Sean Strickland Record, Stats & Next Fight

UFC fight history

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Event	Date
W	CKhamzat ChimaevTitle Middleweight	Decision	Split	R5	5:00	UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland	May 9, 2026
W	#4Anthony Hernandez Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head On Ground	R3	2:23	UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Hernandez	Feb 21, 2026
L	CDricus Du PlessisTitle Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC 312: Du Plessis vs. Strickland 2	Feb 8, 2025
W	#7Paulo Costa Middleweight	Decision	Split	R5	5:00	UFC 302: Makhachev vs. Poirier	Jun 1, 2024
L	#2Dricus Du PlessisTitle Middleweight	Decision	Split	R5	5:00	UFC 297: Strickland vs. Du Plessis	Jan 20, 2024
W	CIsrael AdesanyaTitle Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC 293: Adesanya vs. Strickland	Sep 9, 2023
W	Abus Magomedov Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head On Ground	R2	4:20	UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Magomedov	Jul 1, 2023
W	Nassourdine Imavov Light Heavyweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Imavov	Jan 14, 2023
L	#3Jared Cannonier Middleweight	Decision	Split	R5	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Strickland	Dec 17, 2022
L	Alex Pereira Middleweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R1	2:36	UFC 276: Adesanya vs. Cannonier	Jul 2, 2022
W	#6Jack Hermansson Middleweight	Decision	Split	R5	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Strickland	Feb 5, 2022
W	#8Uriah Hall Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Hall vs. Strickland	Jul 31, 2021
W	#15Krzysztof Jotko Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Reyes vs. Prochazka	May 1, 2021
W	Brendan Allen Catch Weight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head In Clinch	R2	1:32	UFC Fight Night: Felder vs. Dos Anjos	Nov 14, 2020
W	Jack Marshman Middleweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Hall vs. Silva	Oct 31, 2020
W	Nordine Taleb Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punch to Head On Ground	R2	3:10	UFC Fight Night: Oezdemir vs. Smith	Oct 27, 2018
L	Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos Welterweight	KO/TKO	Kick to Head At Distance Wheel Kick	R1	3:40	UFC 224: Nunes vs. Pennington	May 12, 2018
W	Court McGee Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Pettis	Nov 11, 2017
L	#11Kamaru Usman Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC 210: Cormier vs. Johnson 2	Apr 8, 2017
W	Tom Breese Welterweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC 199: Rockhold vs. Bisping 2	Jun 4, 2016
W	Alex Garcia Welterweight	KO/TKO	Punches to Head At Distance	R3	4:25	UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Cowboy	Feb 21, 2016
W	Igor Araujo Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Mir vs. Duffee	Jul 15, 2015
L	Santiago Ponzinibbio Welterweight	Decision	Unanimous	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Bigfoot vs. Mir	Feb 22, 2015
W	Luke Barnatt Middleweight	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Munoz vs. Mousasi	May 31, 2014
W	Robert McDaniel Middleweight	Submission	Rear Naked Choke	R1	4:33	UFC 171: Hendricks vs. Lawler	Mar 15, 2014

Outside the UFC

13-0across 13 bouts · 2 promotions · wins by 7 KO · 3 sub · 3 decKOTC · LBFN 7

Res	Opponent	Outcome	Finish	Rd	Time	Promotion	Date
W	Matt Lagler13-16-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	4:59	KOTC	Aug 29, 2013
W	Yusuke Sakashita12-5	Decision	Unanimous	R5	5:00	KOTC	Jul 5, 2013
W	Bill Albrecht23-16	KO/TKO	Punch	R1	2:41	KOTC	Feb 7, 2013
W	Josh Bryant15-4	Decision	Split	R3	5:00	KOTC	Dec 8, 2012
W	Brandon Hunt9-10	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:24	KOTC	Apr 26, 2012
W	Brandon Hunt9-10	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	3:48	KOTC	Dec 17, 2011
W	Brett Sbardella5-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:03	KOTC	Aug 6, 2011
W	Donavin Hawkey10-8	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	1:21	KOTC	Nov 25, 2010
W	Adriel Montes2-3	KO/TKO	Punches	R2	1:05	KOTC	Oct 2, 2010
W	George Interiano4-3	Decision	Unanimous	R3	3:00	LBFN 7	Jan 3, 2010
W	William Wheeler3-3	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R1	1:55	KOTC	Oct 3, 2009
W	Brandon Ellsworth1-1	KO/TKO	Punches	R1	1:28	KOTC	Mar 14, 2009
W	Tyler Pottett0-1	Submission	Rear-Naked Choke	R2	1:53	KOTC	Mar 22, 2008

Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) and Dana White’s Contender Series — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

Method of victory & defeat

KO / TKO

12 wins, 2 losses

W12

L2

Submission

4 wins, 0 losses

W4

L0

Decision

15 wins, 5 losses

W15

L5

Finishes

UFC KOs

5

Above avg · 15%Middleweight

Knockdowns / fight

0.28

Above avg · 0.24Middleweight

UFC submissions

1

Below avg · 8%Middleweight

Submission attempts / fight

0.16

Below avg · 0.39Middleweight

KO history

Knockout power and chin durability (UFC; clean KOs only).

Sean Strickland

PowerChin

Knockout rate

20%

5 KO/TKO wins

Knockdowns dealt

7

0.36 per 100 head

Clean KO losses

2

cuts / injury TKOs excluded

Knockdowns absorbed

3

0.39 per 100 head

Chin gauges use a league scale: green = clean record, red = bottom ~10% of UFC fighters (4+ KO losses · 6+ knockdowns absorbed).

Never submittedin the UFC

Decision behavior

Judging

15 scorecards on file

Sean Strickland

Scorecard luck

Cards have leaned their way

Won 5 of 6 coin-flip decisions — the kind of close calls that have tended to fall their way. Judges have given them 11 of 20 rounds they disagreed on (55%).

Coin-flip decisions

Split + majority

5–1

Won – Lost

Swing rounds

Judges disagreed

11–9

Won – Lost

55% went their way

Unanimous9 decisions · 60%

7W2L

Split6 decisions · 40%

5W1L

Majority

None

10-8 rounds

5 rounds total

3

Won

2

Lost

Most frequent judges

All judges →

Scorecard data ingested from MMA Decisions

Career striking

OverallB61st

42%2,430 / 5,717

Striking accuracy

60%

Striking defense

Sig. strikes / min+1.45 differential

Landed5.98

Absorbed4.53

64%str + td

Defensive rating

Striking edge

+2%accuracy vs opp. landing

worseevenbetter

Strike maps

Sig. strikes by target

Head81%98th1,963
Body14%74th343
Leg5%36th124

Color = division rank · green elite → red low · % = share of strikes

Sig. strikes by position

92%Standing

Standing92%2,239
Clinch3%78
Ground5%113

Striking zones

Per-15-minute breakdown — where this fighter lands, and where they get hit.

UFC only

Sean Strickland

Landed per 15

Head

A+

98th

72.4

98th

Body

A

76th

12.7

76th

Leg

D

35th

4.6

35th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Absorbed per 15

Head

C

55th

28.4

55th

Body

F

3rd

23.3

3rd

Leg

F

5th

16.3

5th

Ranks are division percentiles — e.g. 90th = top 10% of the weight class. Higher is always better: on “absorbed” rows the rank is inverted, so a high rank means they get hit less.

Career totals — landed / attempted

Landed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	72.4	1,963	5,036	39%
Body	12.7	343	523	66%
Leg	4.6	124	158	78%

Absorbed (career total)

Zone	Per 15	Landed	Attempted	Accuracy
Head	28.4	769	3,096	25%
Body	23.3	631	1,021	62%
Leg	16.3	442	564	78%

UFCStats career rates, per 15 minutes. Percentiles vs the division; absorbed is inverted so higher is better.

