Dricus Du Plessis vs Sean Strickland

UFC 312: Du Plessis vs. Strickland 2 /8 Feb 2025 · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia /Middleweight

Dricus Du Plessis #2 · power puncher 2321 ± 140

Title fight

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Sean Strickland #3 C · volume striker 2313 ± 132

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Tale of the tape

	Dricus Du Plessis	Sean Strickland
Record	8-0	16-6
Last fight	won vs Israel Adesanya (Submission, 2024-08-17)	won vs Paulo Costa (Decision - Split, 2024-06-01)
Country	unknown	unknown
Height	73"	73"
Reach	76"	76"
Age	31.1	33.9
Stance	Switch	Orthodox
Weight class	Middleweight	Middleweight
Our rank	#2	#3 C
Style label	power puncher	volume striker

Style profile

Percentile within the division · the dashed ring is average · outward is always better

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Tale of the tape

Division percentile. The hover carries the raw numbers.

Dricus Du Plessis Sean Strickland

The numbers behind it

Rates are per 15 minutes of fight time, adjusted for the quality of what the opponent usually allows. Defence and accuracy figures are percentages. A wider ± means fewer rounds of evidence, and on the chart it is the whisker along that axis.

Metric	Dricus Du Plessis	Division	Sean Strickland	Division
Strikes landed /15 min	59.4 ± 13.4 94th percentile	49.2	72.6 ± 21.7 99th percentile	49.2
Strike avoidance absorbed /15 min	57.0 ± 5.4 21st percentile	53.6	63.9 ± 9.6 5th percentile	53.6
Takedown attempts /15 min	3.81 ± 0.52 42nd percentile	4.06	2.20 ± 1.71 1st percentile	4.06
Takedown defence %	58 ± 10 74th percentile	53	58 ± 7 66th percentile	53
Control time s /15 min	197 ± 10 49th percentile	196	172 ± 24 6th percentile	196
Striking defence %	50 ± 2 32nd percentile	50	54 ± 4 99th percentile	50
Knockdowns /15 min	0.70 ± 0.12 71st percentile	0.62	0.70 ± 0.08 69th percentile	0.62
Submission attempts /15 min	0.63 ± 0.17 41st percentile	0.73	0.36 ± 0.34 1st percentile	0.73

Metric	Dricus Du Plessis	Division	Sean Strickland	Division
Strikes landed /15 min	65.5 ± 5.8 76th percentile	62.8	76.4 ± 14.4 97th percentile	62.8
Strike avoidance absorbed /15 min	65.1 ± 5.6 55th percentile	67.0	70.8 ± 4.4 13th percentile	67.0
Takedown attempts /15 min	3.62 ± 0.86 34th percentile	4.08	2.25 ± 1.91 3rd percentile	4.08
Takedown defence %	72 ± 7 78th percentile	71	67 ± 8 9th percentile	71
Control time s /15 min	189 ± 15 24th percentile	198	167 ± 34 8th percentile	198
Striking defence %	50 ± 3 13th percentile	51	53 ± 3 92nd percentile	51
Knockdowns /15 min	1.17 ± 0.04 24th percentile	1.19	1.18 ± 0.03 45th percentile	1.19
Submission attempts /15 min	0.22 ± 0.16 92nd percentile	0.13	0.07 ± 0.07 3rd percentile	0.13

Metric	Dricus Du Plessis	Division	Sean Strickland	Division
Strikes landed /15 min	59.2 ± 2.2 44th percentile	59.3	67.8 ± 25.2 97th percentile	59.3
Strike avoidance absorbed /15 min	69.8 ± 3.6 38th percentile	69.4	73.6 ± 12.4 3rd percentile	69.4
Takedown attempts /15 min	5.43 ± 1.02 44th percentile	5.66	4.35 ± 3.87 3rd percentile	5.66
Takedown defence %	70 ± 6 61st percentile	69	68 ± 8 25th percentile	69
Control time s /15 min	220 ± 23 26th percentile	226	201 ± 74 3rd percentile	226
Striking defence %	50 ± 2 15th percentile	51	52 ± 4 97th percentile	51
Knockdowns /15 min	0.33 ± 0.08 15th percentile	0.35	0.33 ± 0.07 9th percentile	0.35
Submission attempts /15 min	0.31 ± 0.35 91st percentile	0.22	0.17 ± 0.17 3rd percentile	0.22

Rating over time

After the fight

Dricus Du Plessis by Decision - Unanimous , round 5 at 5:00

Judges' cards

Ben Cartlidge	49	46
Clemens Werner	50	45
Sal D'amato	50	45