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Most head strikes landed in UFC middleweight history

Sean Strickland holds the UFC middleweight record for most head strikes landed with 1,346 head strikes.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

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1 Sean Strickland 1,346 15
2 Marvin Vettori 1,052 18
3 Michael Bisping 1,004 24
4 Robert Whittaker 787 19
5 Brad Tavares 738 28
5 Marc-Andre Barriault 738 17
7 Israel Adesanya 613 18
8 Jared Cannonier 599 14
8 JunYong Park 599 13
10 Anthony Hernandez 587 13
11 Gregory Rodrigues 584 14
12 Jack Hermansson 582 18
13 Kelvin Gastelum 567 18
14 Dricus Du Plessis 559 11
15 Brendan Allen 540 18
16 Chris Curtis 528 10
17 Gerald Meerschaert 477 26
18 Chris Camozzi 470 19
19 Nassourdine Imavov 467 11
20 Derek Brunson 457 21
20 Roman Kopylov 457 13
22 Chris Weidman 448 18
23 Eryk Anders 430 15
24 Krzysztof Jotko 419 17
25 Yoel Romero 403 13
26 Anderson Silva 402 21
27 Jacob Malkoun 390 9
28 Thales Leites 387 21
29 Edmen Shahbazyan 385 16
30 Yushin Okami 384 18
30 Andrew Sanchez 384 9
32 Rafael Natal 379 17
33 Nate Marquardt 370 23
34 Uriah Hall 359 19
35 Kevin Holland 346 16
36 Chris Leben 345 22
37 Sam Alvey 335 16
38 Paulo Costa 313 10
39 Daniel Kelly 303 10
40 Caio Borralho 298 9
41 Christian Leroy Duncan 297 11
42 Rich Franklin 291 10
43 Jacare Souza 288 15
44 Bruno Silva 284 11
45 Trevor Smith 281 12
46 Elias Theodorou 279 11
47 Djorden Santos 271 4
48 Gegard Mousasi 270 11
49 Roman Dolidze 265 11
50 Rodolfo Vieira 264 12

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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.