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    Most Body Strikes in a UFC Round

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

    50 record performances
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    1
    Anthony Hamilton
    Anthony Hamilton vs Ruan Potts
    49 Strikes Round 2
    2
    Max Holloway
    Max Holloway vs Calvin Kattar
    45 Strikes Round 4
    3
    Kamaru Usman
    Kamaru Usman vs Tyron Woodley
    43 Strikes Round 3
    4
    Macy Chiasson
    Macy Chiasson vs Shanna Young
    37 Strikes Round 1
    5
    Steve Steinbeiss vs Rob Kimmons
    35 Strikes Round 1
    6
    Krzysztof Soszynski
    Krzysztof Soszynski vs Mike Massenzio
    33 Strikes Round 3
    7
    Louis Smolka
    Louis Smolka vs Ryan MacDonald
    31 Strikes Round 1
    8
    Ivan Jorge
    Ivan Jorge vs Keith Wisniewski
    30 Strikes Round 3
    9
    Joselyne Edwards
    Joselyne Edwards vs Ramona Pascual
    30 Strikes Round 3
    10
    Angela Hill
    Angela Hill vs Emily Ducote
    30 Strikes Round 3
    11
    Angela Hill
    Angela Hill vs Emily Ducote
    29 Strikes Round 2
    12
    Fabio Maldonado
    Fabio Maldonado vs Roger Hollett
    29 Strikes Round 3
    13
    Abu Azaitar
    Abu Azaitar vs Marc-Andre Barriault
    29 Strikes Round 1
    14
    Jessica Andrade
    Jessica Andrade vs Claudia Gadelha
    29 Strikes Round 3
    15
    Mohammed Usman
    Mohammed Usman vs Hamdy Abdelwahab
    28 Strikes Round 3
    16
    Victor Henry
    Victor Henry vs Tony Gravely
    28 Strikes Round 2
    17
    Billy Quarantillo
    Billy Quarantillo vs Damon Jackson
    28 Strikes Round 2
    18
    Rogerio Nogueira
    Rogerio Nogueira vs Tito Ortiz
    28 Strikes Round 1
    19
    Carlos Leal vs Alex Morono
    28 Strikes Round 1
    20
    Jamall Emmers
    Jamall Emmers vs Vince Cachero
    28 Strikes Round 1
    21
    CJ Vergara
    CJ Vergara vs Ode Osbourne
    27 Strikes Round 3
    22
    Joshua Van
    Joshua Van vs Kevin Borjas
    27 Strikes Round 2
    23
    Daniel Rodriguez
    Daniel Rodriguez vs Alex Morono
    27 Strikes Round 3
    24
    Jackson McVey
    Jackson McVey vs Zach Reese
    26 Strikes Round 1
    25
    Tommy McMillen
    Tommy McMillen vs Alberto Montes
    26 Strikes Round 2
    26
    Chris Gruetzemacher
    Chris Gruetzemacher vs Joe Lauzon
    26 Strikes Round 2
    27
    Rick Story
    Rick Story vs Dustin Hazelett
    26 Strikes Round 1
    28
    Max Holloway
    Max Holloway vs Calvin Kattar
    25 Strikes Round 2
    29
    Marco Tulio
    Marco Tulio vs Tresean Gore
    25 Strikes Round 1
    30
    Shane Burgos
    Shane Burgos vs Makwan Amirkhani
    25 Strikes Round 3
    31
    Daniil Donchenko
    Daniil Donchenko vs Theodor Berggren
    25 Strikes Round 1
    32
    Gabe Green
    Gabe Green vs Daniel Rodriguez
    25 Strikes Round 3
    33
    Karolina Kowalkiewicz
    Karolina Kowalkiewicz vs Diana Belbita
    25 Strikes Round 3
    34
    Alexandre Pantoja
    Alexandre Pantoja vs Neil Seery
    25 Strikes Round 2
    35
    ChangHo Lee
    ChangHo Lee vs Xiao Long
    24 Strikes Round 2
    36
    Cristiane Justino
    Cristiane Justino vs Lina Lansberg
    24 Strikes Round 1
    37
    Chidi Njokuani
    Chidi Njokuani vs Jared Gooden
    24 Strikes Round 2
    38
    Ilia Topuria
    Ilia Topuria vs Justin Gaethje
    24 Strikes Round 2
    39
    Joanne Wood
    Joanne Wood vs Jessica Eye
    24 Strikes Round 2
    40
    Kai Kamaka
    Kai Kamaka vs Tony Kelley
    24 Strikes Round 3
    41
    Lina Lansberg
    Lina Lansberg vs Aspen Ladd
    24 Strikes Round 1
    42
    Phil Baroni
    Phil Baroni vs Matt Lindland
    24 Strikes Round 3
    43
    Michael Johnson
    Michael Johnson vs Justin Gaethje
    24 Strikes Round 2
    44
    Marcus Brimage
    Marcus Brimage vs Jimy Hettes
    24 Strikes Round 1
    45
    Max Holloway
    Max Holloway vs Brian Ortega
    24 Strikes Round 4
    46
    Heath Herring
    Heath Herring vs Cheick Kongo
    24 Strikes Round 2
    47
    Fabio Maldonado
    Fabio Maldonado vs James McSweeney
    24 Strikes Round 2
    48
    Muin Gafurov
    Muin Gafurov vs Jakub Wiklacz
    24 Strikes Round 3
    49
    Victor Henry
    Victor Henry vs Raoni Barcelos
    24 Strikes Round 3
    50
    Fabio Maldonado
    Fabio Maldonado vs Roger Hollett
    24 Strikes Round 2

    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 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.