Sean Strickland
25 UFC Fights | 72% Win Rate | 6 Finishes (33%)
Sean Strickland UFC Record & Pro MMA Record
Sean Strickland is 18-7 in the UFC across 25 fights, with 5 wins by knockout, 1 by submission and 12 by decision. The full pro MMA record is 31-7, 13-0 of it outside the UFC. Strickland competes at middleweight as an orthodox volume striker, standing 6'1" with a 76" reach at 35 years old. The last bout was a win over Khamzat Chimaev by split decision in May 2026.
Best attribute: striking volume (significant strikes landed per minute) — 96th percentile among 238 middleweight fighters (6.0 sig. strikes/min).
Sean Strickland's UFC win rate is 72% (18 of 25 fights), and 33% of those wins came by finish. Strickland averages 0.8 takedowns per fight at 64% accuracy and stops 77% of opponents' takedown attempts.
- Pro MMA Record
- 31-7
- UFC Record
- 18-7
- Height
- 6'1"
- Reach
- 76"
- Age
- 35
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Last Fight
- W vs Khamzat Chimaev · Decision - Split · May 2026
Pro record from Sherdog (snapshot 2026-07-03) plus every UFC bout since; UFC record from UFCStats.
Sean Strickland's Last 5 Fights
Strickland is 3-2 in the last five UFC fights.
- Win vs Khamzat Chimaev · Decision - Split · R5 5:00 · UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland · May 2026
- Win vs Anthony Hernandez · KO/TKO · R3 2:23 · UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Hernandez · Feb 2026
- Loss vs Dricus Du Plessis · Decision · R5 5:00 · UFC 312: Du Plessis vs. Strickland 2 · Feb 2025
- Win vs Paulo Costa · Decision · R5 5:00 · UFC 302: Makhachev vs. Poirier · Jun 2024
- Loss vs Dricus Du Plessis · Decision · R5 5:00 · UFC 297: Strickland vs. Du Plessis · Jan 2024
Striking
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Round-by-Round Output
Sig. Strikes Landed per Round — Sean Strickland vs Average
Sean Strickland lands 23.8 strikes in R1 but 33.6 in R3+ — output increases in later rounds.
Sean Strickland's UFC Fight History
25 UFC fights on record (18-7), most recent first.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Rd · Time | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W★ | Khamzat Chimaev | Decision - Split | R5 · 5:00 | UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland | 2026-05-09 |
| W | Anthony Hernandez | KO/TKO | R3 · 2:23 | UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Hernandez | 2026-02-21 |
| L★ | Dricus Du Plessis | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC 312: Du Plessis vs. Strickland 2 | 2025-02-08 |
| W | Paulo Costa | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC 302: Makhachev vs. Poirier | 2024-06-01 |
| L★ | Dricus Du Plessis | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC 297: Strickland vs. Du Plessis | 2024-01-20 |
| W★ | Israel Adesanya | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC 293: Adesanya vs. Strickland | 2023-09-09 |
| W | Abus Magomedov | KO/TKO | R2 · 4:20 | UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Magomedov | 2023-07-01 |
| W | Nassourdine Imavov | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Imavov | 2023-01-14 |
| L | Jared Cannonier | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Strickland | 2022-12-17 |
| L | Alex Pereira | KO/TKO | R1 · 2:36 | UFC 276: Adesanya vs. Cannonier | 2022-07-02 |
| W | Jack Hermansson | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Strickland | 2022-02-05 |
| W | Uriah Hall | Decision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Hall vs. Strickland | 2021-07-31 |
| W | Krzysztof Jotko | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Reyes vs. Prochazka | 2021-05-01 |
| W | Brendan Allen | KO/TKO | R2 · 1:32 | UFC Fight Night: Felder vs. Dos Anjos | 2020-11-14 |
| W | Jack Marshman | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Hall vs. Silva | 2020-10-31 |
| W | Nordine Taleb | KO/TKO | R2 · 3:10 | UFC Fight Night: Oezdemir vs. Smith | 2018-10-27 |
| L | Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos | KO/TKO | R1 · 3:40 | UFC 224: Nunes vs. Pennington | 2018-05-12 |
| W | Court McGee | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Pettis | 2017-11-11 |
| L | Kamaru Usman | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 210: Cormier vs. Johnson 2 | 2017-04-08 |
| W | Tom Breese | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 199: Rockhold vs. Bisping 2 | 2016-06-04 |
| W | Alex Garcia | KO/TKO | R3 · 4:25 | UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs Cowboy | 2016-02-21 |
| W | Igor Araujo | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Mir vs Duffee | 2015-07-15 |
| L | Santiago Ponzinibbio | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Bigfoot vs Mir | 2015-02-22 |
| W | Luke Barnatt | Decision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Munoz vs Mousasi | 2014-05-31 |
| W | Robert McDaniel | Submission | R1 · 4:33 | UFC 171: Hendricks vs Lawler | 2014-03-15 |
How Strickland Ranks at Middleweight
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