Our sport is always evolving, and nowhere is it more apparent than in strike totals. Nowadays, UFC fighters from 115 pounds to 265 pounds have the cardio, creativity and confidence to land 100+ significant strikes in a 25-minute and 15-minute bout alike. It's a high watermark that more and more are crossing these past few years, but it is never less impressive when they do. However the total is proportioned - by head, body and leg targets or a mix of attacking on the feet and on the ground, landing 100+ significant strikes is an offensive output mark to be revered.
Here are all the 100+ significant strikes landed performances inside the Octagon in chronological order by weight class (and, yes, former UFC heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia was the first to do so).
HEAVYWEIGHT
Tim Sylvia - UFC 39 - 138
Junior Dos Santos - UFC 117 - 130
Cain Velasquez - UFC 155 - 111
Stipe Miocic - UFC 161 - 106
Cain Velasquez - UFC 166 - 123
Mark Hunt - Hunt vs. Bigfoot - 103
Fabricio Werdum - Werdum vs. Browne - 121
Junior Dos Santos - Dos Santos vs. Miocic - 123
Stipe Miocic - Miocic vs. Hunt - 113
Josh Barnett - Barnett vs. Nelson - 146
Junior Dos Santos - Rothwell vs. Dos Santos - 157
Justin Ledet - Rodriguez vs. Caceres - 113
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Forrest Griffin - UFC 72 - 113
Cyrille Diabate - Sanchez vs. Kampmann - 146
Jon Jones - UFC 145 - 105
James Te Huna - Munoz vs. Weidman - 122
Fabio Maldonado - Belfort vs. Rockhold - 100
Alexander Gustafsson - UFC 165 - 110
Jon Jones - UFC 165 - 134
Fabio Maldonado - Shogun vs. Henderson - 132
Jon Jones - UFC 172 - 138
Sean O’Connell - Te Huna vs. Marquardt - 109
Matt Van Buren - McGregor vs. Siver - 100
Corey Anderson - Machida vs. Rockhold - 111
Alexander Gustafsson - UFC 192 - 120
Daniel Cormier - UFC 192 - 140
Jon Jones - UFC 197 - 105
MIDDLEWEIGHT
Rich Franklin - UFC 58 - 127
Martin Kampmann - TUF 4 Finale - 101
Michael Bisping - Bisping vs. Akiyama - 118
Michael Bisping - TUF 14 Finale - 102
Riki Fukuda - UFC 144 - 124
Court McGee - UFC 149 - 108
Brad Tavares - Silva vs. Stann - 116
Luke Barnatt - TUF 17 Finale - 113
Anderson Silva - UFC 183 - 108
Michael Bisping - Bisping vs. Leites - 115
Luke Rockhold - UFC 194 - 126
Michael Bisping - Silva vs. Bisping - 108
Michael Bisping - UFC 204 - 119
WATCH MICHAEL BISPING AFTER HIS MOST RECENT TITLE DEFENSE FROM UFC 204
WELTERWEIGHT
Georges St-Pierre - UFC 87 - 131
Chris Lytle - UFC 89 - 102
Amir Sadollah - UFC 106 - 134
Matt Serra - UFC 119 - 124
Chris Lytle - UFC 119 - 153
Sean Pierson - UFC 124 - 112
Georges St-Pierre - UFC 124 - 110
Duane Ludwig - Hardy vs. Lytle - 123
Chris Lytle - Hardy vs. Lytle - 127
Nick Diaz - UFC 137 - 178
Nick Diaz - UFC 143 - 105
Carlos Condit - UFC 143 - 151
Rory MacDonald - Henderson vs. Diaz - 116
Pascal Krauss - Johnson vs. Dodson - 163
Nah-Shon Burrell - UFC 157 - 121
Court McGee - UFC 157 - 166
Georges St-Pierre - UFC 158 - 105
Carlos Condit - Condit vs. Kampmann 2 - 100
Georges St-Pierre - UFC 167 - 101
Sean Spencer - TUF 18 Finale - 105
William Patolino - UFC 168 - 133
Hyun Gyu Lim - Saffiedine vs. Lim - 122
Tarec Saffiedine - Saffiedine vs. Lim - 120
Robbie Lawler - UFC 171 - 150
