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The Clinch

UFC 297: Strickland vs. Du Plessis

20 JAN 2024 / Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Main event / Middleweight / 5 rounds scheduled Title

Dricus Du Plessis vs Sean Strickland

Dricus Du Plessis, photograph by User:Philippe3017 Dricus Du Plessis “Stillknocks”

6-0-0 entering this bout

Age 30 · 6′1″185.4 cm

Won

Sean Strickland, photograph by MMAnytt Sean Strickland

15-5-0 entering this bout

Age 32 · 6′1″185.4 cm

Lost

Significant strikes landed / thrown
18/51
R1
34/75
26/60
R2
22/62
29/84
R3
31/87
29/73
R4
33/85
35/86
R5
53/99

Decision (Split) Round 5 · 5:00 Referee Marc Goddard

The cards

Judge Dricus Du Plessis Sean Strickland
Sal D'amato 47 48
Derek Cleary 48 47
Eric Colon 48 47

Totals for the bout. No source on file publishes a round-by-round card.

Opening line
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Closing line
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Implied favourite
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Status
No odds have been ingested. Nothing here is estimated.
Dricus Du Plessis Enters 2-0-0 against STRIKING
Sean Strickland Enters 5-1-0 against HYBRID

Records count only bouts before this one. Opponent styles are career-aggregate and may draw on later fights.

Colour marks which fighter is which. Corner assignment is not in the corpus.

Round by round

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Dricus Du Plessis    Sean Strickland

Bout totals

137
Sig. strikes
173
140
Total strikes
183
81
To the head
157
32
To the body
10
24
To the legs
6
134
At distance
173
3
In the clinch
0
0
On the ground
0
6
Takedowns
0
0
Knockdowns
0
0
Sub. attempts
0
2:08
Control time
0:00

The full sheet

Every measure the corpus holds for this bout, per round, per corner.

Per-round statistics for both corners
Round Corner Sig. Total Head Body Leg Dist. Clinch Ground TD KD Ctrl
R1 Dricus Du Plessis 18/51 19/52 8/38 3/3 7/10 18/51 0/0 0/0 2/3 0 0:28
Sean Strickland 34/75 39/80 28/67 2/4 4/4 34/75 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0:00
R2 Dricus Du Plessis 26/60 26/60 11/42 9/9 6/9 25/59 1/1 0/0 1/1 0 0:22
Sean Strickland 22/62 26/66 20/59 1/2 1/1 22/62 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0:00
R3 Dricus Du Plessis 29/84 29/85 13/64 10/12 6/8 28/83 1/1 0/0 0/0 0 0:00
Sean Strickland 31/87 31/87 29/84 2/3 0/0 31/87 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0:00
R4 Dricus Du Plessis 29/73 31/75 22/62 4/6 3/5 28/69 1/3 0/1 3/5 0 1:18
Sean Strickland 33/85 34/87 32/84 1/1 0/0 33/85 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0:00
R5 Dricus Du Plessis 35/86 35/86 27/77 6/7 2/2 35/86 0/0 0/0 0/2 0 0:00
Sean Strickland 53/99 53/99 48/93 4/5 1/1 53/99 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0:00

Who said so

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Field Value Source Rank Status
Is title fight Yes UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Is title fight Yes UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Referee Marc Goddard UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Referee Marc Goddard UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Result detail Sal D'amato 48 - 47. Derek Cleary 47 - 48. Eric Colon 47 - 48. UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Result detail Sal D'amato 48 - 47. Derek Cleary 47 - 48. Eric Colon 47 - 48. UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Result end round 5 UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Result end round 5 UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Result end time seconds 5:00 UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Result end time seconds 5:00 UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Result method Decision - Split UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Result method Decision - Split UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Scheduled rounds 5 UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Scheduled rounds 5 UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees
Weight class Middleweight UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Weight class Middleweight UFCStats via Kaggle 15 Agrees

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