Most Significant Strikes in a UFC Round

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

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50 record performances
1
Max Holloway
Max Holloway vs Calvin Kattar
R4 16 Jan 2021
141 of 191
2
Max Holloway
Max Holloway vs Brian Ortega
R4 8 Dec 2018
134 of 196
3
Jeff Molina
Jeff Molina vs Aoriqileng
R3 24 Apr 2021
127 of 220
4
Neil Magny
Neil Magny vs Hector Lombard
R2 19 Mar 2016
114 of 142
5
Max Holloway
Max Holloway vs Jose Aldo
R3 2 Dec 2017
108 of 204
6
Ty Miller
Ty Miller vs Billy Ray Goff
R2 8 Aug 2026
107 of 168
7
Steven Asplund
Steven Asplund vs Sean Sharaf
R2 13 Dec 2025
99 of 155
8
Tommy McMillen
Tommy McMillen vs Alberto Montes
R2 18 Jul 2026
97 of 197
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8
Ryan Janes
Ryan Janes vs Andrew Sanchez
R2 1 Dec 2017
97 of 141
10
Jessica Andrade
Jessica Andrade vs Lauren Murphy
R3 21 Jan 2023
95 of 141
11
Tim Sylvia
Tim Sylvia vs Wesley Correira
R1 27 Sep 2002
94 of 149
11
Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos
Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos vs Benoit Saint Denis
R2 30 Oct 2021
94 of 160
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13
Karol Rosa
Karol Rosa vs Irene Aldana
R3 16 Dec 2023
92 of 153
13
Esteban Ribovics
Esteban Ribovics vs Daniel Zellhuber
R3 14 Sep 2024
92 of 191
15
Jessica Andrade
Jessica Andrade vs Rosi Sexton
R2 26 Oct 2013
91 of 138

The most significant strikes ever landed in a single five-minute round — by one fighter, and by both fighters combined.

The Most Strikes Ever Landed in One UFC Round

Five minutes is the smallest complete unit in mixed martial arts, and it is where the sport's most extreme bursts of violence live. This page isolates the single busiest rounds ever recorded — first by one fighter, then by both fighters combined — measured strictly by significant strikes landed.

Round records reward something different from fight records. A five-round war lets a pressure fighter accumulate a monstrous total over twenty-five minutes, but a round record is pure rate: how much damage can one athlete pour on inside a single, uninterrupted five-minute window. That is why these lists surface firefights and desperate rallies as often as they surface dominant title performances.

How these records are measured

Each entry is one fighter's significant strikes inside one scored round, taken from official per-round fight statistics. Use the Single Fighter and Combined tabs to switch between one athlete's output and the two-way total, and filter by division to see the record within a weight class. Every row shows the round it happened in and links straight to the fight.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the record for the most significant strikes in a UFC round?
Max Holloway, with 141 significant strikes. Set against Calvin Kattar at UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Kattar, January 2021. Second: Max Holloway (134). Measured over UFC bouts with round-by-round statistics recorded on MMA.SOCIAL. A bout with no per-round data cannot appear here.
Which rounds count toward the single-round strike records?
Only rounds from bouts fought entirely over five-minute rounds, the format the UFC adopted at UFC 21 in July 1999. The no-time-limit and long-round bouts of the 1990s, with single rounds of 10 to 31 minutes, are left out because one of those rounds is not comparable to a modern five minutes.
How is a round record different from a fight record?
A fight record adds up every round of a bout, so five-round main events naturally dominate it. A round record isolates the single most productive five minutes anyone has ever had, which means a three-round fight — or even a single explosive round in a losing effort — can top the list.
Does the round number affect the record?
No. Every scored round is treated equally, whether it is round one or a championship round five. We show which round each performance came from so you can see the pattern: some fighters peak early behind a fast start, while others post their biggest numbers late as opponents fade.
Do the single and combined views rank the same rounds?
No. The single view ranks one fighter's output in a round, while the combined view adds both fighters together for that same round, so it rewards two-way firefights where both athletes were landing rather than one-sided beatings.
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What is the record for the most significant strikes in a UFC round?

Max Holloway, with 141 significant strikes.

Set against Calvin Kattar at UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Kattar, January 2021. Second: Max Holloway (134).

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