Split decision. 2 of 3 judges scored the bout for Dricus Du Plessis; Sal D'amato had it for Sean Strickland.
Scorecards as recorded by PropSports round data · source ↗ · fighter attribution derived from the recorded result, not assumed from score order · how this is built
Fight progression reconstructed from verified round-level observations.
Pace is significant strikes landed per minute of observed round time. A round with no recorded observation is left empty rather than drawn as zero.
| Round | Fighter | KD | Sig. str. | Total | TD | Sub | Ctrl | Head | Body | Leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 |
| Dricus Du Plessis |
| 0 |
| 18/51 |
| 19/52 |
| 2/3 |
| 0 |
| 0:28 |
| 8 |
| 3 |
| 7 |
| Sean Strickland | 0 | 34/75 | 39/80 | 0/0 | 0 | 0:00 | 28 | 2 | 4 |
| R2 | Dricus Du Plessis | 0 | 26/60 | 26/60 | 1/1 | 0 | 0:22 | 11 | 9 | 6 |
| Sean Strickland | 0 | 22/62 | 26/66 | 0/0 | 0 | 0:00 | 20 | 1 | 1 |
| R3 | Dricus Du Plessis | 0 | 29/84 | 29/85 | 0/0 | 0 | 0:00 | 13 | 10 | 6 |
| Sean Strickland | 0 | 31/87 | 31/87 | 0/0 | 0 | 0:00 | 29 | 2 | 0 |
| R4 | Dricus Du Plessis | 0 | 29/73 | 31/75 | 3/5 | 0 | 1:18 | 22 | 4 | 3 |
| Sean Strickland | 0 | 33/85 | 34/87 | 0/0 | 0 | 0:00 | 32 | 1 | 0 |
| R5 | Dricus Du Plessis | 0 | 35/86 | 35/86 | 0/2 | 0 | 0:00 | 27 | 6 | 2 |
| Sean Strickland | 0 | 53/99 | 53/99 | 0/0 | 0 | 0:00 | 48 | 4 | 1 |
