Hardest to hit in the UFC: strikes absorbed

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.

Rank	Fighter	Value	Fights	Sample	Last bout	Status
#1	Dan Severn	0.45/min	11	53 min	22 September 2000	No bout in 18 months
#2	Marco Ruas	0.53/min	6	55 min	16 July 1999	No bout in 18 months
#3	Kevin Randleman	0.66/min	5	81 min	11 January 2002	No bout in 18 months
#4	Jerry Bohlander	0.76/min	6	42 min	8 January 1999	No bout in 18 months
#5	Pete Spratt	1.04/min	7	35 min	12 June 2007	No bout in 18 months
#6	Oleg Taktarov	1.09/min	7	45 min	16 December 1995	No bout in 18 months
#7	Ivan Salaverry	1.15/min	7	51 min	24 May 2008	No bout in 18 months
#8	Royce Gracie	1.15/min	9	44 min	27 May 2006	No bout in 18 months
#9	Pat Sabatini	1.16/min	11	105 min	9 May 2026	Active
#10	Jon Madsen	1.18/min	5	57 min	26 March 2011	No bout in 18 months
#11	Pat Miletich	1.21/min	7	53 min	22 March 2002	No bout in 18 months
#12	Eugene Jackson	1.25/min	7	39 min	13 July 2002	No bout in 18 months
#13	Renato Sobral	1.25/min	10	81 min	25 August 2007	No bout in 18 months
#14	Pete Williams	1.27/min	6	50 min	22 March 2002	No bout in 18 months
#15	Matt Hughes	1.28/min	25	223 min	24 September 2011	No bout in 18 months
#16	Matt Lindland	1.31/min	12	117 min	20 August 2005	No bout in 18 months
#17	Ricco Rodriguez	1.31/min	7	83 min	21 November 2003	No bout in 18 months
#18	Chael Sonnen	1.32/min	14	143 min	16 November 2013	No bout in 18 months
#19	Jailton Almeida	1.32/min	11	92 min	7 February 2026	Active
#20	Phil Davis	1.33/min	13	169 min	24 January 2015	No bout in 18 months
#21	Ryan Hall	1.33/min	6	68 min	11 December 2021	No bout in 18 months
#22	Muhammad Mokaev	1.35/min	7	88 min	27 July 2024	No bout in 18 months
#23	Ricardo Almeida	1.36/min	11	113 min	19 March 2011	No bout in 18 months
#24	Gegard Mousasi	1.39/min	12	120 min	8 April 2017	No bout in 18 months
#25	Montel Jackson	1.39/min	14	150 min	26 September 2026	Active

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.

Rank	Fighter	Value	Fights	Sample	Last bout	Status
#1	Laverne Clark	0.08/min	4	24 min	22 September 2000	No bout in 18 months
#2	Remco Pardoel	0.21/min	5	28 min	8 September 1995	No bout in 18 months
#3	Benji Radach	0.30/min	3	20 min	27 September 2002	No bout in 18 months
#4	Matt Lindland	0.45/min	5	40 min	20 August 2005	No bout in 18 months
#5	Maurice Smith	0.51/min	3	35 min	17 November 2000	No bout in 18 months
#6	Marco Ruas	0.64/min	5	42 min	16 July 1999	No bout in 18 months
#7	Kevin Randleman	0.66/min	5	81 min	11 January 2002	No bout in 18 months
#8	Jerry Bohlander	0.73/min	4	27 min	8 January 1999	No bout in 18 months
#9	Tony Sims	0.76/min	3	21 min	2 January 2016	No bout in 18 months
#10	Johnny Rhodes	0.79/min	3	16 min	11 March 1994	No bout in 18 months
#11	Mike Guymon	0.79/min	4	24 min	22 January 2011	No bout in 18 months
#12	Ron Waterman	0.84/min	4	33 min	14 April 2000	No bout in 18 months
#13	Saidyokub Kakhramonov	0.88/min	3	38 min	17 December 2022	No bout in 18 months
#14	Claude Patrick	0.89/min	4	52 min	10 December 2011	No bout in 18 months
#15	Oleg Taktarov	0.89/min	3	37 min	16 December 1995	No bout in 18 months
#16	Yadier del Valle	0.90/min	4	22 min	8 August 2026	Active
#17	Frank Shamrock	0.93/min	4	28 min	24 September 1999	No bout in 18 months
#18	Pat Sabatini	0.95/min	5	51 min	9 May 2026	Active
#19	Jordan Leavitt	0.99/min	5	26 min	6 June 2026	Active
#20	Scott Ferrozzo	1.07/min	3	18 min	7 February 1997	No bout in 18 months
#21	Kayla Harrison	1.10/min	3	32 min	7 June 2025	Active
#22	Pete Spratt	1.11/min	5	31 min	12 June 2007	No bout in 18 months
#23	Jon Fitch	1.11/min	5	60 min	2 February 2013	No bout in 18 months
#24	Sumudaerji	1.12/min	5	67 min	29 August 2026	Active
#25	Cyrille Diabate	1.13/min	5	34 min	8 March 2014	No bout in 18 months

What it measures. Significant strikes absorbed per minute. Lower is better. Formula. Significant strikes absorbed divided by minutes fought. Lower is better. Minimum sample. Career: at least 5 fights and 30 minutes of fight time. Last five: at least 3 fights and 15 minutes of fight time. The Sample column is the amount behind each figure (minutes of fight 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. 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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