Sean Strickland vs Dricus Du Plessis prediction

UFC 312: Du Plessis vs. Strickland 2 · Sunday, 9 February 2025 · Middleweight · 5 rounds · main event

Sean Strickland

USA · 31-7-0UFC wins: 5 KO, 1 SUB, 12 DEC

Dricus Du Plessis

South Africa · 24-3-0UFC wins: 4 KO, 2 SUB, 4 DEC

Result: Dricus Du Plessis by U Dec, R5 5:00.

Sean Strickland vs Dricus Du Plessis: prediction not published yet.

Tale of the tape

Tale of the tape
Sean Strickland	Tale of the tape	Dricus Du Plessis
31-7-0	Record	24-3-0
USA	Nationality	South Africa
25	UFC fights	11
33	Age	31
185 cm	Height	185 cm
193 cm	Reach	193 cm
Orthodox	Stance	Switch
5 / 1 / 12	UFC wins by KO / SUB / DEC	4 / 2 / 4
2 / 0 / 5	UFC losses by KO / SUB / DEC	0 / 0 / 1
5.9	Sig. strikes landed per minute	5.1
4.5	Sig. strikes absorbed per minute	4.2
0.7	Takedowns per 15 minutes	1.9
0.26	Knockdowns per 15 minutes	0.34

Rates are from UFC fights since 2005, adjusted towards the UFC average for fighters with little UFC time.

Sean Strickland: last UFC fights

2024-06-02vs Paulo Costa R5 5:00W DEC
2024-01-21vs Dricus Du Plessis R5 5:00L DEC
2023-09-10vs Israel Adesanya R5 5:00W DEC
2023-07-01vs Abus Magomedov R2 4:20W KO/TKO
2023-01-15vs Nassourdine Imavov R5 5:00W DEC

Won 4 (80%)Lost 1 (20%)

Dricus Du Plessis: last UFC fights

2024-08-18vs Israel Adesanya R4 3:38W SUB
2024-01-21vs Sean Strickland R5 5:00W DEC
2023-07-09vs Robert Whittaker R2 2:23W KO/TKO
2023-03-05vs Derek Brunson R2 4:59W KO/TKO
2022-12-11vs Darren Till R3 2:43W SUB

Won 5 (100%)Lost 0 (0%)

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