List of UFC records

Below is a list of records held in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).

Fighting

Most bouts

Most bouts - All fighters

On December 16, 1994, Royce Gracie became the first fighter to reach 10 fights in the UFC. ^[1]

On July 7, 2007, Tito Ortiz became the first fighter to reach 20 fights in the UFC. ^[2]

On September 8, 2018, Jim Miller became the first fighter to reach 30 fights in the UFC. ^[3]

On July 2, 2022, Jim Miller became the first fighter to reach 40 fights in the UFC. ^[4]

Bold - Active UFC fighters

Updated as of December 7, 2024 after UFC 310.

In any bout [5] Fighter Division Bouts 1 Jim Miller LW \ WW \ CW 45 2 Andrei Arlovski HW 42 3 Donald Cerrone WW \ LW 38 4 Clay Guida LW \ FTW 37 5 Rafael dos Anjos WW \ LW \ CW 36 6 Neil Magny WW 34 Charles Oliveira LW \ FTW \ CW Jeremy Stephens FTW \ LW 9 Demian Maia WW \ MW 33

In title bouts[ citation needed ] Fighter Division Wins Losses Draws NC Total 1 Jon Jones HW \ LHW 16 0 0 1 17 2 Randy Couture HW \ LHW 9 6 0 0 15 Georges St-Pierre MW \ WW 13 2 0 0 4 Demetrious Johnson FLW \ BW 12 2 0 0 14 5 Anderson Silva MW 11 2 0 0 13 6 Israel Adesanya MW \ LHW 8 4 0 0 12 Valentina Shevchenko W-FLW \ W-BW 9 2 1 Matt Hughes WW 9 3 0 José Aldo BW \ FTW 8 4 Amanda Nunes W-BW \ W-FTW 11 1

Most bouts - By division

Updated as of November 16, 2024 after UFC 309.

In any bout Division Fighter Bouts Heavyweight Andrei Arlovski 42 [6] Light Heavyweight Ovince Saint Preux 26 [7] Middleweight Brad Tavares 25 [8] Welterweight Neil Magny 34 [9] Lightweight Jim Miller 42 [10] Featherweight Darren Elkins 27 [11] Max Holloway Bantamweight Pedro Munhoz 22 [12] Flyweight Joseph Benavidez 19 [13] Women's Featherweight Norma Dumont 6 Megan Anderson Felicia Spencer Women's Bantamweight Raquel Pennington 18 [14] Women's Flyweight Katlyn Cerminara 14 [15] Women's Strawweight Angela Hill 25 [16]

In title bouts Division Fighter Bouts Heavyweight Tim Sylvia 9 Randy Couture Light Heavyweight Jon Jones 15 Middleweight Anderson Silva 13 Welterweight Georges St-Pierre 14 Lightweight B.J. Penn 8 Featherweight José Aldo 11 Bantamweight T.J. Dillashaw 7 Flyweight Demetrious Johnson 13 Women's Featherweight Cris Cyborg 4 Women's Bantamweight Amanda Nunes 9 Women's Flyweight Valentina Shevchenko 11 Women's Strawweight Joanna Jędrzejczyk 9

Most bouts or wins - In a calendar year

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	Fighter	Division/s	Year	Bouts [a]	Wins
1	Chris Leben	MW	2006	5	3
	Roger Huerta	LW	2007		5
	Donald Cerrone	LW	2011		4
	Daron Cruickshank	LW	2014		3
	Neil Magny	WW	2014		5
			2015		4
	Uriah Hall	MW	2015		3
	Ross Pearson	LW \ WW	2016		1
	Thiago Santos	MW \ LHW	2018		4
	Greg Hardy	HW	2019		2
	Kevin Holland	MW	2020		5
	André Fialho	WW	2022		2
	Jéssica Andrade	W-SW \ W-FW	2023		2

1. Does not include multiple-bout tournaments

Most bouts in a single event

Updated to August 5, 2024.

	Event	Date	Number of bouts
1	UFC 2	March 11, 1994	15
	UFC on ESPN 14	July 26, 2020
	UFC 259	March 6, 2021
	UFC 283	January 21, 2023
	UFC 286	March 18, 2023
	UFC Fight Night 224	July 22, 2023

Most total fight time

Most total fight time - All fighters

Updated to December 7, 2024.

In any bout [5] Fighter Division/s Time (hh:mm:ss) 1 Rafael dos Anjos LW \ WW 8:43:19 2 Max Holloway FTW \ LW 8:02:43 3 Frankie Edgar FTW \ LW \ BW 7:57:10 4 Jim Miller LW \ WW 7:14:28 5 Clay Guida LW \ FW 7:03:17 6 Neil Magny WW 6:56:48

In title bouts[ citation needed ] Fighter Division Time (hh:mm:ss) 1 Jon Jones LHW \ HW 4:56:20 2 Georges St-Pierre WW \ MW 4:14:28 3 Israel Adesanya MW \ LHW 4:02:32 4 Valentina Shevchenko W-FLW \ W-BW 3:58:22 5 Demetrious Johnson FLW \ BW 3:45:57 6 José Aldo FTW \ BW 3:44:40

Most total fight time - By division

Updated to November 16, 2024

In any bout
Division/s	Fighter	Time (hh:mm:ss)
Heavyweight	Andrei Arlovski	6:49:58 [6]
Light Heavyweight	Jon Jones	5:40:15 [17]
Middleweight	Brad Tavares	5:22:35 [8]
Welterweight	Neil Magny	6:56:48 [9]
Lightweight	Jim Miller	6:50:31 [10]
Featherweight	Max Holloway	6:58:57 [11]
Bantamweight	Marlon Vera	4:39:51 [12]
Flyweight	Brandon Moreno	4:43:28 [13]
Women's Featherweight	Norma Dumont	1:31:26
Women's Bantamweight	Raquel Pennington	4:42:33 [14]
Women's Flyweight	Valentina Shevchenko	3:42:47 [15]
Women's Strawweight	Angela Hill	5:57:45 [16]

Most PPV Main Events

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	Fighter	Division/s	PPV Main Events	Total
1	Randy Couture	LHW \ HW	Japan, 28, 31, 34, 36, 39, 43, 44, 46, 49, 52, 57, 68, 74, 91, 102, 105, 109	18
2	Jon Jones	LHW \ HW	128, 135, 140, 145, 152, 159, 165, 172, 182, 197, 214, 232, 235, 239, 247, 285, 309	17
	Anderson Silva	MW \ LHW	64, 67, 73, 77, 82, 90, 97, 112, 117, 126, 134, 148 153, 162, 168, 183, 234
4	Tito Ortiz	LHW	13, 19, 22, 25, 29, 30, 32, 33, 40, 44, 47, 50, 51, 66, 106, 133	16
5	Georges St-Pierre	WW \ MW	65, 69, 79, 83, 87, 94, 111, 124, 129, 154, 158, 167, 217	13
6	Israel Adesanya	MW \ LHW	234, 243, 248, 253, 259, 263, 271, 276, 281, 287, 293, 305	12

1. ^ Minimum 10 pay-per-view main events.

Winning

Most wins

Most wins - All fighters

Bold - Active fighters

Updated as of November 16, 2024 after UFC 309.

In any bout [5] Fighter Division Wins 1 Jim Miller WW \ LW \ CW 27 2 Charles Oliveira LW \ FTW 23 Donald Cerrone LW \ WW Andrei Arlovski HW 5 Neil Magny WW 22 Dustin Poirier LW \ FTW Max Holloway FTW \ CW Jon Jones HW \ LHW Demian Maia MW \ WW

In title bouts [5] Fighter Division Wins 1 Jon Jones HW \ LHW 16 2 Georges St-Pierre MW \ WW 13 3 Demetrious Johnson FLW 12 4 Anderson Silva MW 11 Amanda Nunes W-BW \ W-FTW 6 Valentina Shevchenko W-FLW 9 Matt Hughes WW

Most wins - By division

Updated as of December 7, 2024 after UFC 310.

In any bout Division Fighter Wins Heavyweight Andrei Arlovski 23 [6] Light Heavyweight Jon Jones 20 [17] Middleweight Michael Bisping 16 [8] Welterweight Neil Magny 22 [9] Lightweight Jim Miller 22 [10] Featherweight Max Holloway 20 [11] Bantamweight Aljamain Sterling 14 [12] Flyweight Alexandre Pantoja 13 [13] Demetrious Johnson Joseph Benavidez Women's Featherweight Norma Dumont 5 Women's Bantamweight Amanda Nunes 13 [14] Women's Flyweight Valentina Shevchenko 10 [15] Women's Strawweight Angela Hill 11 [16]

In title bouts Division Fighter Wins Heavyweight Stipe Miocic 6 [a] Randy Couture Light Heavyweight Jon Jones 14 [17] Middleweight Anderson Silva 11 [8] Welterweight Georges St-Pierre 12 [9] Lightweight Islam Makhachev 4 [10] B.J. Penn Benson Henderson Khabib Nurmagomedov Featherweight José Aldo 8 [11] Bantamweight T.J. Dillashaw 5 [12] Flyweight Demetrious Johnson 12 [13] Women's Featherweight Amanda Nunes 3 Cris Cyborg Women's Bantamweight Amanda Nunes 8 [14] Women's Flyweight Valentina Shevchenko 9 [15] Women's Strawweight Joanna Jedrzejczyk 6 [16] Not listed in source. Information found in fighter's page.

