All fightersSean Strickland
Middleweight31-7RECORD
12KO / TKO WINS
4SUBMISSION WINS
15DECISION WINS
Profile
| Full name | Not added yet |
|---|---|
| Nickname | Not added yet |
| Date of birth | 27 Feb 1991 |
| Nationality | American |
| Birthplace | Anaheim, California, U.S. |
| Lives in | Not added yet |
| Division | Middleweight |
| Team | Millennia MMA Gym, RVCA Training Center, Syndicate MMA, Xtreme Couture |
| Height | 185 cm (6′1″) |
| Reach | 193 cm (76″) |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Weight | 83.9 kg (185 lb) |
| Status | Not added yet |
| Pro debut | 22 Mar 2008 |
| UFC debut | 15 Mar 2014 |
| Last fight | 9 May 2026 |
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Fight history
38 professional fights on file (25 in the UFC). Newest first.
| Result | Opponent | Method | Round | Time | Event | Date | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | Khamzat Chimaev | Decision (split) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland | 9 May 2026 | Newark, New Jersey, USA |
| Bout UFC Middleweight Title BoutReferee Herb DeanScheduled 5 roundsScorecards Sue Sanidad 47-48, Eric Colon 48-47, Sal D'amato 48-47 | |||||||
| Win | Anthony Hernandez | KO/TKO (punches) | 3 | 2:23 | UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Hernandez | 21 Feb 2026 | Houston, Texas, USA |
| Bout Middleweight BoutReferee Herb DeanScheduled 5 rounds | |||||||
| Loss | Dricus du Plessis | Decision (unanimous) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 312: Du Plessis vs. Strickland 2 | 8 Feb 2025 | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Bout UFC Middleweight Title BoutReferee Marc GoddardScheduled 5 roundsScorecards Ben Cartlidge 46-49, Sal D'amato 45-50, Clemens Werner 45-50 | |||||||
| Win | Paulo Costa | Decision (split) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 302: Makhachev vs. Poirier | 1 Jun 2024 | Newark, New Jersey, USA |
| Bout Middleweight BoutReferee Jason HerzogScheduled 5 roundsScorecards Dave Tirelli 46-49, Chris Lee 50-45, Sal D'amato 49-46 | |||||||
| Loss | Dricus du Plessis | Decision (split) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 297: Strickland vs. Du Plessis | 20 Jan 2024 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Bout UFC Middleweight Title BoutReferee Marc GoddardScheduled 5 roundsScorecards Sal D'amato 48-47, Derek Cleary 47-48, Eric Colon 47-48 | |||||||
| Win | Israel Adesanya | Decision (unanimous) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 293: Adesanya vs. Strickland | 9 Sep 2023 | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Bout UFC Middleweight Title BoutReferee Marc GoddardScheduled 5 roundsScorecards Eric Colon 49-46, David Lethaby 49-46, Clemens Werner 49-46 | |||||||
| Win | Abusupiyan Magomedov | KO/TKO (punches) | 2 | 4:20 | UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Magomedov | 1 Jul 2023 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| Bout Middleweight BoutReferee Mark SmithScheduled 5 rounds | |||||||
| Win | Nassourdine Imavov | Decision (unanimous) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Imavov | 14 Jan 2023 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| Bout Light Heavyweight BoutReferee Mark SmithScheduled 5 roundsScorecards Derek Cleary 49-46, Sal D'amato 49-46, Mike Bell 48-47 | |||||||
| Loss | Jared Cannonier | Decision (split) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Strickland | 17 Dec 2022 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| Bout Middleweight BoutReferee Herb DeanScheduled 5 roundsScorecards Derek Cleary 46-49, Sal D'amato 49-46, Junichiro Kamijo 46-49 | |||||||
| Loss | Alex Pereira | KO/TKO (punches) | 1 | 2:36 | UFC 276: Adesanya vs. Cannonier | 2 Jul 2022 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| Bout Middleweight BoutReferee Jason HerzogScheduled 3 rounds | |||||||
| Win | Jack Hermansson | Decision (split) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Strickland | 5 Feb 2022 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| Bout Middleweight BoutReferee Herb DeanScheduled 5 roundsScorecards Derek Cleary 49-46, Sal D'amato 47-48, Junichiro Kamijo 49-46 | |||||||
| Win | Uriah Hall | Decision (unanimous) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Hall vs. Strickland | 31 Jul 2021 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| Bout Middleweight BoutReferee Herb DeanScheduled 5 roundsScorecards Mike Bell 50-44, Junichiro Kamijo 50-45, Eric Colon 49-46 | |||||||
| Win | Krzysztof Jotko | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Reyes vs. Prochazka | 1 May 2021 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| Bout Middleweight BoutReferee Herb DeanScheduled 3 roundsScorecards Sal D'amato 30-27, Junichiro Kamijo 30-27, Adalaide Byrd 29-28 | |||||||
