Most Body 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
Anthony Hamilton
Anthony Hamilton vs Ruan Potts
R2 30 Aug 2014
49
2
Max Holloway
Max Holloway vs Calvin Kattar
R4 16 Jan 2021
45 of 48
3
Kamaru Usman
Kamaru Usman vs Tyron Woodley
R3 2 Mar 2019
43 of 44
4
Macy Chiasson
Macy Chiasson vs Shanna Young
R1 15 Feb 2020
37 of 45
5
Steve Steinbeiss
Steve Steinbeiss vs Rob Kimmons
R1 1 Aug 2010
35 of 42
6
Krzysztof Soszynski
Krzysztof Soszynski vs Mike Massenzio
R3 11 Jun 2011
33
7
Louis Smolka
Louis Smolka vs Ryan MacDonald
R1 14 Sep 2019
31 of 52
8
Joselyne Edwards
Joselyne Edwards vs Ramona Pascual
R3 11 Jun 2022
30 of 39
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8
Angela Hill
Angela Hill vs Emily Ducote
R3 3 Dec 2022
30 of 36
8
Ivan Jorge
Ivan Jorge vs Keith Wisniewski
R3 4 Sep 2013
30 of 34
11
Jessica Andrade
Jessica Andrade vs Claudia Gadelha
R3 22 Sep 2017
29 of 31
11
Fabio Maldonado
Fabio Maldonado vs Roger Hollett
R3 18 May 2013
29 of 35
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11
Angela Hill
Angela Hill vs Emily Ducote
R2 3 Dec 2022
29 of 36
11
Abu Azaitar
Abu Azaitar vs Marc-Andre Barriault
R1 27 Mar 2021
29 of 39
15
Billy Quarantillo
Billy Quarantillo vs Damon Jackson
R2 5 Aug 2023
28 of 33

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 body strikes in a UFC round?
Anthony Hamilton, with 49 strikes. Set against Ruan Potts at UFC 177: Dillashaw vs Soto, August 2014. Second: Max Holloway (45). 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 30, 2026.
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What is the record for the most body strikes in a UFC round?

Anthony Hamilton, with 49 strikes.

Set against Ruan Potts at UFC 177: Dillashaw vs Soto, August 2014. Second: Max Holloway (45).

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