Highest win percentage

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	Fighter	Division	Wins	Losses	NC	Draw	%
1	Khabib Nurmagomedov	LW \ CW	13	0	0	0	100.00
2	Islam Makhachev	LW \ CW	15	1			93.75
3	Jon Jones	HW \ LHW	22		1		91.67
4	Georges St-Pierre	MW \ WW	20	2	0		90.91
5	Amanda Nunes	W-BW \ W-FTW	16				88.89
6	Francis Ngannou	HW	12				85.71
7	Arnold Allen	FTW	11				84.62
	Merab Dvalishvili	BW \ CW
	Royce Gracie	CW \ OW		1		1

• Minimum of 10 UFC fights

Most consecutive wins

Updated as of September 14, 2024 after UFC 306.

All fighters [5]
	Fighter	Division	Began	Ended	Winning streak
1	Anderson Silva	LHW \ MW	Jun 28, 2006	Jul 6, 2013	16
2	Kamaru Usman	WW	Jul 12, 2015	Aug 20, 2022	15
3	Islam Makhachev	LW \ CW	Sept 17, 2016	Active	14
4	Jon Jones	LHW	Mar 21, 2010	Jul 29, 2017	13
	Max Holloway	FTW \ CW	Jan 4, 2014	Apr 13, 2019
	Georges St-Pierre	MW \ WW	Aug 25, 2007	Retired
	Demetrious Johnson	FLW	Jun 8, 2012	Aug 4, 2018
	Khabib Nurmagomedov	LW \ CW	Jan 20, 2012	Retired
9	Tony Ferguson	LW	Oct 17, 2013	May 9, 2020	12
	Alexander Volkanovski	FTW \ CW \ LW	Nov 26, 2016	Feb 12, 2023
	Amanda Nunes	W-FTW \ W-BW	Mar 21, 2015	Dec 11, 2021
12	Charles Oliveira	LW	Jun 9, 2018	Oct 22, 2022	11
	Merab Dvalishvili	BW	Sept 15, 2018	Active
	Royce Gracie [a]	OW	Nov 12, 1993	Apr 7, 1995

By division
Division	Fighter	Began	Ended	Winning streak
Heavyweight	Junior dos Santos	Oct 25, 2008	Dec 29, 2012	9 [6]
Light Heavyweight	Jon Jones	Mar 21, 2010	Jul 29, 2017	13 [17]
Middleweight	Anderson Silva	Jun 28, 2006	Jul 6, 2013	13 [8]
Welterweight	Kamaru Usman	Jul 12, 2015	Aug 20, 2022	15 [9]
Lightweight	Islam Makhachev	Sept 17, 2016	Active	13 [10]
Featherweight	Max Holloway	Jan 4, 2014	Dec 14, 2019	13 [11]
Bantamweight	Merab Dvalishvili	Sept 15, 2018	Active	10 [12]
Flyweight	Demetrious Johnson	Jun 8, 2012	Aug 4, 2018	13 [13]
Women's Featherweight	Amanda Nunes	Dec 29, 2018	Retired	3
	Cris Cyborg	Jul 29, 2017	Dec 29, 2018
Women's Bantamweight	Amanda Nunes	Mar 21, 2015	Dec 11, 2021	9 [14]
Women's Flyweight	Valentina Shevchenko	Feb 3, 2018	Mar 4, 2023	9 [13]
Women's Strawweight	Joanna Jedrzejczyk	Dec 13, 2014	Nov 4, 2017	8 [16]

Finishes

Bold - Active fighters

Most finishes

Most finishes - All fighters

Updated as of December 7, 2024 after UFC 310.

In any bout [5] Fighter Division Finishes 1 Charles Oliveira LW \ FTW \ CW 20 2 Jim Miller WW \ CW \ LW 19 3 Donald Cerrone WW \ LW 16 4 Dustin Poirier LW \ FTW \ CW 15 Derrick Lewis HW Matt Brown WW 7 Vicente Luque WW 14 Vitor Belfort [b] MW \ LHW \ HW Anderson Silva MW \ LHW

In title bouts [18] Fighter Division Finishes 1 Anderson Silva MW 9 2 Jon Jones LHW \ HW 8 Matt Hughes WW 4 Demetrious Johnson FLW 7 5 Amanda Nunes W-BW \ W-FW 6 Ronda Rousey W-BW

1. Not listed in source. Information found in fighter's page.
2. Not listed in source, information found in fighter's page.

Most Finishes - By division

Updated to December 7, 2024.

In any bout Division Fighter Finishes Heavyweight Derrick Lewis 15 [6] Light Heavyweight Glover Teixeira 13 [17] Middleweight Gerald Meerschaert 12 [8] Welterweight Matt Brown 15 [9] Lightweight Jim Miller 17 [10] Featherweight Max Holloway 11 [11] Bantamweight Marlon Vera 10 [12] Flyweight Deiveson Figueiredo 7 [13] Alexandre Pantoja Demetrious Johnson Women's Featherweight Megan Anderson 3 Felicia Spencer Women's Bantamweight Amanda Nunes 8 [14] Women's Flyweight Gillian Robertson 7 [15] Women's Strawweight Jéssica Andrade 6 [16]

In title bouts[ citation needed ] Division Fighter Finishes Heavyweight Stipe Miocic 4 Light Heavyweight Jon Jones 6 Middleweight Anderson Silva 9 Welterweight Matt Hughes 8 Lightweight B.J. Penn 4 Featherweight Max Holloway 4 Bantamweight T.J. Dillashaw 5 Flyweight Demetrious Johnson 7 Women's Featherweight Cris Cyborg 2 Amanda Nunes Women's Bantamweight Ronda Rousey 6 Women's Flyweight Valentina Shevchenko 4 Women's Strawweight Zhang Weili 2 Rose Namajunas Joanna Jędrzejczyk

Most consecutive finishes - All fighters

Updated as of March 14, 2020 after UFC Fight Night: Lee vs. Oliveira.

In any bout [19] [20]
	Fighter	Division	Consecutive Finishes
1	Royce Gracie	OW	11
2	Anderson Silva	MW \ LHW	8
3	Charles Oliveira	LW	7
	Chuck Liddell	LHW

Most Finishes - In a single event

	Event	Date	Venue	City	Finishes
1	UFC Fight Night 55	November 8, 2014	Allphones Arena	Sydney, Australia	11 [21]
	UFC 224	May 12, 2018	Jeunesse Arena	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	UFC 281	November 12, 2022	Madison Square Garden	New York City, New York

Highest Percentage of Finishes - In a single event

	Event	Date	Venue	City	Fights	Finishes	Finish Percentage
1	UFC Fight Night 55	November 8, 2014	Allphones Arena	Sydney, Australia	11	11	100% [22]
	UFC Vegas 59	August 6, 2022	UFC Apex	Enterprise, Nevada, U.S.	10	10

Fastest Finishes

Fastest Finishes - All fighters

Updated to 17 February, 2024.

In any bout [23] Fighter Opponent Division Event Type of finish Time 1 Jorge Masvidal Ben Askren WW UFC 239 Knockout 0:05 [24] 2 Duane Ludwig Jonathan Goulet WW UFC Fight Night 3 Knockout 0:06 3 Todd Duffee Tim Hague HW UFC 102 Knockout 0:07 Chan Sung Jung Mark Hominick FTW UFC 140 Knockout Ryan Jimmo Anthony Perosh LHW UFC 149 Knockout Terrance McKinney Matt Frevola LW UFC 263 Knockout 6 Don Frye Thomas Ramirez HW UFC 8 Knockout 0:08 James Irvin Houston Alexander LHW UFC Fight Night 13 Knockout Leon Edwards Seth Baczynski WW UFC Fight Night 64 Knockout Makwan Amirkhani Andy Ogle FTW UFC on Fox 14 Knockout

In title bouts[ citation needed ] Fighter Opponent Championship Event Type of finish Time 1 Conor McGregor José Aldo FTW UFC 194 Knockout 0:13 2 Ronda Rousey Cat Zingano W-BW UFC 184 Submission 0:14 3 Andrei Arlovski Paul Buentello HW UFC 55 Knockout 0:15 4 Ronda Rousey Alexis Davis W-BW UFC 175 Knockout 0:16 Frank Shamrock Kevin Jackson LHW UFC 15.5 Submission

Fastest Finishes - By division

Updated to 9 July, 2023.

