Most Total Strikes in a UFC Fight

Most total strikes by one fighter in a single fight. UFC bouts with round-by-round data, 1994–present.

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50 record performances
46
Merab Dvalishvili
Merab Dvalishvili vs Cory Sandhagen
4 Oct 2025
243 of 399
46
Gregory Rodrigues
Gregory Rodrigues vs Anthony Hernandez
22 Aug 2026
243 of 359
48
Jessica Andrade
Jessica Andrade vs Claudia Gadelha
22 Sep 2017
242 of 355
48
Nicco Montano
Nicco Montano vs Roxanne Modafferi
1 Dec 2017
242 of 524
50
Jared Gordon
Jared Gordon vs Chris Fishgold
15 Jul 2020
241 of 282

The highest total strike counts in a single UFC fight — every strike landed, significant or not — by one fighter and by both combined.

The Most Total Strikes in a Single UFC Fight

Total strikes capture everything a fighter throws that lands — the significant power shots plus the constant short strikes from top control and the clinch. This record book ranks the highest single-fight total-strike outputs ever recorded, by one fighter and by both fighters combined.

Because ground strikes count here, the leaderboard is a fascinating mix of tireless volume kickboxers and suffocating grapplers who rain down dozens of small strikes from dominant positions. Switch between the Single Fighter and Combined views and filter by division to explore the busiest performances in UFC history.

Frequently Asked Questions

How are total strikes different from significant strikes?
Total strikes count every strike that lands, including short control strikes and pawing jabs thrown from top position or the clinch. Significant strikes exclude those low-impact shots. That is why grapplers who smother opponents on the mat can top the total-strike list while volume kickboxers dominate the significant-strike version.
Why do the total and significant records have different leaders?
A ground-control specialist can pile up hundreds of small strikes from inside an opponent's guard that count toward total strikes but not significant strikes, whereas a stand-up sniper lands fewer but more meaningful blows. The two lists therefore reward completely different styles.
Do these totals include all rounds of the fight?
Yes. Each figure sums a fighter's total strikes across every round of a single bout, so five-round main events and title fights naturally give athletes the most room to accumulate huge numbers.
Are the no-time-limit fights of the 1990s included?
Yes. A fight record is the whole bout, whatever its format, so the long single rounds of the early UFC count here in full. It is the single-round boards that are restricted to five-minute rounds, because one 30-minute round cannot be compared with a modern five.
Most Total Strikes in a UFC Fight - top 10 (MMA.SOCIAL): 1. Khamzat Chimaev vs Dricus Du Plessis (529), 2. Max Holloway vs Calvin Kattar (447), 3. Stipe Miocic vs Mark Hunt (361), 4. Royce Gracie vs Ken Shamrock (355), 5. Kamaru Usman vs Tyron Woodley (336), 6. Punahele Soriano vs Miguel Baeza (331), 7. Jasmine Jasudavicius vs Priscila Cachoeira (326), 8. Chael Sonnen vs Anderson Silva (320), 9. Georges St-Pierre vs BJ Penn (310), 10. Max Holloway vs Brian Ortega (307)
Most Total Strikes in a UFC Fight - top 10, updated Oct 22, 2026.
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