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UFC 306: Riyadh Season Noche UFC
VS
Sean O'Malley
Sean O'Malley
18-1 · USA
September 14, 2024 · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Bantamweight · 5 rounds · Main event
134.0lb
Weigh-in
135.0lb
Merab Dvalishvili def. Sean O'Malley by U-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Dvalishvili16/302/301:20
O'Malley14/280/000:00
R2
Dvalishvili18/381/103:12
O'Malley5/100/000:00
R3
Dvalishvili17/380/500:52
O'Malley11/210/000:00
R4
Dvalishvili21/321/103:37
O'Malley6/90/000:00
R5
Dvalishvili10/262/501:02
O'Malley11/210/000:00
Total
Dvalishvili82/1646/15010:03
O'Malley47/890/000:00

Scorecards

Dvalishvili vs O'Malley

RdChris LeeMichael BellSal D'AmatoCommunity
R110-910-910-99.9-9.1
R210-910-910-910-9
R39-1010-99-109.6-9.4
R410-910-910-910-9
R59-109-109-109.2-9.8
Total48-4749-4648-4748.7-46.3

Media (22 cards) · avg 48.846.1 · 22 Dvalishvili · 0 O'Malley

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Dvalishvili-O'Malley.

Pre-fight

The model's read going in

The walk-forward model's call at the time of the bout — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.

Prediction
DvalishviliWin probabilityO'Malley
54.3%45.7%
KO / TKO
28%
Submission
26%
Decision
46%
Expected fight time: 16.7 min
Retrospective pick: the walk-forward model's call at the time of the fight — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Dvalishvili, blue toward O'Malley. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Dvalishvili54%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO9%16%
Submission14%26%
Decision31%58%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes56 (2477)act 82
Takedowns2.3 (0.05.8)act 6
O'Malley46%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO19%42%
Submission12%26%
Decision15%32%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes72 (3198)act 47
Takedowns0.2 (0.00.4)act 0
Combined totals~129 sig strikes~2.5 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R119%
R214%
R311%
R46%
R54%
Distance46%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.7%
Dvalishvili
41.3%+140
O'Malley
-14057.9%
Most takedownstie 16.8%
Dvalishvili
78.9%-1848
O'Malley
+18484.3%
Significant strikes — over/under
Dvalishvili
Expected: 56.4
56.5
Over 56.5
39.7%
+152
Under 56.5
60.3%
-152
071142
O'Malley
Expected: 72.3
72.5
Over 72.5
39.6%
+152
Under 72.5
60.4%
-152
091181
Takedowns — over/under
Dvalishvili
Expected: 2.3
2.5
Over 2.5
45.0%
+122
Under 2.5
55.0%
-122
047
O'Malley
Expected: 0.2
0
Over 0
12.7%
Exactly 0
87.3%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035

Odds are model-implied (no real prop market is priced for these). The “most” prices are draw-no-bet — a tie (for takedowns, usually 0–0) is a push, so each side is priced off its chance of winning given a result, while the % shown is the raw chance of landing strictly more. Drag a line in half-point steps: a half line (e.g. 2.5) is a clean over/under, while a whole number adds a third outcome — landing exactly on it, a push — so over, exact and under sum to 100%. On a whole number the over/under odds are draw-no-bet (priced off the decisive mass, since the push refunds), so the two sides stay mirror images rather than implying an arbitrage.

Expected fight time 16.7 min. Predicted-output ranges are percentiles of the model’s simulated fights: sig strikes the middle 50% (25th–75th); takedowns the wider 10th–90th, since they’re 0 in most fights so a narrow band would collapse to 0. Win-by-method = win probability × that fighter’s own method split: the model forecasts how the fight ends, and that forecast is divided between the corners by each fighter’s finishing record — UFC wins in full, earlier-career wins at half weight, as of fight night — reconciled so the fighters’ totals still equal their win probabilities and the methods still total the fight-level forecast above. “Equity” is each of those over that fighter’s win % — how they win given that they win — so a column adds to 100%, and it differs by corner. A fighter with no classifiable wins at any level leans on the fight-level split. “How it ends” is the model’s round-of-finish split. “Mkt” is the de-vigged market prop (consensus across books), shown for context, not as a betting signal; rounds & totals slots fill as that data lands. Percentages are apportioned by largest remainder, so each set adds to its total exactly and an individual figure can sit a point off its own rounding.

Model vs market
Final
ModelMarketGapLine
To win
Dvalishvili54.3%52.2%+2.1-120
O'Malley45.7%47.8%−2.1+100

Market % is the de-vigged (no-vig) consensus across the books that price both fighters; the line is the average across books with the min–max range in parentheses. Gap is the model minus the market in points (+ = the model rates that outcome above the market). Thin or one-sided markets are flagged or left blank rather than shown as a fabricated %. Shown for context, not as a bet — the closing line is the sharpest public price and the model trails it on average. For 5-round bouts the model splits its round-3+ finish mass into rounds 3–5 by the historical within-bucket rate, so the over-3.5 / 4.5 lines carry a model estimate.