In any bout Division Fighter Opponent Event Type of finish Time Heavyweight Todd Duffee Tim Hague UFC 102 Knockout 0:07 [6] Light Heavyweight Ryan Jimmo Anthony Perosh UFC 149 Knockout 0:07 [17] Middleweight Mark Weir Eugene Jackson UFC 38 Knockout 0:10 [8] Welterweight Jorge Masvidal Ben Askren UFC 239 Knockout 0:05 [24] Lightweight Terrance McKinney Matt Frevola UFC 263 Knockout 0:07 [10] Featherweight Chan Sung Jung Mark Hominick UFC 140 Knockout 0:07 [11] Bantamweight Erik Perez Ken Stone UFC 150 Knockout 0:17 [12] Flyweight Dustin Ortiz Hector Sandoval UFC Fight Night 114 Knockout 0:15 [13] Women's Featherweight Amanda Nunes Cris Cyborg UFC 232 Knockout 0:51 Women's Bantamweight Ronda Rousey Cat Zingano UFC 184 Submission 0:14 [14] Women's Flyweight Priscila Cachoeira Shana Dobson UFC Fight Night 168 Knockout 0:40 [15] Women's Strawweight Denise Gomes Yazmin Jauregui UFC 290 Knockout 0:20 [16]

In title bouts[ citation needed ] Division Fighter Opponent Event Type of finish Time Heavyweight Andrei Arlovski Paul Buentello UFC 55 Knockout 0:15 Light Heavyweight Frank Shamrock Kevin Jackson UFC 15.5 Submission 0:16 Middleweight Rich Franklin Nate Quarry UFC 56 Knockout 2:34 Welterweight Tyron Woodley Robbie Lawler UFC 201 Knockout 2:12 Lightweight Rafael dos Anjos Donald Cerrone UFC on Fox 17 Knockout 1:06 Featherweight Conor McGregor José Aldo UFC 194 Knockout 0:13 Bantamweight Renan Barão Urijah Faber UFC 169 Knockout 3:42 Flyweight Henry Cejudo T.J. Dillashaw UFC Fight Night 143 Knockout 0:32 Women's Featherweight Amanda Nunes Cris Cyborg UFC 232 Knockout 0:51 Women's Bantamweight Ronda Rousey Cat Zingano UFC 184 Submission 0:14 Women's Flyweight Valentina Shevchenko Jessica Eye UFC 238 Knockout 5:26 Women's Strawweight Zhang Weili Jéssica Andrade UFC Fight Night 157 Knockout 0:42

Latest Finishes

Latest Finishes - All fighters

In any bout [23] Fighter Opponent Division Event Type of finish Round Time 1 Demetrious Johnson Kyoji Horiguchi FLW UFC 186 Submission 5 4:59 Yair Rodríguez Chan Sung Jung FTW UFC Fight Night 139 Knockout Max Holloway Justin Gaethje LW UFC 300 3 Frankie Edgar Cub Swanson FTW UFC Fight Night 57 Submission 4:56 Jairzinho Rozenstruik Alistair Overeem HW UFC on ESPN 7 Knockout 5 Jiří Procházka Glover Teixeira LHW UFC 275 Submission 4:32 6 Kamaru Usman Colby Covington WW UFC 245 Knockout 4:10 7 Leon Edwards Kamaru Usman WW UFC 278 Knockout 4:04

In title bouts[ citation needed ] Fighter Opponent Championship Event Type of finish Round Time 1 Demetrious Johnson Kyoji Horiguchi FLW UFC 186 Submission 5 4:59 2 Jiří Procházka Glover Teixeira LHW UFC 275 Submission 4:32 3 Kamaru Usman Colby Covington WW UFC 245 Knockout 4:10 4 Leon Edwards Kamaru Usman WW UFC 278 Knockout 4:04 5 Demetrious Johnson John Moraga FLW UFC on Fox 8 Submission 3:43 6 Justin Gaethje Tony Ferguson LW UFC 249 Knockout 3:39 7 Miesha Tate Holly Holm W-BW UFC 196 Submission 3:30

Latest Finishes - By division

In any bout Division Fighter Opponent Event Type of finish Round Time Heavyweight Jairzinho Rozenstruik Alistair Overeem UFC on ESPN 7 Knockout 5 4:56 Light Heavyweight Jiří Procházka Glover Teixeira UFC 275 Submission 4:32 Middleweight Anderson Silva Chael Sonnen UFC 117 Submission 3:10 Welterweight Kamaru Usman Colby Covington UFC 245 Knockout 4:10 Lightweight Max Holloway Justin Gaethje UFC 300 Knockout 4:59 Featherweight Yair Rodríguez Chan Sung Jung UFC Fight Night 139 Knockout 4:59 Bantamweight Petr Yan José Aldo UFC 251 Knockout 3:24 Flyweight Demetrious Johnson Kyoji Horiguchi UFC 186 Submission 4:59 Women's Featherweight Cris Cyborg Tonya Evinger UFC 214 Knockout 3 1:56 Women's Bantamweight Miesha Tate Holly Holm UFC 196 Submission 5 3:30 Women's Flyweight Alexa Grasso Valentina Shevchenko UFC 285 Submission 4 4:34 Women's Strawweight Rose Namajunas Paige VanZant UFC Fight Night 80 Submission 5 2:25

In title bouts[ citation needed ] Division Fighter Opponent Event Type of finish Round Time Heavyweight Cain Velasquez Junior dos Santos UFC 166 Knockout 5 3:09 Light Heavyweight Jiří Procházka Glover Teixeira UFC 275 Submission 4:32 Middleweight Anderson Silva Chael Sonnen UFC 117 Submission 3:10 Welterweight Kamaru Usman Colby Covington UFC 245 Knockout 4:10 Lightweight Justin Gaethje Tony Ferguson UFC 249 Knockout 3:39 Featherweight Max Holloway Brian Ortega UFC 231 Knockout 4 5:00 Bantamweight Petr Yan José Aldo UFC 251 Knockout 5 3:24 Flyweight Demetrious Johnson Kyoji Horiguchi UFC 186 Submission 4:59 Women's Featherweight Cris Cyborg Tonya Evinger UFC 214 Knockout 3 1:56 Women's Bantamweight Miesha Tate Holly Holm UFC 196 Submission 5 3:30 Women's Flyweight Alexa Grasso Valentina Shevchenko UFC 285 Submission 4 4:34 Women's Strawweight Joanna Jędrzejczyk Jessica Penne UFC Fight Night 69 Knockout 3 4:22

Highest Finishes per win percentage

Since UFC adopted the rounds and judges system in UFC 21.

Updated to December 8, 2024.^{[ citation needed ]}

	Fighter	Division/s	Finishes	Wins	%
1	Gerald Meerschaert	MW	12	12	100.00%
2	Vitor Belfort	MW \ LHW \ HW \ CW	14	15	93.33%
3	Gabriel Gonzaga	HW	11	12	91.67%
	B.J. Penn	LW \ WW
	Francis Ngannou	HW
6	Matt Brown	WW	15	17	88.24%
7	Vicente Luque	WW	14	16	87.50%

1. ^ Minimum 10 UFC wins.

Knockouts

Bold - Active fighters

Most knockouts

Most knockouts - All fighters

Updated to October 5, 2024.

In any bout [5] Fighter Division Knockouts 1 Derrick Lewis HW 15 2 Matt Brown WW 13 3 Vitor Belfort [a] HW \ LHW \ MW \ CW 12 4 Dustin Poirier LW \ FTW \ CW 11 Max Holloway LW \ FTW \ CW Anderson Silva LHW \ MW Anthony Johnson LHW \ MW \ WW Thiago Santos LHW \ MW In title bouts[ citation needed ] Fighter Division Knockouts 1 Anderson Silva MW 7 2 Alex Pereira LHW \ MW 5 Matt Hughes WW Randy Couture HW \ LHW Chuck Liddell LHW T.J. Dillashaw BW

Most knockouts - By division

Updated to May 11, 2024 (after UFC on ESPN: Lewis vs. Nascimento).

