Best significant strike differential in UFC bantamweight history

Payton Talbott holds the UFC bantamweight record for best significant strike differential with 3.09 per minute.

UFC fights only, minimum 5 fights. Updated October 20, 2026.

#	Fighter	Per minute	Fights
1	Payton Talbott	3.09	7
2	Johnny Bedford	2.78	6
3	Sean O'Malley	2.63	16
4	Aljamain Sterling	2.25	18
5	Nathaniel Wood	2.22	5
6	Javid Basharat	2.15	7
7	Victor Henry	1.99	7
8	Rob Font	1.88	19
9	Luke Sanders	1.87	5
10	Taylor Lapilus	1.85	7
11	Umar Nurmagomedov	1.83	9
12	Marcus McGhee	1.81	5
13	Vinicius Oliveira	1.80	5
14	Vaughan Lee	1.77	7
15	Chris Gutierrez	1.76	12
16	TJ Dillashaw	1.70	17
17	Alex Caceres	1.63	10
18	Jack Shore	1.61	6
19	Montel Jackson	1.56	14
20	Davey Grant	1.54	16
21	Merab Dvalishvili	1.50	16
22	Mario Bautista	1.36	15
23	Muin Gafurov	1.32	5
24	Batgerel Danaa	1.18	7
25	Cameron Saaiman	1.08	6
26	Rinya Nakamura	1.08	6
27	Erik Perez	1.06	9
28	Cory Sandhagen	1.06	15
29	Dominick Cruz	1.05	10
30	Francisco Rivera	0.98	11
31	Petr Yan	0.92	16
32	Daniel Marcos	0.88	7
33	John Lineker	0.86	8
34	Kyler Phillips	0.84	10
35	Said Nurmagomedov	0.83	10
36	Louis Smolka	0.78	7
37	Xiao Long	0.71	5
38	Raphael Assuncao	0.70	18
39	Adrian Yanez	0.69	11
40	Sergio Pettis	0.66	5
41	George Roop	0.65	6
42	Guido Cannetti	0.61	10
43	Jose Quinonez	0.60	9
44	Takeya Mizugaki	0.59	14
45	Raoni Barcelos	0.55	15
46	Mitch Gagnon	0.55	8
47	Ricky Turcios	0.52	5
48	Miles Johns	0.51	11
49	Song Yadong	0.48	16
50	Alejandro Perez	0.48	12

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How we count: results and statistics are from official UFC fight data. Strike and takedown numbers only exist for fights where the UFC recorded them. Rates need at least 5 UFC fights and enough attempts to be meaningful.