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Most head strikes landed in UFC flyweight history

Joshua Van holds the UFC flyweight record for most head strikes landed with 1,050 head strikes.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

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1 Joshua Van 1,050 12
2 Brandon Moreno 1,004 21
3 Alexandre Pantoja 688 19
4 Brandon Royval 673 13
5 Tim Elliott 532 20
6 Demetrious Johnson 486 15
7 Joseph Benavidez 459 19
8 Kai Kara-France 455 13
9 Steve Erceg 409 8
10 Sergio Pettis 405 9
11 Charles Johnson 404 14
12 Kyoji Horiguchi 393 10
13 Manel Kape 387 11
14 Louis Smolka 341 10
15 Deiveson Figueiredo 332 14
16 Dustin Ortiz 300 14
17 Neil Seery 292 7
18 Cody Durden 286 13
19 Bruno Silva 280 11
20 Matt Schnell 275 12
21 John Lineker 267 8
22 Jeff Molina 249 3
23 John Moraga 242 14
24 Tagir Ulanbekov 241 8
24 Sumudaerji 241 9
26 Tatsuro Taira 223 9
27 Chris Cariaso 221 9
28 Alex Perez 217 14
29 Luis Gurule 207 4
30 Justin Scoggins 206 8
31 CJ Vergara 205 8
32 Henry Cejudo 196 9
33 Kevin Borjas 194 7
34 Jussier Formiga 189 16
35 Ryan Benoit 188 8
36 Lone'er Kavanagh 184 5
37 Matheus Nicolau 183 10
37 Eric Shelton 183 6
39 Ali Bagautinov 182 7
39 Carlos Hernandez 182 7
41 Askar Askarov 176 5
42 Amir Albazi 166 6
43 John Dodson 162 7
44 Chico Camus 157 3
45 Zhalgas Zhumagulov 155 7
46 Alessandro Costa 154 7
47 Victor Altamirano 153 6
48 Ode Osbourne 148 9
49 Ian McCall 145 6
49 Ben Nguyen 145 7

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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.