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UFC significant strikes per minute by referee

Across the UFC record, fights are fastest under Todd Ronald Anderson at 8.18 significant strikes a minute (45 fights) and slowest under John McCarthy at 5.05 (622 fights).

The pace of a UFC fight: significant strikes landed per minute, both corners together.
Computed from 7,349 fights · 30 referees · updated 14 October 2026
Significant strikes per minute by referee30 bars. Highest: Todd Ronald Anderson at 8.18 from 45 fights. The table below carries every value.Herb DeanHerb Dean: 7.17 (1,257 fights)7.17John McCarthyJohn McCarthy: 5.05 (622 fights)5.05Marc GoddardMarc Goddard: 7.40 (619 fights)7.40Dan MiragliottaDan Miragliotta: 6.82 (496 fights)6.82Jason HerzogJason Herzog: 8.14 (482 fights)8.14Chris TognoniChris Tognoni: 7.69 (459 fights)7.69Mark SmithMark Smith: 7.69 (459 fights)7.69Keith PetersonKeith Peterson: 7.84 (405 fights)7.84Mario YamasakiMario Yamasaki: 5.64 (388 fights)5.64Yves LavigneYves Lavigne: 6.41 (264 fights)6.41Mike BeltranMike Beltran: 8.02 (210 fights)8.02Steve MazzagattiSteve Mazzagatti: 5.09 (199 fights)5.09Leon RobertsLeon Roberts: 6.14 (192 fights)6.14Kerry HatleyKerry Hatley: 7.41 (166 fights)7.41Josh RosenthalJosh Rosenthal: 5.43 (120 fights)5.43Kevin MacDonaldKevin MacDonald: 7.19 (109 fights)7.19Jerin ValelJerin Valel: 7.49 (90 fights)7.49Steve PercevalSteve Perceval: 7.26 (90 fights)7.26Jacob MontalvoJacob Montalvo: 7.89 (79 fights)7.89John SharpJohn Sharp: 7.22 (76 fights)7.22Rich MitchellRich Mitchell: 7.78 (76 fights)7.78Lukasz BosackiLukasz Bosacki: 7.16 (73 fights)7.16Daniel MovahediDaniel Movahedi: 7.28 (59 fights)7.28Kevin MulhallKevin Mulhall: 6.16 (59 fights)6.16Blake GriceBlake Grice: 7.42 (57 fights)7.42Osiris MaiaOsiris Maia: 6.87 (56 fights)6.87Gary CopelandGary Copeland: 6.56 (50 fights)6.56Kevin SatakiKevin Sataki: 5.50 (48 fights)5.50Todd Ronald AndersonTodd Ronald Anderson: 8.18 (45 fights)8.18Neil HallNeil Hall: 6.36 (44 fights)6.36
Significant strikes per minute by referee · every value is in the table below, with the number of fights behind it.
RefereeStrikes / minuteStrikes landedFights
Herb Dean7.1797,7981,257
John McCarthy5.0529,427622
Marc Goddard7.4052,816619
Dan Miragliotta6.8234,861496
Jason Herzog8.1443,639482
Chris Tognoni7.6937,417459
Mark Smith7.6937,856459
Keith Peterson7.8437,315405
Mario Yamasaki5.6420,552388
Yves Lavigne6.4118,046264
Mike Beltran8.0217,920210
Steve Mazzagatti5.099,657199
Leon Roberts6.1412,850192
Kerry Hatley7.4112,968166
Josh Rosenthal5.437,073120
Kevin MacDonald7.198,008109
Jerin Valel7.497,89290
Steve Perceval7.266,86990
Jacob Montalvo7.896,94279
John Sharp7.225,85376
Rich Mitchell7.786,34976
Lukasz Bosacki7.165,46973
Daniel Movahedi7.284,70059
Kevin Mulhall6.163,97659
Blake Grice7.424,74257
Osiris Maia6.873,77856
Gary Copeland6.563,02350
Kevin Sataki5.502,85748
Todd Ronald Anderson8.184,41545
Neil Hall6.362,92644
What counts. Significant strikes are the official record’s own landed count, added across both corners and divided by the total time those fights lasted — pooled, so a fifteen-second knockout cannot pull the average up. Fight length is elapsed time from the opening bell, derived from the round the bout ended in, the clock at that moment and how long each round of that format was booked for — so an open-format bout from the 1990s is measured by its real length. A handful of bouts carry a recorded clock that cannot be right (a decision timed short of the round it was scored in); they are left out of this page rather than averaged in. A fight is a UFC bout on the official record with a result. Draws, no-contests and overturned results are excluded from every count on this page; disqualifications and could-not-continues are counted as fights, which is why the knockout, submission and decision shares do not add up to 100%. How this table is cut. The 30 referees with the most UFC bouts on the official record. A referee does not choose the assignments, so these are differences in the fights each one was given as much as in how each one calls them. 1,402 fights are outside this table. They were officiated by somebody outside those 30, or carry no referee on the record. They are not missing from our record — they are on the year-by-year archive like every other bout; there is simply no row here for them to sit in. Check us. Every number here is recomputed from the official UFC statistical record on each build — nothing on this page is typed in by hand. Search every fight to filter the same record yourself, or start from the year-by-year archive.
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