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Sean Strickland
31-7tale of the tape = factsmetrics = our read

FightIQ’s profile

Built from Sean Strickland’s own numbers — style, standout rate and current form. Not reported prose.

6'1" orthodox high-volume striker with a 16-7 record, age 34. Standout metric: lands 6.0 significant strikes per minute; hits 64% of takedown attempts. Form: last 5: WWLWL · 1-fight slide · 378 days off · Elo 1592.

High-volume strikerElite defensiveDecision machine
Assembled from the striking, grappling and form figures on this page, as of 2026-02-21. If a number isn’t in the data, it isn’t in this profile.

Tale of the tape facts

The facts, plainly — vitals and record from public UFC statistics; nickname, nationality, hometown and camp from the public fighter register. A field we can't source stays “pending”; it never shows a fake value.

Nicknamepending
NationalityUnited States
HometownAnaheim, California
Fighting out ofXtreme Couture
Height6' 1"
Reach76.0"
StanceOrthodox
Age35
Date of birthFeb 27, 1991
Weight185 lbs.
Pro record31-7
Finish splitpending

FightIQ Metrics

Six 0–100 scores, each a percentile rank against every fighter on record. Tap any i for what a score measures.

FightIQ's read — derived from the tape
Our read — derived, not official stats.
Striking70
Defence54
Grappling / TD35
Cardio86
Chin71
Fight IQ63

Our record on Sean Strickland

The moat — every call we've made on this fighter, timestamped and graded in public. Nobody else can copy this.

FightIQ has picked Sean Strickland 2×, 2 correct (2-0 — 100% right). The confidence % is the number we stood behind at the time — losses shown, toss-ups included.

DateOpponentCardWe saidResult
2024-06-01Paulo CostaUFC Fight Night: Holland vs Oleksiejczuk58.2%Correct
2023-07-01Abus MagomedovUFC Fight Night: Kutateladze vs Brener55.6%Correct

Strike zones

Strike zones

Sean Strickland

Where the strikes go — and where they land on him. Career UFC totals, straight off the tape.

HEAD80.8%ACC 39%BODY14.1%ACC 66%LEGS5.1%ACC 78%
FightIQ read Head-hunter 80.8% of everything he lands goes upstairs — +17.9 on the field average.
Share by zonevs field average
HEAD
80.8% acc 39%+17.9 vs field
BODY
14.1% acc 66%−6.7 vs field
LEGS
5.1% acc 78%−11.2 vs field
Where the offence happens
DISTANCE 92%CLINCH 3%GROUND 5%

Significant strikes only, as recorded by UFCStats, across the fighter's whole UFC career. Shares are raw counts — nothing here is modelled or smoothed. Accuracy is landed ÷ attempted and comes from the per-round tape, which covers slightly fewer fights than the totals do.

25 UFC fights · 2,430 landed

Recent form

Pro record: 31-7. Timeline below is the bouts FightIQ has tracked (most recent first).

W · vs Paulo CostaUFC Fight Night: Holland vs Oleksiejczuk2024-06-01
W · vs Abus MagomedovUFC Fight Night: Kutateladze vs Brener2023-07-01
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