Split decision. 2 of 3 judges scored the bout for Jared Cannonier; 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 |
| Jared Cannonier |
| 0 |
| 16/43 |
| 16/43 |
| 0/0 |
| 0 |
| 0:00 |
| 3 |
| 7 |
| 6 |
| Sean Strickland | 0 | 13/48 | 17/57 | 1/1 | 0 | 0:43 | 9 | 4 | 0 |
| R2 | Jared Cannonier | 0 | 25/58 | 25/58 | 0/0 | 0 | 0:00 | 6 | 11 | 8 |
| Sean Strickland | 0 | 28/73 | 28/73 | 0/0 | 0 | 0:00 | 23 | 5 | 0 |
| R3 | Jared Cannonier | 0 | 33/69 | 33/69 | 0/0 | 0 | 0:00 | 12 | 15 | 6 |
| Sean Strickland | 0 | 35/81 | 35/81 | 0/0 | 0 | 0:00 | 28 | 5 | 2 |
| R4 | Jared Cannonier | 0 | 27/61 | 27/61 | 0/0 | 0 | 0:00 | 14 | 11 | 2 |
| Sean Strickland | 0 | 33/87 | 34/88 | 0/0 | 0 | 0:05 | 29 | 4 | 0 |
| R5 | Jared Cannonier | 0 | 40/79 | 40/79 | 0/0 | 0 | 0:00 | 22 | 16 | 2 |
| Sean Strickland | 0 | 43/111 | 43/111 | 0/0 | 0 | 0:00 | 37 | 6 | 0 |
