Most ground strikes landed in UFC bantamweight history

Merab Dvalishvili holds the UFC bantamweight record for most ground strikes landed with 237 ground strikes.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

#	Fighter	Ground strikes	Fights
1	Merab Dvalishvili	237	16
2	Aljamain Sterling	194	18
2	Petr Yan	194	16
4	TJ Dillashaw	190	17
5	Urijah Faber	172	17
6	Raoni Barcelos	167	15
7	Marlon Vera	147	24
8	Umar Nurmagomedov	131	9
9	Cory Sandhagen	122	15
10	Kyung Ho Kang	113	13
11	Iuri Alcantara	108	15
12	Erik Perez	97	9
13	Jonathan Martinez	94	13
14	Takeya Mizugaki	93	14
14	Payton Talbott	93	7
16	Kyler Phillips	86	10
17	Brett Johns	85	7
18	Luke Sanders	80	5
19	Song Yadong	77	16
20	Johnny Bedford	76	6
21	Montel Jackson	72	14
22	Alejandro Perez	68	12
22	Ronnie Lawrence	68	4
24	Raphael Assuncao	67	18
24	Tony Gravely	67	8
26	Edwin Figueroa	66	6
26	Cameron Saaiman	66	6
28	Ricky Simon	65	17
29	Benardo Sopaj	64	3
30	John Lineker	62	8
31	Rob Font	61	19
32	Mario Bautista	58	15
33	George Roop	56	6
34	Matthew Lopez	55	6
34	Brian Kelleher	55	11
36	Michinori Tanaka	53	5
37	Jack Shore	51	6
38	Jose Quinonez	50	9
38	Brad Katona	50	8
40	Chico Camus	49	5
40	Pedro Munhoz	49	22
40	Davey Grant	49	16
43	Frankie Saenz	48	10
44	Enrique Barzola	46	1
44	Ricky Turcios	46	5
44	Rinya Nakamura	46	6
47	Louis Smolka	45	7
47	Cody Haddon	45	2
49	Russell Doane	44	7
49	Javid Basharat	44	7
49	Elijah Smith	44	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.