Most clinch strikes landed in UFC heavyweight history

Cheick Kongo holds the UFC heavyweight record for most clinch strikes landed with 216 clinch strikes.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

#	Fighter	Clinch strikes	Fights
1	Cheick Kongo	216	18
2	Cain Velasquez	195	15
3	Andrei Arlovski	191	42
4	Josh Barnett	171	10
5	Augusto Sakai	150	9
6	Curtis Blaydes	145	22
7	Alistair Overeem	144	20
8	Tim Sylvia	137	13
9	Randy Couture	136	14
10	Timothy Johnson	133	7
11	Tai Tuivasa	129	19
12	Derrick Lewis	126	32
13	Stipe Miocic	121	19
14	Frank Mir	113	27
15	Fabricio Werdum	112	18
16	Daniel Omielanczuk	107	9
16	Martin Buday	107	8
18	Alexander Volkov	104	19
19	Joey Beltran	96	7
19	Marcin Tybura	96	25
21	Daniel Cormier	95	6
22	Junior Dos Santos	94	23
23	Anthony Hamilton	91	10
24	Ben Rothwell	86	17
24	Aleksei Oleinik	86	17
26	Roy Nelson	83	19
27	Brandon Vera	78	7
27	Eddie Sanchez	78	6
29	Josh Parisian	69	7
30	Antoni Hardonk	68	8
30	Lavar Johnson	68	4
30	Ciryl Gane	68	14
33	Chase Sherman	67	15
34	Mirko Filipovic	66	11
35	Rizvan Kuniev	61	3
36	Brendan Schaub	60	11
36	Shamil Abdurakhimov	60	11
38	Paul Buentello	57	6
39	Travis Browne	56	17
40	Jared Rosholt	53	8
41	Jake Collier	52	8
41	Josh Hokit	52	4
43	Marcelo Golm	50	4
43	Don'Tale Mayes	50	12
45	Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira	49	11
46	Shawn Jordan	47	10
47	Maurice Smith	45	7
48	Gabriel Gonzaga	43	22
48	Juan Adams	43	4
48	Jared Vanderaa	43	7

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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.