UFC Single-Round Records

How a record is measured

Every figure comes from the official round-by-round statistics filed for each bout, across the 8,754 bouts in our database that carry a complete set, going back to 1999. Where the source column records attempts as well as landed strikes, the row shows both: the top row of the significant-strikes board reads 141 of 191, because on a round board the rate is the story. Knockdowns, submission attempts and control time have no denominator, so they stand alone. W or L on a row is whether the fighter went on to win that bout. Equal figures are listed in one fixed order, the same one the full leaderboard uses, so a tied mark sits in the same slot here and there.

Where the numbers stop

Bouts without round-by-round statistics cannot appear here at all. That mostly means a handful of early events and the odd bout whose stats were never filed. Nothing on this page is an estimate: if we do not hold the round, the round is not in the book — we would rather show you a shorter list than a guessed one. The book is rebuilt from the database twice a day.

Looking for career totals instead? Every board here has a lifetime counterpart in the full statistics index — most significant strikes landed in a career, most takedowns, most knockdowns and the rest.

Only five-minute rounds count, and here is why

Every board on this page counts only rounds from bouts fought over true five-minute rounds, the format the UFC adopted at UFC 21 in July 1999. UFC 1 through UFC 4 had no time limit at all, and until 1999 a single “round” could run anywhere from ten to thirty-one minutes; one of those would own a board outright while saying nothing about a modern round. The control-time board also leaves out any round whose two control figures add up to more than five minutes, which can only be a recording error. The leaderboard each podium links to applies the identical rules, so the hub and the board never disagree.