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UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland
Sean Strickland
Sean Strickland
30-7 · USA
VS
Khamzat Chimaev
Khamzat Chimaev
15-0 · ARE
May 9, 2026 · Newark, New Jersey, USA
Middleweight · 5 rounds · Main event
185.0lb
Weigh-in
185.0lb
Sean Strickland def. Khamzat Chimaev by S-DEC, R5 5:00
Performance
Round by round
SSTDKDCtrl
R1
Strickland0/00/000:00
Chimaev0/32/204:47
R2
Strickland15/380/003:01
Chimaev10/190/200:04
R3
Strickland43/1000/000:00
Chimaev29/890/000:00
R4
Strickland34/860/000:00
Chimaev37/721/200:54
R5
Strickland31/880/100:00
Chimaev22/576/701:31
Total
Strickland123/3120/103:01
Chimaev98/2409/1307:16

Scorecards

Strickland vs Chimaev

RdEric ColónSal D'AmatoSue SanidadCommunity
R19-109-109-109-10
R210-910-910-910-9
R310-910-910-99.8-9.2
R49-109-109-109.1-9.9
R510-910-99-109.8-9.2
Total48-4748-4747-4847.7-47.3

Media (24 cards) · avg 4846.9 · 24 Strickland · 0 Chimaev

Official cards + public consensus via MMA Decisions. Per round: Strickland-Chimaev.

Pre-fight

The model's read going in

The walk-forward model's call at the time of the bout — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.

Prediction
StricklandWin probabilityChimaev
20.7%79.3%
KO / TKO
31%
Submission
4%
Decision
65%
Expected fight time: 20.7 min
Retrospective pick: the walk-forward model's call at the time of the fight — persisted out-of-sample, with no hindsight about the result.
What drives the pick

Each bar is a feature's push on the model from the center axis. Red pushes toward Strickland, blue toward Chimaev. Tap a bar for why.

Predicted outcomes
Strickland21%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO6%28%9%
Submission0%1%2%
Decision15%71%9%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes95 (40129)act 123
Takedowns0.1 (0.00.3)act 0
Chimaev79%
Wins by
Model
Equity
Mkt
KO / TKO25%32%16%
Submission4%4%43%
Decision50%64%20%
Predicted output
Sig. strikes95 (40129)act 98
Takedowns2.8 (0.06.8)act 9
Combined totals~190 sig strikes~2.9 takedownsmkt —
How it ends
mkt —
R15%
R29%
R311%
R46%
R54%
Distance65%
Fighter props
Most sig. strikestie 0.5%
Strickland
49.3%+102
Chimaev
-10250.2%
Most takedownstie 15.5%
Strickland
3.7%+2210
Chimaev
-221080.8%
Significant strikes — over/under
Strickland
Expected: 94.6
94.5
Over 94.5
39.8%
+151
Under 94.5
60.2%
-151
0119237
Chimaev
Expected: 94.9
95
Over 95
39.5%
+152
Exactly 95
0.5%
push
Under 95
60.0%
-152
0119238
Takedowns — over/under
Strickland
Expected: 0.1
0
Over 0
11.7%
Exactly 0
88.3%
push
Under 0
0.0%
035
Chimaev
Expected: 2.8
3
Over 3
37.2%
+132
Exactly 3
13.5%
push
Under 3
49.3%
-132
059

Odds are model-implied (no real prop market is priced for these). The “most” prices are draw-no-bet — a tie (for takedowns, usually 0–0) is a push, so each side is priced off its chance of winning given a result, while the % shown is the raw chance of landing strictly more. Drag a line in half-point steps: a half line (e.g. 2.5) is a clean over/under, while a whole number adds a third outcome — landing exactly on it, a push — so over, exact and under sum to 100%. On a whole number the over/under odds are draw-no-bet (priced off the decisive mass, since the push refunds), so the two sides stay mirror images rather than implying an arbitrage.

Expected fight time 20.7 min. Predicted-output ranges are percentiles of the model’s simulated fights: sig strikes the middle 50% (25th–75th); takedowns the wider 10th–90th, since they’re 0 in most fights so a narrow band would collapse to 0. Win-by-method = win probability × that fighter’s own method split: the model forecasts how the fight ends, and that forecast is divided between the corners by each fighter’s finishing record — UFC wins in full, earlier-career wins at half weight, as of fight night — reconciled so the fighters’ totals still equal their win probabilities and the methods still total the fight-level forecast above. “Equity” is each of those over that fighter’s win % — how they win given that they win — so a column adds to 100%, and it differs by corner. A fighter with no classifiable wins at any level leans on the fight-level split. “How it ends” is the model’s round-of-finish split. “Mkt” is the de-vigged market prop (consensus across books), shown for context, not as a betting signal; rounds & totals slots fill as that data lands. Percentages are apportioned by largest remainder, so each set adds to its total exactly and an individual figure can sit a point off its own rounding.

Model vs market
Final
ModelMarketGapLine
To win
Strickland20.7%21.2%−0.5+351
Chimaev79.3%78.8%+0.5-468
By method
Strickland by KO/TKO6.4%9.3%−2.9+810
Strickland by submission0.8%2.3%−1.5+3556
Strickland by decision13.5%9.3%+4.2+810
Chimaev by KO/TKO24.5%16.3%+8.2+422
Chimaev by submission3.1%42.5%−39.4-100
Chimaev by decision51.7%20.2%+31.5+322
Total rounds (over)
Over 1.5 rds94.7%67.0%+27.7-260
Over 2.5 rds85.9%99.6%−13.7-132
Over 3.5 rds75.5%43.0%+32.5+117
Over 4.5 rds69.4%35.5%+33.9+163
Goes the distance
Fight goes to decision65.2%30.6%+34.6+206

Market % is the de-vigged (no-vig) consensus across the books that price both fighters; the line is the average across books with the min–max range in parentheses. Gap is the model minus the market in points (+ = the model rates that outcome above the market). Thin or one-sided markets are flagged or left blank rather than shown as a fabricated %. Shown for context, not as a bet — the closing line is the sharpest public price and the model trails it on average. For 5-round bouts the model splits its round-3+ finish mass into rounds 3–5 by the historical within-bucket rate, so the over-3.5 / 4.5 lines carry a model estimate.

