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A 31-7-0 record, the Middleweight crown, and a top-ten pound-for-pound slot — here is who Sean Strickland is by the numbers.
Sean Strickland sits at the very top of the UFC Middleweight division. He holds the Middleweight championship and carries a #7 spot in the pound-for-pound ranking, which tells you two things at once: he is the man to beat at 185 pounds, and the wider field of experts already counts him among the best fighters on the roster regardless of weight. The American brings a career record of 31 wins, 7 losses and no draws — a long, dense sample of professional fights that speaks to durability as much as talent. This is not a fresh-faced prospect riding a short hot streak. This is a fighter who has been in the deep water for a long time and came out the other side wearing gold.
Thirty-one wins is a heavy number. Paired with a title and a top-ten pound-for-pound ranking, it paints Strickland as a proven, established champion rather than a lucky one. The seven losses are part of the story too — they mean he has been tested, beaten, and forced to rebuild, and yet he is the one holding the belt right now. Rankings reward consistency at the highest level, and a #7 P4P placement is not handed out for a single good night. It is the product of a body of work.
Strickland stands 6 feet 1 inch tall with a 76-inch reach, fighting from an Orthodox stance at age 35. On paper, that reach is a real asset in the Middleweight division: 76 inches of span lets a fighter control range, keep opponents at the end of his punches, and dictate distance without having to trade in the pocket. The Orthodox stance is the conventional setup, lead-left, power-right, and combined with his frame it suggests a fighter built to work behind a long, disciplined guard rather than one who needs to brawl. At 35, he is an experienced veteran — old enough to have seen every kind of opponent, still firmly inside a champion’s competitive window.
Strickland’s recent stretch reads like a champion’s schedule:
The headline is the victory over Khamzat Chimaev — a marquee name — followed by a win over Anthony Hernandez. Before that run, his ledger is tangled with Dricus Du Plessis, who appears twice as a loss, with a win over Paulo Costa in between. That recurring name is the thread worth pulling: the story of Strickland’s recent career runs straight through his meetings with Du Plessis, and the results there have gone both ways across their history.
With no next fight confirmed on the board yet, this is the moment to lock him in on your radar. Follow Sean Strickland, keep an eye on where the Middleweight title road leads next, and when his bout is announced, build your bracket and call the winner before the door of the cage even closes.