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Most head strikes landed in UFC welterweight history

Belal Muhammad holds the UFC welterweight record for most head strikes landed with 1,166 head strikes.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

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1 Belal Muhammad 1,166 22
2 Neil Magny 1,087 38
3 Alex Morono 1,080 23
4 Robbie Lawler 922 23
5 Kamaru Usman 869 18
6 Stephen Thompson 857 22
7 Georges St-Pierre 809 21
8 Colby Covington 763 17
9 Tim Means 759 26
10 Santiago Ponzinibbio 744 20
11 Bryan Barberena 725 15
12 Vicente Luque 681 24
13 Matt Brown 631 30
13 Randy Brown 631 22
15 Max Griffin 615 19
16 Daniel Rodriguez 613 13
17 Court McGee 585 20
17 Geoff Neal 585 14
19 Niko Price 572 22
20 Carlos Condit 560 19
21 Thiago Alves 550 26
22 Nate Diaz 547 10
23 Johny Hendricks 540 18
24 Jake Matthews 506 17
25 Chris Lytle 504 20
26 Rory MacDonald 499 13
26 Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos 499 18
28 Leon Edwards 490 20
29 Rick Story 465 19
30 Nicolas Dalby 458 15
31 Mike Perry 457 15
32 Nick Diaz 452 13
33 Li Jingliang 451 17
34 Jorge Masvidal 446 15
35 Ian Machado Garry 444 12
36 Sean Brady 432 11
37 Alan Jouban 398 13
38 Jon Fitch 395 17
38 Demian Maia 395 20
40 Diego Sanchez 394 19
41 Sean Strickland 393 8
42 Jack Della Maddalena 384 10
43 Gilbert Burns 366 15
44 Kevin Holland 358 12
45 Rafael Dos Anjos 353 11
46 Sean Spencer 334 7
47 Dong Hyun Kim 327 18
48 Karo Parisyan 324 13
48 Donald Cerrone 324 15
50 Song Kenan 311 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.