In any bout [5] Division Fighter Knockouts Heavyweight Derrick Lewis 15 [6] Light Heavyweight Chuck Liddell [b] 10 Middleweight Anderson Silva 8 [8] Thiago Santos Uriah Hall Welterweight Matt Brown 13 [9] Lightweight Drew Dober 9 [10] Dustin Poirier Featherweight Max Holloway 9 [11] Bantamweight T.J. Dillashaw 7 [12] Flyweight Joseph Benavidez 5 [13] Women's Featherweight Cris Cyborg 2 Megan Anderson Felicia Spencer Women's Bantamweight Amanda Nunes 6 [14] Women's Flyweight Valentina Shevchenko 4 [15] Women's Strawweight Jéssica Andrade 4 [16]

In title bouts[ citation needed ] Division Fighter Knockouts Heavyweight Stipe Miocic 4 Light Heavyweight Chuck Liddell 5 Middleweight Anderson Silva 7 Welterweight Matt Hughes 5 Lightweight B.J. Penn 2 Featherweight Max Holloway 4 Bantamweight T.J. Dillashaw 5 Flyweight Demetrious Johnson 2 Women's Featherweight Cris Cyborg 2 Women's Bantamweight Amanda Nunes 3 Ronda Rousey Women's Flyweight Valentina Shevchenko 4 Women's Strawweight Rose Namajunas 2 Joanna Jędrzejczyk

1. Includes knockouts prior to UFC 28, which is when the Unified Rules of MMA started.
2. Not listed in source. Information found in fighter's page.

Most consecutive knockouts - All fighters

Updated as of September 7, 2024 after UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Brady.

In any bout [25] [26]
	Fighter	Division	Consecutive Knockouts
1	Chuck Liddell	LHW	7
2	Sergei Pavlovich	HW	6
	Don Frye	OW
4	Conor McGregor	FTW	5
	Tai Tuivasa	HW
	Steve Garcia	LW \ FTW
	Ricco Rodriguez	WW
	Thiago Alves	WW \ CW
	Junior dos Santos	WW
	Matt Brown	WW
	Stipe Miocic	HW
	Mairbek Taisumov	LW
	Francis Ngannou	HW

Most knockouts - In a single event

Updated to March 30, 2024. ^[27]

	Event	Date	Knockouts
1	UFC 92	December 27, 2008	8
	UFC on Fox 7	April 20, 2013
	UFC Fight Night 45	July 16, 2014
	UFC 199	June 4, 2016
	UFC 218	December 2, 2017
	UFC Fight Night 197	November 13, 2021
	UFC on ESPN 37	June 18, 2022
	UFC on ESPN 42	December 3, 2022
	UFC on ESPN 54	March 30, 2024

Fastest knockouts

Fastest knockouts - All fighters

In any bout Fighter Opponent Division Event Time 1 Jorge Masvidal Ben Askren WW UFC 239 0:05 2 Duane Ludwig Jonathan Goulet WW UFC Fight Night 3 0:06 [a] 3 Todd Duffee Tim Hague HW UFC 102 0:07 Chan Sung Jung Mark Hominick FTW UFC 140 Ryan Jimmo Anthony Perosh LHW UFC 149 Terrance McKinney Matt Frevola LW UFC 263 6 Don Frye Thomas Ramirez HW UFC 8 0:08 James Irvin Houston Alexander LHW UFC Fight Night 13 Leon Edwards Seth Baczynski WW UFC Fight Night 64 Makwan Amirkhani Andy Ogle FTW UFC on Fox 14

In title bouts Fighter Opponent Championship Event Time 1 Conor McGregor José Aldo FTW UFC 194 0:13 [29] 2 Andrei Arlovski Paul Buentello HW UFC 55 0:15 3 Ronda Rousey Alexis Davis W-BW UFC 175 0:16 4 Frank Shamrock Igor Zinoviev LHW UFC 16 0:22 5 Tito Ortiz Evan Tanner LHW UFC 30 0:32 Henry Cejudo T.J. Dillashaw FLW UFC Fight Night 143 0:32

1. Official UFC records have the bout time at 0:11, Dana White and UFC officials have admitted ^[28] the actual KO time was 0:06. The NSAC cannot retroactively amend bout times.

Fastest knockouts - By division

In any bout Division Fighter Opponent Event Time Heavyweight Todd Duffee Tim Hague UFC 102 0:07 Light Heavyweight Ryan Jimmo Anthony Perosh UFC 149 0:07 Middleweight Mark Weir Eugene Jackson UFC 38 0:10 Welterweight Jorge Masvidal Ben Askren UFC 239 0:05 Lightweight Terrance McKinney Matt Frevola UFC 263 0:07 Featherweight Chan Sung Jung Mark Hominick UFC 140 0:07 Bantamweight Erik Perez Ken Stone UFC 150 0:17 Flyweight Dustin Ortiz Hector Sandoval UFC Fight Night 114 0:15 Women's Featherweight Germaine de Randamie Aspen Ladd UFC Fight Night 155 0:16 Women's Bantamweight Ronda Rousey Alexis Davis UFC 175 0:16 Women's Flyweight Priscila Cachoeira Shana Dobson UFC Fight Night 168 0:40 Women's Strawweight Denise Gomes Yazmin Jauregui UFC 290 0:20

In title bouts Division Fighter Opponent Event Time Heavyweight Andrei Arlovski Paul Buentello UFC 55 0:15 Light Heavyweight Frank Shamrock Igor Zinoviev UFC 16 0:22 Middleweight Rich Franklin Nate Quarry UFC 56 2:34 Welterweight Tyron Woodley Robbie Lawler UFC 201 2:12 Lightweight Rafael dos Anjos Donald Cerrone UFC on Fox 17 1:06 Featherweight Conor McGregor José Aldo UFC 194 0:13 Bantamweight Renan Barão Urijah Faber UFC 169 3:42 Flyweight Henry Cejudo T.J. Dillashaw UFC Fight Night 143 0:32 Women's Featherweight Amanda Nunes Cris Cyborg UFC 232 0:51 Women's Bantamweight Ronda Rousey Alexis Davis UFC 175 0:16 Women's Flyweight Valentina Shevchenko Jessica Eye UFC 238 5:26 Women's Strawweight Zhang Weili Jessica Andrade UFC Fight Night 157 0:42

Latest knockouts

Latest knockouts - All fighters

In any bout Fighter Opponent Division Event Round Time 1 Yair Rodríguez Chan Sung Jung FTW UFC Fight Night 139 5 4:59 Max Holloway Justin Gaethje LW UFC 300 2 Jairzinho Rozenstruik Alistair Overeem HW UFC on ESPN 7 4:56 3 Kamaru Usman Colby Covington WW UFC 245 4:10 4 Leon Edwards Kamaru Usman WW UFC 278 4:04 5 Justin Gaethje Tony Ferguson LW UFC 249 3:39 6 Cain Velasquez Junior Dos Santos HW UFC 166 3:09 7 Ricco Rodriguez Randy Couture HW UFC 39 3:04

In title bouts Fighter Opponent Division Event Round Time 1 Kamaru Usman Colby Covington WW UFC 245 5 4:10 2 Leon Edwards Kamaru Usman WW UFC 278 4:04 3 Cain Velasquez Junior Dos Santos HW UFC 166 3:09 4 Ricco Rodriguez Randy Couture HW UFC 39 3:04 5 B.J. Penn Diego Sanchez LW UFC 107 2:37 6 T.J. Dillashaw Renan Barão BW UFC 173 2:26 7 T.J. Dillashaw Joe Soto BW UFC 177 2:20

Latest knockouts - By division

In any bout Division Fighter Opponent Event Round Time Heavyweight Jairzinho Rozenstruik Alistair Overeem UFC on ESPN 7 5 4:56 Light Heavyweight Alexander Gustafsson Glover Teixeira UFC Fight Night 109 1:07 Middleweight Anthony Hernandez Michel Pereira UFC Fight Night 245 2:22 Welterweight Kamaru Usman Colby Covington UFC 245 4:10 Lightweight Max Holloway Justin Gaethje UFC 300 4:59 Featherweight Yair Rodríguez Chan Sung Jung UFC Fight Night 139 4:59 Bantamweight Petr Yan Jose Aldo UFC 251 3:24 Flyweight Brandon Moreno Deiveson Figueiredo UFC 283 3 5:00 Women's Featherweight Cris Cyborg Tonya Evinger UFC 214 1:56 Women's Bantamweight Amanda Nunes Raquel Pennington UFC 224 5 2:36 Women's Flyweight Valentina Shevchenko Lauren Murphy UFC 266 4 4:00 Women's Strawweight Joanna Jędrzejczyk Jessica Penne UFC Fight Night 69 3 4:22

In title bouts Division Fighter Opponent Event Round Time Heavyweight Cain Velasquez Junior Dos Santos UFC 166 5 3:09 Light Heavyweight [a] Frank Shamrock Tito Ortiz UFC 22 4 4:42 Middleweight Alex Pereira Israel Adesanya UFC 281 5 2:01 Welterweight Kamaru Usman Colby Covington UFC 245 4:10 Lightweight Justin Gaethje Tony Ferguson UFC 249 3:39 Featherweight Max Holloway Brian Ortega UFC 231 4 5:00 Bantamweight Petr Yan Jose Aldo UFC 251 5 3:24 Flyweight Brandon Moreno Deiveson Figueiredo UFC 283 3 5:00 Women's Featherweight Cris Cyborg Tonya Evinger UFC 214 1:56 Women's Bantamweight Amanda Nunes Raquel Pennington UFC 224 5 2:36 Women's Flyweight Valentina Shevchenko Lauren Murphy UFC 266 4 4:00 Women's Strawweight Joanna Jędrzejczyk Jessica Penne UFC Fight Night 69 3 4:22

1. Light Heavyweight bout in deprecated UFC Middleweight (171-199 lbs.) class (now known as Light Heavyweight)

Submissions

Bold - Active fighters

Most submissions

Most submissions - All fighters

Updated as of December 7, 2024 after UFC 310.