Trait web
71.8Striking84.7
O'Malley +12.9
68.2Grappling42.6
Dvalishvili +25.6
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
DvalishviliO'Malley
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1650
Pound-for-pound
1665
1628
Divisional
1664
1504
Striking offense
1545
1526
Striking defense
1525
1551
Grappling offense
1486
1504
Grappling defense
1524
Physical
33 yrs
Age
29 yrs
5'6"
Height
5'11"
68"
Reach
72"
Orthodox
Stance
Switch
Striking (UFC career)
4.50
Strikes landed / min
7.67
42%
Strike accuracy
62%
2.37
Strikes absorbed / min
3.43
57%
Strike defense
62%
Grappling (UFC career)
6.43
Takedowns / 15 min
0.36
37%
Takedown accuracy
43%
81%
Takedown defense
61%
0.3
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.4
Form & résumé
83%
UFC win rate
83%
+10
Win/loss streak
+3
100%
Last-5 win rate
80%
10%
Finish rate
60%
Recent opp. quality
210
Days since last fight
189
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Merab Dvalishvili
  • WHenry CejudoU-DEC R3
    Close -2977mo before
  • WPetr YanU-DEC R5
    Close +2101y 6mo before
  • WJose AldoU-DEC R3
    Close -1492y 1mo before
  • WMarlon MoraesKO/TKO R2
    Close -2793y before
  • WCody StamannU-DEC R3
    Close -2753y 4mo before
Sean O'Malley
  • WMarlon VeraU-DEC R5
    Close -2696mo before
  • WAljamain SterlingKO/TKO R2
    Close +2101y 1mo before
  • WPetr YanS-DEC R3
    Close +2211y 11mo before
  • WRaulian PaivaKO/TKO R1
    Close -3202y 9mo before
  • WKris MoutinhoKO/TKO R3
    Close -10063y 2mo before
Dvalishvili — win / loss by method
Record: 17-4-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
3 wins, 0 losses
W
18% of wins
L
0% of losses
Submission
1 win, 1 loss
W
6% of wins
L
25% of losses
Decision
13 wins, 3 losses
W
76% of wins
L
75% of losses
UFC
10win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
1 (10%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
0 (0%)Submission(50%) 1
9 (90%)Decision(50%) 1
Non-UFC
7win2loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (29%)KO/TKO(0%) 0
1 (14%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (57%)Decision(100%) 2
O'Malley — win / loss by method
Record: 18-1-0, 1 NC

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
12 wins, 1 loss
W
67% of wins
L
100% of losses
Submission
1 win, 0 losses
W
6% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
5 wins, 0 losses
W
28% of wins
L
0% of losses
UFC
10win1loss0draw1NC
WinsLosses
6 (60%)KO/TKO(100%) 1
0 (0%)Submission(0%) 0
4 (40%)Decision(0%) 0
Non-UFC
8win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
6 (75%)KO/TKO() 0
1 (13%)Submission() 0
1 (13%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Dvalishvili
O'Malley
12
UFC fights
12
184.4 min · 15.4 avg
Octagon time
125.7 min · 10.5 avg
12y 6m
Career length
11y 5m
UFC schedule strength

Opponents' records on fight night — toggle their full cross-promotional record vs UFC bouts only.

Dvalishvili
O'Malley
197W–55L · 78.2%
Overall
193W–58L · 76.9%
175W–49L · 78.1%
Wins
176W–52L · 77.2%
22W–6L · 78.6%
Losses
17W–6L · 73.9%
Non-UFC schedule strength
Dvalishvili
O'Malley
36W–11L · 76.6%
Overall
34W–22L · 60.7%
31W–10L · 75.6%
Wins
34W–22L · 60.7%
5W–1L · 83.3%
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Dvalishvili
O'Malley
5.64
Landed / min
8.45
33.3%
Accuracy
61.0%
61.9%
Defense
63.8%
0.08
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.72
48.1%
Time at distance
85.7%
Grappling & control
Dvalishvili
O'Malley
6.43
Takedowns / 15 min
0.36
36.7%
Takedown accuracy
42.9%
80.8%
Takedown defense
60.7%
0.33
Sub attempts / 15 min
0.36
86.7%
Control share
12.5%
Strike target map
Dvalishvili
  • Head64%(530)div 62%
  • Body18%(147)div 21%
  • Legs18%(152)div 17%
O'Malley
  • Head69%(668)div 62%
  • Body22%(208)div 21%
  • Legs9%(88)div 17%

Where each fighter lands significant strikes (career). “div” = the weight-class average.

Merab Dvalishvili
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.

Sean O'Malley
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.