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Most head strikes in a fight in UFC heavyweight history

Josh Hokit holds the UFC heavyweight record for most head strikes in a fight with 164 head strikes, against Curtis Blaydes at UFC 327: Prochazka vs. Ulberg.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

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1 Josh Hokit 164 Curtis Blaydes UFC 327: Prochazka vs. Ulberg Apr 11, 2026
2 Daniel Cormier 162 Stipe Miocic UFC 241: Cormier vs. Miocic 2 Aug 17, 2019
3 Steven Asplund 154 Sean Sharaf UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Kape Dec 13, 2025
4 Curtis Blaydes 151 Josh Hokit UFC 327: Prochazka vs. Ulberg Apr 11, 2026
5 Waldo Cortes-Acosta 124 Chase Sherman UFC Fight Night: Nzechukwu vs. Cutelaba Nov 19, 2022
6 Parker Porter 116 Chase Sherman UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Gastelum Aug 21, 2021
7 Tim Sylvia 115 Wesley Correira UFC 39: The Warriors Return Sep 27, 2002
8 Justin Ledet 111 Chase Sherman UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Caceres Aug 6, 2016
9 Stipe Miocic 105 Mark Hunt UFC Fight Night: Miocic vs Hunt May 9, 2015
10 Fabricio Werdum 104 Marcin Tybura UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Tybura Nov 18, 2017
11 Andrei Arlovski 103 Ben Rothwell UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Edwards Jul 20, 2019
12 Junior Dos Santos 96 Roy Nelson UFC 117: Silva vs Sonnen Aug 7, 2010
12 Cain Velasquez 96 Junior Dos Santos UFC 166: Velasquez vs Dos Santos 3 Oct 19, 2013
14 Mark Hunt 95 Antonio Silva UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs Bigfoot Dec 6, 2013
15 Jhonata Diniz 94 Alvin Hines UFC 317: Topuria vs. Oliveira Jun 28, 2025
16 Joey Beltran 93 Tim Hague UFC 113: Machida vs Shogun 2 May 8, 2010
17 Josh Barnett 92 Roy Nelson UFC Fight Night: Barnett vs Nelson Sep 26, 2015
18 Stipe Miocic 90 Roy Nelson UFC 161: Evans vs Henderson Jun 15, 2013
18 Parker Porter 90 Josh Parisian UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Clark Nov 28, 2020
20 Jake Collier 88 Gian Villante UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Vettori Dec 5, 2020
20 Hamdy Abdelwahab 88 Chris Barnett UFC 321: Aspinall vs. Gane Oct 25, 2025
22 Stipe Miocic 86 Daniel Cormier UFC 241: Cormier vs. Miocic 2 Aug 17, 2019
22 Jake Collier 86 Carlos Felipe UFC 263: Adesanya vs. Vettori 2 Jun 12, 2021
22 Chase Sherman 86 Jared Vanderaa UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Fiziev Jul 9, 2022
25 Alexander Volkov 84 Stefan Struve UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Struve Sep 2, 2017
26 Marcin Tybura 83 Fabricio Werdum UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Tybura Nov 18, 2017
27 Cain Velasquez 82 Junior Dos Santos UFC 155: Dos Santos vs Velasquez II Dec 29, 2012
27 Fabricio Werdum 82 Travis Browne UFC on FOX: Werdum vs Browne Apr 19, 2014
29 Augusto Sakai 81 Chase Sherman UFC Fight Night: Marreta vs. Anders Sep 22, 2018
30 Fabricio Werdum 79 Cain Velasquez UFC 188: Velasquez vs Werdum Jun 13, 2015
30 Aleksei Oleinik 79 Fabricio Werdum UFC 249: Ferguson vs. Gaethje May 9, 2020
32 Junior Dos Santos 78 Stipe Miocic UFC on FOX: Dos Santos vs Miocic Dec 13, 2014
32 Alexander Volkov 78 Derrick Lewis UFC 229: Khabib vs. McGregor Oct 6, 2018
32 Jairzinho Rozenstruik 78 Shamil Gaziev UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Gaziev Mar 2, 2024
35 Stipe Miocic 77 Junior Dos Santos UFC on FOX: Dos Santos vs Miocic Dec 13, 2014
35 Alexander Volkov 77 Roy Nelson UFC on FOX: Johnson vs. Reis Apr 15, 2017
35 Jake Collier 77 Andrei Arlovski UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Vera Apr 30, 2022
38 Jared Vanderaa 76 Chase Sherman UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Fiziev Jul 9, 2022
38 Waldo Cortes-Acosta 76 Serghei Spivac UFC 316: Dvalishvili vs. O'Malley 2 Jun 7, 2025
40 Juan Adams 74 Chris de la Rocha UFC Fight Night: Lee vs. Iaquinta Dec 15, 2018
40 Josh Hokit 74 Derrick Lewis UFC Freedom 250 Jun 14, 2026
42 Junior Dos Santos 73 Shane Carwin UFC 131: Dos Santos vs Carwin Jun 11, 2011
43 Serghei Spivac 72 Carlos Felipe UFC Fight Night: Figueiredo vs. Benavidez 2 Jul 18, 2020
44 Josh Parisian 71 Parker Porter UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Clark Nov 28, 2020
45 Daniel Cormier 70 Stipe Miocic UFC 252: Miocic vs. Cormier 3 Aug 15, 2020
45 Jon Jones 70 Stipe Miocic UFC 309: Jones vs. Miocic Nov 16, 2024
47 Marcin Tybura 69 Ben Rothwell UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen Oct 10, 2020
47 Chase Sherman 69 Parker Porter UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Gastelum Aug 21, 2021
49 Tim Sylvia 68 Andrei Arlovski UFC 61: Bitter Rivals Jul 8, 2006
49 Justin Willis 68 Chase Sherman UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Lee Apr 21, 2018

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