Most takedowns in UFC flyweight history

Tim Elliott holds the UFC flyweight record for most takedowns with 63 takedowns.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

#	Fighter	Takedowns	Fights
1	Tim Elliott	63	20
2	Demetrious Johnson	58	15
3	Alexandre Pantoja	45	19
4	Wilson Reis	44	11
5	Dustin Ortiz	35	14
5	Cody Durden	35	13
7	Brandon Moreno	33	21
7	Asu Almabayev	33	8
9	Ray Borg	32	9
10	Muhammad Mokaev	31	7
11	Zach Makovsky	26	7
11	Tatsuro Taira	26	9
13	Jussier Formiga	22	16
13	Justin Scoggins	22	8
15	Joseph Benavidez	19	19
15	Ali Bagautinov	19	7
15	Henry Cejudo	19	9
15	Rafael Estevam	19	3
19	Tagir Ulanbekov	18	8
20	Eric Shelton	17	6
21	Kyoji Horiguchi	16	10
21	Deiveson Figueiredo	16	14
21	Jarred Brooks	16	4
24	Alex Perez	15	14
25	Alptekin Ozkilic	14	4
25	Danny Martinez	14	3
25	Bruno Silva	14	11
25	Victor Altamirano	14	6
25	Azat Maksum	14	4
30	Louis Smolka	13	10
30	Askar Askarov	13	5
32	Rogerio Bontorin	12	5
33	Ian McCall	11	6
33	Scott Jorgensen	11	4
33	Paddy Holohan	11	5
33	Yuta Sasaki	11	6
37	Richie Vaculik	9	4
37	Brandon Royval	9	13
37	Carlos Hernandez	9	7
37	Rei Tsuruya	9	3
41	Sergio Pettis	8	9
41	Fredy Serrano	8	4
41	Jimmy Flick	8	6
41	Joshua Van	8	12
41	Stewart Nicoll	8	4
46	John Dodson	7	7
46	Chris Cariaso	7	9
46	John Moraga	7	14
46	Matheus Nicolau	7	10
46	Zhalgas Zhumagulov	7	7
46	Amir Albazi	7	6
46	Denys Bondar	7	3
46	Jafel Filho	7	5
46	Mitch Raposo	7	4

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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.