Welterweight leaders
Highest striking volume
Sig. strikes landed per minute · qualifying: 400+ sig. strikes thrown
01
Daniel Rodriguez
10-5-0 · 2382 sig. strikes thrown · last 2026
7.18
02
Max Holloway
24-9-0 · 7666 sig. strikes thrown · last 2026
6.92
03
Chidi Njokuani
6-5-0 · 1026 sig. strikes thrown · last 2026
6.38
04
Michael Morales
7-0-0 · 713 sig. strikes thrown · last 2025
6.25
05
Ignacio Bahamondes
7-4-0 · 1584 sig. strikes thrown · last 2026
5.73
06
Ange Loosa
2-3-0 (1 NC) · 941 sig. strikes thrown · last 2025
5.68
07
Chris Curtis
6-5-0 (1 NC) · 1720 sig. strikes thrown · last 2026
5.39
08
Niko Price
9-11-0 (2 NC) · 2069 sig. strikes thrown · last 2026
5.29
09
Conor McGregor
10-5-0 · 1210 sig. strikes thrown · last 2026
5.27
10
Jack Hermansson
11-8-0 · 2316 sig. strikes thrown · last 2025
5.15
Most accurate strikers
Significant-strike accuracy · qualifying: 400+ sig. strikes thrown
01
Chidi Njokuani
6-5-0 · 1026 sig. strikes thrown · last 2026
61.7%
02
Gunnar Nelson
10-6-0 · 477 sig. strikes thrown · last 2025
61.2%
03
Shavkat Rakhmonov
7-0-0 · 406 sig. strikes thrown · last 2024
60.1%
04
Islam Makhachev
18-1-0 · 874 sig. strikes thrown · last 2026
58.0%
05
Leon Edwards
14-5-0 (1 NC) · 1606 sig. strikes thrown · last 2025
54.4%
06
Trevin Giles
7-7-0 · 895 sig. strikes thrown · last 2024
54.4%
07
Carlos Prates
7-1-0 · 627 sig. strikes thrown · last 2026
54.1%
08
Mike Malott
8-1-0 · 626 sig. strikes thrown · last 2026
54.0%
09
Ian Machado Garry
10-2-0 · 1498 sig. strikes thrown · last 2026
53.7%
10
Sean Brady
9-2-0 · 1125 sig. strikes thrown · last 2026
53.2%
Best takedown defense
Takedowns stuffed · qualifying: 15+ takedowns faced
01
Islam Makhachev
18-1-0 · 23 takedowns faced · last 2026
91.3%
02
Belal Muhammad
15-6-0 (1 NC) · 53 takedowns faced · last 2026
90.6%
03
Geoff Neal
8-6-0 · 29 takedowns faced · last 2026
89.7%
04
Michael Morales
7-0-0 · 26 takedowns faced · last 2025
88.5%
05
Sean Brady
9-2-0 · 15 takedowns faced · last 2026
86.7%
06
Max Holloway
24-9-0 · 167 takedowns faced · last 2026
81.4%
07
Jack Hermansson
11-8-0 · 26 takedowns faced · last 2025
80.8%
08
Carlos Prates
7-1-0 · 39 takedowns faced · last 2026
79.5%
09
Gabriel Bonfim
7-1-0 · 19 takedowns faced · last 2026
78.9%
10
Chidi Njokuani
6-5-0 · 40 takedowns faced · last 2026
75.0%
Hardest to hit (volume absorbed)
Sig. strikes absorbed per minute — lower is better · qualifying: 400+ sig. strikes faced
01
Islam Makhachev
18-1-0 · 820 sig. strikes faced · last 2026
1.42
02
Michael Chiesa
15-7-0 · 833 sig. strikes faced · last 2026
1.73
03
Trevin Giles
7-7-0 · 874 sig. strikes faced · last 2024
2.39
04
Neil Magny
25-13-0 · 2249 sig. strikes faced · last 2026
2.41
05
Leon Edwards
14-5-0 (1 NC) · 1734 sig. strikes faced · last 2025
2.44
06
Jake Matthews
16-8-0 · 1802 sig. strikes faced · last 2026
2.58
07
Ian Machado Garry
10-2-0 · 1029 sig. strikes faced · last 2026
2.59
08
Mike Malott
8-1-0 · 557 sig. strikes faced · last 2026
2.74
09
Sean Brady
9-2-0 · 1014 sig. strikes faced · last 2026
2.77
10
Stephen Thompson
12-9-1 · 2126 sig. strikes faced · last 2025
3.0
Most dominant control
Share of cage time in control · qualifying: 3600+ seconds of tracked cage time
01
Rinat Fakhretdinov
6-0-1 · 4609 seconds of tracked cage time · last 2025
54.0%
02
Myktybek Orolbai
5-2-0 · 4377 seconds of tracked cage time · last 2026
53.9%
03
Themba Gorimbo
4-4-0 · 4981 seconds of tracked cage time · last 2026
52.8%
04
Charles Radtke
5-2-0 · 3620 seconds of tracked cage time · last 2026
51.4%
05
Islam Makhachev
18-1-0 · 13396 seconds of tracked cage time · last 2026
51.0%
06
Shavkat Rakhmonov
7-0-0 · 4511 seconds of tracked cage time · last 2024
49.6%
07
Sean Brady
9-2-0 · 8811 seconds of tracked cage time · last 2026
47.4%
08
Jeremiah Wells
6-2-0 · 4796 seconds of tracked cage time · last 2026
46.0%
09
Colby Covington
12-5-0 · 17285 seconds of tracked cage time · last 2024
43.4%
10
Michael Chiesa
15-7-0 · 12159 seconds of tracked cage time · last 2026
40.0%
Deadliest finishers
Wins by KO or submission · qualifying: 5+ wins
01
Uros Medic
8-3-0 · 8 wins · last 2026
8/8
02
Carlos Prates
7-1-0 · 7 wins · last 2026
7/7
03
Ramiz Brahimaj
5-5-0 · 5 wins · last 2026
5/5
04
Sam Patterson
5-2-0 · 5 wins · last 2026
5/5
05
Joel Alvarez
8-4-0 · 8 wins · last 2026
7/8
06
Shavkat Rakhmonov
7-0-0 · 7 wins · last 2024
6/7
07
Mickey Gall
6-7-0 · 6 wins · last 2024
5/6
08
Conor McGregor
10-5-0 · 10 wins · last 2026
8/10
09
Gunnar Nelson
10-6-0 · 10 wins · last 2025
8/10
10
Niko Price
9-11-0 (2 NC) · 9 wins · last 2026
7/9
Eligibility: 5+ UFC fights and 30+ minutes of cage time.