| Win | Brendan Allen | KO/TKO (punches in clinch) | 2 | 1:32 | UFC Fight Night: Felder vs. Dos Anjos | 14 Nov 2020 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| Bout Catch Weight BoutReferee Herb DeanScheduled 3 rounds | |||||||
| Win | Jack Marshman | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Hall vs. Silva | 31 Oct 2020 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| Bout Middleweight BoutReferee Keith PetersonScheduled 3 roundsScorecards Sal D'amato 30-27, Derek Cleary 30-27, Adalaide Byrd 30-27 | |||||||
| Win | Nordine Taleb | KO/TKO (punch) | 2 | 3:10 | UFC Fight Night: Oezdemir vs. Smith | 27 Oct 2018 | Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada |
| Bout Welterweight BoutReferee Eric NevittScheduled 3 rounds | |||||||
| Loss | Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos | KO/TKO (wheel kick) | 1 | 3:40 | UFC 224: Nunes vs. Pennington | 12 May 2018 | Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Bout Welterweight BoutReferee Fernando PortellaScheduled 3 rounds | |||||||
| Win | Court McGee | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Pettis | 11 Nov 2017 | Norfolk, Virginia, USA |
| Bout Welterweight BoutReferee Elvis BelloScheduled 3 roundsScorecards Luc Belhumeur 30-27, Jeff Mullen 29-28, Derek Cleary 29-28 | |||||||
| Loss | Kamaru Usman | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC 210: Cormier vs. Johnson 2 | 8 Apr 2017 | Buffalo, New York, USA |
| Bout Welterweight BoutReferee Keith PetersonScheduled 3 roundsScorecards Sal D'amato 27-30, Jeff Mullen 26-30, Dave Tirelli 26-30 | |||||||
| Win | Tom Breese | Decision (split) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC 199: Rockhold vs. Bisping 2 | 4 Jun 2016 | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Bout Welterweight BoutReferee Herb DeanScheduled 3 roundsScorecards Jeff Mullen 29-28, Mike Bell 28-29, Wade Vierra 29-28 | |||||||
| Win | Alex Garcia | KO/TKO (punches) | 3 | 4:25 | UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs Cowboy | 21 Feb 2016 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Bout Welterweight BoutReferee Bill BookwalterScheduled 3 rounds | |||||||
| Win | Igor Araujo | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Mir vs Duffee | 15 Jul 2015 | San Diego, California, USA |
| Bout Welterweight BoutReferee John McCarthyScheduled 3 roundsScorecards Mike Bell 30-26, Wade Vierra 30-27, Mark Smith 30-26 | |||||||
| Loss | Santiago Ponzinibbio | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Bigfoot vs Mir | 22 Feb 2015 | Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil |
| Bout Welterweight BoutReferee Wernei CardosoScheduled 3 roundsScorecards Guilherme Bravo 27-30, Mark Collett 27-30, Marcos Rosales 27-30 | |||||||
| Win | Luke Barnatt | Decision (split) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Munoz vs Mousasi | 31 May 2014 | Berlin, Germany |
| Bout Middleweight BoutReferee Grant WatermanScheduled 3 roundsScorecards Mark Collett 28-29, Andy Haigh 30-27, Howard Hughes 29-28 | |||||||
| Win | Robert McDaniel | Submission (rear naked choke) | 1 | 4:33 | UFC 171: Hendricks vs Lawler | 15 Mar 2014 | Dallas, Texas, USA |
| Bout Middleweight BoutScheduled 3 rounds | |||||||
| Win | Matt Lagler | TKO (punches) | 1 | 4:59 | KOTC: Split Decision | 29 Aug 2013 | Highland, California, United States |
| Win | Yusuke Sakashita | Decision (unanimous) | 5 | 5:00 | KOTC: Worldwide | 5 Jul 2013 | Manila, Philippines |
| Win | Bill Albrecht | KO (punch) | 1 | 2:41 | KOTC: Restitution | 7 Feb 2013 | Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Win | Josh Bryant | Decision (split) | 3 | 5:00 | KOTC: Unification | 8 Dec 2012 | Highland, California, United States |
| Win | Brandon Hunt | TKO (punches) | 1 | 3:24 | KOTC: Hardcore | 26 Apr 2012 | Highland, California, United States |
| Win | Brandon Hunt | TKO (punches) | 1 | 3:48 | KOTC: Steel Curtain | 17 Dec 2011 | Norman, Oklahoma, United States |
| Win | Brett Sbardella | KO (punches) | 1 | 1:03 | KOTC: Demolition | 6 Aug 2011 | Walker, Minnesota, United States |
| Win | Donavin Hawkey | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 1:21 | KOTC: Platinum | 25 Nov 2010 | Durban, South Africa |
| Win | Adriel Montes | TKO (punches) | 2 | 1:05 | KOTC: Underground 63 | 2 Oct 2010 | Laughlin, Nevada, United States |
| Win | George Interiano | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | Long Beach Fight Night 7 | 3 Jan 2010 | Long Beach, California, United States |
| Win | William Wheeler | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 1:55 | KOTC: Jolted | 3 Oct 2009 | Laughlin, Nevada, United States |
| Win | Brandon Ellsworth | TKO (punches) | 1 | 1:28 | KOTC: Last Resort | 14 Mar 2009 | Laughlin, Nevada, United States |
| Win | Tyler Pottett | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 1:53 | KOTC: Protege | 22 Mar 2008 | Laughlin, Nevada, United States |