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    Most Combined Takedown Attempts in a UFC Round

    The most takedown attempts ever packed into one five-minute round — every shot tried, finished or stuffed, by a single fighter and by both fighters combined.

    50 record performances
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    1
    Merab Dvalishvili
    Merab Dvalishvili vs Ricky Simon
    Ricky Simon
    15 TD Attempts Round 1
    2
    Petr Yan
    Petr Yan vs Merab Dvalishvili
    Merab Dvalishvili
    15 TD Attempts Round 3
    3
    Melvin Guillard
    Melvin Guillard vs Gabe Ruediger
    Gabe Ruediger
    14 TD Attempts Round 1
    4
    Petr Yan
    Petr Yan vs Merab Dvalishvili
    Merab Dvalishvili
    13 TD Attempts Round 5
    5
    Merab Dvalishvili
    Merab Dvalishvili vs Umar Nurmagomedov
    Umar Nurmagomedov
    13 TD Attempts Round 5
    6
    Merab Dvalishvili
    Merab Dvalishvili vs Umar Nurmagomedov
    Umar Nurmagomedov
    13 TD Attempts Round 4
    7
    Cory Sandhagen
    Cory Sandhagen vs Mario Bautista
    Mario Bautista
    13 TD Attempts Round 3
    8
    Quillan Salkilld
    Quillan Salkilld vs Yanal Ashmouz
    Yanal Ashmouz
    13 TD Attempts Round 1
    9
    Merab Dvalishvili
    Merab Dvalishvili vs Cory Sandhagen
    Cory Sandhagen
    13 TD Attempts Round 2
    10
    Dan Argueta vs Jean Matsumoto
    Jean Matsumoto
    13 TD Attempts Round 2
    11
    Din Thomas
    Din Thomas vs Matt Serra
    Matt Serra
    12 TD Attempts Round 3
    12
    Glaico Franca Moreira vs Gregor Gillespie
    Gregor Gillespie
    12 TD Attempts Round 1
    13
    Curtis Blaydes
    Curtis Blaydes vs Jailton Almeida
    Jailton Almeida
    12 TD Attempts Round 1
    14
    Omari Akhmedov
    Omari Akhmedov vs Chris Weidman
    Chris Weidman
    12 TD Attempts Round 2
    15
    Phillip Miller vs James Zikic
    12 TD Attempts Round 2
    16
    Dennis Bermudez
    Dennis Bermudez vs Jimy Hettes
    Jimy Hettes
    12 TD Attempts Round 1
    17
    Eryk Anders
    Eryk Anders vs JunYong Park
    JunYong Park
    12 TD Attempts Round 3
    18
    Misha Cirkunov
    Misha Cirkunov vs Krzysztof Jotko
    Krzysztof Jotko
    12 TD Attempts Round 3
    19
    Alatengheili
    Alatengheili vs Ryan Benoit
    Ryan Benoit
    12 TD Attempts Round 3
    20
    Victor Altamirano
    Victor Altamirano vs Vinicius Salvador
    Vinicius Salvador
    12 TD Attempts Round 3
    21
    Farman Hasanov vs Eric Nolan
    Eric Nolan
    12 TD Attempts Round 1
    22
    Marcelo Guimaraes
    Marcelo Guimaraes vs Dan Stittgen
    12 TD Attempts Round 1
    23
    Wellington Turman
    Wellington Turman vs Bruno Silva
    Bruno Silva
    12 TD Attempts Round 1
    24
    Lucas Rocha
    Lucas Rocha vs Stewart Nicoll
    Stewart Nicoll
    12 TD Attempts Round 1
    25
    Darren Elkins
    Darren Elkins vs Eduardo Garagorri
    Eduardo Garagorri
    12 TD Attempts Round 1
    26
    Vitor Petrino
    Vitor Petrino vs Anton Turkalj
    Anton Turkalj
    12 TD Attempts Round 2
    27
    Joseph Benavidez
    Joseph Benavidez vs Dustin Ortiz
    Dustin Ortiz
    11 TD Attempts Round 2
    28
    Karo Parisyan
    Karo Parisyan vs Joshua Burkman
    Joshua Burkman
    11 TD Attempts Round 1
    29
    Charles Johnson
    Charles Johnson vs Rafael Estevam
    Rafael Estevam
    11 TD Attempts Round 3
    30
    Ion Cutelaba
    Ion Cutelaba vs Dustin Jacoby
    Dustin Jacoby
    11 TD Attempts Round 1
    31
    Dennis Bermudez
    Dennis Bermudez vs Andre Fili
    Andre Fili
    11 TD Attempts Round 2
    32
    Miesha Tate
    Miesha Tate vs Rin Nakai
    Rin Nakai
    11 TD Attempts Round 3
    33
    Bryce Mitchell
    Bryce Mitchell vs Jean Silva
    Jean Silva
    11 TD Attempts Round 2
    34
    Islam Makhachev
    Islam Makhachev vs Arman Tsarukyan
    Arman Tsarukyan
    11 TD Attempts Round 1
    35
    Anthony Hernandez
    Anthony Hernandez vs Roman Kopylov
    Roman Kopylov
    11 TD Attempts Round 1
    36
    Azat Maksum
    Azat Maksum vs Mitch Raposo
    Mitch Raposo
    11 TD Attempts Round 3
    37
    Abdul Razak Alhassan
    Abdul Razak Alhassan vs Jacob Malkoun
    Jacob Malkoun
    11 TD Attempts Round 1
    38
    Khabib Nurmagomedov
    Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Abel Trujillo
    Abel Trujillo
    11 TD Attempts Round 3
    39
    Kennedy Nzechukwu
    Kennedy Nzechukwu vs Danilo Marques
    Danilo Marques
    11 TD Attempts Round 2
    40
    Farman Hasanov vs Eric Nolan
    Eric Nolan
    11 TD Attempts Round 2
    41
    Muhammad Mokaev
    Muhammad Mokaev vs Charles Johnson
    Charles Johnson
    11 TD Attempts Round 1
    42
    Hacran Dias
    Hacran Dias vs Levan Makashvili
    Levan Makashvili
    11 TD Attempts Round 3
    43
    Dustin Ortiz
    Dustin Ortiz vs Wilson Reis
    Wilson Reis
    11 TD Attempts Round 3
    44
    Cristian Quinonez
    Cristian Quinonez vs Raoni Barcelos
    Raoni Barcelos
    11 TD Attempts Round 1
    45
    Thiago Santos
    Thiago Santos vs Jamahal Hill
    Jamahal Hill
    11 TD Attempts Round 3
    46
    Joe Stevenson
    Joe Stevenson vs Nate Diaz
    Nate Diaz
    11 TD Attempts Round 3
    47
    Arnold Allen
    Arnold Allen vs Makwan Amirkhani
    Makwan Amirkhani
    11 TD Attempts Round 3
    48
    Rodolfo Vieira
    Rodolfo Vieira vs Eric McConico
    Eric McConico
    11 TD Attempts Round 1
    49
    Rinat Fakhretdinov
    Rinat Fakhretdinov vs Carlos Leal
    11 TD Attempts Round 3
    50
    Tim Elliott
    Tim Elliott vs Tagir Ulanbekov
    Tagir Ulanbekov
    11 TD Attempts Round 2

