Most clinch strikes landed in UFC middleweight history

Marc-Andre Barriault holds the UFC middleweight record for most clinch strikes landed with 269 clinch strikes.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

#	Fighter	Clinch strikes	Fights
1	Marc-Andre Barriault	269	17
2	Eryk Anders	176	15
3	Krzysztof Jotko	173	17
4	Jorge Rivera	165	15
4	Elias Theodorou	165	11
6	Chris Leben	162	22
7	Aaron Simpson	152	9
8	Brad Tavares	150	28
9	Ed Herman	141	17
10	Kendall Grove	129	13
11	Trevor Smith	128	12
11	Sam Alvey	128	16
13	Chris Camozzi	126	19
14	Michael Bisping	116	24
15	Anderson Silva	111	21
16	Tim Boetsch	110	17
17	Rich Franklin	109	10
17	Jared Cannonier	109	14
19	Nate Marquardt	108	23
20	Tom Watson	105	7
21	Christian Leroy Duncan	101	11
22	Nassourdine Imavov	100	11
23	Matt Lindland	98	11
24	Gregory Rodrigues	97	14
25	Derek Brunson	96	21
26	Mark Munoz	94	14
27	Anthony Hernandez	92	13
28	Darren Stewart	85	10
29	Evan Tanner	80	12
29	Yoel Romero	80	13
31	Rafael Natal	79	17
32	Shara Magomedov	77	7
33	Jack Hermansson	75	18
33	Dusko Todorovic	75	11
35	Patrick Cote	70	12
35	Julian Marquez	70	8
37	Yushin Okami	69	18
38	Edmen Shahbazyan	68	16
38	Tafon Nchukwi	68	3
40	Gerald Meerschaert	67	26
41	Kelvin Gastelum	66	18
42	Steve Steinbeiss	65	2
42	Brendan Allen	65	18
42	Dricus Du Plessis	65	11
45	Phil Baroni	64	9
45	Tom Lawlor	64	8
45	Jacare Souza	64	15
45	Robert Whittaker	64	19
45	Marvin Vettori	64	18
45	Israel Adesanya	64	18

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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.