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Best third-round strikers in the UFC

The best career figure belongs to Amanda Ribas at 4.33/min across 6 fights, out of 662 UFC fighters with enough fights to be ranked. Over the last five fights it is Rongzhu at 4.80/min.

Strikes landed minus absorbed per minute in full third rounds. Career is every UFC fight with round-by-round data; "last 5" is each fighter's most recent five of those fights.
662 ranked fighters · figures to 2026-10-03 · updated 14 October 2026

Career: top 25

Ranked by a confidence-adjusted score, not the raw figure: a long record at a low rate ranks above a short one at zero. The figure shown is the raw one.

RankFighterValueFightsSampleLast boutStatus
#1Amanda Ribas4.33/min630 min26 July 2025Active
#2Joshua Van3.98/min840 min19 September 2026Active
#3Joanne Wood3.96/min1050 min9 March 2024No bout in 18 months
#4Fabio Maldonado3.94/min735 min7 November 2015No bout in 18 months
#5Esteban Ribovics3.92/min525 min3 October 2026Active
#6Evan Dunham3.83/min1260 min6 June 2020No bout in 18 months
#7King Green3.75/min1680 min3 October 2026Active
#8Mario Bautista3.58/min840 min11 July 2026Active
#9Sumudaerji3.54/min735 min29 August 2026Active
#10Chidi Njokuani3.52/min525 min15 August 2026Active
#11Forrest Griffin3.48/min840 min7 July 2012No bout in 18 months
#12Alexander Volkanovski3.37/min1260 min31 January 2026Active
#13Brandon Royval3.36/min525 min11 July 2026Active
#14Anthony Hernandez3.20/min525 min22 August 2026Active
#15Hakeem Dawodu3.15/min840 min12 August 2023No bout in 18 months
#16Natalia Silva3.11/min735 min3 October 2026Active
#17Joanna Jedrzejczyk3.04/min1155 min11 June 2022No bout in 18 months
#18Daniel Rodriguez3.00/min840 min1 August 2026Active
#19Patrick Cummins2.96/min525 min18 May 2019No bout in 18 months
#20Wang Cong2.92/min525 min3 October 2026Active
#21Charles Jourdain2.91/min945 min19 September 2026Active
#22Sean Spencer2.88/min525 min10 September 2016No bout in 18 months
#23Dennis Bermudez2.78/min1050 min19 January 2019No bout in 18 months
#24Lerone Murphy2.77/min840 min21 March 2026Active
#25Stevie Ray2.77/min735 min26 October 2019No bout in 18 months

Last 5 fights: top 25

Ranked by a confidence-adjusted score, not the raw figure: a long record at a low rate ranks above a short one at zero. The figure shown is the raw one.

RankFighterValueFightsSampleLast boutStatus
#1Rongzhu4.80/min315 min12 September 2026Active
#2Joanne Wood4.53/min315 min9 March 2024No bout in 18 months
#3Brandon Royval4.47/min315 min11 July 2026Active
#4Joshua Van4.27/min315 min19 September 2026Active
#5Chidi Njokuani4.13/min315 min15 August 2026Active
#6Sage Northcutt4.07/min315 min14 July 2018No bout in 18 months
#7Davey Grant4.00/min420 min25 April 2026Active
#8Jon Fitch4.00/min420 min2 February 2013No bout in 18 months
#9Sarah Kaufman4.00/min315 min19 December 2015No bout in 18 months
#10Fatima Kline3.80/min315 min18 July 2026Active
#11Jairzinho Rozenstruik3.73/min315 min1 February 2025No bout in 18 months
#12Forrest Griffin3.53/min315 min7 July 2012No bout in 18 months
#13Vinicius Oliveira3.47/min315 min20 June 2026Active
#14Sumudaerji3.45/min420 min29 August 2026Active
#15Steve Erceg3.40/min315 min25 July 2026Active
#16David Onama3.33/min315 min1 November 2025Active
#17Ruslan Magomedov3.27/min315 min3 October 2015No bout in 18 months
#18Anthony Hernandez3.20/min420 min22 August 2026Active
#19Lerone Murphy3.20/min420 min21 March 2026Active
#20Natalia Silva3.16/min525 min3 October 2026Active
#21Kyoji Horiguchi3.13/min315 min20 June 2026Active
#22Punahele Soriano3.10/min420 min5 September 2026Active
#23Fabio Maldonado2.93/min315 min7 November 2015No bout in 18 months
#24Yan Xiaonan2.93/min315 min29 August 2026Active
#25Wang Cong2.92/min525 min3 October 2026Active
What it measures. Significant landed minus absorbed per minute in full third rounds. Higher is better. Formula. Significant strikes landed minus significant strikes absorbed, per minute, in full third rounds. Minimum sample. Career: at least 5 fights and 25 minutes of full third-round time. Last five: at least 3 fights and 15 minutes of full third-round time. The Sample column is the amount behind each figure (minutes of full third-round time). A fighter below the minimum is not ranked and does not appear here; the figure is still shown, greyed, on their own page. Order. The table follows the published rank, which for rate stats is computed from a confidence-adjusted score rather than the raw figure, so the values can sit slightly out of order. The value shown is always the raw figure. Last bout and Active. The date of the fighter's most recent fight in this data. Active means a bout in the last 18 months. Coverage. Every figure is built from UFC fights that have round-by-round data. Some older bouts do not, and are left out rather than estimated. Round-by-round stat. Needs round-by-round data, which is missing for some UFC bouts. Those fights are left out, not estimated. Check us. Rebuilt from the official UFC statistical record on every build; nothing on this page is typed in by hand. Search every fight to filter the same record yourself.
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