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UFC significant strikes per minute by referee

Across the UFC record, fights are fastest under Jason Herzog at 8.02 significant strikes a minute (455 fights) and slowest under John McCarthy at 5.07 (621 fights).

The pace of a UFC fight: significant strikes landed per minute, both corners together.
Computed from 7,170 fights · 30 referees · updated 20 September 2026
Significant strikes per minute by referee30 bars. Highest: Jason Herzog at 8.02 from 455 fights. The table below carries every value.Herb DeanHerb Dean: 7.11 (1,222 fights)7.11John McCarthyJohn McCarthy: 5.07 (621 fights)5.07Marc GoddardMarc Goddard: 7.34 (599 fights)7.34Dan MiragliottaDan Miragliotta: 6.80 (489 fights)6.80Jason HerzogJason Herzog: 8.02 (455 fights)8.02Mark SmithMark Smith: 7.63 (436 fights)7.63Chris TognoniChris Tognoni: 7.69 (434 fights)7.69Keith PetersonKeith Peterson: 7.79 (391 fights)7.79Mario YamasakiMario Yamasaki: 5.64 (388 fights)5.64Yves LavigneYves Lavigne: 6.41 (264 fights)6.41Steve MazzagattiSteve Mazzagatti: 5.09 (199 fights)5.09Mike BeltranMike Beltran: 7.94 (197 fights)7.94Leon RobertsLeon Roberts: 6.14 (192 fights)6.14Kerry HatleyKerry Hatley: 7.46 (163 fights)7.46Josh 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: 7.91 (78 fights)7.91John SharpJohn Sharp: 7.22 (76 fights)7.22Rich MitchellRich Mitchell: 7.78 (76 fights)7.78Lukasz BosackiLukasz Bosacki: 7.16 (73 fights)7.16Kevin MulhallKevin Mulhall: 6.16 (59 fights)6.16Osiris MaiaOsiris Maia: 6.87 (56 fights)6.87Daniel MovahediDaniel Movahedi: 7.29 (55 fights)7.29Blake GriceBlake Grice: 7.37 (54 fights)7.37Gary CopelandGary Copeland: 6.56 (50 fights)6.56Kevin SatakiKevin Sataki: 5.50 (48 fights)5.50Neil HallNeil Hall: 6.36 (44 fights)6.36Kim WinslowKim Winslow: 6.52 (42 fights)6.52
Significant strikes per minute by referee · every value is in the table below, with the number of fights behind it.
RefereeStrikes / minuteStrikes landedFights
Herb Dean7.1194,3951,222
John McCarthy5.0729,397621
Marc Goddard7.3450,542599
Dan Miragliotta6.8034,306489
Jason Herzog8.0240,478455
Mark Smith7.6335,830436
Chris Tognoni7.6935,515434
Keith Peterson7.7935,596391
Mario Yamasaki5.6420,552388
Yves Lavigne6.4118,046264
Steve Mazzagatti5.099,657199
Mike Beltran7.9416,677197
Leon Roberts6.1412,850192
Kerry Hatley7.4612,812163
Josh Rosenthal5.437,073120
Kevin MacDonald7.198,008109
Jerin Valel7.497,89290
Steve Perceval7.266,86990
Jacob Montalvo7.916,84278
John Sharp7.225,85376
Rich Mitchell7.786,34976
Lukasz Bosacki7.165,46973
Kevin Mulhall6.163,97659
Osiris Maia6.873,77856
Daniel Movahedi7.294,44655
Blake Grice7.374,60954
Gary Copeland6.563,02350
Kevin Sataki5.502,85748
Neil Hall6.362,92644
Kim Winslow6.522,97742
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. 1,544 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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