Grappling

Per-15-minute breakdown of takedowns, submissions, and ground control.

UFC only

Sean Strickland

62%

Takedown accuracy

69%

Takedown defense

Control / 15 min+0.3 min net

On top1.2

On bottom1.0

Offense

Takedowns

D

37th

0.7

37th

TD accuracy

A

81st

62%

81st

Sub attempts

D

40th

0.1

40th

Control

D

26th

1.2 min

26th

Defense

TD defense

B

63rd

69%

63rd

Controlled

1.0 min

Career totals — landed / attempted, control time

Offense

Takedowns	18 / 29
Submission attempts	4
Control time	33:52

Defense

TDs defended	53 / 77
Control absorbed	26:29

Rates above are per 15 minutes of UFC fight time (407min total). Value colors reflect the per-15 rate’s percentile against the current weight class baseline; raw totals without a division reference stay neutral.

Pace & fade

Round-by-round work rate, and whether they fade.

UFC only

Sean Strickland

25 UFC bouts (per‑round) · 407 min

131%

R3 pace · 19 bouts

Strickland builds (+11% per round through round 5). Within fights that reached round 3, Strickland lifts to 131% of round-1 output by round 3 (19 bouts).

Strickland ▲ BUILDSOutput / min

Rounds backed by fewer than 2 bouts are drawn smaller and dimmed with an n= count — a deep round seen in one or two fights is a thin sample, not a settled rate. Per-round bout counts are in the breakdown below.

Full per-round breakdown

What drives the pace · per round

The composite output line above blends these three inputs — splitting them out shows whether the work rate is built on striking volume, takedown pressure, or top control, and which input fades.

Sig. strikes landed

Stricklandlanded / min

Takedown attempts

Stricklandattempts / min

Control time

Strickland% of round

Round	Output / min	Sig landed / min	Sig absorbed / min	TD att / min	Control	Bouts
R1	5.4	4.7	4.0	0.08	9%	25
R2	6.4	5.9	4.2	0.06	10%	22
R3	6.7	6.0	4.4	0.11	8%	19
R4	7.5	7.3	5.3	0.02	3%	9
R5	8.6	8.1	6.1	0.04	8%	9

Output / minis the headline work rate — significant strikes landed, plus 3 per takedown attempt, plus one per 15 seconds of control — so a takedown-and-grind round isn’t scored as idle the way bare striking volume would. The remaining columns are its components. Per-round rates use UFCStats per-round data (available for ~95% of bouts since 2008). Each round’s rates are averaged only over bouts that reached that round, so the bout count shrinks as rounds deepen. The final round of a finished fight is pro-rated by its actual length.

Schedule Score

Opponent quality, ranked across the UFC. Recent fights weighted heavier.

UFC only

Sean Strickland

25 resolved UFC bouts · 11 ranked at the time

Schedule Score

73/ 100

0255075100

Schedule strength

A+

94th

73%

94th

Win quality

A+

89th

58%

89th

Opponent quality distribution

Every UFC bout, grouped by who the opponent was at the time.

6

4

5

2

3

2

ChampionHeld the title in this weight class at the time
Top-5Ranked #1–#5 at the time
Top-15Ranked #6–#15 at the time
Cross-div rankedRanked #1–#15 in another division at the time
Established5+ UFC wins entering the bout, ≥.500
Building3+ UFC fights, ≥.40 win rate
UnprovenFewer than 3 fights, or sub-.40 win rate

Tier	Bouts	Record	Win rate
Champion	6	2-4	33%
Top-5	4	3-1	75%
Top-15	5	3-2	60%
Cross-div ranked	2	2-0	100%
Established	3	3-0	100%
Building	3	3-0	100%
Unproven	2	2-0	100%

Highest-quality opponents

Toughest opponents on the scheduleScore, scored at the time of the fight.

