Sean Strickland

Acting

Sean Strickland

Born 1991-02-27 · Anaheim, California, USA

Professional mixed martial artist competing in the UFC Middleweight division.

Acting credits

UFC Fight Night 217: Strickland vs. Imavov poster
2.0

Sean Strickland vs. Nassourdine Imavov (Light Heavyweight) Dan Ige vs. Damon Jackson (Featherweight) Punahele Soriano vs. Roman Kopylov (Middleweight) Ketlen Vieira vs. Raquel Pennington (Bantamweight) Umar Nurmagomedov vs. Raoni Barcelos (Bantamweight)

UFC Fight Night 217: Strickland vs. Imavov

2023

UFC Fight Night 267: Strickland vs. Hernandez poster
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UFC Fight Night 267: Strickland vs. Hernandez was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on February 21, 2026 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, United States. A middleweight bout between former UFC Middleweight Champion Sean Strickland and former LFA Middleweight Champion Anthony Hernandez headlined the event.

UFC Fight Night 267: Strickland vs. Hernandez

2026

UFC 328: Chimaev vs Strickland poster
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UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on May 9, 2026, at the Prudential Center, in Newark, New Jersey, United States. A UFC Middleweight Championship bout between current champion Khamzat Chimaev and former champion Sean Strickland headlined the event. A UFC Flyweight Championship bout between champion Joshua Van and Tatsuro Taira took place at the co-main event.

UFC 328: Chimaev vs Strickland

2026

UFC Fight Night 83: Cowboy vs. Cowboy poster
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UFC Fight Night 83: Cowboy vs. Cowboy was a mixed martial arts event held on February 21, 2016, at the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The event was headlined by a welterweight bout between former UFC Lightweight Championship challenger Donald Cerrone and Alex Oliveira.

UFC Fight Night 83: Cowboy vs. Cowboy

2016

UFC Fight Night 41: Munoz vs. Mousasi poster
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UFC Fight Night 41: Munoz vs. Mousasi was a mixed martial arts event held on May 31, 2014, at O2 World in Berlin, Germany. The card was headlined by a middleweight bout between Gegard Mousasi and Mark Muñoz. This event was the first of two that took place on May 31, 2014, with The Ultimate Fighter Brazil 3 Finale: Miocic vs. Maldonado being the other making it only the second time in UFC history that they have hosted two events in one day.

UFC Fight Night 41: Munoz vs. Mousasi

2014

UFC Fight Night 181: Hall vs. Silva poster
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UFC Fight Night 181: Hall vs. Silva was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on October 31, 2020 at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States. A middleweight bout between former UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva and Uriah Hall served as the headliner.

UFC Fight Night 181: Hall vs. Silva

2020

UFC on ESPN 48: Strickland vs. Magomedov poster
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UFC on ESPN 48: Strickland vs. Magomedov was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on July 1, 2023, at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States. A middleweight bout between Sean Strickland and Abusupiyan Magomedov headlined the event.

UFC on ESPN 48: Strickland vs. Magomedov

2023

UFC on ESPN 28: Hall vs. Strickland poster
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UFC on ESPN 28: Hall vs. Strickland was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on July 31, 2021 at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States. A middleweight bout between Uriah Hall and Sean Strickland headlined this event.

UFC on ESPN 28: Hall vs. Strickland

2021

UFC 224: Nunes vs. Pennington poster
8.0

UFC 224: Nunes vs. Pennington is a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on May 12, 2018, at the Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

UFC 224: Nunes vs. Pennington

2018

UFC 302: Makhachev vs. Poirier poster
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UFC 302: Makhachev vs. Poirier was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on June 1, 2024, at the Prudential Center, in Newark, New Jersey, United States. A UFC Lightweight Championship bout between current champion Islam Makhachev and former interim champion Dustin Poirier headlined the event.

UFC 302: Makhachev vs. Poirier

2024

UFC 293: Adesanya vs. Strickland poster
7.0

UFC 293: Adesanya vs. Strickland is a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on September 10, 2023, at the Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. A UFC Middleweight Championship bout between current champion Israel Adesanya and Sean Strickland headlined the event with co-main event a Heavyweight bout featuring an Australian fighter, Tai Tuivasa against Alexander Volkov.

