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Most significant strikes in a fight in UFC heavyweight history

Daniel Cormier holds the UFC heavyweight record for most significant strikes in a fight with 181 significant strikes, against Stipe Miocic at UFC 241: Cormier vs. Miocic 2.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

#FighterSignificant strikesOpponentEvent
1 Daniel Cormier 181 Stipe Miocic UFC 241: Cormier vs. Miocic 2 Aug 17, 2019
2 Josh Hokit 177 Curtis Blaydes UFC 327: Prochazka vs. Ulberg Apr 11, 2026
3 Curtis Blaydes 174 Josh Hokit UFC 327: Prochazka vs. Ulberg Apr 11, 2026
4 Steven Asplund 170 Sean Sharaf UFC Fight Night: Royval vs. Kape Dec 13, 2025
5 Junior Dos Santos 157 Ben Rothwell UFC Fight Night: Rothwell vs Dos Santos Apr 10, 2016
6 Fabricio Werdum 155 Marcin Tybura UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Tybura Nov 18, 2017
7 Andrei Arlovski 152 Ben Rothwell UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Edwards Jul 20, 2019
8 Parker Porter 149 Chase Sherman UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Gastelum Aug 21, 2021
9 Waldo Cortes-Acosta 147 Chase Sherman UFC Fight Night: Nzechukwu vs. Cutelaba Nov 19, 2022
10 Josh Barnett 146 Roy Nelson UFC Fight Night: Barnett vs Nelson Sep 26, 2015
11 Tim Sylvia 138 Wesley Correira UFC 39: The Warriors Return Sep 27, 2002
12 Chase Sherman 137 Jared Vanderaa UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Fiziev Jul 9, 2022
13 Alexander Volkov 135 Stefan Struve UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Struve Sep 2, 2017
13 Ciryl Gane 135 Alexander Volkov UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Volkov Jun 26, 2021
15 Junior Dos Santos 130 Roy Nelson UFC 117: Silva vs Sonnen Aug 7, 2010
15 Jake Collier 130 Carlos Felipe UFC 263: Adesanya vs. Vettori 2 Jun 12, 2021
17 Marcin Tybura 127 Fabricio Werdum UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Tybura Nov 18, 2017
17 Jairzinho Rozenstruik 127 Shamil Gaziev UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Gaziev Mar 2, 2024
19 Parker Porter 126 Josh Parisian UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Clark Nov 28, 2020
20 Cain Velasquez 123 Junior Dos Santos UFC 166: Velasquez vs Dos Santos 3 Oct 19, 2013
20 Junior Dos Santos 123 Stipe Miocic UFC on FOX: Dos Santos vs Miocic Dec 13, 2014
20 Stipe Miocic 123 Daniel Cormier UFC 241: Cormier vs. Miocic 2 Aug 17, 2019
20 Jake Collier 123 Gian Villante UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Vettori Dec 5, 2020
24 Alexander Volkov 122 Roy Nelson UFC on FOX: Johnson vs. Reis Apr 15, 2017
25 Fabricio Werdum 121 Travis Browne UFC on FOX: Werdum vs Browne Apr 19, 2014
25 Alexander Volkov 121 Derrick Lewis UFC 229: Khabib vs. McGregor Oct 6, 2018
25 Jared Vanderaa 121 Justin Tafa UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Garbrandt May 22, 2021
28 Lukasz Brzeski 118 Martin Buday UFC Fight Night: Vera vs. Cruz Aug 13, 2022
29 Chase Sherman 117 Parker Porter UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Gastelum Aug 21, 2021
30 Stipe Miocic 115 Daniel Cormier UFC 252: Miocic vs. Cormier 3 Aug 15, 2020
30 Alexander Volkov 115 Ciryl Gane UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Volkov Jun 26, 2021
32 Josh Parisian 114 Parker Porter UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Clark Nov 28, 2020
33 Stipe Miocic 113 Mark Hunt UFC Fight Night: Miocic vs Hunt May 9, 2015
33 Justin Ledet 113 Chase Sherman UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Caceres Aug 6, 2016
35 Jhonata Diniz 112 Alvin Hines UFC 317: Topuria vs. Oliveira Jun 28, 2025
36 Cain Velasquez 111 Junior Dos Santos UFC 155: Dos Santos vs Velasquez II Dec 29, 2012
36 Chase Sherman 111 Damian Grabowski UFC Fight Night: Weidman vs. Gastelum Jul 22, 2017
36 Augusto Sakai 111 Chase Sherman UFC Fight Night: Marreta vs. Anders Sep 22, 2018
39 Junior Dos Santos 110 Blagoy Ivanov UFC Fight Night: Dos Santos vs. Ivanov Jul 14, 2018
39 Ciryl Gane 110 Tai Tuivasa UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Tuivasa Sep 3, 2022
39 Waldo Cortes-Acosta 110 Serghei Spivac UFC 316: Dvalishvili vs. O'Malley 2 Jun 7, 2025
42 Jared Vanderaa 109 Chase Sherman UFC Fight Night: Dos Anjos vs. Fiziev Jul 9, 2022
42 Ciryl Gane 109 Serghei Spivac UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Spivac Sep 2, 2023
44 Stipe Miocic 106 Roy Nelson UFC 161: Evans vs Henderson Jun 15, 2013
45 Daniel Cormier 105 Stipe Miocic UFC 252: Miocic vs. Cormier 3 Aug 15, 2020
45 Andrei Arlovski 105 Chase Sherman UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Gastelum Apr 17, 2021
47 Mark Hunt 103 Antonio Silva UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs Bigfoot Dec 6, 2013
47 Chase Sherman 103 Rashad Coulter UFC 211: Miocic vs. Dos Santos May 13, 2017
49 Ciryl Gane 102 Jairzinho Rozenstruik UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Gane Feb 27, 2021
50 Augusto Sakai 99 Alistair Overeem UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Sakai Sep 5, 2020
50 Hamdy Abdelwahab 99 Chris Barnett UFC 321: Aspinall vs. Gane Oct 25, 2025

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How we count: results and statistics are from official UFC fight data. Strike and takedown numbers only exist for fights where the UFC recorded them.