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Most head strikes landed in UFC light heavyweight history

Glover Teixeira holds the UFC light heavyweight record for most head strikes landed with 810 head strikes.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

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1 Glover Teixeira 810 23
2 Jon Jones 687 22
3 Jan Blachowicz 639 23
4 Dustin Jacoby 587 16
5 Corey Anderson 561 15
6 Mauricio Rua 527 24
7 Alonzo Menifield 525 19
8 Alexander Gustafsson 514 17
9 Gian Villante 502 15
10 Ion Cutelaba 480 21
11 Volkan Oezdemir 470 16
12 Forrest Griffin 469 15
13 Matt Hamill 467 15
14 Jamahal Hill 455 11
15 Ovince Saint Preux 449 26
16 Tito Ortiz 444 23
17 Kennedy Nzechukwu 442 11
18 Ryan Bader 423 20
19 Fabio Maldonado 417 9
20 Patrick Cummins 409 13
21 Magomed Ankalaev 402 17
22 Jiri Prochazka 397 9
23 Rashad Evans 387 20
24 Khalil Rountree Jr. 375 18
25 Nikita Krylov 362 19
26 Chuck Liddell 361 19
27 Anthony Smith 352 18
28 Carlos Ulberg 338 11
29 Daniel Cormier 337 9
30 Dominick Reyes 331 15
31 Stephan Bonnar 324 15
32 Keith Jardine 302 12
32 Devin Clark 302 15
34 Modestas Bukauskas 298 13
35 Ed Herman 274 9
36 Phil Davis 272 13
37 Quinton Jackson 268 12
38 Rogerio Nogueira 262 13
39 Lyoto Machida 258 15
40 Aleksandar Rakic 254 11
41 Randy Couture 232 10
42 Thiago Silva 229 12
43 Igor Pokrajac 228 13
44 Thiago Santos 221 9
44 Navajo Stirling 221 6
46 Sean O'Connell 207 7
47 Alex Pereira 204 7
48 Da Woon Jung 201 9
48 Azamat Murzakanov 201 7
50 Michal Oleksiejczuk 200 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.