Most ground strikes landed in UFC flyweight history

Dustin Ortiz holds the UFC flyweight record for most ground strikes landed with 176 ground strikes.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

#	Fighter	Ground strikes	Fights
1	Dustin Ortiz	176	14
2	Louis Smolka	166	10
3	Tim Elliott	155	20
4	Demetrious Johnson	146	15
5	Deiveson Figueiredo	110	14
6	Tatsuro Taira	105	9
7	Ray Borg	103	9
8	Justin Scoggins	98	8
9	John Moraga	97	14
10	Eric Shelton	95	6
11	Ali Bagautinov	93	7
12	Brandon Moreno	91	21
13	Alexandre Pantoja	90	19
14	Kai Kara-France	84	13
14	CJ Vergara	84	8
16	Kyoji Horiguchi	76	10
16	Brandon Royval	76	13
18	Joshua Van	70	12
19	Henry Cejudo	62	9
20	Joseph Benavidez	60	19
20	Asu Almabayev	60	8
22	Rei Tsuruya	52	3
23	Cody Durden	49	13
24	Jarred Brooks	47	4
25	Victor Altamirano	46	6
26	Matt Schnell	45	12
27	Jussier Formiga	43	16
28	Neil Seery	42	7
28	Manel Kape	42	11
30	Paddy Holohan	41	5
30	Jeff Molina	41	3
32	Chris Cariaso	40	9
32	Malcolm Gordon	40	6
34	Matheus Nicolau	38	10
34	Charles Johnson	38	14
34	Ronaldo Rodriguez	38	3
34	Lone'er Kavanagh	38	5
38	John Lineker	37	8
39	Bibulatov Magomed	35	3
40	Chris Kelades	34	4
40	Muhammad Mokaev	34	7
40	Alessandro Costa	34	7
43	Ian McCall	33	6
43	Zach Makovsky	33	7
43	Bruno Silva	33	11
43	Nate Maness	33	3
47	Sergio Pettis	32	9
47	Jake Hadley	32	5
49	Yuta Sasaki	31	6
49	Askar Askarov	31	5
49	Tagir Ulanbekov	31	8

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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.