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    Most Head 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
    Jeff Molina
    Jeff Molina vs Aoriqileng
    120 Strikes Round 3
    2
    Max Holloway
    Max Holloway vs Brian Ortega
    110 Strikes Round 4
    3
    Neil Magny
    Neil Magny vs Hector Lombard
    105 Strikes Round 2
    4
    Steven Asplund
    Steven Asplund vs Sean Sharaf
    93 Strikes Round 2
    5
    Max Holloway
    Max Holloway vs Calvin Kattar
    89 Strikes Round 4
    6
    Max Holloway
    Max Holloway vs Jose Aldo
    86 Strikes Round 3
    7
    Ji Yeon Kim
    Ji Yeon Kim vs Priscila Cachoeira
    81 Strikes Round 3
    8
    Evan Dunham
    Evan Dunham vs Ricky Glenn
    81 Strikes Round 3
    9
    Jessica Andrade
    Jessica Andrade vs Rosi Sexton
    79 Strikes Round 2
    10
    Jessica Andrade
    Jessica Andrade vs Lauren Murphy
    78 Strikes Round 3
    11
    Brandon Royval
    Brandon Royval vs Joshua Van
    77 Strikes Round 2
    12
    Tim Sylvia
    Tim Sylvia vs Wesley Correira
    77 Strikes Round 1
    13
    Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos
    Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos vs Benoit Saint Denis
    76 Strikes Round 2
    14
    Brandon Royval
    Brandon Royval vs Joshua Van
    75 Strikes Round 3
    15
    Josh Hokit
    Josh Hokit vs Curtis Blaydes
    74 Strikes Round 3
    16
    Esteban Ribovics
    Esteban Ribovics vs Daniel Zellhuber
    73 Strikes Round 3
    17
    Ryan Janes
    Ryan Janes vs Andrew Sanchez
    73 Strikes Round 2
    18
    Casey O'Neill
    Casey O'Neill vs Roxanne Modafferi
    73 Strikes Round 2
    19
    Luke Sanders
    Luke Sanders vs Iuri Alcantara
    73 Strikes Round 1
    20
    Frank Camacho
    Frank Camacho vs Damien Brown
    72 Strikes Round 3
    21
    Dominick Reyes
    Dominick Reyes vs Anthony Smith
    72 Strikes Round 2
    22
    Nate Diaz
    Nate Diaz vs Donald Cerrone
    71 Strikes Round 1
    23
    Stevie Ray
    Stevie Ray vs Joe Lauzon
    71 Strikes Round 3
    24
    Daniel Rodriguez
    Daniel Rodriguez vs Gabe Green
    70 Strikes Round 3
    25
    Sean Strickland
    Sean Strickland vs Abus Magomedov
    70 Strikes Round 2
    26
    Bryan Barberena
    Bryan Barberena vs Robbie Lawler
    70 Strikes Round 2
    27
    Maximo Blanco
    Maximo Blanco vs Dan Hooker
    69 Strikes Round 2
    28
    Nate Diaz
    Nate Diaz vs Donald Cerrone
    68 Strikes Round 3
    29
    Nasrat Haqparast
    Nasrat Haqparast vs Jared Gordon
    68 Strikes Round 3
    30
    Tommy McMillen
    Tommy McMillen vs Alberto Montes
    68 Strikes Round 2
    31
    Alex Perez
    Alex Perez vs Jose Torres
    67 Strikes Round 1
    32
    King Green
    King Green vs Nasrat Haqparast
    67 Strikes Round 3
    33
    Marc-Andre Barriault
    Marc-Andre Barriault vs Julian Marquez
    66 Strikes Round 2
    34
    Waldo Cortes Acosta
    Waldo Cortes Acosta vs Chase Sherman
    66 Strikes Round 2
    35
    Sean O'Malley
    Sean O'Malley vs Kris Moutinho
    65 Strikes Round 3
    36
    Alice Ardelean
    Alice Ardelean vs Rayanne dos Santos
    65 Strikes Round 3
    37
    King Green
    King Green vs Jim Miller
    65 Strikes Round 3
    38
    Jared Gordon
    Jared Gordon vs Nasrat Haqparast
    65 Strikes Round 3
    39
    Jamahal Hill
    Jamahal Hill vs Glover Teixeira
    65 Strikes Round 4
    40
    Glover Teixeira
    Glover Teixeira vs Fabio Maldonado
    64 Strikes Round 1
    41
    Nate Diaz
    Nate Diaz vs Michael Johnson
    64 Strikes Round 2
    42
    Jessica Andrade
    Jessica Andrade vs Rosi Sexton
    64 Strikes Round 3
    43
    Julianna Pena
    Julianna Pena vs Amanda Nunes
    64 Strikes Round 2
    44
    Luis Gurule
    Luis Gurule vs Daniel Barez
    63 Strikes Round 3
    45
    Rafa Garcia
    Rafa Garcia vs Clay Guida
    63 Strikes Round 2
    46
    Bryan Barberena
    Bryan Barberena vs Vicente Luque
    63 Strikes Round 2
    47
    Luke Rockhold
    Luke Rockhold vs Chris Weidman
    63 Strikes Round 3
    48
    Jared Cannonier
    Jared Cannonier vs Marvin Vettori
    62 Strikes Round 2
    49
    Nick Diaz
    Nick Diaz vs BJ Penn
    61 Strikes Round 2
    50
    Steven Asplund
    Steven Asplund vs Sean Sharaf
    61 Strikes Round 1

    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.