Most takedowns in UFC middleweight history

Anthony Hernandez holds the UFC middleweight record for most takedowns with 57 takedowns.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

#	Fighter	Takedowns	Fights
1	Anthony Hernandez	57	13
2	Chris Weidman	43	18
3	Thales Leites	37	21
4	Rafael Natal	36	17
4	Derek Brunson	36	21
4	Jacob Malkoun	36	9
7	Chael Sonnen	35	10
8	Nate Marquardt	33	23
8	CB Dollaway	33	19
10	Ed Herman	30	17
11	Khamzat Chimaev	29	6
12	Mark Munoz	28	14
12	Antonio Carlos Junior	28	11
12	Marvin Vettori	28	18
12	Andre Petroski	28	13
16	Yushin Okami	27	18
16	Cezar Ferreira	27	14
18	Brendan Allen	26	18
19	Demian Maia	25	13
19	Aaron Simpson	25	9
19	Gerald Meerschaert	25	26
19	Andre Muniz	25	10
23	Rodolfo Vieira	24	12
24	Eryk Anders	23	15
25	Matt Lindland	22	11
25	Dricus Du Plessis	22	11
27	Yoel Romero	21	13
28	Ricardo Almeida	20	6
28	Jack Hermansson	20	18
30	Michael Bisping	19	24
30	Nick Catone	19	6
30	Kelvin Gastelum	19	18
30	Krzysztof Jotko	19	17
34	Evan Tanner	18	12
34	JunYong Park	18	13
36	Chris Leben	17	22
36	Brad Tavares	17	28
36	Tim Boetsch	17	17
39	Jacare Souza	16	15
39	Trevor Smith	16	12
39	Andrew Sanchez	16	9
39	Makhmud Muradov	16	7
39	Dustin Stoltzfus	16	11
44	Gregory Rodrigues	15	14
44	Nick Maximov	15	4
46	Trevor Prangley	14	4
46	Rousimar Palhares	14	11
46	Dan Miller	14	11
46	David Branch	14	9
46	Robert Whittaker	14	19
46	Jared Cannonier	14	14
46	Reinier de Ridder	14	6

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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.