Eddie Wineland vs. Sean O’Malley – Preview & Matchup Analysis

UFC 250: Nunes vs. Spencer is scheduled to take place on Saturday, June 6, 2020, in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. In one of the matchups on the fight card, Eddie Wineland will take on Sean “Sugar” O’Malley in the Bantamweight Bout. You can view the full UFC 250 card.

In this post, we will break down Eddie Wineland vs. Sean O’Malley matchup. Let’s take look at the fighter’s ages, their height, records, reach, fight stats and more below ⤵

The 40-year-old, Eddie Wineland is coming in with a 24-13-1 record. Wineland will be fighting for the first time since a win via KO/TKO against Grigorii Popov at UFC 238: Cejudo vs. Moraes in June.

O’Malley, meanwhile, is coming off a KO/TKO win against Jose Quinonez on June 8, 2019 at UFC 248: Adesanya vs. Romero and holds a 11-0-0 record.

Eddie Wineland has an orthodox fighting stance with a 69″ reach. The 30-year-old, Sean O’Malley is an switch fighter with a 72″ reach. An orthodox fighter stands with their left side forward and jabs with their left hand, the southpaw fighter is the opposite, southpaw stands with their right side forward and jabs with their right hand. In most cases, orthodox fighters are right-handed, if you are left-handed, then you fight southpaw.

Wineland comes in with 29% striking accuracy, he typically lands about 3.41 significant strikes every minute. His opponent, O’Malley fires at 57% accuracy, landing about 6.87 significant strikes per minute. Eddie Wineland also has a 28% takedown accuracy and on average gets around 0.28 takedowns every 15 minutes, compared to O’Malley’s 1.24 takedowns and 61% takedown accuracy.

Sean spent on average 9:04 minutes in the Octagon and Eddie has an average fight time of 10:42 minutes.

This looks like an fun matchup, at least on paper. UFC 250 is live in , who do you think will win, Eddie or Sean? Sound off in the comments.

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