Sean Strickland
USASean Strickland is a Middleweight from the United States with an official record of 31-7. MMA Hub holds 25 of those bouts: 18 wins and 7 losses, the wins coming 5 by knockout, 1 by submission and 12 by decision. The most recent bout on file is a decision win over Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland on 9 May 2026, the second win in a row.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Round | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 2026 | Khamzat ChimaevTitle | WIN | DECDecision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland |
| Feb 21, 2026 | Anthony Hernandez | WIN | KOPunches | R3 · 2:23 | UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Hernandez |
| Feb 8, 2025 | Dricus Du PlessisTitle | LOSS | DECDecision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC 312: Du Plessis vs. Strickland 2 |
| Jun 1, 2024 | Paulo Costa | WIN | DECDecision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC 302: Makhachev vs. Poirier |
| Jan 20, 2024 | Dricus Du PlessisTitle | LOSS | DECDecision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC 297: Strickland vs. Du Plessis |
| Sep 9, 2023 | Israel AdesanyaTitle | WIN | DECDecision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC 293: Adesanya vs. Strickland |
| Jul 1, 2023 | Abus Magomedov | WIN | KOPunches | R2 · 4:20 | UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Magomedov |
| Jan 14, 2023 | Nassourdine Imavov | WIN | DECDecision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Imavov |
| Dec 17, 2022 | Jared Cannonier | LOSS | DECDecision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Strickland |
| Jul 2, 2022 | Alex Pereira | LOSS | KOPunches | R1 · 2:36 | UFC 276: Adesanya vs. Cannonier |
| Feb 5, 2022 | Jack Hermansson | WIN | DECDecision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Strickland |
| Jul 31, 2021 | Uriah Hall | WIN | DECDecision | R5 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Hall vs. Strickland |
| May 1, 2021 | Krzysztof Jotko | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Reyes vs. Prochazka |
| Nov 14, 2020 | Brendan Allen | WIN | KOPunches | R2 · 1:32 | UFC Fight Night: Felder vs. Dos Anjos |
| Oct 31, 2020 | Jack Marshman | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Hall vs. Silva |
| Oct 28, 2018 | Nordine Taleb | WIN | KOPunch | R2 · 3:10 | UFC Fight Night: Volkan vs. Smith |
| May 13, 2018 | Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos | LOSS | KOKick | R1 · 3:40 | UFC 224: Nunes vs. Pennington |
| Nov 11, 2017 | Court McGee | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Pettis |
| Apr 9, 2017 | Kamaru Usman | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 210: Cormier vs. Johnson 2 |
| Jun 4, 2016 | Tom Breese | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC 199: Rockhold vs. Bisping 2 |
| Feb 22, 2016 | Alex Garcia | WIN | KOPunches | R3 · 4:25 | UFC Fight Night: Cerrone vs. Oliveira |
| Jul 15, 2015 | Igor Araujo | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Mir vs. Duffee |
| Feb 22, 2015 | Santiago Ponzinibbio | LOSS | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Bigfoot vs. Mir |
| May 31, 2014 | Luke Barnatt | WIN | DECDecision | R3 · 5:00 | UFC Fight Night: Munoz vs. Mousasi |
| Mar 15, 2014 | Bubba McDaniel | WIN | SUBRear Naked Choke | R1 · 4:33 | UFC 171: Hendricks vs. Lawler |
Wins, losses and draws are Sean Strickland’s official record. Everything else is counted from the 25 bouts we hold a full result for — method, round and time. Per-fight striking and grappling statistics are not published in our data source, so they are not shown.
Sean Strickland’s record, in numbers
Sean Strickland’s official record is 31-7. Every figure on this page is counted instead from the 25 bouts MMA Hub holds a result for — 18 wins, 7 losses — because 13 bouts from the official record are not in the history we hold.
The 18 wins break down as 5 by knockout, 1 by submission and 12 by decision — 6 of 18 inside the distance, a finish rate of 33%. Across all 25 bouts with a recorded finishing round, the average bout lasted 16 minutes 16 seconds.
Sean Strickland has been stopped twice in the 25 bouts on file — 2 by knockout — which is 8% of them. The last 2 bouts on file are both wins.
Of the 25 bouts MMA Hub holds a result for, 4 were for a title and 10 were the main event of the card. Three of them have come since July 2024.
Set against the 392 Middleweight fighters MMA Hub holds eight or more bouts for, Sean Strickland has a finish rate above 6% of them, a record of avoiding stoppage above 80% of them and a two-year bout count above 77% of them. The comparison is made inside the division rather than across the whole roster, because how often a division finishes depends heavily on what it weighs.
Sean Strickland is listed at 6ft 1in with a reach of 76in, fights orthodox and is 35, born 26 February 1991.
These figures are recomputed from Sean Strickland’s bout history each time results are synced, so they follow the record rather than a fixed snapshot.