Most clinch strikes landed in UFC bantamweight history

Merab Dvalishvili holds the UFC bantamweight record for most clinch strikes landed with 194 clinch strikes.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

#	Fighter	Clinch strikes	Fights
1	Merab Dvalishvili	194	16
2	Petr Yan	176	16
3	Frankie Saenz	174	10
4	Aljamain Sterling	173	18
5	Marlon Vera	140	24
6	TJ Dillashaw	113	17
7	Mario Bautista	111	15
8	Cody Gibson	102	11
9	Takeya Mizugaki	99	14
10	Montel Jackson	97	14
11	Urijah Faber	94	17
12	Renan Barao	87	13
13	Brad Katona	86	8
14	Rob Font	83	19
15	Victor Henry	82	7
16	Raphael Assuncao	80	18
16	Xiao Long	80	5
18	Mike Easton	79	7
19	Taylor Lapilus	77	7
19	Cody Stamann	77	11
21	ChangHo Lee	68	3
22	Henry Cejudo	66	7
23	Raoni Barcelos	65	15
24	Davey Grant	63	16
24	Da'Mon Blackshear	63	10
26	Tony Gravely	60	8
27	Andre Soukhamthath	58	7
27	Daniel Marcos	58	7
29	Pedro Munhoz	57	22
30	Jonathan Martinez	56	13
31	Guido Cannetti	54	10
32	Dominick Cruz	53	10
33	Mitch Gagnon	50	8
33	Ricky Simon	50	17
35	Charles Jourdain	49	4
36	Ricky Turcios	46	5
37	Chris Cariaso	45	4
37	Francisco Rivera	45	11
39	Reuben Duran	44	4
39	George Roop	44	6
41	Erik Perez	43	9
41	Payton Talbott	43	7
43	Jimmie Rivera	42	10
44	Cody Garbrandt	41	16
44	John Lineker	41	8
46	Vaughan Lee	39	7
46	Vince Morales	39	11
46	Jordan Espinosa	39	1
49	Kyler Phillips	38	10
50	Alex Caceres	37	10
50	Thomas Almeida	37	9
50	Jean Matsumoto	37	5

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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.