Sean O'Malley vs Marlon Vera 8/15/20 - UFC 252 Picks & Predictions
The match here is going to see Sean O’Malley coming into the fight standing at 5’11” and 135 pounds. He does have a reach that is sitting at 72 inches so far. Sean is coming into the fight here with a 12-0 record in his career.
When it comes to the stance that is used O’Malley tends to be seen more of a switch fighter. O’Malley is coming into the fight as a striker and is one fighter that has not lost any fights in his last 5 bouts. He has won 3 of them by a first round TKO/KO end. The other 2 wins that O’Malley had was by a unanimous decision.
Marlon Vera is coming to the fight giving up some height as he stands at 5’8” and has a weight that is standing at 135 pounds. He has ended up with a career record of 15-6-1.
When is comes to this fight here Vera is coming in using a switch stance, but he tends to rely quite heavily on the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in the fights. In this last 5 bouts Vera has posted a 4-1 record. The wins have ended up being split at 2 with TKO/KO and 2 for submission wins. The loss, which was his last fight was a unanimous decision.
With the fight here it will be very hard to go against O’Malley. He has not been beaten yet, but also is good at the takedowns and has thrown a ton of strikes. O’Malley is coming into the fight throwing 6.86 strikes a minute with 58.22% of them landing successfully. For his part Vera has ended up throwing only 3.70 strikes a minute and landing 48.7% of the blows, which definitely tips this in favor of O’Malley. UFC 252 Fight Winner Prediction, Sean O’Malley.
