Jack Marshman vs. Sean Strickland

UFC 3-5-0 vs. 18-7-0

Tale of the tape

Green = edge on that line
3-5-0
UFC record
18-7-0
Middleweight
Division (benchmark)
Middleweight
36
AgeΔ 1 yrs
35
6'0"
HeightΔ 1"
6'1"
73"
ReachΔ 3"
76"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
69.2
Layoff (months)Δ 66.2 mo
3
LLWLL
Last 5 (newest first)
WWLWL

The read

Stats 25%+ off the division median
Jack Marshman rarely shoots — 0.00 takedowns per 15 minutes, vs a 1.42 Middleweight norm.
Sean Strickland outworks the Middleweight division — 5.98 sig. strikes landed per minute, vs a 3.25 norm.
Jack Marshman carries real power — 0.55 knockdowns per 15 minutes, vs a 0.32 Middleweight norm.

Level of competition

Full-career record by tier of opposition

Jack Marshman

Competition tierWL
Tier 1 — UFC / DWCS / PFL / Bellator / ONE / Rizin 35
Tier 3 — regional circuit 205

Tier-weighted record quality: 0.62 · 3 tier-1/2 wins · 18 finish wins over 33 documented bouts

In the UFC: 1-4 against opponents who walked in above .500 · avg opponent walk-in record +1.4 wins over .500

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

Striking

Career totals · norms = own-division medians

Significant strikes — landed & absorbed

2242.74/min · norm 3.25
Sig. strikes landed
24305.98/min · norm 3.25
3424.19/min · norm 3.20
Sig. strikes absorbed
18424.53/min · norm 3.20
25.6%norm 47.4%
Striking accuracy
42.5%norm 47.4%
56.5%norm 53.8%
Striking defense
60.6%norm 53.8%
30.55/15 · norm 0.32
Knockdowns
70.26/15 · norm 0.32

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

Jack Marshman

Distance 96.9% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 1.1% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 1.9% (norm 10.3%)

Sean Strickland

Distance 94.7% (norm 79.4%) · Clinch 2.0% (norm 9.1%) · Ground 3.2% (norm 10.3%)

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

Jack Marshman

Head 80.9% (norm 78.0%) · Body 13.4% (norm 13.4%) · Legs 5.7% (norm 8.4%)

Sean Strickland

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

Zone accuracy matrix Landed / attempted by zone

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

Zone Marshman L/AAccMiddleweight med Strickland L/AAccMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 209 / 848 24.6% 40.5% 2239 / 5415 41.3% 40.5%
In the clinch 5 / 10 too few to rate 70.3% 78 / 117 66.7% 70.3%
On the ground 10 / 17 too few to rate 69.1% 113 / 185 61.1% 69.1%
BY TARGET
To the head 144 / 708 20.3% 38.9% 1963 / 5036 39.0% 38.9%
To the body 50 / 117 42.7% 71.7% 343 / 523 65.6% 71.7%
To the legs 30 / 50 60.0% 83.3% 124 / 158 78.5% 83.3%

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: 174 fighters · Middleweight: 174 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 Marshman L/AOpp accMiddleweight med vs Strickland L/AOpp accMiddleweight med
BY POSITION
At distance 278 / 687 40.5% 39.5% 1738 / 4517 38.5% 39.5%
In the clinch 24 / 32 75.0% 70.9% 50 / 77 64.9% 70.9%
On the ground 40 / 68 58.8% 69.0% 54 / 87 62.1% 69.0%
BY TARGET
To the head 244 / 646 37.8% 37.9% 769 / 3096 24.8% 37.9%
To the body 61 / 100 61.0% 71.3% 631 / 1021 61.8% 71.3%
To the legs 37 / 41 90.2% 82.1% 442 / 564 78.4% 82.1%

Grappling

Takedowns, control, submissions vs. division norm
0— acc · 0.00/15 · norm 1.42
Takedowns landed
1862.1% acc · 0.66/15 · norm 1.42
220.0% def · norm 63.1%
Takedowns stopped
5368.8% def · norm 63.1%
0:160.3% of cage time · norm 19.75%
Control time
33:528.3% of cage time · norm 19.75%
17:173:10 per 15 · norm 3:00
Time under control
26:290:58 per 15 · norm 3:00
00.00/15 · norm 0.47
Submission attempts
40.15/15 · norm 0.47

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