In the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fighting techniques such as boxing and striking are among the most common. Depending on the experience and skill of the contestants, strikes may be dodged, diverted or blocked in any manner. As of March 2022, Max Holloway holds the record for most strikes landed, meaning he managed to hit his opponent, throughout the entire UFC with 3056 landed strikes.
Georges St-Pierre holds record for most takedowns
  
As of March 2022, St-Pierre, who retired from Mixed Martial Arts in February 2019, also holds the record for most takedowns in the UFC with 90 takedowns throughout his UFC career. Next to his career as a mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter in the UFC he also took on as an actor in a couple of movies, most noticeable of which was Captain America: The first Avenger, in which he starred in a fighting scene versus Captain America/Steve Rogers played by Chris Evans.
UFC broke its own Pay-Per-View record in late 2018
  
The much anticipated fight between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor which was featured at UFC 229 on October 6th 2018, generated a record high of 2.4 million pay-per-view buys in which McGregor lost what would be his last ever career UFC fight via submission. McGregor retired officially from MMA and the UFC on March 26th
Most strikes landed by fighters in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) worldwide as of March 2022
The source adds the following information: "Records reflect all UFC fights from UFC 28 to the present (UFC 28 was the first event to use the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts)."
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FightMetric. (March 17, 2022). Most strikes landed by fighters in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) worldwide as of March 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/675693/ultimate-fighting-championship-most-strikes-landed-by-fighters-worldwide/
FightMetric. "Most strikes landed by fighters in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) worldwide as of March 2022." Chart. March 17, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/675693/ultimate-fighting-championship-most-strikes-landed-by-fighters-worldwide/
FightMetric. (2022). Most strikes landed by fighters in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) worldwide as of March 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/675693/ultimate-fighting-championship-most-strikes-landed-by-fighters-worldwide/
FightMetric. "Most Strikes Landed by Fighters in The Ultimate Fighting Championship (Ufc) Worldwide as of March 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Mar 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/675693/ultimate-fighting-championship-most-strikes-landed-by-fighters-worldwide/
FightMetric, Most strikes landed by fighters in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) worldwide as of March 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/675693/ultimate-fighting-championship-most-strikes-landed-by-fighters-worldwide/ (last visited December 30, 2024)
Most strikes landed by fighters in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) worldwide as of March 2022 [Graph], FightMetric, March 17, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/675693/ultimate-fighting-championship-most-strikes-landed-by-fighters-worldwide/