Records reflect all UFC fights from UFC 28 to the present (UFC 28 was the first event to use of the
Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts).
Shortest Avg. Fight Time
Rank Fighter Time
1 Drew McFedries 2:20
2 James Irvin 2:53
3 Shane Carwin 2:54
4 Frank Trigg 3:55
5 Houston Alexander 4:13
6 Yoshiyuki Yoshida 4:15
7 Frank Mir 4:29
8 Ken Shamrock 4:34
9 Ryan Jensen 4:38
10 Manvel Gamburyan 4:45
~minimum 5 UFC fights
Longest Avg. Fight Time
Rank Fighter Total
1 Frank Edgar 16:14
2 Sean Sherk 15:35
3 Heath Herring 15:00
3 Nik Lentz 15:00
5 Jorge Gurgel 14:58
6 Dan Henderson 14:38
7 Dong Hyun Kim 14:14
8 Jens Pulver 14:03
9 Jon Fitch 13:50
10 Sam Stout 13:41
~minimum 5 UFC fights
Knockdowns Landed
Rank Fighter Total
1 Chuck Liddell 14
2 Anderson Silva 12
3 Rich Franklin 10
4 Thiago Alves 9
4 Melvin Guillard 9
4 Lyoto Machida 9
7 Andrei Arlovski 8
7 Quinton Jackson 8
7 Nate Marquardt 8
7 Jorge Rivera 8
7 Georges St-Pierre 8
Takedowns Landed
Rank Fighter Total
1 Georges St-Pierre 66
2 Karo Parisyan 53
3 Gleison Tibau 52
4 Sean Sherk 50
5 Jon Fitch 48
6 Randy Couture 46
7 Rashad Evans 44
8 Clay Guida 41
9 Matt Hughes 40
10 Frank Edgar 35
Takedown Accuracy
Rank Fighter Total
1 Georges St-Pierre 77.7%
2 John Howard 71.4%
3 Nate Marquardt 70.6%
4 Jonathan Goulet 70.0%
5 Cheick Kongo 68.8%
6 Cain Velasquez 68.2%
7 Renato Sobral 66.7%
8 CB Dollaway 65.0%
8 Jon Jones 65.0%
10 BJ Penn 63.9%
~minimum 5 UFC fights and 20 takedown attempts
Takedown Defense
Rank Fighter Total
1 Mirko Filipovic 90.0%
2 Andrei Arlovski 89.5%
3 Georges St-Pierre 86.4%
4 Lyoto Machida 83.8%
5 Chuck Liddell 83.6%
6 Yushin Okami 83.3%
7 Dong Hyun Kim 80.8%
8 Dan Henderson 80.0%
8 Gray Maynard 80.0%
8 Ben Saunders 80.0%
~minimum 5 UFC fights and 20 takedown attempts by opponents (Defense refers to the percentage of opponents’ attempts that do not land)
Significant Strikes Landed
Rank Fighter Total
1 Georges St-Pierre 892
2 BJ Penn 734
3 Randy Couture 703
4 Rich Franklin 689
5 Chris Lytle 667
6 Forrest Griffin 658
7 Sam Stout 607
8 Michael Bisping 594
9 Tim Sylvia 585
10 Frank Edgar 572
Significant Strike Accuracy
Rank Fighter Total
1 Anderson Silva 68.4%
2 Cheick Kongo 61.3%
3 Cain Velasquez 60.9%
4 Lyoto Machida 60.1%
5 Evan Tanner 59.0%
6 Randy Couture 58.7%
7 Georges St-Pierre 56.2%
8 Matt Hughes 55.2%
9 Mauricio Rua 54.8%
10 Caol Uno 54.6%
~minimum 5 UFC fights and 350 significant strike attempts
Strikes Landed per Min.
Rank Fighter Total
1 Junior dos Santos 7.12
2 Cain Velasquez 7.11
3 Shane Carwin 6.48
4 Drew McFedries 5.13
5 Amir Sadollah 4.98
6 Nate Quarry 4.96
7 Luis Cane 4.85
8 Forrest Griffin 4.61
9 Brad Blackburn 4.49
10 Sam Stout 4.35
~ minimum 5 UFC fights.
Total Strikes Landed
Rank Fighter Total
1 Georges St-Pierre 1924
2 Jon Fitch 1742
3 Chris Leben 1477
4 BJ Penn 1468
5 Chris Lytle 1343
6 Randy Couture 1332
7 Sean Sherk 1274
8 Tito Ortiz 1185
9 Nick Diaz 1082
10 Chael Sonnen 1028
Strikes Absorbed per Min.
Rank Fighter Total
1 Pete Spratt 0.89
2 Georges St-Pierre 0.99
3 Ivan Salaverry 1.01
4 Chael Sonnen 1.02
5 Ricardo Almeida 1.05
6 Vladimir Matyushenko 1.09
7 Cain Velasquez 1.10
8 Ricco Rodriguez 1.10
9 CB Dollaway 1.11
10 Lyoto Machida 1.12
~ minimum 5 UFC fights.
Significant Strike Defense
Rank Fighter Total
1 Ryan Bader 78.7%
2 Yushin Okami 74.2%
3 Frank Edgar 73.8%
4 Georges St-Pierre 73.6%
5 Rafael dos Anjos 72.8%
6 Luigi Fioravanti 70.7%
7 Michael Bisping 70.5%
7 Jim Miller 70.5%
9 Rick Story 70.3%
10 Gray Maynard 70.0%
~minimum 5 UFC fights and 350 strike attempts by opponents (Defense refers to the percentage of opponents’ attempts that do not land)
