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Most head strikes landed in UFC bantamweight history

Petr Yan holds the UFC bantamweight record for most head strikes landed with 1,008 head strikes.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

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1 Petr Yan 1,008 16
2 Rob Font 990 19
3 Merab Dvalishvili 833 16
4 Sean O'Malley 759 16
5 TJ Dillashaw 748 17
6 Marlon Vera 739 24
7 Cory Sandhagen 735 15
8 Pedro Munhoz 723 22
9 Raoni Barcelos 686 15
10 Aljamain Sterling 541 18
11 Mario Bautista 531 15
12 Dominick Cruz 518 10
13 Song Yadong 507 16
14 Urijah Faber 490 17
15 Takeya Mizugaki 443 14
16 Renan Barao 442 13
17 Kyler Phillips 434 10
18 Ricky Simon 433 17
19 Davey Grant 429 16
20 Raphael Assuncao 415 18
21 Jonathan Martinez 405 13
22 Eddie Wineland 387 16
23 Adrian Yanez 373 11
24 Brad Katona 372 8
25 Miles Johns 366 11
26 Kyung Ho Kang 362 13
27 Vince Morales 359 11
28 Victor Henry 356 7
29 Cody Garbrandt 351 16
30 Umar Nurmagomedov 332 9
31 Montel Jackson 325 14
32 Aiemann Zahabi 324 10
33 Jose Aldo 318 8
34 Francisco Rivera 299 11
35 Cody Stamann 298 11
36 John Lineker 295 8
37 Alex Caceres 293 10
38 Taylor Lapilus 291 7
39 Jimmie Rivera 282 10
40 Payton Talbott 280 7
41 Andre Ewell 276 7
41 Chris Gutierrez 276 12
43 Cody Gibson 269 11
44 Alejandro Perez 262 12
45 Henry Cejudo 261 7
46 Daniel Marcos 253 7
47 John Dodson 252 10
48 Javid Basharat 250 7
49 Da'Mon Blackshear 243 10
50 Iuri Alcantara 242 15
50 Alatengheili 242 10

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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.