Last 5: L W W W L
Association: Xtreme Couture
Pro Debut Date: 2008-03-22
Pro Record: 28-6-0
Current Ranking:
'Big League' Record: 27-6-0
Last 3 Years: 6-3-0
Win Finish %: 53.6%
Combat Age: 46
Quality Perf. %: 79.4%
Last Quality Perf.: 2024-01-20
540 Metric: .758
Rating Points: 2637
Highest Quarterly Ranking: 1/01/2024

#1 Middleweight

All-Time Rank:

#23 Middleweight

Last Fight Date: 1/20/2024 [UFC]
Last Opponent: [#2 MW] Dricus Du Plessis
Opponent's Last 5: W W W W W
UFC Record: 15-6-0
Longest Win Streak: 6 (2018-2022)
Next Best Win Streak: 3 (2023)
UFC Debut: 2014-03-15
Last UFC Fight: 2024-01-20

Quarterly Generated Historical Rankings
Rating bar represents the fighter's standing relative to the top of the division at the time

Date ↑ ↓ Rank Record Points
01/01/2024   #1 Middleweight 28-5-0
3012
10/01/2023 8 #1 Middleweight 28-5-0
3012
07/01/2023 1 #9 Middleweight 27-5-0
693
04/01/2023 1 #10 Middleweight 26-5-0
693
01/01/2023 2 #11 Middleweight 25-5-0
616
10/01/2022 5 #13 Middleweight 25-4-0
570
07/01/2022 1 #8 Middleweight 25-3-0
751
04/01/2022 3 #7 Middleweight 25-3-0
751
01/01/2022 1 #10 Middleweight 24-3-0
607
10/01/2021 4 #11 Middleweight 24-3-0
607
07/01/2021 19 #15 Middleweight 23-3-0
367
04/01/2021 3 #34 Middleweight 22-3-0
181
01/01/2021 NR #31 Middleweight 22-3-0
181
01/01/2020 3 #58 Welterweight 20-3-0
177
10/01/2019 5 #55 Welterweight 20-3-0
198
07/01/2019 2 #50 Welterweight 20-3-0
198
04/01/2019 1 #48 Welterweight 20-3-0
198
01/01/2019 21 #47 Welterweight 20-3-0
198
10/01/2018 4 #68 Welterweight 19-3-0
147
07/01/2018 23 #64 Welterweight 19-3-0
147
04/01/2018 2 #41 Welterweight 19-2-0
183
01/01/2018 4 #43 Welterweight 19-2-0
183
10/01/2017 1 #47 Welterweight 18-2-0
160
07/01/2017 13 #48 Welterweight 18-2-0
157
04/01/2017   #35 Welterweight 18-1-0
194
01/01/2017   #35 Welterweight 18-1-0
194
10/01/2016 2 #35 Welterweight 18-1-0
194
07/01/2016 7 #33 Welterweight 18-1-0
194
04/01/2016 15 #40 Welterweight 17-1-0
169
01/01/2016 1 #55 Welterweight 16-1-0
128
10/01/2015 53 #54 Welterweight 16-1-0
126
07/01/2015 6 #107 Welterweight 15-1-0
82
04/01/2015 NR #101 Welterweight 15-1-0
83
01/01/2015 1 #30 Middleweight 15-0-0
148
10/01/2014 3 #31 Middleweight 15-0-0
148
07/01/2014 15 #28 Middleweight 15-0-0
148
04/01/2014 19 #43 Middleweight 14-0-0
117
01/01/2014 8 #62 Middleweight 13-0-0
94
10/01/2013 4 #54 Middleweight 13-0-0
94
07/01/2013 3 #58 Middleweight 11-0-0
87
04/01/2013 20 #61 Middleweight 11-0-0
87
01/01/2013 14 #81 Middleweight 10-0-0
75
10/01/2012 6 #95 Middleweight 9-0-0
67
07/01/2012 72 #101 Middleweight 9-0-0
67
04/01/2012 34 #173 Middleweight 8-0-0
42
01/01/2012 76 #139 Middleweight 8-0-0
52
10/01/2011 32 #215 Middleweight 7-0-0
36
07/01/2011 4 #247 Middleweight 6-0-0
32
04/01/2011 7 #243 Middleweight 6-0-0
32
01/01/2011 NR #236 Middleweight 6-0-0
32
10/01/2010 8 #250 Light Heavyweight 4-0-0
21
07/01/2010 18 #242 Light Heavyweight 4-0-0
21
04/01/2010 NR #224 Light Heavyweight 4-0-0
21


Complete Professional MMA Fight History
Fighter rankings represent most recent generated quarterly rating prior to the fight

