye poke.
• On October 22, 2022, he defeated Petr Yan via split decision at “UFC 280” in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

2023

• On August 19, 2023, he became the UFC Bantamweight Champion by defeating defending champion Aljamain Sterling via TKO at “UFC 292” in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

2024

• On March 9, 2024, he successfully defended the UFC Bantamweight Championship title by defeating Vera via unanimous decision at “UFC 299” in Miami, Florida, USA.
• On September 14, 2024, he lost the UFC Bantamweight Championship title to Merab Dvalishvili via unanimous decision at “UFC 306” in Las Vegas.

2025

• On June 7, 2025, he was submitted by Dvalishvili at “UFC 306” in Newark, New Jersey, USA.