In any bout [5] Fighter Division Submissions 1 Charles Oliveira LW \ FTW 16 2 Jim Miller LW \ WW \ CW 13 3 Gerald Meerschaert MW 11 Demian Maia MW \ WW 5 Royce Gracie [a] WW \ OW \ CW 10 Nate Diaz WW \ LW \ CW 7 Gunnar Nelson WW \ CW 8 Michael Chiesa WW \ LW Frank Mir HW Not listed in source. Information found in fighter's page.

In title bouts Fighter Division Submissions 1 Demetrious Johnson FLW 5 2 Jon Jones LHW \ HW 4 3 B.J. Penn WW \ LW 3 Ronda Rousey W-BW Matt Hughes WW Khabib Nurmagomedov LW

Most submissions - By division

Updated as of December 7, 2024 after UFC 310.

In any bout Division Fighter Submissions Heavyweight Frank Mir 8 Light Heavyweight Glover Teixeira 7 Middleweight Gerald Meerschaert 11 Welterweight Gunnar Nelson 7 [9] Lightweight Jim Miller 11 Featherweight Charles Oliveira 6 [11] Bantamweight Rani Yahya 6 Urijah Faber Flyweight Alexandre Pantoja 5 [13] Demetrious Johnson Women's Featherweight Macy Chiasson 1 Raquel Pennington Felicia Spencer Amanda Nunes Megan Anderson Stephanie Egger Women's Bantamweight Mayra Bueno Silva 3 [14] Ronda Rousey Women's Flyweight Gillian Robertson 6 [15] Women's Strawweight Mackenzie Dern 4

In title bouts Division Fighter Submissions Heavyweight Jon Jones 1 Andrei Arlovski Brock Lesnar Frank Mir Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira Mark Coleman Fabrício Werdum Daniel Cormier Light Heavyweight Jon Jones 3 Frank Shamrock [a] Middleweight Anderson Silva 2 Welterweight Matt Hughes 3 Lightweight Khabib Nurmagomedov 3 Featherweight Yair Rodríguez 1 Bantamweight Renan Barão 1 Flyweight Demetrious Johnson 5 Women's Featherweight Amanda Nunes 1 Women's Bantamweight Ronda Rousey 3 Women's Flyweight Alexa Grasso 1 Women's Strawweight Carla Esparza 1 Zhang Weili

1. 2 of 3 submissions in deprecated UFC Middleweight (171-199 lbs.) class (now known as Light Heavyweight) and 1 of 3 submissions in first deprecated UFC Lightweight (< 199 lbs.) class (now known as Light Heavyweight)

Most consecutive submissions - All fighters

Updated as of November 18, 2023 after UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Craig.

In any bout [30]
	Fighter	Division	Consecutive Submissions
1	Royce Gracie	OW	6
2	Demian Maia	MW	5
3	Charles Oliveira	LW	4
	Brendan Allen	MW

Most submissions - In a single event

	Event	Date	Submissions
1	UFC 2	March 11, 1994	10
2	UFC 4	December 16, 1994	8
	The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 2 Finale	June 8, 2013
4	Ultimate Ultimate 1995	December 16, 1995	6
	The Ultimate Fighter 6 Finale	December 8, 2007
	UFC Fight Night 17	February 7, 2009
	UFC on Fuel TV 2	April 14, 2012
	UFC Fight Night 80	December 10, 2015
	UFC Fight Night 90	July 7, 2016
	UFC Fight Night 232	November 18, 2023
	UFC Fight Night 239	March 16, 2024

Fastest submissions

Fastest submissions - All fighters

In any bout Fighter Opponent Division Event Time 1 Oleg Taktarov Anthony Macias HW UFC 6 0:09 2 Joe Charles Kevin Rosier HW UFC 4 0:14 Ronda Rousey Cat Zingano W-BW UFC 184 Justin Martin Eric Martin HW UFC 12 5 Frank Shamrock Kevin Jackson LHW UFC 15.5 0:16 Marcus Aurélio Ryan Roberts LW UFC Fight Night 13

In title bouts Fighter Opponent Championship Event Time 1 Ronda Rousey Cat Zingano W-BW UFC 184 0:14 2 Frank Shamrock Kevin Jackson LHW UFC 15.5 0:16 3 Andrei Arlovski Tim Sylvia HW UFC 51 0:47 4 Frank Mir Tim Sylvia HW UFC 48 0:50 5 Tito Ortiz Yuki Kondo LHW UFC 29 1:52

Fastest submissions - By division

In any bout Division Fighter Opponent Event Time Heavyweight Oleg Taktarov Anthony Macias UFC 6 0:09 Light Heavyweight Frank Shamrock Kevin Jackson UFC Japan 0:16 [a] Middleweight Rory Singer Ross Pointon The Ultimate Fighter 3 Finale 0:44 Welterweight Dennis Hallman Matt Hughes UFC 29 0:20 Lightweight Marcus Aurélio Ryan Roberts UFC Fight Night 13 0:16 Featherweight Chas Skelly Maximo Blanco UFC Fight Night 94 0:19 Bantamweight Patrick Williams Alejandro Pérez UFC 188 0:23 Flyweight Ben Nguyen Tim Elliott UFC Fight Night 110 0:49 Women's Featherweight Amanda Nunes Megan Anderson UFC 259 2:03 Women's Bantamweight Ronda Rousey Cat Zingano UFC 184 0:14 Women's Flyweight Gillian Robertson Emily Whitmire The Ultimate Fighter 26 Finale 2:12 Women's Strawweight Emily Whitmire Aleksandra Albu UFC on ESPN 1 1:01

In title bouts Division Fighter Opponent Event Time Heavyweight Andrei Arlovski Tim Sylvia UFC 51 0:47 Light Heavyweight Frank Shamrock Kevin Jackson UFC Japan 0:16 [a] Middleweight Anderson Silva Dan Henderson UFC 82 9:52 Welterweight Matt Hughes Frank Trigg UFC 45 3:54 Lightweight Charles Oliveira Justin Gaethje UFC 274 3:22 Featherweight Yair Rodriguez Josh Emmett UFC 284 9:19 Bantamweight Renan Barão Michael McDonald UFC on Fuel TV 7 18:57 Flyweight Deiveson Figueiredo Alex Perez UFC 255 1:57 Women's Featherweight Amanda Nunes Megan Anderson UFC 259 2:03 Women's Bantamweight Ronda Rousey Cat Zingano UFC 184 0:14 Women's Flyweight Alexa Grasso Valentina Shevchenko UFC 285 19:34 Women's Strawweight Zhang Weili Carla Esparza UFC 281 6:05

1. Light Heavyweight submission in first deprecated UFC Lightweight (< 199 lbs.) class (now known as Light Heavyweight)

Latest submissions

Latest submissions - All fighters

In any bout Fighter Opponent Division Event Round Time 1 Demetrious Johnson Kyoji Horiguchi FLW UFC 186 5 4:59 2 Frankie Edgar Cub Swanson FTW UFC Fight Night 57 4:56 3 Jiří Procházka Glover Teixeira LHW UFC 275 4:32 4 Demetrious Johnson John Moraga FLW UFC on Fox 8 3:43 5 Miesha Tate Holly Holm W-BW UFC 196 3:30

In title bouts Fighter Opponent Division Event Round Time 1 Demetrious Johnson Kyoji Horiguchi FLW UFC 186 5 4:59 2 Jiří Procházka Glover Teixeira LHW UFC 275 4:32 3 Demetrious Johnson John Moraga FLW UFC on Fox 8 3:43 4 Miesha Tate Holly Holm W-BW UFC 196 3:30 5 Demetrious Johnson Ray Borg FLW UFC 216 3:15

Latest submissions - By division

In any bout Division Fighter Opponent Event Round Time Heavyweight Ciryl Gane Don'Tale Mayes UFC Fight Night 162 3 4:46 Light Heavyweight Jiří Procházka Glover Teixeira UFC 275 5 4:32 Middleweight Anderson Silva Chael Sonnen UFC 117 3:10 Welterweight Benson Henderson Brandon Thatch UFC Fight Night 60 4 3:58 Lightweight Islam Makhachev Dustin Poirier UFC 302 5 2:42 Featherweight Frankie Edgar Cub Swanson UFC Fight Night 57 4:56 Bantamweight Renan Barão Michael McDonald UFC on Fuel TV 7 4 3:57 Flyweight Demetrious Johnson Kyoji Horiguchi UFC 186 5 4:59 Women's Featherweight Raquel Pennington Macy Chiasson UFC Fight Night 199 2 3:07 Women's Bantamweight Miesha Tate Holly Holm UFC 196 5 3:30 Women's Flyweight Alexa Grasso Valentina Shevchenko UFC 285 4 4:34 Women's Strawweight Rose Namajunas Paige VanZant UFC Fight Night 80 5 2:25

