Most Head Strikes in a UFC Round

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

50 record performances
1
Jeff Molina
Jeff Molina vs Aoriqileng
R3 24 Apr 2021
120 of 213
2
Max Holloway
Max Holloway vs Brian Ortega
R4 8 Dec 2018
110 of 166
3
Neil Magny
Neil Magny vs Hector Lombard
R2 19 Mar 2016
105 of 132
4
Ty Miller
Ty Miller vs Billy Ray Goff
R2 8 Aug 2026
97 of 154
5
Steven Asplund
Steven Asplund vs Sean Sharaf
R2 13 Dec 2025
93 of 149
6
Max Holloway
Max Holloway vs Calvin Kattar
R4 16 Jan 2021
89 of 135
7
Max Holloway
Max Holloway vs Jose Aldo
R3 2 Dec 2017
86 of 179
8
Evan Dunham
Evan Dunham vs Ricky Glenn
R3 17 Sep 2016
81 of 160
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8
Ji Yeon Kim
Ji Yeon Kim vs Priscila Cachoeira
R3 26 Feb 2022
81 of 159
10
Jessica Andrade
Jessica Andrade vs Rosi Sexton
R2 26 Oct 2013
79 of 125
11
Jessica Andrade
Jessica Andrade vs Lauren Murphy
R3 21 Jan 2023
78 of 121
12
Tim Sylvia
Tim Sylvia vs Wesley Correira
R1 27 Sep 2002
77 of 129
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12
Brandon Royval
Brandon Royval vs Joshua Van
R2 28 Jun 2025
77 of 163
14
Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos
Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos vs Benoit Saint Denis
R2 30 Oct 2021
76 of 139
15
Brandon Royval
Brandon Royval vs Joshua Van
R3 28 Jun 2025
75 of 164

The most head, body, and leg strikes ever landed inside one five-minute UFC round — switch zones to see where the damage went.

The Most Head, Body, and Leg Strikes in One UFC Round

Target data answers a question raw volume cannot: not how much a fighter threw, but where it went. This record book takes the smallest complete unit in the sport — one scored round — and ranks the heaviest single-round output to the head, the body, and the legs.

Compressing the window changes who appears. Over a full fight, target records belong to whoever survives longest at a high pace, so five-round bouts crowd the leaderboard. Over one round, the only thing that matters is how much a fighter can pour into a zone before the horn — which is why these lists are full of frames from three-round fights, undercard bouts, and rounds their author ultimately lost.

Reading the three lists

Every entry shows the round it came from, so the pattern behind each performance is visible: opening-round blitzes, mid-fight surges once a body attack starts paying, and late frames where an opponent has slowed enough to be hit at will. Use the Head, Body, and Leg tabs to change zone and the division filter to see the ceiling inside a single weight class.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the record for the most head strikes in a UFC round?
Jeff Molina, with 120 strikes. Set against Aoriqileng at UFC 261: Usman vs. Masvidal 2, April 2021. Second: Max Holloway (110). Measured over UFC bouts with round-by-round statistics recorded on MMA.SOCIAL. A bout with no per-round data cannot appear here.
What do the Head, Body, and Leg tabs rank on this page?
Each tab ranks one fighter's significant strikes landed to that zone inside a single scored round, taken from official per-round statistics. The same five minutes can appear on more than one list if a fighter attacked several zones heavily, but each tab counts only the strikes aimed at its own target.
Why can a losing fighter appear near the top of a round record?
The list measures one round in isolation, not the outcome of the bout. A fighter who is broken down over the following rounds — or stopped in the next one — can still own the busiest five minutes on record, because nothing that happens after the horn changes what landed inside that window.
How does this differ from the single-fight target records?
A fight record adds up every round, so twenty-five-minute main events accumulate their way to the top of it. A round record is a rate measurement inside a fixed five-minute window, which lets a short-notice prelim or a single frantic frame outrank a full championship fight.
Do the three zones produce comparable numbers?
No, and the gap is the point. Head totals climb fastest because head strikes are thrown from every position, including ground-and-pound, while body work usually comes in measured investments and leg kicks are limited by how often a fighter can commit to them. Compare the three tabs as separate scales rather than one ranking.
Most Head Strikes in a UFC Round - top 10 (MMA.SOCIAL): 1. Jeff Molina vs Aoriqileng (120), 2. Max Holloway vs Brian Ortega (110), 3. Neil Magny vs Hector Lombard (105), 4. Ty Miller vs Billy Ray Goff (97), 5. Steven Asplund vs Sean Sharaf (93), 6. Max Holloway vs Calvin Kattar (89), 7. Max Holloway vs Jose Aldo (86), 8. Evan Dunham vs Ricky Glenn (81), 8. Ji Yeon Kim vs Priscila Cachoeira (81), 10. Jessica Andrade vs Rosi Sexton (79)
Most Head Strikes in a UFC Round - top 10, updated Oct 28, 2026.
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What is the record for the most head strikes in a UFC round?

Jeff Molina, with 120 strikes.

Set against Aoriqileng at UFC 261: Usman vs. Masvidal 2, April 2021. Second: Max Holloway (110).

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