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Sean Strickland vs. Court McGee

UFC 18-7-0 vs. 11-14-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
18-7-0
UFC record
11-14-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Welterweight
35
AgeΔ 6 yrs
41
6'1"
HeightΔ 2"
5'11"
76"
ReachΔ 1"
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
5.4
Layoff (months)Δ 4.8 mo
0.6
WWLWL
Last 5 (newest first)
LLWLL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Sean Strickland outworks the Middleweight division — 5.98 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.23 norm.
Sean Strickland rarely shoots — 0.66 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.35 Middleweight norm.
Court McGee outworks the Welterweight division — 4.62 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.17 norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Sean Strickland

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 187
Tier 3 — regional circuit 130

Tier-weighted record quality: 1.46 · 18 tier-1/2 wins · 16 finish wins over 38 documented bouts

In the UFC: 16-6 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +3.5 wins over .500

Court McGee

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 1113
Tier 3 — regional circuit 111

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.79 · 11 tier-1/2 wins · 11 finish wins over 36 documented bouts

In the UFC: 4-10 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +0.9 wins over .500

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

24305.98/min · norm 3.23
Sig. strikes landed
14624.62/min · norm 3.17
18424.53/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed lower is better
12293.88/min · norm 3.08
42.5%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
36.8%norm 44.75%
60.6%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
60.1%norm 55.25%
70.26/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
30.14/15 · norm 0.38

Where the fight happens (share of sig. strike attempts)

Sean Strickland

Distance 94.7% (norm 79.5%) · Clinch 2.0% (norm 9.0%) · Ground 3.2% (norm 10.0%)

Court McGee

Distance 91.6% (norm 80.7%) · Clinch 4.3% (norm 9.6%) · Ground 4.1% (norm 8.1%)

What they throw (share of sig. strike attempts by target)

Sean Strickland

Head 88.1% (norm 78.0%) · Body 9.1% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 2.8% (norm 8.4%)

Court McGee

Head 72.9% (norm 78.3%) · Body 15.7% (norm 12.4%) · Legs 11.4% (norm 8.0%)

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

Green ≥ division median, red below. UFCStats tracks position and target as separate splits.

Zone Strickland L/AAccMiddleweight med McGee L/AAccWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 2239 / 5415 41.3% 40.5% 1246 / 3641 34.2% 38.5%
In the clinch 78 / 117 66.7% 70.6% 93 / 169 55.0% 67.8%
On the ground 113 / 185 61.1% 69.4% 123 / 163 75.5% 67.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 1963 / 5036 39.0% 38.8% 772 / 2897 26.6% 36.4%
To the body 343 / 523 65.6% 71.6% 329 / 622 52.9% 70.7%
To the legs 124 / 158 78.5% 83.3% 361 / 454 79.5% 83.0%

Zones with fewer than 25 attempts are marked "too few to rate". Each fighter is measured against the median of leaderboard-eligible fighters in his own division (Middleweight: 178 fighters · Welterweight: 180 fighters).

What lands on them Opponents' accuracy against each man

Green ≤ division median — harder to hit than the typical man in his division.

Zone vs Strickland L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs McGee L/AOpp accWelterweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 1738 / 4517 38.5% 39.5% 1081 / 2847 38.0% 39.1%
In the clinch 50 / 77 64.9% 70.4% 122 / 195 62.6% 68.9%
On the ground 54 / 87 62.1% 69.0% 26 / 42 61.9% 68.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 769 / 3096 24.8% 37.9% 882 / 2585 34.1% 35.6%
To the body 631 / 1021 61.8% 71.3% 227 / 356 63.8% 69.6%
To the legs 442 / 564 78.4% 82.1% 120 / 143 83.9% 82.2%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
1862.1% acc · 0.66/15 · norm 1.35
Takedowns landed
3623.7% acc · 1.70/15 · norm 1.31
5368.8% def · norm 63.3%
Takedowns stopped
3470.8% def · norm 63.9%
33:528.3% of cage time · norm 19.4%
Control time
73:3323.2% of cage time · norm 18.5%
26:290:58 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control lower is better
15:420:44 per 15 · norm 3:15
40.15/15 · norm 0.45
Submission attempts
90.43/15 · norm 0.44

Bars compare the two men's rates (per-minute / per-15 figures), not raw totals — Strickland has more cage time on record.