Most ground strikes landed in UFC middleweight history

Anthony Hernandez holds the UFC middleweight record for most ground strikes landed with 247 ground strikes.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

#	Fighter	Ground strikes	Fights
1	Anthony Hernandez	247	13
2	Chael Sonnen	201	10
3	Mark Munoz	172	14
4	Ed Herman	170	17
5	Thiago Santos	167	15
6	Jack Hermansson	159	18
7	Chris Weidman	147	18
7	Derek Brunson	147	21
9	Yushin Okami	146	18
10	Rafael Natal	145	17
11	Nate Marquardt	133	23
11	Brendan Allen	133	18
13	Matt Lindland	131	11
14	Luke Rockhold	127	10
15	Chris Leben	126	22
16	Anderson Silva	124	21
17	Thales Leites	119	21
18	Trevor Smith	118	12
19	Jacob Malkoun	116	9
20	Krzysztof Jotko	113	17
21	Gegard Mousasi	108	11
22	Evan Tanner	106	12
23	Jacare Souza	104	15
24	Demian Maia	103	13
25	Marvin Vettori	101	18
26	Yoel Romero	100	13
27	Jorge Rivera	99	15
28	Kevin Holland	98	16
29	CB Dollaway	97	19
30	Marc-Andre Barriault	95	17
31	Garreth McLellan	94	5
32	Michael Bisping	92	24
32	Robert Whittaker	92	19
32	Nassourdine Imavov	92	11
35	Uriah Hall	90	19
36	Khamzat Chimaev	88	6
37	Michal Oleksiejczuk	87	11
38	Phil Baroni	85	9
39	Andre Petroski	83	13
40	Eryk Anders	82	15
41	Edmen Shahbazyan	79	16
42	Aaron Simpson	77	9
43	Dricus Du Plessis	74	11
44	Elias Theodorou	72	11
44	Dusko Todorovic	72	11
46	JunYong Park	70	13
47	Cody Brundage	69	15
48	Jared Cannonier	68	14
48	Cam Rowston	68	3
50	Rich Franklin	67	10
50	Antonio Carlos Junior	67	11

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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.