Sean O'Malley vs Thomas Almeida 3/27/21 - UFC 260 Picks & Predictions
Heading into the fight here O’Malley comes in standing at 5’11” and 135 pounds. When it comes to the reach Sean has an advantage in the reach as well at 72 inches. The overall record for Sean O’Malley is sitting at 12-1-0.
O’Malley comes here as a switch style fighter. Sean is also seen mainly as a striker in his fighting style. The last 5 bouts for O’Malley have come in at a 4-1 mark. The loss was the last fight in August of last year by a KO/TKO. The wins came with 2 KO/TKO and the other 2 wins were by a unanimous decision win.
Thomas Almeida comes here giving up almost all advantages standing at only 5’7” and 135 pounds. The reach for Almeida is coming in at 70 inches as well. The overall record for Thoms is sitting at 22-4 so far.
Coming to the fight here Thomas Almeida is coming in with a Southpaw stance. The fighting style for Almeida is coming in as a striker. Almeida has been horrible in his last 5 bouts going 1-4. The win was a KO/TKO, but the losses have been with 2 TKO/KO losses and 2 unanimous decision losses.
With the fight here O’Malley has been able to fight quite a bit better than what have been expected. Sean is throwing 6.35 strikes per minute and landing 57.75% of them accurate. Thomas is coming in throwing only 5.39 strikes per minute with only 44.13% of the blows being accurate. Not to mention O’Malley tends to do better on the takedowns as well which will help Sean bring home the win here. UFC 260 Winner Prediction, Sean O’Malley.