Johny Hendricks - UFC 171 - 158
Thiago Alves - Werdum vs. Browne - 116
Matt Brown - Brown vs. Silva - 118
Rick Story - Nelson vs. Story - 168
Johny Hendricks - UFC 181 - 111
Robbie Lawler - UFC 181 - 116
Carlos Condit - UFC 195 - 176
Neil Magny - Hunt vs. Mir - 148
Bryan Barberena - UFC 198 - 120
Stephen Thompson - MacDonald vs. Thompson - 110
Kelvin Gastelum - UFC 200 - 124
Jorge Masvidal - UFC 201 - 113
Nate Diaz - UFC 202 - 166
Conor McGregor - UFC 202 - 164
LIGHTWEIGHT
BJ Penn - UFC 84 - 122
Paul Taylor - UFC 121 - 140
Sam Stout - UFC 121 - 107
Anthony Njokuani - UFC 132 - 116
Nate Diaz - UFC 141 - 238
Evan Dunham - UFC 152 - 160
TJ Grant - UFC 152 - 164
Benson Henderson - Henderson vs. Diaz - 124
Michael Johnson - Shogun vs. Sonnen - 116
Isaac Vallie-Flagg - UFC 172 - 107
Takanori Gomi - UFC 172 - 130
Evan Dunham - UFC 182 - 152
Chris Gruetzemacher - TUF 22 Finale - 103
Evan Dunham - TUF 22 Finale - 127
John Makdessi - UFC 194 - 114
Michael Johnson - Dos Anjos vs. Cowboy 2 - 103
Nate Diaz - Dos Anjos vs. Cowboy 2 - 153
Francisco Trinaldo - UFC 198 - 117
Marco Polo Reyes - UFC 199 - 135
Evan Dunham - Poirier vs. Johnson - 144
FEATHERWEIGHT
Nam Phan - TUF 12 Finale - 102
Leonard Garcia - UFC 136 - 100
Nam Phan - UFC 136 - 174
Mark Hominick - UFC 145 - 110
Max Holloway - TUF Live Finale - 118
Cole Miller - Shogun vs. Vera - 143
Nam Phan - Shogun vs. Vera - 129
Marcus Brimage - UFC 152 - 111
Dennis Siver - Henderson vs. Diaz - 128
Max Holloway - UFC 155 - 120
Dennis Bermudez - UFC 157 - 120
Mizuto Hirota - Nogueira vs. Werdum - 102
Max Holloway - Henderson vs. Dos Anjos - 124
Maximo Blanco - Hunt vs. Nelson - 132
Jose Aldo - UFC 179 - 102
Darren Elkins - UFC 196 - 104
Max Holloway - UFC 199 - 103
Yair Rodriguez - Rodriguez vs. Caceres - 120
BANTAMWEIGHT
Alex Caceres - Velasquez vs. Dos Santos - 102
Renan Barao - UFC 143 - 104
Alex Caceres - UFC 165 - 106
Nam Phan - Hunt vs. Bigfoot - 100
Takeya Mizugaki - Hunt vs. Bigfoot - 152
T.J. Dillashaw - Rockhold vs. Philippou - 117
Raphael Assuncao - UFC 170 - 100
Vaughan Lee - Kim vs. Hathaway - 142
T.J. Dillashaw - UFC 173 - 140
T.J. Dillashaw - UFC 177 - 151
Thomas Almeida - Shogun vs. Saint Preux - 120
T.J. Dillashaw - Dillashaw vs. Barao 2 - 117
T.J. Dillashaw - Dillashaw vs. Cruz - 109
Dominick Cruz - Dillashaw vs. Cruz - 112
John Dodson - Lineker vs. Dodson - 101
FLYWEIGHT
Demetrious Johnson - Johnson vs. Dodson - 127
Tim Elliott - UFC 164 - 116
Demetrious Johnson - UFC 174 - 133
John Lineker - Cerrone vs. Miller - 133
WOMEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT
Jessica Andrade - Machida vs. Munoz - 206
Jessamyn Duke - TUF 18 Finale - 123
Sarah Kaufman - Bisping vs. Kennedy - 202
Valerie Letourneau - UFC 174 - 104
WOMEN’S FLYWEIGHT
Joanne Calderwood - MacDonald vs. Thompson - 115
WOMEN’S STRAWWEIGHT
Angela Hill - TUF 20 Finale - 107
Joanne Calderwood - TUF 20 Finale - 109
Joanna Jedrzejczyk - Jedrzejczyk vs. Penne - 126
Claudia Gadelha - UFC 190 - 111
Valerie Letourneau - UFC 193 - 103
Joanna Jedrzejczyk - UFC 193 - 220
Karolina Kowalkiewicz - Overeem vs. Arlovski - 119
Jessica Andrade - UFC 199 - 117
Joanna Jedrzejczyk - TUF 23 Finale - 176
CATCHWEIGHT
Rich Franklin - UFC 147 - 122
