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    The Record Book

    Most Distance Strikes in a UFC Round

    The heaviest five minutes ever spent at range, against the cage, and in top position — single-round striking records split by position.

    50 record performances
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    1
    Max Holloway
    Max Holloway vs Calvin Kattar
    139 Strikes Round 4
    2
    Max Holloway
    Max Holloway vs Brian Ortega
    126 Strikes Round 4
    3
    Jeff Molina
    Jeff Molina vs Aoriqileng
    125 Strikes Round 3
    4
    Steven Asplund
    Steven Asplund vs Sean Sharaf
    96 Strikes Round 2
    5
    Karol Rosa
    Karol Rosa vs Irene Aldana
    92 Strikes Round 3
    6
    Esteban Ribovics
    Esteban Ribovics vs Daniel Zellhuber
    90 Strikes Round 3
    7
    Tommy McMillen
    Tommy McMillen vs Alberto Montes
    89 Strikes Round 2
    8
    Jessica Andrade
    Jessica Andrade vs Rosi Sexton
    88 Strikes Round 2
    9
    Jessica Andrade
    Jessica Andrade vs Lauren Murphy
    88 Strikes Round 3
    10
    Max Holloway
    Max Holloway vs Calvin Kattar
    87 Strikes Round 2
    11
    Nate Diaz
    Nate Diaz vs Donald Cerrone
    85 Strikes Round 3
    12
    Casey O'Neill
    Casey O'Neill vs Roxanne Modafferi
    84 Strikes Round 2
    13
    Max Holloway
    Max Holloway vs Calvin Kattar
    84 Strikes Round 5
    14
    Max Holloway
    Max Holloway vs Jose Aldo
    83 Strikes Round 3
    15
    Brandon Royval
    Brandon Royval vs Joshua Van
    83 Strikes Round 3
    16
    Sean O'Malley
    Sean O'Malley vs Kris Moutinho
    83 Strikes Round 3
    17
    Ji Yeon Kim
    Ji Yeon Kim vs Priscila Cachoeira
    82 Strikes Round 3
    18
    Alice Ardelean
    Alice Ardelean vs Rayanne dos Santos
    82 Strikes Round 3
    19
    Brandon Royval
    Brandon Royval vs Joshua Van
    81 Strikes Round 2
    20
    Ryan Janes
    Ryan Janes vs Andrew Sanchez
    81 Strikes Round 2
    21
    King Green
    King Green vs Nasrat Haqparast
    79 Strikes Round 3
    22
    Nate Diaz
    Nate Diaz vs Donald Cerrone
    78 Strikes Round 1
    23
    Nam Phan
    Nam Phan vs Leonard Garcia
    78 Strikes Round 2
    24
    Joshua Van
    Joshua Van vs Kevin Borjas
    77 Strikes Round 2
    25
    Evan Dunham
    Evan Dunham vs Ricky Glenn
    77 Strikes Round 3
    26
    Sean O'Malley
    Sean O'Malley vs Kris Moutinho
    77 Strikes Round 1
    27
    Frank Camacho
    Frank Camacho vs Damien Brown
    76 Strikes Round 3
    28
    Daniel Rodriguez
    Daniel Rodriguez vs Gabe Green
    75 Strikes Round 3
    29
    Bryan Barberena
    Bryan Barberena vs Robbie Lawler
    74 Strikes Round 2
    30
    Tommy McMillen
    Tommy McMillen vs Alberto Montes
    74 Strikes Round 3
    31
    Julianna Pena
    Julianna Pena vs Amanda Nunes
    73 Strikes Round 2
    32
    Nasrat Haqparast
    Nasrat Haqparast vs Jared Gordon
    73 Strikes Round 3
    33
    Max Holloway
    Max Holloway vs Calvin Kattar
    73 Strikes Round 3
    34
    Casey O'Neill
    Casey O'Neill vs Roxanne Modafferi
    72 Strikes Round 1
    35
    Marco Tulio
    Marco Tulio vs Tresean Gore
    72 Strikes Round 1
    36
    Joshua Van
    Joshua Van vs Cody Durden
    71 Strikes Round 2
    37
    Carli Judice
    Carli Judice vs Gabriella Fernandes
    71 Strikes Round 3
    38
    King Green
    King Green vs Nasrat Haqparast
    71 Strikes Round 2
    39
    Shane Burgos
    Shane Burgos vs Billy Quarantillo
    71 Strikes Round 2
    40
    Tommy McMillen
    Tommy McMillen vs Alberto Montes
    71 Strikes Round 1
    41
    Steven Asplund
    Steven Asplund vs Sean Sharaf
    70 Strikes Round 1
    42
    Fabio Maldonado
    Fabio Maldonado vs Gian Villante
    70 Strikes Round 3
    43
    Joshua Van
    Joshua Van vs Brandon Royval
    70 Strikes Round 3
    44
    Rob Font
    Rob Font vs Marlon Vera
    70 Strikes Round 3
    45
    Jared Gordon
    Jared Gordon vs Nasrat Haqparast
    70 Strikes Round 3
    46
    Nick Diaz
    Nick Diaz vs Robbie Lawler
    70 Strikes Round 1
    47
    Martin Bravo
    Martin Bravo vs Steven Peterson
    69 Strikes Round 1
    48
    Casey O'Neill
    Casey O'Neill vs Roxanne Modafferi
    69 Strikes Round 3
    49
    Nick Diaz
    Nick Diaz vs BJ Penn
    69 Strikes Round 2
    50
    Jessica Andrade
    Jessica Andrade vs Rosi Sexton
    69 Strikes Round 3

    Distance, Clinch, and Ground: The Biggest Single Rounds at Every Range

    Every round in mixed martial arts is decided somewhere — at range, on the fence, or on the canvas. This record book takes the smallest complete unit of the sport, one five-minute round, and asks who landed the most from each of those three positions.

    Splitting by round changes who shows up. A fight-long positional record belongs to whoever held their preferred range the longest, and that usually means a five-round main event. A round record has a hard ceiling of five minutes, so it measures density instead of duration: how completely one athlete owned a single position before the horn. A prelim fighter who took someone down early and never let them up can sit above a champion who ground out twenty-five minutes.

    Reading the three tabs

    Every entry is one fighter's landed strikes from one position in one scored round, taken from official per-round statistics, with the attempted count shown alongside it. Use the Distance, Clinch, and Ground tabs to move between ranges and the division filter to find the record inside a weight class. Each row shows which round the performance came from and links straight to the fight.

    Frequently Asked Questions

    What do the Distance, Clinch, and Ground tabs rank here?
    Each tab ranks the highest count of significant strikes landed from one position inside a single scored round. Distance covers exchanges at open range, clinch covers close-quarters work against the cage or in the body lock, and ground covers strikes landed once the fight has hit the mat.
    Why does a round record favour different fighters than the fight record?
    A fight total rewards whoever sustained a position longest, so twenty-five-minute main events crowd the top of that board. A round total asks a narrower question: who did the most inside one uninterrupted five-minute window. That lets a single takedown-and-maul round, or one round of relentless range volume, outrank an entire championship fight.
    Which position produces the most lopsided single rounds?
    Ground and clinch numbers tend to spike hardest, because a fighter who secures and holds a dominant position controls the whole five minutes without being reset. Distance leaders usually come from open firefights where both athletes are throwing freely and neither is looking to grapple.
    Can a fighter appear on this list from a round they lost the fight in?
    Yes. The ranking looks only at strikes landed in that one round, not at the eventual result. Fighters who dominated a round and were then finished later still appear, which is exactly what separates a positional round record from a career or fight-long measure.