    The Most Takedown Attempts in a Single UFC Round

    Takedowns landed record the grappling that worked. Takedown attempts record the pressure itself — the level changes, the failed entries, the re-shots against the fence. Narrowed to one round, that pressure becomes a density measurement: how many times can a wrestler go to the legs before the horn.

    This is where the round view separates from the fight view. Across a full bout, totals belong to whoever had the most minutes to build them, which hands the ceiling to five-round main events. Over a single round nobody has extra time to spend, so the ranking answers a narrower question — whose five minutes were the most relentless — and a prelim wrestler chasing a contract can answer it as loudly as a champion.

    How these records are measured

    Each row is one fighter's takedown attempts inside one scored round, taken from official round-by-round statistics. The Single Fighter tab isolates one athlete; Combined adds both corners together to find rounds where the wrestling ran in both directions. Filter by division to see the mark within a weight class, and follow any row through to the full fight.

    Frequently Asked Questions

    What counts as a takedown attempt inside one round?
    Every shot credited by the official per-round statistics counts: singles, doubles, body locks, trips out of the clinch and reactive shots off a strike. A denied attempt still scores, and a fighter who chains three re-shots off one entry banks three attempts, which is why the leaders here tend to be wrestlers who refuse to reset after a stuff.
    Why can a fighter who lost the round still rank near the top?
    Because this list measures grappling volume, not the result. A wrestler can shoot ten or more times in five minutes, get stuffed on nearly all of them, absorb counters on the exit and still finish the round with one of the highest attempt counts on record. The scorecard punishes that round; the record book preserves it.
    How does this differ from the takedown attempts in a fight record?
    The fight record is a total, so a twenty-five-minute main event has five rounds in which to build it and almost always outranks a three-round prelim. Strip the timer back to a single round and the accumulation advantage disappears — a co-main or an untelevised opener sits on exactly the same five-minute footing as a title fight.
    Which rounds produce the biggest attempt counts?
    Both ends of a fight can. Fresh legs and a game plan built on early takedowns push round-one numbers up, while late surges come from wrestlers hunting a score they know they need or exploiting an opponent whose base has faded. Each row shows the round it came from, so the two patterns are easy to separate.