In title bouts Division Fighter Opponent Event Round Time Heavyweight Fabrício Werdum Cain Velasquez UFC 188 3 2:13 Light Heavyweight Jiří Procházka Glover Teixeira UFC 275 5 4:32 Middleweight Anderson Silva Chael Sonnen UFC 117 3:10 Welterweight Carlos Newton Pat Miletich UFC 31 3 2:50 Lightweight Islam Makhachev Dustin Poirier UFC 302 5 2:42 Featherweight Yair Rodríguez Josh Emmett UFC 284 2 4:19 Bantamweight Renan Barão Michael McDonald UFC on Fuel TV 7 4 3:57 Flyweight Demetrious Johnson Kyoji Horiguchi UFC 186 5 4:59 Women's Featherweight Amanda Nunes Megan Anderson UFC 259 1 2:03 Women's Bantamweight Miesha Tate Holly Holm UFC 196 5 3:30 Women's Flyweight Alexa Grasso Valentina Shevchenko UFC 285 4 4:34 Women's Strawweight Carla Esparza Rose Namajunas The Ultimate Fighter 20 Finale 3 1:26

Highest submissions per win percentage

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	Fighter	Division	SUBs	Wins	%
1	Rodolfo Vieira	MW	5	5	100.00%
2	Gerald Meerschaert	MW	11	12	91.67%
3	Royce Gracie	WW \ OW \ CW	10	11	90.91%
4	Mickey Gall	WW	5	6	83.33%
	Shavkat Rakhmonov	WW
	Oleg Taktarov	OW
7	Gunnar Nelson	WW \ CW	8	10	80.00%

First-ever Submissions executed in UFC history

Submission	Fighter	Opponent	Event	Round	Time
Heel Hook	Ken Shamrock	Patrick Smith	UFC 1	-	1:49
Rear-Naked Choke	Royce Gracie	Ken Shamrock		-	0:57
Lapel Choke	Royce Gracie	Minoki Ichihara	UFC 2	-	5:08
Triangle Choke	Jason DeLucia	Scott Baker		-	6:41
Forearm Choke	Remco Pardoel	Alberto Cerra Leon		-	9:51
Armbar	Frank Hamaker	Thaddeus Luster		-	4:52
Guillotine Choke	Patrick Smith	Ray Wizard		-	0:58
Bulldog Choke	Johnny Rhodes	Fred Ettish		-	3:07
Blood Choke (Finger Choke)	Keith Hackney	Joe Son	UFC 4	-	2:44
Arm Triangle Choke	Dan Severn	Marcus Bossett		-	0:52
Key Lock (Americana)	Dan Severn	Dave Beneteau	UFC 5	-	3:01
Neck Crank	Tank Abbott	Steve Jennum	Ultimate Ultimate 1995	-	1:14
Knee Bar	Ken Shamrock	Kimo Leopoldo	UFC 8	-	4:24
Scarf Hold Choke	Mark Coleman	Julian Sanchez	UFC 11	-	0:45
Achilles Lock (Ankle Lock)	Don Frye	Mark Hall	Ultimate Ultimate 1996	-	0:20
Chin to the Eye	Mark Kerr	Dan Bobish	UFC 14	-	1:38
Inside Shoulder Lock (Mir Lock)	Frank Mir	Pete Williams	UFC 36	1	0:46
Toe Hold	Frank Mir	Tank Abbott	UFC 41	1	0:45
Body Triangle	Ivan Salaverry	Tony Fryklund	UFC 50	1	1:36
Von Flue choke	Jason Von Flue	Alex Karalexis	UFC Ultimate Fight Night 3	3	1:17
North-South choke	Jeff Monson	Branden Lee Hinkle	UFC 57	1	4:35
D'Arce Choke (Brabo Choke)	Kendall Grove	Alan Belcher	UFC 69	2	4:42
Peruvian Necktie	C. B. Dollaway	Jesse Taylor	UFC Fight Night: Silva vs. Irvin	1	3:58
Schultz Choke	Matt Hughes	Ricardo Almeida	UFC 117	1	3:15
Pillory choke	Nick Pace	Will Campuzano	The Ultimate Fighter 12 Finale	3	4:32
Twister	Chan Sung Jung	Leonard Garcia	UFC Fight Night: Nogueira vs. Davis	2	4:59
Reverse Calf Slicer	Charles Oliveira	Eric Wisely	UFC on Fox: Evans vs. Davis	1	1:43
Mounted Triangle Armbar	Dustin Poirier	Max Holloway	UFC 143	1	3:23
Omoplata	Ben Saunders	Chris Heatherly	UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs. dos Anjos	1	2:18
Suloev Stretch	Kenny Robertson	Brock Jardine	UFC 157	1	2:57
Reverse Bulldog Choke	Yancy Medeiros	Damon Jackson	UFC 177	2	1:54
Japanese Necktie	Matheus Nicolau	Bruno Mesquita	UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Henderson 3	3	3:27
Ezekiel Choke	Aleksei Oleinik	Viktor Pešta	UFC Fight Night: Rodríguez vs. Penn	1	2:57
Standing Arm Triangle Choke	Jéssica Andrade	Amanda Lemos	UFC Fight Night: Lemos vs. Andrade	1	3:13

1. ^ Minimum 5 UFC SUBs.

Decisions

Most Decision bouts

All fighters Fighter Division Wins Losses Draws Total 1 Rafael dos Anjos LW \ WW 12 10 0 22 2 Angela Hill W-SW 9 12 0 21 Diego Sanchez FTW \ LW \ WW \ MW 12 9 4 Clay Guida FTW \ LW 11 9 0 20 Jim Miller LW \ WW 8 12 6 Andrei Arlovski HW 12 7 0 19 Jeremy Stephens FTW \ LW 7 12 Demian Maia WW \ MW 10 9 9 Brad Tavares MW 13 5 0 18 Darren Elkins FTW 12 6 Frankie Edgar FTW \ LW 11 1

By division Division Fighter Wins Losses Draws Total Heavyweight Andrei Arlovski 12 7 0 19 Light Heavyweight Jan Błachowicz 5 5 1 11 Tito Ortiz 5 [a] Rashad Evans 7 3 Middleweight Brad Tavares 13 5 0 18 Welterweight Neil Magny 14 3 0 17 Lightweight Jim Miller 7 12 0 19 Featherweight Darren Elkins 12 6 0 18 Bantamweight Pedro Munhoz 4 9 0 13 Flyweight Tim Elliott 7 6 0 13 Women's Featherweight Norma Dumont 5 0 0 5 Women's Bantamweight Raquel Pennington 10 4 0 14 Women's Flyweight Katlyn Cerminara 9 2 0 11 Women's Strawweight Angela Hill 8 12 0 20 1 of 5 Light Heavyweight Decision wins in deprecated UFC Middleweight (171-199 lbs.) class (now known as Light Heavyweight)

Most Decision wins - All fighters

Unanimous Decision wins Fighter Division Wins 1 Rafael dos Anjos LW 11 Belal Muhammad WW 3 Neil Magny WW 10 Kamaru Usman WW Brad Tavares MW Robert Whittaker WW \ MW José Aldo BW \ FTW Merab Dvalishvili BW Darren Elkins FW Georges St-Pierre WW Frankie Edgar FTW \ LW

Split Decision wins Fighter Division Wins 1 Gleison Tibau LW 5 2 Clay Guida FTW \ LW 4 Neil Magny WW Sean Strickland MW \ WW Rashad Evans LHW \ HW Benson Henderson LW \ WW John Howard WW \ MW

Most Decision wins - By division

Unanimous Decision wins Division Fighter Wins Heavyweight Andrei Arlovski 9 Light Heavyweight Jon Jones 9 Middleweight Brad Tavares 10 Welterweight Belal Muhammad 11 Lightweight Rafael dos Anjos 7 Francisco Trinaldo Featherweight Darren Elkins 10 Bantamweight Merab Dvalishvili 9 Flyweight Tim Elliott 7 Women's Featherweight Norma Dumont 4 Women's Bantamweight Raquel Pennington 7 Women's Flyweight Katlyn Cerminara 8 Women's Strawweight Angela Hill 8

Split Decision wins Division Fighter Wins Heavyweight Andrei Arlovski 3 Light Heavyweight Rashad Evans 3 Gian Villante Middleweight Brad Tavares 3 Krzysztof Jotko Welterweight Neil Magny 4 Lightweight Gleison Tibau 5 Featherweight Andre Fili 4 Bantamweight Kang Kyung-ho 3 Takeya Mizugaki Yves Jabouin Raphael Assunção Flyweight Brandon Royval 3 Dustin Ortiz Women's Featherweight Norma Dumont 1 Karol Rosa Women's Bantamweight Ketlen Vieira 3 Raquel Pennington Women's Flyweight Lauren Murphy 3 Joanne Wood Women's Strawweight Carla Esparza 3

Most Decision bouts in one event

	Event	Date	Venue	City	Decisions
1	UFC 263	June 12, 2021	Gila River Arena	Glendale, Arizona, U.S.	11
2	UFC 169	February 1, 2014	Prudential Center	Newark, New Jersey, U.S.	10
	UFC Fight Night 36	February 15, 2014	Arena Jaraguá	Jaraguá do Sul, Brazil
	UFC Fight Night 84	February 27, 2016	The O2 Arena	London, England
	UFC Fight Night 121	November 19, 2017	Qudos Bank Arena	Sydney, Australia
	UFC on ESPN 4	July 20, 2019	AT&T Center	San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
	UFC on ESPN+ 56	November 20, 2021	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.