UFC 293: Adesanya vs. Strickland

2023

UFC on ESPN 23: Reyes vs. Prochazka poster
7.0

UFC on ESPN 23: Reyes vs. Procházka was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on May 1, 2021 at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States. A light heavyweight bout between former UFC Light Heavyweight Championship challenger Dominick Reyes and former Rizin Light Heavyweight Champion Jiří Procházka served as the main event.

UFC on ESPN 23: Reyes vs. Prochazka

2021

UFC Fight Night 120: Poirier vs. Pettis poster
6.0

UFC Fight Night 120: Poirier vs. Pettis was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on November 11, 2017, at Ted Constant Convocation Center in Norfolk, Virginia. A lightweight bout between Dustin Poirier and former WEC and UFC Lightweight Champion Anthony Pettis served as the event headliner.

UFC Fight Night 120: Poirier vs. Pettis

2017

UFC 293 Countdown poster
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UFC 293 Countdown showcases the promotion’s return to Sydney, as middleweight king Israel Adesanya defends his crown against the brash Sean Strickland. Plus, heavyweight knockout artists Tai Tuivasa and Alexander Volkov battle in the co-main event.

UFC 293 Countdown

2023

KOTC: Underground 63 poster
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KOTC: Underground 63 was an event held on October 2, 2010, at the Avi Casino in Laughlin, Nevada. The main event was Sean Strickland vs. Adriel Montes.

KOTC: Underground 63

2010

Why Sean Strickland Derailed UFC poster
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The analysis of Sean Strickland’s disruption. The director Lionel Rivera considers the contradiction in the case of the boxer whose traumatic history and wild personality totally contradicted the professional corporate image of the UFC, while he became the world champion due to his rigid defensive approach in fighting.

Why Sean Strickland Derailed UFC

2024

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KOTC: Platinum was an event held on November 25, 2010, at the Durban International Convention Centre in Durban, South Africa.

KOTC: Platinum

2012

Submission Underground 29 poster
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Submission Underground 29 took place Sunday, December 12, 2021 with 9 fights in Portland, Oregon.

Submission Underground 29

2021

UFC 312: Du Plessis vs. Strickland 2 poster
6.3

UFC 312: du Plessis vs. Strickland 2 was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on February 9, 2025, at the Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia. A UFC Middleweight Championship rematch between current champion Dricus du Plessis (also former KSW Welterweight Champion) and former champion Sean Strickland headlined the event.

UFC 312: Du Plessis vs. Strickland 2

2025

UFC 297: Strickland vs. du Plessis poster
6.0

UFC 297: Strickland vs. du Plessis was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on January 20, 2024, at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. A UFC Middleweight Championship bout between current champion Sean Strickland and former KSW Welterweight Champion Dricus du Plessis headlined the event.

UFC 297: Strickland vs. du Plessis

2024

UFC 199: Rockhold vs. Bisping 2 poster
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UFC 199: Rockhold vs. Bisping 2 was a mixed martial arts event held on June 4, 2016 at The Forum in Inglewood, California. After numerous opponents were forced to withdraw from the main event against Middleweight Champion, Luke Rockhold, the Ultimate Fighter 3 winner Michael Bisping accepted the fight. This fight was a rematch as the two met previously in November 2014 at UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs. Bisping, with Rockhold winning via submission in the second round.

UFC 199: Rockhold vs. Bisping 2

2016

UFC 276: Adesanya vs. Cannonier poster
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UFC 276: Adesanya vs. Cannonier was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on July 2, 2022, at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States. The event was held during the UFC's 10th annual International Fight Week. The 2022 UFC Hall of Fame induction ceremony also took place during the week. A UFC Middleweight Championship bout between current champion Israel Adesanya and Jared Cannonier headlined the event.

UFC 276: Adesanya vs. Cannonier

2022

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KOTC: Unification was an MMA event that took place Saturday, December 8, 2012 with 8 fights at River Spirit Casino in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

KOTC: Unification

2012

UFC Fight Night 138: Volkan vs. Smith poster
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UFC Fight Night 138: Volkan vs. Smith was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that was held on October 27, 2018 at Avenir Centre in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. A light heavyweight bout between former UFC Light Heavyweight Championship challenger Volkan Oezdemir and Anthony Smith served as the event headliner.

UFC Fight Night 138: Volkan vs. Smith

2018