UFC: Most takedowns in a fight
The all-time UFC top 100, rebuilt from every completed UFC fight in our database.
Updated September 21, 2026
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| # | Fighter | Most takedowns in a fight | Attempted | Fight | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |   Merab Dvalishvili | 20 | 37 | Cory SandhagenBantamweight | Oct 5, 2025 |
| 2 |    Raul Rosas Jr. | 16 | 18 | Rob FontBantamweight | Mar 7, 2026 |
| 3 |  Ricky Simon | 14 | 19 | Donavon FrelowBantamweight | Aug 8, 2017 |
| T-4 | Merab Dvalishvili | 12 | 24 | Casey KenneyBantamweight | Feb 16, 2020 |
| T-4 |  Ronnie Lawrence | 12 | 17 | Jose JohnsonBantamweight | Sep 1, 2020 |
| T-6 |  Montel Jackson | 11 | 15 | Felipe ColaresBantamweight | Jan 26, 2020 |
| T-6 | Merab Dvalishvili | 11 | 49 | Petr YanBantamweight | Mar 11, 2023 |
| T-6 |   Umar Nurmagomedov | 11 | 14 | Mario BautistaBantamweight | Oct 25, 2025 |
| T-6 |  Tony Gravely | 11 | 15 | Saimon OliveiraBantamweight | Jan 23, 2022 |
| T-6 | Merab Dvalishvili | 11 | 23 | Frankie SaenzBantamweight | Dec 9, 2017 |
| T-6 |   Brett Johns | 11 | 15 | Kwan Ho KwakBantamweight | Nov 20, 2016 |
| T-12 |  Dominick Cruz | 10 | 19 | Demetrious JohnsonBantamweight | Oct 1, 2011 |
| T-12 |   Saidyokub Kakhramonov | 10 | 16 | Ronnie LawrenceBantamweight | Jul 10, 2022 |
| T-12 |  Demetrious Johnson | 10 | 15 | Norifumi YamamotoBantamweight | Feb 5, 2011 |
| 15 |  Dan Argueta | 9 | 19 | Jean MatsumotoBantamweight | Apr 6, 2024 |
| T-16 |   Raoni Barcelos | 8 | 15 | Payton TalbottBantamweight | Jan 19, 2025 |
| T-16 | Brett Johns | 8 | 19 | Montel JacksonBantamweight | Jul 19, 2020 |
| T-16 | Ronnie Lawrence | 8 | 9 | Vince CacheroBantamweight | Feb 28, 2021 |
| T-16 |  Mario Bautista | 8 | 20 | Cory SandhagenBantamweight | Jul 11, 2026 |
| T-20 |  Ray Borg | 7 | 10 | Casey KenneyBantamweight | Mar 30, 2019 |
| T-20 | Ricky Simon | 7 | 10 | Gaetano PirrelloBantamweight | Jan 20, 2021 |
| T-20 | Tony Gravely | 7 | 17 | Geraldo de FreitasBantamweight | Nov 15, 2020 |
| T-20 |  Kevin Natividad | 7 | 13 | Ricky TurciosBantamweight | Nov 19, 2022 |
| T-20 |  Cristian Quinonez | 7 | 10 | Kris MoutinhoBantamweight | Feb 28, 2026 |
| T-20 |  Jean Matsumoto | 7 | 11 | Farid BasharatBantamweight | Feb 7, 2026 |
| T-20 | Merab Dvalishvili | 7 | 30 | Umar NurmagomedovBantamweight | Jan 19, 2025 |
| T-20 | Ricky Simon | 7 | 11 | Ray BorgBantamweight | May 14, 2020 |
| T-20 | Ricky Simon | 7 | 20 | Montel JacksonBantamweight | Aug 4, 2018 |
| T-20 |  Rani Yahya | 7 | 11 | Michinori TanakaBantamweight | Sep 25, 2016 |
| T-20 |  Erik Perez | 7 | 8 | Edwin FigueroaBantamweight | Nov 16, 2013 |
| T-20 | Nick Pace | 7 | 9 | Will CampuzanoBantamweight | Dec 4, 2010 |
