Sean Strickland
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Championvolume striker

Sean Strickland

Record
18-7
Rating
2313 ± 132
Since last event
Holds the belt
Next fight
nothing booked
Age
35
Current streak
2 wins
Wins by
5 KO · 1 sub · 12 dec

Key facts

Record
18-7
Division
Middleweight
Our rank
#3 C
Rating
2313 ± 132
Style label
volume striker
Country
unknown
Height
73"
Reach
76"
Stance
Orthodox
Date of birth
1991-02-27

Rating history

Style profile

Percentile within the division · the dashed ring is average · outward is always better
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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.
MetricSean StricklandDivision
Strikes landed
/15 min		72.6 ± 21.7
99th percentile		49.2
Strike avoidance
absorbed /15 min		63.9 ± 9.6
5th percentile		53.6
Takedown attempts
/15 min		2.20 ± 1.71
1st percentile		4.06
Takedown defence
%		58 ± 7
66th percentile		53
Control time
s /15 min		172 ± 24
6th percentile		196
Striking defence
%		54 ± 4
99th percentile		50
Knockdowns
/15 min		0.70 ± 0.08
69th percentile		0.62
Submission attempts
/15 min		0.36 ± 0.34
1st percentile		0.73

Style-based strength score

Average predicted win probability against the current top 15 of this division: 54.4%. This never changes the ranking — it shows where the styles help or hurt.

Best matchups

Worst matchups

UFC fight history

W Khamzat Chimaev
UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland · 2026-05-09
 Decision - Split R5
W Anthony Hernandez
UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Hernandez · 2026-02-21
 KO/TKO R3
L Dricus Du Plessis
UFC 312: Du Plessis vs. Strickland 2 · 2025-02-08
 Decision - Unanimous R5
W Paulo Costa
UFC 302: Makhachev vs. Poirier · 2024-06-01
 Decision - Split R5
L Dricus Du Plessis
UFC 297: Strickland vs. Du Plessis · 2024-01-20
Decision check: dispute 1.00 (at the ceiling — our judging model scored it 93.88% for the official loser), decision credit 0.75 (official result unchanged)
 Decision - Split R5
W Israel Adesanya
UFC 293: Adesanya vs. Strickland · 2023-09-09
 Decision - Unanimous R5
W Abus Magomedov
UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Magomedov · 2023-07-01
 KO/TKO R2
W Nassourdine Imavov
UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Imavov · 2023-01-14
 Decision - Unanimous R5
L Jared Cannonier
UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Strickland · 2022-12-17
Decision check: dispute 0.96, decision credit 0.72 (official result unchanged)
 Decision - Split R5
L Alex Pereira
UFC 276: Adesanya vs. Cannonier · 2022-07-02
 KO/TKO R1
W Jack Hermansson
UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Strickland · 2022-02-05
 Decision - Split R5
W Uriah Hall
UFC Fight Night: Hall vs. Strickland · 2021-07-31
 Decision - Unanimous R5
W Krzysztof Jotko
UFC Fight Night: Reyes vs. Prochazka · 2021-05-01
 Decision - Unanimous R3
W Brendan Allen
UFC Fight Night: Felder vs. Dos Anjos · 2020-11-14
 KO/TKO R2
W Jack Marshman
UFC Fight Night: Hall vs. Silva · 2020-10-31
 Decision - Unanimous R3
W Nordine Taleb
UFC Fight Night: Oezdemir vs. Smith · 2018-10-27
 KO/TKO R2
L Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos
UFC 224: Nunes vs. Pennington · 2018-05-12
 KO/TKO R1
W Court McGee
UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Pettis · 2017-11-11
 Decision - Unanimous R3
L Kamaru Usman
UFC 210: Cormier vs. Johnson 2 · 2017-04-08
 Decision - Unanimous R3
W Tom Breese
UFC 199: Rockhold vs. Bisping 2 · 2016-06-04
 Decision - Split R3
W Alex Garcia
UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs Cowboy · 2016-02-21
 KO/TKO R3
W Igor Araujo
UFC Fight Night: Mir vs Duffee · 2015-07-15
 Decision - Unanimous R3
L Santiago Ponzinibbio
UFC Fight Night: Bigfoot vs Mir · 2015-02-22
 Decision - Unanimous R3
W Luke Barnatt
UFC Fight Night: Munoz vs Mousasi · 2014-05-31
 Decision - Split R3
W Robert McDaniel
UFC 171: Hendricks vs Lawler · 2014-03-15
 Submission R1