Most Split Decision bouts in one event

	Event	Date	Venue	City	Split Decisions
1	UFC Fight Night 79	November 28, 2015	Olympic Gymnastics Arena	Seoul, South Korea	5 [31]
	UFC 222	March 3, 2018	T-Mobile Arena	Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
	UFC 274	May 7, 2022	Footprint Center	Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.

Highest Decision wins per win percentage

	Fighter	Division	Dec.Wins	Wins	%
1	Katlyn Cerminara	W-FW \ W-BW	11	11	100.00%
2	Merab Dvalishvili	BW	10	11	90.91%
	Krzysztof Jotko	MW
	Gray Maynard	FTW \ LW
5	Brad Tavares	MW	13	15	86.67%
6	Benson Henderson	LW \ WW	9	11	81.82%
7	Belal Muhammad	WW	12	15	80.00%

1. ^ Minimum 10 UFC wins.

Striking

Most significant strikes landed

Most significant strikes landed - Career

Updated to November 16, 2024 (after UFC 309). In any bout [32] Fighter Division Strikes 1 Max Holloway LW \ FTW 3457 2 Sean Strickland MW \ WW 2069 3 Angela Hill W-SW 2036 4 King Green LW 1869 5 Rafael dos Anjos LW \ WW 1822

In title bouts [33] Fighter Division Strikes 1 Max Holloway FTW \ LW 1414 2 Joanna Jędrzejczyk W-SW 1385 3 Jon Jones LHW \ HW 1362 4 Alexander Volkanovski FTW \ LW 1032 5 Georges St-Pierre WW \ MW 999 [34]

Most significant strikes landed - In a single bout

Updated to March 9, 2024 (after UFC 299).

In any bout [35]
	Fighter	Opponent	Division	Event	Strikes
1	Max Holloway	Calvin Kattar	Featherweight	UFC on ABC: Holloway vs. Kattar	445 [36]
2		Brian Ortega		UFC 231	290
3	Rob Font	Marlon Vera	Bantamweight	UFC on ESPN: Font vs. Vera	271
4	Jared Cannonier	Marvin Vettori	Middleweight	UFC on ESPN: Vettori vs. Cannonier	241
5	Nate Diaz	Donald Cerrone	Lightweight	UFC 141	238

In a title bout [35]
	Fighter	Opponent	Division	Event	Strikes
1	Max Holloway	Brian Ortega	Featherweight	UFC 231	290
2	Jamahal Hill	Glover Teixeira	Light Heavyweight	UFC 283	232
3	Sean O'Malley	Marlon Vera	Bantamweight	UFC 299	230
4	Joanna Jędrzejczyk	Jéssica Andrade	Women's Strawweight	UFC 211	225
5	Alexander Volkanovski	Brian Ortega	Featherweight	UFC 266	214

Most significant strikes landed - In a single event

Updated to December 3, 2022. ^[27]

	Event	Date	Strikes
1	UFC 268	November 6, 2021	1973
2	UFC 238	June 8, 2019	1818
3	UFC 241	August 17, 2019	1717
4	UFC 271	February 12, 2022	1710
5	UFC on ESPN 42	December 3, 2022	1686

Highest significant strike percentage

	Fighter	Division	Landed	Attempted	%
1	Sean O'Malley	BW	1011	1645	61.46%
2	Ciryl Gane	HW	899	1467	61.28%
3	Randy Couture	LHW \ HW	778	1294	60.12%
4	Justin Gaethje	LW	964	1628	59.21%
5	Anderson Silva	MW \ LHW	832	1410	59.01%

2. ^ Minimum 1000 significant strike attempts.

Updated to October 5, 2024 ^[5]

	Fighter	Division	Landed	Attempted	%
1	Alistair Overeem	HW	715	962	74.3%
2	Anthony Hamilton	HW	246	375	65.6%
3	Tatiana Suarez	W-SW \ W-FLW	279	436	64.0%
4	Umar Nurmagomedov	BW	319	503	63.4%
5	Alex Pereira	MW \ LHW	581	923	62.9%

1. ^ Minimum 5 UFC bouts and 350 significant strikes attempted.

Highest significant strikes landed per minute

Updated to December 8, 2024 ^[32]

	Fighter	Division	Strikes \ minute
1	Joshua Van	FLW	8.88
2	Tom Aspinall	HW	8.07
3	Casey O'Neill	W-FLW	7.89
4	Victor Henry	BW	7.66
5	Leslie Smith	W-BW	7.56

1. ^ Minimum 5 UFC bouts.

Knockdowns

Bold - Active fighters

Most knockdowns - Career

Updated to October 14, 2023.

In any bout [32] Fighter Division Knockdowns 1 Donald Cerrone WW \ LW 20 2 Anderson Silva LHW \ MW 18 Jeremy Stephens LW \ FTW 4 Edson Barboza FTW \ LW 16 5 Chuck Liddell LHW 14 Maurício Rua LHW Lyoto Machida LHW \ MW Junior dos Santos HW Thiago Santos LHW

In title bouts[ citation needed ] Fighter Division Knockdowns 1 Anderson Silva MW 10 2 Israel Adesanya MW 9 3 Kamaru Usman WW 7 Chuck Liddell LHW Georges St-Pierre WW \ MW

Most knockdowns - By division

Updated to July 13, 2024.

Division	Fighter	Knockdowns
Heavyweight	Junior dos Santos	14 [6]
Light Heavyweight	Chuck Liddell	14 [17]
	Maurício Rua
Middleweight	Israel Adesanya	13 [8]
	Anderson Silva
Welterweight	Thiago Alves	13 [9]
Lightweight	Melvin Guillard	13 [10]
Featherweight	Josh Emmett	12 [11]
Bantamweight	Montel Jackson	11 [12]
Flyweight	Deiveson Figueiredo	11 [13]
Women's Featherweight	Josiane Nunes	2 [37] [38]
	Amanda Nunes
Women's Bantamweight	Amanda Nunes	6 [14]
Women's Flyweight	Ariane Lipski	3 [15]
	Taila Santos
Women's Strawweight	Amanda Lemos	6 [16]

Most knockdowns - In a single bout

Updated to November 11, 2023.

In any bout [35] Fighter Opponent Division Event Knockdowns 1 Jeremy Stephens Gilbert Melendez FTW UFC 215 5 Forrest Petz Sammy Morgan WW UFC Fight Night 6 3 Israel Adesanya Kelvin Gastelum MW UFC 236 4 Nate Marquardt Dean Lister MW UFC Fight Night 8 Brad Blackburn James Giboo HW UFC Fight Night 14 Josh Emmett Felipe Arantes FTW UFC Fight Night 118 Khalil Rountree Jr. Eryk Anders LHW UFC 236 Montel Jackson JP Buys BTW UFC Fight Night 192 Matt Frevola Genaro Valdéz LW UFC 270 Jéssica Andrade Mackenzie Dern W-SW UFC 295

In title bouts[ citation needed ] Fighter Opponent Division Event Knockdowns 1 Israel Adesanya Kelvin Gastelum MW UFC 236 4 2 Conor McGregor Eddie Alvarez LW UFC 205 3 Frank Mir Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira HW UFC 92 Gray Maynard Frankie Edgar LW UFC 125 Anderson Silva Rich Franklin MW UFC 77 Georges St-Pierre Jon Fitch WW UFC 87 Lyoto Machida Rashad Evans LHW UFC 98

Most knockdowns - In a single event

Updated to June 18, 2022. ^[27]

	Event	Date	Knockdowns
1	UFC 199	June 4, 2016	15
2	UFC Fight Night 126	February 18, 2018	13
3	UFC 160	May 25, 2013	12
	UFC 215	September 9, 2017
	UFC 230	November 3, 2018
	UFC 271	February 12, 2022
	UFC on ESPN 37	June 18, 2022

Takedowns

Most Takedowns Landed - All fighters

Updated to November 16, 2024.