  Opponent Event Outcome
L Dricus Du Plessis
#5 Middleweight
  UFC 297 - Strickland vs. Du Plessis
Saturday, January 20th 2024
Decision (Split)
Round 5
W Israel Adesanya
#1 Middleweight
  UFC 293: Adesanya vs. Strickland
Saturday, September 9th 2023
Decision (Unanimous)
Round 5
W Abusupiyan Magomedov
#62 Middleweight
  UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Magomedov
Saturday, July 1st 2023
TKO
Round 2
W Nassourdine Imavov
#17 Middleweight
  UFC Fight Night 217 - Strickland vs. Imavov
Saturday, January 14th 2023
Decision (Unanimous)
Round 5
L Jared Cannonier
#3 Middleweight
  UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Strickland
Saturday, December 17th 2022
Decision (Split)
Round 5
L Alex Pereira
#24 Middleweight
  UFC 276 - Adesanya vs. Cannonier
Saturday, July 2nd 2022
KO (Punches)
Round 1
W Jack Hermansson
#7 Middleweight
  UFC Fight Night 200 - Hermansson vs. Strickland
Saturday, February 5th 2022
Decision (Split)
Round 5
W Uriah Hall
#11 Middleweight
  UFC on ESPN 28 - Hall vs. Strickland
Saturday, July 31st 2021
Decision (Unanimous)
Round 5
W Krzysztof Jotko
#19 Middleweight
  UFC on ESPN 23 - Reyes vs. Prochazka
Saturday, May 1st 2021
Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
W Brendan Allen
#25 Middleweight
  UFC Fight Night 182 - Felder vs. dos Anjos
Saturday, November 14th 2020
TKO (Punches)
Round 2
W Jack Marshman   UFC Fight Night 181 - Hall vs. Silva
Saturday, October 31st 2020
Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
W Nordine Taleb
#67 Welterweight
  UFC Fight Night 138 - Oezdemir vs. Smith
Saturday, October 27th 2018
TKO (Punches)
Round 2
L Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos
#39 Welterweight
  UFC 224 - Nunes vs. Pennington
Saturday, May 12th 2018
KO (Spinning Wheel Kick and Punches)
Round 1
W Court McGee
#83 Welterweight
  UFC Fight Night 120: Poirier vs. Pettis
Saturday, November 11th 2017
Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
L Kamaru Usman
#20 Welterweight
  UFC 210 - Cormier vs. Johnson 2
Saturday, April 8th 2017
Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
W Tom Breese
#38 Welterweight
  UFC 199 - Rockhold vs. Bisping 2
Saturday, June 4th 2016
Decision (Split)
Round 3
W Alex Garcia
#96 Welterweight
  UFC Fight Night 83 - Cerrone vs. Oliveira
Sunday, February 21st 2016
TKO (Punches)
Round 3
W Igor Araujo
#108 Welterweight
  UFC Fight Night 71 - Mir vs. Duffee
Wednesday, July 15th 2015
Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
L Santiago Ponzinibbio
#68 Welterweight
  UFC Fight Night - Bigfoot vs. Mir
Sunday, February 22nd 2015
Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
W Luke Barnatt
#26 Middleweight
  UFC Fight Night 41 - Munoz vs. Mousasi
Saturday, May 31st 2014
Decision (Split)
Round 3
W Bubba McDaniel
#81 Middleweight
  UFC 171 - Hendricks vs. Lawler
Saturday, March 15th 2014
Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 1
W Matt Lagler   KOTC - Split Decision
Thursday, August 29th 2013
TKO (Punches)
Round 1
W Yusuke Sakashita   KOTC - Worldwide
Friday, July 5th 2013
Decision (Unanimous)
Round 5
W Bill Albrecht
#234 Welterweight
  KOTC - Restitution
Thursday, February 7th 2013
KO (Punch)
Round 1
W Josh Bryant
#79 Middleweight
  KOTC - Unification
Saturday, December 8th 2012
Decision (Split)
Round 3
W Brandon Hunt
#219 Middleweight
  KOTC - Hardcore
Thursday, April 26th 2012
TKO (Punches)
Round 1
W Brandon Hunt
#144 Middleweight
  KOTC - Steel Curtain
Saturday, December 17th 2011
TKO (Punches)
Round 1
W Brett Sbardella   KOTC - Demolition
Saturday, August 6th 2011
KO (Punches)
Round 1
W Donavin Hawkey   KOTC - Platinum
Thursday, November 25th 2010
Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 1
W Adriel Montes   KOTC - Underground 63
Saturday, October 2nd 2010
TKO (Punches)
Round 2
W George Interiano   LBFN 7 - Long Beach Fight Night 7
Sunday, January 3rd 2010
Decision (Unanimous)
Round 3
W William Wheeler   KOTC - Jolted
Saturday, October 3rd 2009
Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 1
W Brandon Ellsworth   KOTC - Last Resort
Saturday, March 14th 2009
TKO
Round 1
W Tyler Pottett   KOTC - Protege
Saturday, March 22nd 2008
Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 2