Trait web
70.4Striking72.5
Chimaev +2.1
51.8Grappling96.7
Chimaev +44.9
Str/minStr accStr defAbsorbedTD/15TD accTD defSubs
Hover a point to see the values
StricklandChimaev
Tale of the tape
Ratings (Elo)
1670
Pound-for-pound
1678
1639
Divisional
1610
1552
Striking offense
1502
1489
Striking defense
1499
1435
Grappling offense
1550
1631
Grappling defense
1528
Physical
35 yrs
Age
32 yrs
6'1"
Height
6'2"
76"
Reach
75"
Orthodox
Stance
Orthodox
Striking (UFC career)
6.04
Strikes landed / min
4.04
43%
Strike accuracy
61%
4.57
Strikes absorbed / min
2.32
61%
Strike defense
43%
Grappling (UFC career)
0.71
Takedowns / 15 min
5.29
64%
Takedown accuracy
55%
77%
Takedown defense
86%
0.2
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.8
Form & résumé
71%
UFC win rate
100%
+1
Win/loss streak
+9
60%
Last-5 win rate
100%
35%
Finish rate
67%
Recent opp. quality
77
Days since last fight
266
Recent form (last 5 UFC)
Sean Strickland
  • WAnthony HernandezKO/TKO R3
    Close +2133mo before
  • LDricus Du PlessisU-DEC R5
    Close +1791y 3mo before
  • WPaulo CostaS-DEC R5
    Close -2331y 11mo before
  • LDricus Du PlessisS-DEC R5
    Close -1072y 4mo before
  • WIsrael AdesanyaU-DEC R5
    Close +4102y 8mo before
Khamzat Chimaev
  • WDricus Du PlessisU-DEC R5
    Close -2709mo before
  • WRobert WhittakerSUB R1
    Close -2341y 6mo before
  • WKamaru UsmanM-DEC R3
    Close -3632y 7mo before
  • WKevin HollandSUB R1
    Close -5583y 8mo before
  • WGilbert BurnsU-DEC R3
    Close -5244y 1mo before
Strickland — win / loss by method
Record: 30-7-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
12 wins, 2 losses
W
40% of wins
L
29% of losses
Submission
4 wins, 0 losses
W
13% of wins
L
0% of losses
Decision
14 wins, 5 losses
W
47% of wins
L
71% of losses
UFC
17win7loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
5 (29%)KO/TKO(29%) 2
1 (6%)Submission(0%) 0
11 (65%)Decision(71%) 5
Non-UFC
13win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
7 (54%)KO/TKO() 0
3 (23%)Submission() 0
3 (23%)Decision() 0
Chimaev — win / loss by method
Record: 15-0-0

Bar length is fight count (largest bar = full width); shading splits finishes by round and decisions by unanimous vs split — tap a bar for the round-by-round count.

KO/TKO
6 wins, 0 losses
W
40% of wins
L
Submission
6 wins, 0 losses
W
40% of wins
L
Decision
3 wins, 0 losses
W
20% of wins
L
UFC
9win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
2 (22%)KO/TKO() 0
4 (44%)Submission() 0
3 (33%)Decision() 0
Non-UFC
6win0loss0draw0NC
WinsLosses
4 (67%)KO/TKO() 0
2 (33%)Submission() 0
0 (0%)Decision() 0

Profiles

Experience
Strickland
Chimaev
24
UFC fights
9
381.6 min · 15.9 avg
Octagon time
73.7 min · 8.2 avg
18y 4m
Career length
8y 2m
UFC schedule strength

Opponents' records on fight night — toggle their full cross-promotional record vs UFC bouts only.

Strickland
Chimaev
404W–91L · 81.6%
Overall
193W–53L · 78.5%
296W–72L · 80.4%
Wins
193W–53L · 78.5%
108W–19L · 85.0%
Losses
0W–0L
Non-UFC schedule strength
Strickland
Chimaev
83W–34L · 70.9%
Overall
27W–8L · 77.1%
83W–34L · 70.9%
Wins
27W–8L · 77.1%
0W–0L
Losses
0W–0L
Distance striking
Strickland
Chimaev
6.52
Landed / min
5.36
41.5%
Accuracy
46.3%
61.6%
Defense
46.7%
0.28
Knockdowns / 15 min
0.41
85.3%
Time at distance
31.6%
Grappling & control
Strickland
Chimaev
0.71
Takedowns / 15 min
5.29
64.3%
Takedown accuracy
55.3%
76.6%
Takedown defense
85.7%
0.16
Sub attempts / 15 min
1.83
61.6%
Control share
98.0%
Strike target map
Strickland
  • Head80%(1,845)div 63%
  • Body15%(338)div 20%
  • Legs5%(124)div 17%
Chimaev
  • Head84%(249)div 63%
  • Body8%(23)div 20%
  • Legs9%(26)div 17%

Where each fighter lands significant strikes (career). “div” = the weight-class average.

Sean Strickland
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.

Khamzat Chimaev
CloseSSTDKDCtrl

Per-fight: SS & TD shown landed/attempted; Close = consensus closing line.