Most clinch strikes landed in UFC featherweight history

Darren Elkins holds the UFC featherweight record for most clinch strikes landed with 242 clinch strikes.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

#	Fighter	Clinch strikes	Fights
1	Darren Elkins	242	29
2	Max Holloway	217	27
3	Cub Swanson	157	25
4	Dennis Bermudez	156	16
5	Charles Jourdain	146	12
6	Billy Quarantillo	143	10
7	Alexander Volkanovski	130	14
8	Dustin Poirier	121	11
9	Hakeem Dawodu	114	10
10	Nate Landwehr	111	11
11	Ricardo Lamas	110	17
12	Shane Burgos	106	11
13	Steven Siler	99	9
14	Alex Caceres	91	20
15	Damon Jackson	88	12
16	Charles Oliveira	84	12
17	Robert Peralta	80	8
17	Nik Lentz	80	7
19	Julian Erosa	76	14
20	Jonathan Pearce	71	8
21	Dan Ige	70	20
22	Lerone Murphy	69	11
23	Sodiq Yusuff	67	9
23	SeungWoo Choi	67	11
25	Andre Fili	65	28
26	Yair Rodriguez	64	16
27	Bill Algeo	63	10
28	Mike Brown	60	5
28	Ricky Glenn	60	5
30	Diego Nunes	59	6
30	Christian Rodriguez	59	7
32	Chepe Mariscal	58	5
33	Levan Makashvili	57	3
34	Jeremy Stephens	56	18
35	Chas Skelly	54	12
36	William Gomis	53	7
37	Maximo Blanco	51	9
37	Steven Peterson	51	8
39	Movsar Evloev	50	9
40	Brian Ortega	49	13
40	Gavin Tucker	49	7
42	Frankie Edgar	47	13
42	Jamall Emmers	47	10
44	Jack Jenkins	46	7
45	Manvel Gamburyan	44	6
45	Yui Chul Nam	44	2
45	Sean Woodson	44	10
48	Jimy Hettes	43	6
48	Dan Hooker	43	7
50	Matt Grice	42	3

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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.