Sean Strickland
Sean Strickland is ranked 7th of 317 middleweights by the First Light Rating, and the UFC’s middleweight champion.
- FLRFirst Light Ratingmeasure of true skill
- 2,0397th of 317 · Middleweight
- FLIFirst Light Indexfame compared to skill
- +0.68Fame ahead of skill
- Career phase
- PrimeCareer-best FLR 2,045, 9 May 2026
- Record
- 31–7Pro
Fame against skill.
Every fighter with an FLI, by skill and fame. Hover a dot for the fighter; click to open their page. The dashed curve is the fame their skill predicts: above it, a fighter is more famous than their skill; below it, better than their fame.
Skill and attention.
Attention is drawn at the skill level its fame matches: above the skill line, more famous than skilled. Shaded: where the most similar careers went next.
Recent fights.
| Date | Fight | FLR |
|---|---|---|
| 9 May 2026 | Won vs Khamzat Chimaev TitleUFC 328 - Chimaev vs. Strickland · Decision (Split), R5 | +21 |
| 21 Feb 2026 | Won vs Anthony HernandezUFC Fight Night 267 - Strickland vs. Hernandez · TKO (Punches), R3 | +21 |
| 8 Feb 2025 | Lost to Dricus Du Plessis TitleUFC 312 - Du Plessis vs. Strickland 2 · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | −19 |
| 1 Jun 2024 | Won vs Paulo CostaUFC 302 - Makhachev vs. Poirier · Decision (Split), R5 | +11 |
| 20 Jan 2024 | Lost to Dricus Du Plessis TitleUFC 297 - Strickland vs. Du Plessis · Decision (Split), R5 | −4 |
| 9 Sept 2023 | Won vs Israel Adesanya TitleUFC 293 - Adesanya vs. Strickland · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | +30 |
| 1 Jul 2023 | Won vs Abus MagomedovUFC on ESPN 48 - Strickland vs. Magomedov · TKO (Punches), R2 | +10 |
| 14 Jan 2023 | Won vs Nassourdine ImavovUFC Fight Night 217 - Strickland vs. Imavov · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | +15 |
| 17 Dec 2022 | Lost to Jared CannonierUFC Fight Night 216 - Cannonier vs. Strickland · Decision (Split), R5 | −14 |
| 2 Jul 2022 | Lost to Alex PereiraUFC 276 - Adesanya vs. Cannonier · KO (Punches), R1 | −35 |
| 5 Feb 2022 | Won vs Jack HermanssonUFC Fight Night 200 - Hermansson vs. Strickland · Decision (Split), R5 | +16 |
| 31 Jul 2021 | Won vs Uriah HallUFC on ESPN 28 - Hall vs. Strickland · Decision (Unanimous), R5 | +20 |
FLR is the First Light Rating points the fight earned or cost them.
How it is measured.
Data Credit: First Light Observatory.
How these numbers are made.
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