Middleweight leaders
Highest striking volume
Sig. strikes landed per minute · qualifying: 400+ sig. strikes thrown
01
Sean Strickland
18-7-0 · 5717 sig. strikes thrown · last 2026
5.98
02
Armen Petrosyan
3-4-0 · 937 sig. strikes thrown · last 2025
5.91
03
Gregory Rodrigues
11-3-0 · 1530 sig. strikes thrown · last 2026
5.77
04
Michal Oleksiejczuk
10-8-0 (1 NC) · 1315 sig. strikes thrown · last 2026
5.73
05
Marc-Andre Barriault
7-10-0 (1 NC) · 2161 sig. strikes thrown · last 2026
5.69
06
Phil Hawes
4-4-0 · 512 sig. strikes thrown · last 2024
5.61
07
Shara Magomedov
6-1-0 · 860 sig. strikes thrown · last 2026
5.55
08
Bryan Barberena
9-10-0 · 2479 sig. strikes thrown · last 2024
5.35
09
Dricus Du Plessis
10-1-0 · 1851 sig. strikes thrown · last 2026
5.21
10
Julian Marquez
3-5-0 · 698 sig. strikes thrown · last 2025
5.09
Most accurate strikers
Significant-strike accuracy · qualifying: 400+ sig. strikes thrown
01
Shara Magomedov
6-1-0 · 860 sig. strikes thrown · last 2026
62.8%
02
Phil Hawes
4-4-0 · 512 sig. strikes thrown · last 2024
60.7%
03
Anthony Hernandez
9-4-0 · 1181 sig. strikes thrown · last 2026
60.1%
04
Christian Leroy Duncan
8-3-0 · 998 sig. strikes thrown · last 2026
57.6%
05
Jacob Malkoun
6-3-0 · 746 sig. strikes thrown · last 2026
56.8%
06
Caio Borralho
8-1-0 · 833 sig. strikes thrown · last 2026
55.1%
07
Nassourdine Imavov
9-2-0 (1 NC) · 1426 sig. strikes thrown · last 2025
55.0%
08
Rodolfo Vieira
7-5-0 · 769 sig. strikes thrown · last 2026
54.4%
09
Khamzat Chimaev
9-1-0 · 730 sig. strikes thrown · last 2026
54.2%
10
Dusko Todorovic
4-7-0 · 552 sig. strikes thrown · last 2026
54.2%
Best takedown defense
Takedowns stuffed · qualifying: 15+ takedowns faced
01
Kamaru Usman
16-4-0 · 51 takedowns faced · last 2026
90.2%
02
Roman Kopylov
8-5-0 · 45 takedowns faced · last 2026
88.9%
03
Andre Petroski
8-5-0 · 22 takedowns faced · last 2026
86.4%
04
Gregory Rodrigues
11-3-0 · 41 takedowns faced · last 2026
85.4%
05
Tresean Gore
4-4-0 · 32 takedowns faced · last 2026
84.4%
06
Mansur Abdul-Malik
3-2-1 · 17 takedowns faced · last 2026
82.4%
07
Nassourdine Imavov
9-2-0 (1 NC) · 43 takedowns faced · last 2025
81.4%
08
Eryk Anders
10-9-0 (1 NC) · 46 takedowns faced · last 2026
80.4%
09
Brad Tavares
16-12-0 · 142 takedowns faced · last 2026
80.3%
10
Makhmud Muradov
4-2-0 (1 NC) · 18 takedowns faced · last 2024
77.8%
Hardest to hit (volume absorbed)
Sig. strikes absorbed per minute — lower is better · qualifying: 400+ sig. strikes faced
01
Ismail Naurdiev
5-3-0 · 657 sig. strikes faced · last 2026
2.22
02
Jacob Malkoun
6-3-0 · 523 sig. strikes faced · last 2026
2.33
03
Christian Leroy Duncan
8-3-0 · 649 sig. strikes faced · last 2026
2.34
04
Makhmud Muradov
4-2-0 (1 NC) · 521 sig. strikes faced · last 2024
2.57
05
Andre Muniz
6-4-0 · 475 sig. strikes faced · last 2025
2.61
06
Caio Borralho
8-1-0 · 911 sig. strikes faced · last 2026
2.63
07
Kamaru Usman
16-4-0 · 2291 sig. strikes faced · last 2026
2.86
08
Cody Brundage
6-8-1 (1 NC) · 734 sig. strikes faced · last 2026
2.88
09
Khamzat Chimaev
9-1-0 · 613 sig. strikes faced · last 2026
2.98
10
Andre Petroski
8-5-0 · 829 sig. strikes faced · last 2026
2.99
Most dominant control
Share of cage time in control · qualifying: 3600+ seconds of tracked cage time
01
Khamzat Chimaev
9-1-0 · 5921 seconds of tracked cage time · last 2026
56.5%
02
Anthony Hernandez
9-4-0 · 9725 seconds of tracked cage time · last 2026
50.8%
03
Jacob Malkoun
6-3-0 · 6012 seconds of tracked cage time · last 2026
47.4%
04
Kyle Daukaus
4-6-0 (1 NC) · 4395 seconds of tracked cage time · last 2026
42.8%
05
Kamaru Usman
16-4-0 · 21837 seconds of tracked cage time · last 2026
40.5%
06
Andre Petroski
8-5-0 · 8064 seconds of tracked cage time · last 2026
39.1%
07
Rodolfo Vieira
7-5-0 · 7791 seconds of tracked cage time · last 2026
35.5%
08
Andre Muniz
6-4-0 · 5331 seconds of tracked cage time · last 2025
34.9%
09
Chris Weidman
12-8-0 · 12094 seconds of tracked cage time · last 2024
32.2%
10
Eryk Anders
10-9-0 (1 NC) · 14293 seconds of tracked cage time · last 2026
30.6%
Deadliest finishers
Wins by KO or submission · qualifying: 5+ wins
01
Abdul Razak Alhassan
6-7-0 (1 NC) · 6 wins · last 2025
6/6
02
Vicente Luque
17-9-0 · 17 wins · last 2026
15/17
03
Joe Pyfer
7-1-0 · 7 wins · last 2026
6/7
04
Cody Brundage
6-8-1 (1 NC) · 6 wins · last 2026
5/6
05
Brunno Ferreira
6-5-0 · 6 wins · last 2026
5/6
06
Bo Nickal
6-1-0 · 6 wins · last 2026
5/6
07
Michal Oleksiejczuk
10-8-0 (1 NC) · 10 wins · last 2026
8/10
08
Ateba Gautier
5-1-0 · 5 wins · last 2026
4/5
09
Nursulton Ruziboev
5-2-0 · 5 wins · last 2026
4/5
10
Anthony Hernandez
9-4-0 · 9 wins · last 2026
7/9
Eligibility: 5+ UFC fights and 30+ minutes of cage time.