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    The Record Book

    Most Clinch 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
    Marc-Andre Barriault
    Marc-Andre Barriault vs Julian Marquez
    48 Strikes Round 2
    2
    Marina Rodriguez
    Marina Rodriguez vs Michelle Waterson-Gomez
    45 Strikes Round 1
    3
    Kamaru Usman
    Kamaru Usman vs Tyron Woodley
    45 Strikes Round 3
    4
    Macy Chiasson
    Macy Chiasson vs Shanna Young
    45 Strikes Round 1
    5
    Jackson McVey
    Jackson McVey vs Zach Reese
    45 Strikes Round 1
    6
    Cain Velasquez
    Cain Velasquez vs Denis Stojnic
    44 Strikes Round 1
    7
    Demetrious Johnson
    Demetrious Johnson vs John Dodson
    41 Strikes Round 5
    8
    Steve Steinbeiss vs Rob Kimmons
    39 Strikes Round 1
    9
    Kennedy Nzechukwu
    Kennedy Nzechukwu vs Devin Clark
    39 Strikes Round 1
    10
    Leslie Smith
    Leslie Smith vs Amanda Lemos
    38 Strikes Round 2
    11
    Ion Cutelaba
    Ion Cutelaba vs Gadzhimurad Antigulov
    38 Strikes Round 1
    12
    Fabio Maldonado
    Fabio Maldonado vs Roger Hollett
    37 Strikes Round 3
    13
    Lavar Johnson
    Lavar Johnson vs Pat Barry
    37 Strikes Round 1
    14
    Jonathan Pearce
    Jonathan Pearce vs Makwan Amirkhani
    37 Strikes Round 1
    15
    Chidi Njokuani
    Chidi Njokuani vs Jared Gooden
    36 Strikes Round 2
    16
    Chris Gruetzemacher
    Chris Gruetzemacher vs Joe Lauzon
    36 Strikes Round 2
    17
    Ben Saunders
    Ben Saunders vs Brandon Wolff
    35 Strikes Round 1
    18
    Thiago Santos
    Thiago Santos vs Eryk Anders
    35 Strikes Round 3
    19
    Josh Barnett
    Josh Barnett vs Roy Nelson
    34 Strikes Round 4
    20
    Sarah Kaufman
    Sarah Kaufman vs Leslie Smith
    34 Strikes Round 2
    21
    Drakkar Klose
    Drakkar Klose vs Brandon Jenkins
    34 Strikes Round 1
    22
    Ivan Jorge
    Ivan Jorge vs Keith Wisniewski
    34 Strikes Round 3
    23
    Lina Lansberg
    Lina Lansberg vs Aspen Ladd
    34 Strikes Round 1
    24
    Joey Beltran
    Joey Beltran vs Igor Pokrajac
    33 Strikes Round 1
    25
    Hakeem Dawodu
    Hakeem Dawodu vs Yoshinori Horie
    33 Strikes Round 3
    26
    Shane Carwin
    Shane Carwin vs Frank Mir
    33 Strikes Round 1
    27
    Nikita Krylov
    Nikita Krylov vs Soa Palelei
    32 Strikes Round 2
    28
    Charles Jourdain
    Charles Jourdain vs Shane Burgos
    32 Strikes Round 3
    29
    Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos
    Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos vs Omari Akhmedov
    32 Strikes Round 3
    30
    Josh Neer vs Keith Wisniewski
    32 Strikes Round 2
    31
    Yui Chul Nam
    Yui Chul Nam vs Kazuki Tokudome
    32 Strikes Round 1
    32
    Sarah Kaufman
    Sarah Kaufman vs Leslie Smith
    31 Strikes Round 1
    33
    Tito Ortiz
    Tito Ortiz vs Vladimir Matyushenko
    31 Strikes Round 2
    34
    Robbie Lawler
    Robbie Lawler vs Donald Cerrone
    31 Strikes Round 1
    35
    Dennis Bermudez
    Dennis Bermudez vs Matt Grice
    31 Strikes Round 3
    36
    Steven Siler
    Steven Siler vs Josh Clopton
    31 Strikes Round 2
    37
    Cristiane Justino
    Cristiane Justino vs Lina Lansberg
    31 Strikes Round 1
    38
    Nate Diaz
    Nate Diaz vs Conor McGregor
    31 Strikes Round 3
    39
    ChangHo Lee
    ChangHo Lee vs Xiao Long
    30 Strikes Round 2
    40
    Tim Sylvia
    Tim Sylvia vs Wesley Correira
    30 Strikes Round 1
    41
    Amir Sadollah
    Amir Sadollah vs Phil Baroni
    30 Strikes Round 1
    42
    Maurice Smith
    Maurice Smith vs Bobby Hoffman
    30 Strikes Round 3
    43
    Karolina Kowalkiewicz
    Karolina Kowalkiewicz vs Rose Namajunas
    30 Strikes Round 2
    44
    Sam Alvey
    Sam Alvey vs Tom Watson
    29 Strikes Round 3
    45
    Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos
    Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos vs Benoit Saint Denis
    29 Strikes Round 2
    46
    Angela Hill
    Angela Hill vs Emily Kagan
    29 Strikes Round 2
    47
    Xiao Long
    Xiao Long vs SuYoung You
    29 Strikes Round 3
    48
    Anthony Hamilton
    Anthony Hamilton vs Daniel Omielanczuk
    29 Strikes Round 3
    49
    Andrei Arlovski
    Andrei Arlovski vs Travis Browne
    28 Strikes Round 1
    50
    Randy Couture
    Randy Couture vs Gabriel Gonzaga
    28 Strikes Round 2

    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.