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UFC takedowns per fight by weight class

Across the UFC record, takedowns per fight are highest at Flyweight at 2.79 (424 fights) and lowest at Heavyweight at 1.44 (766 fights).

How many takedowns land in a UFC fight, both corners counted together.
Computed from 8,472 fights · 11 divisions · 1 withheld under 30 fights (29 bouts) · updated 11 October 2026
Takedowns per fight by weight class11 bars. Highest: Flyweight at 2.79 from 424 fights. The table below carries every value.LightweightLightweight: 2.25 (1,443 fights)2.25WelterweightWelterweight: 2.21 (1,388 fights)2.21MiddleweightMiddleweight: 1.98 (1,146 fights)1.98FeatherweightFeatherweight: 2.34 (868 fights)2.34BantamweightBantamweight: 2.35 (778 fights)2.35HeavyweightHeavyweight: 1.44 (766 fights)1.44Light HeavyweightLight Heavyweight: 1.76 (752 fights)1.76FlyweightFlyweight: 2.79 (424 fights)2.79Women's StrawweightWomen's Strawweight: 2.28 (379 fights)2.28Women's FlyweightWomen's Flyweight: 2.18 (279 fights)2.18Women's BantamweightWomen's Bantamweight: 2.05 (249 fights)2.05
Takedowns per fight by weight class · every value is in the table below, with the number of fights behind it.
DivisionTakedowns / fightTakedownsFights
Lightweight2.253,2501,443
Welterweight2.213,0691,388
Middleweight1.982,2681,146
Featherweight2.342,028868
Bantamweight2.351,829778
Heavyweight1.441,101766
Light Heavyweight1.761,327752
Flyweight2.791,184424
Women's Strawweight2.28864379
Women's Flyweight2.18607279
Women's Bantamweight2.05510249
What counts. A takedown is a LANDED takedown on the official record, added across both corners; attempts are not counted. Bouts the record carries no takedown column for are excluded rather than counted as zero. A fight is a UFC bout on the official record with a result. Draws, no-contests and overturned results are excluded from every count on this page; disqualifications and could-not-continues are counted as fights, which is why the knockout, submission and decision shares do not add up to 100%. How this table is cut. Divisions as the official record labels the bout, heaviest table first by number of fights. 1 division withheld. Women's Featherweight rest on fewer than 30 fights (29 between them), so no percentage is printed for it — a rate off a handful of bouts is arithmetic, not a statistic. 259 fights are outside this table. They carry no division on the record at all — catchweight, open weight and the 1990s tournament bouts. They are not missing from our record — they are on the year-by-year archive like every other bout; there is simply no row here for them to sit in. Check us. Every number here is recomputed from the official UFC statistical record on each build — nothing on this page is typed in by hand. Search every fight to filter the same record yourself, or start from the year-by-year archive.
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