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Most total strikes in a fight in UFC light heavyweight history

Aleksandar Rakic holds the UFC light heavyweight record for most total strikes in a fight with 263 total strikes, against Justin Ledet at UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Smith.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

#FighterTotal strikesOpponentEvent
1 Aleksandar Rakic 263 Justin Ledet UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Smith Jul 22, 2018
2 Aaron Rosa 256 Matt Lucas UFC on FOX: Velasquez vs Dos Santos Nov 12, 2011
3 Tito Ortiz 248 Vladimir Matyushenko UFC 33: Victory in Vegas Sep 28, 2001
3 Jamahal Hill 248 Glover Teixeira UFC 283: Teixeira vs. Hill Jan 21, 2023
5 Jon Jones 238 Anthony Smith UFC 235: Jones vs. Smith Mar 2, 2019
6 Daniel Cormier 219 Alexander Gustafsson UFC 192: Cormier vs Gustafsson Oct 3, 2015
7 Marvin Vettori 214 Paulo Costa UFC Fight Night: Costa vs. Vettori Oct 23, 2021
8 Joey Beltran 206 Igor Pokrajac UFC on FX: Sotiropoulos vs Pearson Dec 14, 2012
9 Glover Teixeira 202 Anthony Smith UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Teixeira May 13, 2020
10 Jordan Wright 199 Zac Pauga UFC Fight Night: Andrade vs. Blanchfield Feb 18, 2023
11 Randy Couture 194 Tito Ortiz UFC 44: Undisputed Sep 26, 2003
11 Sean Strickland 194 Nassourdine Imavov UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Imavov Jan 14, 2023
13 Frank Shamrock 193 Tito Ortiz UFC 22: Only One Can be Champion Sep 24, 1999
14 Mauricio Rua 191 Dan Henderson UFC 139: Shogun vs Henderson Nov 19, 2011
14 Magomed Ankalaev 191 Jan Blachowicz UFC 282: Blachowicz vs. Ankalaev Dec 10, 2022
16 Quinton Jackson 185 Dan Henderson UFC 75: Champion vs Champion Sep 8, 2007
17 Jan Blachowicz 184 Israel Adesanya UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya Mar 6, 2021
18 Jared Hamman 176 Rodney Wallace UFC 111: St-Pierre vs Hardy Mar 27, 2010
18 Jordan Johnson 176 Adam Milstead UFC 222: Cyborg vs. Kunitskaya Mar 3, 2018
20 James Te Huna 172 Joey Beltran UFC on FUEL TV: Munoz vs Weidman Jul 11, 2012
20 Paulo Costa 172 Marvin Vettori UFC Fight Night: Costa vs. Vettori Oct 23, 2021
20 Dominick Reyes 172 Anthony Smith UFC 310: Pantoja vs. Asakura Dec 7, 2024
23 Nikita Krylov 171 Volkan Oezdemir UFC 280: Oliveira vs. Makhachev Oct 22, 2022
24 Wanderlei Silva 170 Tito Ortiz UFC 25: Ultimate Japan 3 Apr 14, 2000
24 Cyrille Diabate 170 Steve Cantwell UFC Live: Sanchez vs Kampmann Mar 3, 2011
26 Devin Clark 167 Mike Rodriguez UFC 223: Khabib vs. Iaquinta Apr 7, 2018
27 Tito Ortiz 166 Patrick Cote UFC 50: The War Of '04 Oct 22, 2004
27 Fabio Maldonado 166 Igor Pokrajac UFC on FUEL TV: Korean Zombie vs Poirier May 15, 2012
29 Devin Clark 159 Jake Collier UFC on FOX: Johnson vs. Reis Apr 15, 2017
29 Glover Teixeira 159 Jiri Prochazka UFC 275: Teixeira vs. Prochazka Jun 11, 2022
31 Jon Jones 158 Glover Teixeira UFC 172: Jones vs Teixeira Apr 26, 2014
32 Jiri Prochazka 157 Glover Teixeira UFC 275: Teixeira vs. Prochazka Jun 11, 2022
33 Fabio Maldonado 156 Roger Hollett UFC on FX: Belfort vs. Rockhold May 18, 2013
33 Ryan Bader 156 Anthony Perosh UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs Bigfoot Dec 6, 2013
33 Corey Anderson 156 Jan Blachowicz UFC 191: Johnson vs Dodson 2 Sep 5, 2015
33 Magomed Ankalaev 156 Bogdan Guskov UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Guskov Jul 25, 2026
37 Tito Ortiz 155 Ken Shamrock UFC 40: Vendetta Nov 22, 2002
38 Sean O'Connell 153 Gian Villante UFC Fight Night: Te Huna vs Marquardt Jun 28, 2014
38 Josh Stansbury 153 Cory Hendricks The Ultimate Fighter: Team Joanna vs. Team Cláudia Finale Jul 8, 2016
38 Daniel Cormier 153 Anderson Silva UFC 200: Tate vs Nunes Jul 9, 2016
38 Dustin Jacoby 153 John Allan UFC 268: Usman vs. Covington 2 Nov 6, 2021
42 Elvis Sinosic 151 Alessio Sakara UFC 57: Liddell vs Couture 3 Feb 4, 2006
42 Matt Hamill 151 Roger Hollett UFC 152: Jones vs Belfort Sep 22, 2012
44 Fabio Maldonado 150 Gian Villante UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs Henderson 2 Mar 23, 2014
44 Abdul-Kerim Edilov 150 Bojan Mihajlovic UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Struve Sep 2, 2017
44 Devin Clark 150 Alonzo Menifield UFC 250: Nunes vs. Spencer Jun 6, 2020
47 Jan Blachowicz 148 Igor Pokrajac UFC Fight Night: Rothwell vs Dos Santos Apr 10, 2016
47 Glover Teixeira 148 Thiago Santos UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Teixeira Nov 7, 2020
49 Stephan Bonnar 147 Igor Pokrajac The Ultimate Fighter: Team GSP vs Team Koscheck Finale Dec 4, 2010
49 Marcin Prachnio 147 Vitor Petrino UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez Jul 8, 2023

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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.