All bouts — opponent quality bout-by-bout

Res	Opponent	Tier	Score	Date
W	Khamzat ChimaevCHAMP	Champion	100	May 9, 2026
W	Anthony Hernandez#4	Top-5	81	Feb 21, 2026
L	Dricus Du PlessisCHAMP	Champion	100	Feb 8, 2025
W	Paulo Costa#7	Top-5	82	Jun 1, 2024
L	Dricus Du Plessis#2	Champion	96	Jan 20, 2024
W	Israel AdesanyaCHAMP	Champion	100	Sep 9, 2023
W	Abus Magomedov	Top-15	43	Jul 1, 2023
W	Nassourdine Imavov	Cross-div ranked	45	Jan 14, 2023
L	Jared Cannonier#3	Top-5	86	Dec 17, 2022
L	Alex Pereira	Champion	68	Jul 2, 2022
W	Jack Hermansson#6	Top-5	79	Feb 5, 2022
W	Uriah Hall#8	Top-15	72	Jul 31, 2021
W	Krzysztof Jotko#15	Top-15	67	May 1, 2021
W	Brendan Allen	Cross-div ranked	36	Nov 14, 2020
W	Jack Marshman	Unproven	12	Oct 31, 2020
W	Nordine Taleb	Established	30	Oct 27, 2018
L	Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos	Top-15	45	May 12, 2018
W	Court McGee	Building	22	Nov 11, 2017
L	Kamaru Usman#11	Champion	88	Apr 8, 2017
W	Tom Breese	Established	26	Jun 4, 2016
W	Alex Garcia	Established	26	Feb 21, 2016
W	Igor Araujo	Building	18	Jul 15, 2015
L	Santiago Ponzinibbio	Top-15	51	Feb 22, 2015
W	Luke Barnatt	Building	18	May 31, 2014
W	Robert McDaniel	Unproven	8	Mar 15, 2014

Per-bout quality scoring: champion = 100; same-division ranks 1–5 = 90 → 78 linear; ranks 6–15 = 75 → 60 linear; cross-division champion = 78; cross-division ranked = 45; title-fight challenger (no rank signal) = 50, bumped to 65 when opp had an elite career UFC record at the time. Unranked opponents are scored on UFC record-at-time (long-tenured vet 60, contender-level 45, established 30, building 18, unproven 8). P4P top-10 at time adds +5; top-3 adds +8 (capped at 100). The Schedule Score combines schedule strength (65%) and quality wins (35%), then is held toward a rookie baseline for fighters with limited UFC experience so a thin résumé reads honestly low.

Career cohorts

25 resolved UFC bouts

Performance broken down by situation — camp length, response to the previous result, title-fight presence, and rematches. Computed across every completed UFC bout.

Camp length

Days between fights

Short turnaround

< 100 days

6-0

6 bouts

Typical camp

100–180 days

6-3

9 bouts

Long layoff

> 180 days

5-4

9 bouts

UFC debut

first UFC bout

1-0

1 bout

Post-result bounce

Performance based on the previous UFC result

After a loss

next bout after a defeat

6-1

7 bouts

After a win

next bout after a win

11-6

17 bouts

First UFC bout

no precedent

1-0

1 bout

Title fights

Performance with a belt on the line

All title fights

as challenger or champion

2-2

4 bouts

As champion

defending the belt

0-1

1 bout

As challenger

fighting for the belt

2-1

3 bouts

Rematches

Performance when meeting an opponent again

All rematches

any second meeting

0-1

1 bout

Revenge bouts

lost the first meeting

0-1

1 bout

Encore bouts

won the first meeting

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Activity & layoff

Last fight, activity, and divisional context.

Time since last UFC bout

2 months

Active

0–6 mo

Normal

6–12 mo

Layoff

12–18 mo

Extended

18+ mo

Sean Strickland

Active

2 monthssince last bout

vs Khamzat Chimaev · May 9, 2026

DraftKings fantasy scoring

DFSAs favorite 10-3As underdog 8-4

79.4

DK avg

92.0

Median

108.4

Ceiling

51.2

Floor

56%

Boom

12%

Bust

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