Sean Strickland salary
Career earnings · recorded + estimated
~$7,954,500
Last fight: ~$671,000 · UFC 328: Chimaev vs Strickland →
Model estimates, not disclosed figures. Real contracts are private; recent star disclosures are lower bounds.
Payday by fight
Every UFC purse we can price, first fight to last. Solid bars are recorded figures; hatched bars are our model's estimates for undisclosed purses.
Model contract estimate
Likely a flat guarantee with no win bonus · 75% of fighters at this pay grade fight flat. Outfitting (compliance) pay adds $42,000 per bout.
Estimated by our pay model (title fight (champion)) from record, rank and career profile against 18 years of disclosed purses. Real contracts are private · treat this as an informed estimate, and recent star disclosures as lower bounds.
Fight-by-fight purse history
Commission disclosures and contemporaneous reporting, best source per fight.
| UFC 328: Chimaev vs Strickland May 9, 2026WIN | ~$671,000 | — | ~$671,000 | estimate |
| UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs Hernandez Feb 21, 2026WIN | ~$426,000 | — | ~$526,000 | estimate |
| UFC 312: Du Plessis vs Strickland 2 Feb 9, 2025LOSS | $1,000,000 | — | $1,032,000 | reported |
| UFC 302: Makhachev vs Poirier Jun 2, 2024WIN | $600,000 | $600,000 | $1,221,000 | reported |
| UFC 297: Strickland vs du Plessis Jan 21, 2024LOSS | $1,200,000 | — | $1,392,000 | reported |
| UFC 293: Adesanya vs Strickland Sep 10, 2023WIN | $500,000 | $500,000 | $1,082,000 | reported |
| UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs Magomedov Jul 1, 2023WIN | ~$136,000 | ~$136,000 | ~$322,000 | estimate |
| UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs Imavov Jan 15, 2023WIN | $150,000 | $150,000 | $316,000 | reported |
| UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs Strickland Dec 18, 2022LOSS | $150,000 | — | $166,000 | reported |
| UFC 276: Adesanya vs Cannonier Jul 3, 2022LOSS | $100,000 | — | $116,000 | reported |
| UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs Strickland Feb 6, 2022WIN | $90,000 | $90,000 | $191,000 | reported |
| UFC Fight Night: Hall vs Strickland Aug 1, 2021WIN | $70,000 | $70,000 | $151,000 | reported |
| UFC Fight Night: Reyes vs Prochazka May 2, 2021WIN | $60,000 | ? | $71,000 | reported |
| UFC Fight Night: Felder vs Dos Anjos Nov 15, 2020WIN | $48,000 | $48,000 | $157,000 | reported |
| UFC Fight Night: Hall vs Silva Oct 31, 2020WIN | $48,000 | $48,000 | $102,000 | reported |
| UFC Fight Night: Volkan vs Smith Oct 28, 2018WIN | $40,000 | $40,000 | $86,000 | reported |
| UFC 224: Nunes vs Pennington May 13, 2018LOSS | $40,000 | — | $46,000 | reported |
| UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs Pettis Nov 11, 2017WIN | $64,000 | ? | $64,000 | disclosed |
| UFC 210: Cormier vs Johnson 2 Apr 9, 2017LOSS | $24,000 | — | $30,000 | reported |
| UFC 199: Rockhold vs Bisping 2 Jun 5, 2016WIN | $46,000 | ? | $46,000 | disclosed |
| UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs Cowboy Feb 22, 2016WIN | $20,000 | $20,000 | $44,500 | reported |
| UFC Fight Night: Mir vs Duffee Jul 15, 2015WIN | $34,000 | ? | $34,000 | disclosed |
| UFC Fight Night: Bigfoot vs Mir Feb 22, 2015LOSS | $16,000 | — | $20,000 | reported |
| UFC Fight Night: Munoz vs Mousasi May 31, 2014WIN | $12,000 | $12,000 | $34,000 | reported |
| UFC 171: Hendricks vs Lawler Mar 15, 2014WIN | ~$17,000 | ~$17,000 | ~$34,000 | estimate |
Disclosed figures exclude undisclosed locker-room bonuses, sponsorships and most PPV money. “Reported” rows mix commission data with contemporaneous research.
Fighter pay FAQ
How much did Sean Strickland make in his last fight?
No purse was disclosed for UFC 328: Chimaev vs Strickland. Our model estimates Sean Strickland earned about $671,000 for that fight, before bonuses · see the full event payout breakdown.
How much does Sean Strickland make per fight?
Our model estimates Sean Strickland earns about $1,027,000 in show money per fight (typical range $744,000-$1,417,000), based on record, ranking and career profile. Actual contracts are private.
Does Sean Strickland get a win bonus?
Probably not · at Sean Strickland's estimated pay grade, about 75% of fighters are on flat guarantees with no win bonus.
What is Sean Strickland's biggest recorded payday?
Sean Strickland's biggest recorded payday is $1,392,000, at UFC 297: Strickland vs du Plessis.
What are Sean Strickland's career earnings?
Counting model estimates for undisclosed purses, Sean Strickland's career fight earnings come to roughly $7,954,500: $6,401,500 recorded across 21 fights, plus estimates for 4 fights no commission ever disclosed.
What is Sean Strickland's net worth?
We track fight pay, not net worth. Counting model estimates for undisclosed purses, Sean Strickland's career fight earnings are roughly $7,954,500 · purse income only, excluding endorsements, sponsorships and undisclosed extras.