Sean Strickland, official UFC athlete photograph

Sean Strickland

MiddleweightChampionP4P #7Active
Career record
31–7–0
wins–losses–draws
UFC record
18–7–0
as stored in the database
Wins by
12KO4SUB14DEC
knockout · submission · decision
Losses by
2KO0SUB5DEC
knockout · submission · decision

Bio & physicals

Date of birth
1991-02-27 · age 35
Height
6′ 1″ (73 in)
Reach
76 in
Leg reach
42 in
Stance
Orthodox
Country
United States
Hometown
United States
Gym / team
Millennia MMA, Rancho, CA
Octagon debut
2014-03-15

Striking & grappling

Strikes landed per minute
5.98
Striking accuracy
42%
Strikes absorbed per minute
4.53
Striking defence
60%
Takedown average
0.66
Takedown accuracy
62%
Takedown defence
68%
Submission average
0.10

Career averages as stored. A dash is a value the database does not hold; a zero is a recorded zero. Nothing on this page is computed from the bouts below.

Bout history

25 recorded · newest first
Every bout recorded for Sean Strickland, with opponent, result, method and event.
DateOpponentResultMethodWeight classEvent
2026-05-09Khamzat ChimaevtitleWinSplit Decision · R5 · 5:00MiddleweightUFC 328: Chimaev vs Strickland
2026-02-21Anthony HernandezWinTKO · R3 · 2:23MiddleweightUFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Hernandez
2025-02-08Dricus Du PlessistitleLossUnanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00MiddleweightUFC 312: Du Plessis vs. Strickland 2
2024-06-01Paulo CostaWinSplit Decision · R5 · 5:00MiddleweightUFC 302: Makhachev vs. Poirier
2024-01-20Dricus Du PlessistitleLossSplit Decision · R5 · 5:00MiddleweightUFC 297: Strickland vs. Du Plessis
2023-09-09Israel AdesanyatitleWinUnanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00MiddleweightUFC 293: Adesanya vs. Strickland
2023-07-01Abus MagomedovWinTKO · R2 · 4:20MiddleweightUFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Magomedov
2023-01-14Nassourdine ImavovWinUnanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00Light HeavyweightUFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Imavov
2022-12-17Jared CannonierLossSplit Decision · R5 · 5:00MiddleweightUFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Strickland
2022-07-02Alex PereiraLossTKO · R1 · 2:36MiddleweightUFC 276: Adesanya vs. Cannonier
2022-02-05Jack HermanssonWinSplit Decision · R5 · 5:00MiddleweightUFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Strickland
2021-07-31Uriah HallWinUnanimous Decision · R5 · 5:00MiddleweightUFC Fight Night: Hall vs. Strickland
2021-05-01Krzysztof JotkoWinUnanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00MiddleweightUFC Fight Night: Reyes vs. Prochazka
2020-11-14Brendan AllenWinTKO · R2 · 1:32CatchweightUFC Fight Night: Felder vs. Dos Anjos
2020-10-31Jack MarshmanWinUnanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00MiddleweightUFC Fight Night: Hall vs. Silva
2018-10-27Nordine TalebWinTKO · R2 · 3:10WelterweightUFC Fight Night: Oezdemir vs. Smith
2018-05-12Elizeu Zaleski dos SantosLossTKO · R1 · 3:40WelterweightUFC 224: Nunes vs. Pennington
2017-11-11Court McGeeWinUnanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00WelterweightUFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Pettis
2017-04-08Kamaru UsmanLossUnanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00WelterweightUFC 210: Cormier vs. Johnson 2
2016-06-04Tom BreeseWinSplit Decision · R3 · 5:00WelterweightUFC 199: Rockhold vs. Bisping 2
2016-02-21Alex GarciaWinTKO · R3 · 4:25WelterweightUFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs Cowboy
2015-07-15Igor AraujoWinUnanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00WelterweightUFC Fight Night: Mir vs Duffee
2015-02-22Santiago PonzinibbioLossUnanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00WelterweightUFC Fight Night: Bigfoot vs Mir
2014-05-31Luke BarnattWinSplit Decision · R3 · 5:00MiddleweightUFC Fight Night: Munoz vs Mousasi
2014-03-15Robert McDanielWinSubmission · R1 · 4:33MiddleweightUFC 171: Hendricks vs Lawler

Bouts are matched to this fighter on ID, never on name — 25 rows in the archive list Sean Strickland as one of the two fighters. The bout count here is a count of rows in this archive and will not always equal the career record above, which is a separate stored field. The database also holds an Elo rating for each fighter; it is a current rating that already contains the results below, so it is not published on this page.

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