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The Clinch

UFC 312: Du Plessis vs. Strickland 2

08 FEB 2025 / Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Main event / Middleweight / 5 rounds scheduled Title

Dricus Du Plessis vs Sean Strickland

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

8-0-0 entering this bout

Age 31 · 6′1″185.4 cm

Won

Sean Strickland, photograph by MMAnytt Sean Strickland

16-6-0 entering this bout

Age 33 · 6′1″185.4 cm

Lost

Significant strikes landed / thrown
20/45
R1
16/49
31/60
R2
29/54
39/79
R3
24/47
21/66
R4
28/51
36/64
R5
31/62

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

The cards

Judge Dricus Du Plessis Sean Strickland
Ben Cartlidge 49 46
Sal D'amato 50 45
Clemens Werner 50 45

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 4-0-0 against STRIKING
Sean Strickland Enters 5-2-0 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

147
Sig. strikes
128
149
Total strikes
128
50
To the head
90
45
To the body
29
52
To the legs
9
147
At distance
128
0
In the clinch
0
0
On the ground
0
1
Takedowns
0
0
Knockdowns
0
0
Sub. attempts
0
0:05
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 20/45 20/45 5/25 6/10 9/10 20/45 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0:00
Sean Strickland 16/49 16/49 10/41 5/7 1/1 16/49 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0:00
R2 Dricus Du Plessis 31/60 31/60 7/31 7/10 17/19 31/60 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0:00
Sean Strickland 29/54 29/54 15/35 8/13 6/6 29/54 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0:00
R3 Dricus Du Plessis 39/79 39/79 11/46 14/15 14/18 39/79 0/0 0/0 1/1 0 0:05
Sean Strickland 24/47 24/47 18/39 5/6 1/2 24/47 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0:00
R4 Dricus Du Plessis 21/66 23/68 13/54 5/7 3/5 21/66 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0:00
Sean Strickland 28/51 28/51 23/43 5/8 0/0 28/51 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0:00
R5 Dricus Du Plessis 36/64 36/64 14/37 13/17 9/10 36/64 0/0 0/0 0/1 0 0:00
Sean Strickland 31/62 31/62 24/54 6/7 1/1 31/62 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 Ben Cartlidge 46 - 49. Sal D'amato 45 - 50. Clemens Werner 45 - 50. UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Result detail Ben Cartlidge 46 - 49. Sal D'amato 45 - 50. Clemens Werner 45 - 50. 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 - Unanimous UFCStats relational (Kaggle) 12 Canonical
Result method Decision - Unanimous 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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