1. Sean Thomas Strickland was born on February 27,1991 and is an American professional mixed martial artist.
47 Facts About Sean Strickland
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Sean Strickland currently competes in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, where he is the former UFC Middleweight Champion.
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Sean Strickland grew up in Corona, California, in a household with a physically and mentally abusive father.
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Sean Strickland fled from his house and contacted his local law enforcement leading to his father being briefly arrested.
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Sean Strickland recalled that he was expelled from school in the ninth grade for perpetrating a hate crime, after which his mother decided to take him to an MMA gym.
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Sean Strickland met people of different races while training who helped him, and this motivated him to abandon the ideology.
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At the age of 18, Sean Strickland had another violent altercation with his father again resulting in police involvement.
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Sean Strickland won via split decision, and then successfully defended his title three times before being signed by the UFC.
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Sean Strickland made his UFC debut at UFC 171 on March 15,2014, facing Bubba McDaniel.
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Sean Strickland won via rear-naked choke submission in the first round.
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Sean Strickland made his next appearance at UFC Fight Night 41 against Luke Barnatt on May 31,2014.
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Sean Strickland faced Santiago Ponzinibbio in a welterweight bout on February 22,2015, at UFC Fight Night 61.
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Sean Strickland lost the back and forth fight via unanimous decision.
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Sean Strickland faced Igor Araujo on July 15,2015, at UFC Fight Night 71.
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Sean Strickland faced Alex Garcia on February 21,2016, at UFC Fight Night 83.
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Sean Strickland next faced Tom Breese on June 4,2016, at UFC 199.
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Sean Strickland was expected to face Tim Means on August 20,2016, at UFC 202.
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Sean Strickland faced Kamaru Usman on April 8,2017, at UFC 210.
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Sean Strickland faced Court McGee on November 11,2017, at UFC Fight Night 120.
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Sean Strickland faced Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos on May 12,2018, at UFC 224.
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Sean Strickland lost the fight via knockout in the first round.
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Sean Strickland faced Nordine Taleb on October 27,2018, at UFC Fight Night 138.
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Sean Strickland won the fight via technical knockout in the second round.
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Sean Strickland became a free agent after the fight by fighting out his contract.
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Sean Strickland faced Krzysztof Jotko on May 1,2021, at UFC on ESPN: Reyes vs Prochazka.
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Sean Strickland was expected to face Uriah Hall on August 7,2021, at UFC 265.
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Sean Strickland was scheduled to face former UFC Middleweight Champion Luke Rockhold on November 6,2021, at UFC 268.
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Sean Strickland faced Jack Hermansson on February 5,2022, at UFC Fight Night 200.
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Sean Strickland was scheduled to face Alex Pereira on July 30,2022, at UFC 277.
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Sean Strickland lost the fight via knockout in the first round.
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Sean Strickland was scheduled to face Jared Cannonier on October 15,2022, at UFC Fight Night 212.
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However, the bout was scrapped after Sean Strickland withdrew due to a finger infection.
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Sean Strickland faced Abusupiyan Magomedov on July 1,2023 at UFC on ESPN 48.
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Sean Strickland won the fight via TKO in the second round.
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Sean Strickland faced Israel Adesanya for the UFC Middleweight Championship on September 10,2023, at UFC 293.
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Sean Strickland had his first title defense against Dricus du Plessis on January 20,2024 at UFC 297.
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The brawl was quickly broken up and Sean Strickland was escorted out of the event.
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Sean Strickland faced Paulo Costa on June 1,2024, at UFC 302.
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Sean Strickland competed for the UFC Middleweight Championship in a rematch against current champion Dricus du Plessis on February 9,2025 at UFC 312.
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Sean Strickland gets hit less than anyone [and] he's got phenomenal defense.
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Sean Strickland applies pressure by constantly walking forwards and forcing his opponents into boxing range, in which he then applies jabs often in volume and followed by a right cross.
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In December 2018, Sean Strickland was hit by a car while he was riding a motorcycle in Los Angeles, rendering him unconscious.
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Sean Strickland suffered numerous injuries and needed a knee operation after the accident.
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Sean Strickland was an avid supporter of Donald Trump in February 2025, Sean Strickland questioned some of Trump's pro-Israel views and began wondering if it was a "mistake" re-electing him.
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Sean Strickland has made a number of controversial comments about women and women's rights.
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Sean Strickland has stated that the decision to grant women the right to vote was an error.
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Sean Strickland has advocated for removing women from the workforce, and said that they need to be "put back in the kitchen".