| T-20 |  Petr Yan | 7 | 7 | Aljamain SterlingBantamweight | Mar 7, 2021 |
| T-20 |  Kyler Phillips | 7 | 13 | Charles JourdainBantamweight | Apr 18, 2026 |
| T-20 |   Kasib Murdoch | 7 | 18 | Rabindra DhantBantamweight | Aug 28, 2026 |
| T-20 |   Chungreng Koren | 7 | 13 | Ryo TajimaBantamweight | Aug 28, 2026 |
| T-36 |  Renan Barao | 6 | 7 | Cole EscovedoBantamweight | May 29, 2011 |
| T-36 | Merab Dvalishvili | 6 | 22 | Ricky SimonBantamweight | Apr 22, 2018 |
| T-36 | Ray Borg | 6 | 9 | Gabriel SilvaBantamweight | Jul 21, 2019 |
| T-36 | Brett Johns | 6 | 9 | Tony GravelyBantamweight | Jan 26, 2020 |
| T-36 |   Sergey Morozov | 6 | 16 | Khalid TahaBantamweight | Jul 18, 2021 |
| T-36 | Merab Dvalishvili | 6 | 15 | Sean O'MalleyBantamweight | Sep 15, 2024 |
| T-36 |   Caolan Loughran | 6 | 12 | Nathan FletcherBantamweight | Mar 22, 2025 |
| T-36 |  Brady Hiestand | 6 | 13 | Garrett ArmfieldBantamweight | Jun 16, 2024 |
| T-36 | Petr Yan | 6 | 13 | Sean O'MalleyBantamweight | Oct 22, 2022 |
| T-36 | Sergey Morozov | 6 | 13 | Journey NewsonBantamweight | Dec 18, 2022 |
| T-36 | Ronnie Lawrence | 6 | 7 | Mana MartinezBantamweight | Feb 13, 2022 |
| T-36 |  Jack Shore | 6 | 13 | Hunter AzureBantamweight | Apr 10, 2021 |
| T-36 | Ricky Simon | 6 | 16 | Rob FontBantamweight | Dec 8, 2019 |
| T-36 |  Russell Doane | 6 | 12 | Iuri AlcantaraBantamweight | Sep 13, 2014 |
| T-36 |   Roland Delorme | 6 | 11 | Edwin FigueroaBantamweight | Jun 15, 2013 |
| T-36 |   Royston Wee | 6 | 7 | Dave GaleraBantamweight | Jan 4, 2014 |
| T-36 |  Matt Hobar | 6 | 9 | Aaron PhillipsBantamweight | Aug 23, 2014 |
| T-36 |   Davey Grant | 6 | 9 | Grigory PopovBantamweight | Nov 9, 2019 |
| T-36 | Raoni Barcelos | 6 | 18 | Montel JacksonBantamweight | Apr 25, 2026 |
| T-36 | Brady Hiestand | 6 | 11 | Ricky TurciosBantamweight | Aug 29, 2021 |
| T-36 |  Jack Cartwright | 6 | 9 | Jose JohnsonBantamweight | Aug 16, 2022 |
| T-36 |   Hecher Sosa | 6 | 7 | Mackson LeeBantamweight | Sep 16, 2025 |
| T-58 | Demetrious Johnson | 5 | 5 | Miguel TorresBantamweight | May 29, 2011 |
| T-58 | Tony Gravely | 5 | 7 | Brett JohnsBantamweight | Jan 26, 2020 |
| T-58 | Umar Nurmagomedov | 5 | 11 | Sergey MorozovBantamweight | Jan 20, 2021 |
| T-58 |  Hunter Azure | 5 | 8 | Cole SmithBantamweight | Sep 5, 2020 |
| T-58 |  Raphael Assuncao | 5 | 12 | Davey GrantBantamweight | Mar 11, 2023 |
| T-58 | Merab Dvalishvili | 5 | 11 | Henry CejudoBantamweight | Feb 18, 2024 |
| T-58 |   Farid Basharat | 5 | 16 | Taylor LapilusBantamweight | Jan 14, 2024 |
| T-58 |   SuYoung You | 5 | 10 | AJ CunninghamBantamweight | Mar 15, 2025 |
| T-58 |  Miles Johns | 5 | 8 | Jean MatsumotoBantamweight | Aug 9, 2025 |
