Most takedowns in UFC women's strawweight history

Carla Esparza holds the UFC women's strawweight record for most takedowns with 49 takedowns.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

#	Fighter	Takedowns	Fights
1	Carla Esparza	49	16
2	Loopy Godinez	38	13
3	Claudia Gadelha	36	12
3	Virna Jandiroba	36	13
5	Tatiana Suarez	32	9
6	Zhang Weili	26	12
6	Piera Rodriguez	26	7
8	Tabatha Ricci	25	11
9	Jessica Andrade	24	16
10	Angela Hill	21	29
11	Rose Namajunas	19	13
12	Michelle Waterson-Gomez	18	14
12	Mackenzie Dern	18	17
12	Gillian Robertson	18	8
15	Randa Markos	17	18
15	Loma Lookboonmee	17	11
17	Luana Pinheiro	14	7
17	Talita Alencar	14	5
17	Alexia Thainara	14	4
20	Fatima Kline	13	4
21	Ashley Yoder	12	11
21	Sam Hughes	12	12
23	Juliana Lima	11	7
23	Kailin Curran	11	7
23	Cynthia Calvillo	11	8
23	Livinha Souza	11	6
23	Yan Xiaonan	11	14
23	Iasmin Lucindo	11	6
29	Tecia Pennington	10	19
29	Amanda Ribas	10	8
29	Amanda Lemos	10	15
29	Cory McKenna	10	6
29	Denise Gomes	10	9
34	Kanako Murata	9	3
35	Paige VanZant	8	6
35	Jessica Penne	8	9
35	Felice Herrig	8	10
35	Jaqueline Amorim	8	7
35	Eduarda Moura	8	2
40	Alex Chambers	7	5
40	Jinh Yu Frey	7	8
40	Bruna Brasil	7	6
43	Aleksandra Albu	6	4
43	Karolina Kowalkiewicz	6	19
43	Kay Hansen	6	3
43	Montserrat Conejo Ruiz	6	5
43	Viktoriia Dudakova	6	4
48	Joanne Wood	5	5
48	Aisling Daly	5	3
48	Valerie Letourneau	5	4
48	Joanna Jedrzejczyk	5	14
48	Amanda Cooper	5	6
48	Brianna Fortino	5	2
48	Ariane Carnelossi	5	7
48	Alice Ardelean	5	5
48	Stephanie Luciano	5	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.