Split decision. 2 of 3 judges scored the bout for Sean Strickland; Sue Sanidad had it for Khamzat Chimaev.
Scorecards as recorded by PropSports results · 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 | Khamzat Chimaev | 0 | 0/3 | 17/23 | 2/2 | 0 | 4:47 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Strickland | 0 | 0/0 | 12/13 | 0/0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| R2 | Khamzat Chimaev | 0 | 10/19 | 18/28 | 0/2 | 0 | 0:04 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| Sean Strickland | 0 | 15/38 | 29/57 | 0/0 | 0 | 3:01 | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
| R3 | Khamzat Chimaev | 0 | 29/89 | 29/89 | 0/0 | 0 | 0:00 | 17 | 10 | 2 |
| Sean Strickland | 0 | 43/100 | 43/100 | 0/0 | 0 | 0:00 | 42 | 1 | 0 | |
| R4 | Khamzat Chimaev | 0 | 37/72 | 45/80 | 1/2 | 0 | 0:54 | 20 | 11 | 6 |
| Sean Strickland | 0 | 34/86 | 38/90 | 0/0 | 0 | 0:00 | 33 | 1 | 0 | |
| R5 | Khamzat Chimaev | 0 | 22/57 | 28/63 | 6/7 | 0 | 1:31 | 10 | 10 | 2 |
| Sean Strickland | 0 | 31/88 | 38/95 | 0/1 | 0 | 0:00 | 28 | 3 | 0 |
