Most Combined Takedown Attempts in a UFC Round

Most takedown attempts in a single round, by one fighter or by both combined. Five-minute rounds only: UFC bouts with round-by-round data, 1999–present.

50 record performances
1
Merab Dvalishvili
Merab Dvalishvili vs Ricky Simon
R1 21 Apr 2018
15
1
Petr Yan
Petr Yan vs Merab Dvalishvili
R3 11 Mar 2023
15
1
Petr Yan
Petr Yan vs Merab Dvalishvili
R4 24 Oct 2026
15
4
Melvin Guillard
Melvin Guillard vs Gabe Ruediger
R1 23 Sep 2006
14
5
Petr Yan
Petr Yan vs Merab Dvalishvili
R5 11 Mar 2023
13
5
Merab Dvalishvili
Merab Dvalishvili vs Umar Nurmagomedov
R4 18 Jan 2025
13
5
Merab Dvalishvili
Merab Dvalishvili vs Umar Nurmagomedov
R5 18 Jan 2025
13
5
Merab Dvalishvili
Merab Dvalishvili vs Cory Sandhagen
R2 4 Oct 2025
13
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5
Petr Yan
Petr Yan vs Merab Dvalishvili
R3 24 Oct 2026
13
5
Cory Sandhagen
Cory Sandhagen vs Mario Bautista
R3 11 Jul 2026
13
5
Quillan Salkilld
Quillan Salkilld vs Yanal Ashmouz
R1 7 Jun 2025
13
5
Dan Argueta
Dan Argueta vs Jean Matsumoto
R2 6 Apr 2024
13
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13
Petr Yan
Petr Yan vs Merab Dvalishvili
R5 24 Oct 2026
12
13
Omari Akhmedov
Omari Akhmedov vs Chris Weidman
R2 8 Aug 2020
12
13
Curtis Blaydes
Curtis Blaydes vs Jailton Almeida
R1 9 Mar 2024
12

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.

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 is the record for the most combined takedown attempts in a UFC round?
Merab Dvalishvili and Ricky Simon, with 15 takedown attempts between them. Set at UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Lee, April 2018. Shared record: equalled by Petr Yan vs Merab Dvalishvili (2023), Petr Yan vs Merab Dvalishvili (2026). Measured over UFC bouts with round-by-round statistics recorded on MMA.SOCIAL. A bout with no per-round data cannot appear here.
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.
Most Takedown Attempts in a UFC Round - top 10 (MMA.SOCIAL): 1. Merab Dvalishvili vs Petr Yan (15), 2. Merab Dvalishvili vs Petr Yan (14), 3. Merab Dvalishvili vs Cory Sandhagen (13), 3. Merab Dvalishvili vs Petr Yan (13), 5. Merab Dvalishvili vs Ricky Simon (12), 5. Merab Dvalishvili vs Petr Yan (12), 5. Merab Dvalishvili vs Umar Nurmagomedov (12), 5. Jailton Almeida vs Curtis Blaydes (12), 5. Gregor Gillespie vs Glaico Franca Moreira (12), 5. Darren Elkins vs Eduardo Garagorri (12)
Most Takedown Attempts in a UFC Round - top 10, updated Oct 29, 2026.
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What is the record for the most combined takedown attempts in a UFC round?

Merab Dvalishvili and Ricky Simon, with 15 takedown attempts between them.

Set at UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Lee, April 2018. Shared record: equalled by Petr Yan vs Merab Dvalishvili (2023), Petr Yan vs Merab Dvalishvili (2026).

Measured over UFC bouts with round-by-round statistics recorded on MMA.SOCIAL. A bout with no per-round data cannot appear here.