| T-58 | Petr Yan | 5 | 9 | Merab DvalishviliBantamweight | Dec 7, 2025 |
| T-58 |  Santiago Luna | 5 | 5 | Angel PachecoBantamweight | Feb 28, 2026 |
| T-58 | Mario Bautista | 5 | 7 | Vinicius OliveiraBantamweight | Feb 7, 2026 |
| T-58 |  Patchy Mix | 5 | 7 | Jakub WiklaczBantamweight | Oct 5, 2025 |
| T-58 |  Serhiy Sidey | 5 | 12 | Cameron SmothermanBantamweight | May 4, 2025 |
| T-58 | Merab Dvalishvili | 5 | 12 | Sean O'MalleyBantamweight | Jun 8, 2025 |
| T-58 | Umar Nurmagomedov | 5 | 13 | Cory SandhagenBantamweight | Aug 3, 2024 |
| T-58 |  Cody Gibson | 5 | 6 | Chad AnheligerBantamweight | Nov 3, 2024 |
| T-58 |  Aljamain Sterling | 5 | 8 | TJ DillashawBantamweight | Oct 22, 2022 |
| T-58 |  Steven Koslow | 5 | 9 | Cameron SaaimanBantamweight | Dec 11, 2022 |
| T-58 | Umar Nurmagomedov | 5 | 5 | Bekzat AlmakhanBantamweight | Mar 2, 2024 |
| T-58 | Saidyokub Kakhramonov | 5 | 12 | Said NurmagomedovBantamweight | Dec 18, 2022 |
| T-58 | Merab Dvalishvili | 5 | 11 | Cody StamannBantamweight | May 2, 2021 |
| T-58 |   Ali AlQaisi | 5 | 15 | Tony KelleyBantamweight | Oct 11, 2020 |
| T-58 |  Cody Stamann | 5 | 12 | Song YadongBantamweight | Dec 8, 2019 |
| T-58 | Merab Dvalishvili | 5 | 9 | Brad KatonaBantamweight | May 5, 2019 |
| T-58 |  Urijah Faber | 5 | 10 | Brad PickettBantamweight | Dec 18, 2016 |
| T-58 |  TJ Dillashaw | 5 | 6 | John LinekerBantamweight | Dec 31, 2016 |
| T-58 |  Matthew Lopez | 5 | 6 | Mitch GagnonBantamweight | Dec 11, 2016 |
| T-58 |   Sirwan Kakai | 5 | 10 | Danny MartinezBantamweight | Jun 27, 2015 |
| T-58 | Urijah Faber | 5 | 12 | Alex CaceresBantamweight | Jul 5, 2014 |
| T-58 |  Frankie Saenz | 5 | 9 | Nolan TicmanBantamweight | Aug 18, 2014 |
| T-58 | Erik Perez | 5 | 11 | Takeya MizugakiBantamweight | Aug 29, 2013 |
| T-58 |  Scott Jorgensen | 5 | 5 | Jeff CurranBantamweight | Oct 29, 2011 |
| T-58 |  Michael McDonald | 5 | 5 | Edwin FigueroaBantamweight | Mar 26, 2011 |
| T-58 |  Joseph Benavidez | 5 | 17 | Ian LovelandBantamweight | Mar 20, 2011 |
| T-58 |   Yves Jabouin | 5 | 8 | Mike EastonBantamweight | Jun 14, 2014 |
| T-58 |  Manvel Gamburyan | 5 | 13 | Scott JorgensenBantamweight | Jul 15, 2015 |
| T-58 |  Jose Quinonez | 5 | 7 | Joey GomezBantamweight | Sep 18, 2016 |
| T-58 | Merab Dvalishvili | 5 | 8 | Terrion WareBantamweight | Sep 15, 2018 |
| T-58 |  Cody Durden | 5 | 5 | Jafel FilhoBantamweight | Apr 25, 2026 |
| T-58 |   Juan Díaz | 5 | 8 | Malcolm WellmakerBantamweight | May 16, 2026 |
| T-58 | Farid Basharat | 5 | 22 | John GarzaBantamweight | Jul 11, 2026 |
| T-58 |  Elijah Smith | 5 | 11 | Aaron TauBantamweight | Sep 17, 2024 |
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