In any bout [5] Fighter Division Takedowns 1 Georges St-Pierre MW \ WW 90 2 Merab Dvalishvili BW 85 3 Gleison Tibau LW 84 4 Clay Guida LW \ FTW 78 5 Demetrious Johnson FW \ BW 74 6 Frankie Edgar LW \ FTW 73 In title bouts [39] Fighter Division Takedowns 1 Georges St-Pierre MW \ WW 69 2 Demetrious Johnson BW \ FLW 57 3 Valentina Shevchenko W-FLW 45 4 Jon Jones LHW \ HW 30 5 Matt Hughes WW 28

Most Takedowns Landed - By division

Updated to October 19, 2024.

Division	Fighter	Takedowns
Heavyweight	Curtis Blaydes	62 [6]
Light Heavyweight	Tito Ortiz [a]	58
Middleweight	Chris Weidman	43 [8]
Welterweight	Georges St-Pierre	87 [9]
Lightweight	Gleison Tibau	84 [10]
Featherweight	Darren Elkins	64 [11]
Bantamweight	Merab Dvalishvili	72 [40]
Flyweight	Tim Elliott	59 [13]
Women's Featherweight	Norma Dumont	9 [41] [42]
Women's Bantamweight	Amanda Nunes	32 [14]
Women's Flyweight	Valentina Shevchenko	47 [15]
Women's Strawweight	Carla Esparza	49 [16]

1. 8 of 58 Light Heavyweight takedowns in deprecated UFC Middleweight (171-199 lbs.) class (now known as Light Heavyweight) and 2 of 58 Light Heavyweight takedowns in first deprecated UFC Lightweight (< 199 lbs.) class (now known as Light Heavyweight)

Most Takedowns Landed - In a single bout

Updated to June 20, 2020.

In any bout [35] Fighter Opponent Division Event Rounds Takedowns 1 Khabib Nurmagomedov Abel Trujillo CW (158.5 lbs) UFC 160 3 21 2 Sean Sherk Hermes Franca LW UFC 73 5 16 3 Demetrious Johnson Kyoji Horiguchi FLW UFC 186 14 Curtis Blaydes Alexander Volkov HW UFC on ESPN 11 5 Luigi Fioravanti Luke Cummo WW UFC 82 3 13 Merab Dvalishvili Gustavo Lopez CW (140 lbs) UFC on ESPN 10

In title bouts[ citation needed ] Fighter Opponent Division Event Rounds Takedowns 1 Sean Sherk Hermes Franca LW UFC 73 5 16 2 Demetrious Johnson Kyoji Horiguchi FLW UFC 186 14 3 John Moraga UFC on Fox 8 12 4 Georges St-Pierre Dan Hardy WW UFC 111 11 Cain Velasquez Junior dos Santos HW UFC 155

Most Takedowns Landed - In a single event

Updated to July 10, 2023. ^[27]

	Event	Date	Takedowns
1	UFC on ESPN+ 79	March 11, 2023	59
2	UFC 171	March 15, 2014	55
3	UFC 94	January 31, 2009	49
4	UFC Fight Night 66	May 16, 2015	47
	UFC on Fox 22	December 17, 2016
5	UFC Fight Night 24	March 26, 2011	46
	UFC Vegas 43	November 20, 2021

Highest takedown accuracy

Updated to March 9, 2024. ^[32]

	Fighter	Division	%
1	Nordine Taleb	MW \ WW	76.2%
2	Taila Santos	W-FLW	75.0%
3	Robbie Lawler	MW \ WW	73.9%
4	Georges St-Pierre	MW \ WW	73.8%
5	Bartosz Fabinski	MW \ WW	70.6%

Submission attempts

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Submission attempts - Career

In any bout Fighter Division Attempts 1 Jim Miller LW \ CW 49 2 Charles Oliveira FTW \ LW 46 3 Chris Lytle WW 31 4 Joe Lauzon LW 29 5 Demian Maia WW \ MW 27

In title bouts Fighter Division Attempts 1 Georges St-Pierre WW 13 2 Demetrious Johnson FLW \ BW 12 3 Frank Shamrock LHW 9 [a] 4 Matt Hughes WW 8 5 Jon Jones LHW \ HW 7 B.J. Penn LW \ WW Amanda Nunes W-BW \ W-FTW

1. 8 of 9 Light Heavyweight title submission attempts in deprecated UFC Middleweight (171-199 lbs.) class (now known as Light Heavyweight) and 1 of 9 Light Heavyweight title submission attempts in first deprecated UFC Lightweight (< 199 lbs.) class (now known as Light Heavyweight)

Submission attempts - In a single bout

In any bout Fighter Opponent Division Event Attempts 1 Cole Miller Leonard Garcia LW UFC Fight Night 11 10 2 Hermes Franca Rich Crunkilton LW UFC 42 9 3 James Wilks DaMarques Johnson WW TUF 9 Finale 8 Ivan Salaverry Andrei Semenov MW UFC 37 5 12 fighters — — — 7

In a title bout Fighter Opponent Division Event Attempts 1 Georges St-Pierre Dan Hardy WW UFC 111 6 2 Deiveson Figueiredo Joseph Benavidez FLW UFC Fight Night 172 4 Kenny Florian Sean Sherk LW UFC 64 Frank Shamrock [a] John Lober LHW UFC Brazil Dave Menne Gil Castillo WW UFC 33

1. 4 of 4 Light Heavyweight title submission attempts in deprecated UFC Middleweight (171-199 lbs.) class (now known as Light Heavyweight)

Highest submission attempt rate

^[43]

	Fighter	Division	Submission attempts \ 5 minute round
1	Dustin Hazelett	LW \ WW	1.404
2	Royce Gracie	OW \ CW	1.282
3	Rousimar Palhares	WW \ MW	1.047
4	Renato Sobral	LHW \ HW	1.041
5	Charles Oliveira	FTW \ LW	0.955

1. ^ Minimum 10 UFC bouts.

Championships

See also: List of UFC champions

Most title reigns

	Fighter	Division	Reigns
1	Randy Couture	HW \ LHW	6 (5 undisputed, 1 interim)
2	Jon Jones	HW \ LHW	4 (3 undisputed, 1 interim)
	Georges St-Pierre	MW \ WW
4	Amanda Nunes	W-BW \ W-FTW	3 (3 undisputed)
	Brandon Moreno	FLW	3 (2 undisputed, 1 interim)
	Israel Adesanya	MW
	Conor McGregor	LW \ FTW
	José Aldo	FTW

• Bold – Active reign.

Longest single title reigns

By number of Days Fighter Division Days 1 Anderson Silva MW 2457 2 Demetrious Johnson FLW 2142 3 Georges St-Pierre WW 2064 4 Amanda Nunes W-BW 1981 5 José Aldo FTW 1848

By number of Title Defenses Fighter Division Defenses 1 Demetrious Johnson FLW 11 2 Anderson Silva MW 10 3 Georges St-Pierre WW 9 4 Jon Jones LHW 8 5 Valentina Shevchenko W-FLW 7 José Aldo FTW

Longest single title reigns - By division

By number of Days Division Fighter Days HW Cain Velasquez 896 LHW Jon Jones 1501 MW Anderson Silva 2457 WW Georges St-Pierre 2064 LW Khabib Nurmagomedov 1077 FTW José Aldo 1848 BW Dominick Cruz 1117 FLW Demetrious Johnson 2142 W-FTW Amanda Nunes 1634 W-BW Amanda Nunes 1981 W-FLW Valentina Shevchenko 1547 W-SW Joanna Jędrzejczyk 966

By number of Title Defenses Division Fighter Defenses HW Stipe Miocic 3 LHW Jon Jones 8 MW Anderson Silva 10 WW Georges St-Pierre 9 LW Islam Makhachev 3 B.J. Penn Frankie Edgar Benson Henderson Khabib Nurmagomedov FTW José Aldo 7 BW Aljamain Sterling 3 FLW Demetrious Johnson 11 W-FTW Amanda Nunes 2 Cris Cyborg W-BW Ronda Rousey 6 W-FLW Valentina Shevchenko 7 W-SW Joanna Jędrzejczyk 5

• Bold – Active reign.

Longest combined title reigns

By number of Days Fighter Division Reigns Days 1 Amanda Nunes W-BW \ W-FTW 2 \ 1 3940 2 Jon Jones HW \ LHW 1 \ 2 2752 3 Anderson Silva MW 1 2457 4 Georges St-Pierre MW \ WW 1 \ 2 2237 5 Demetrious Johnson FLW 1 2142

By number of Title Defenses Fighter Division Reigns Defenses 1 Jon Jones LHW \ HW 2 12 2 Demetrious Johnson FLW 1 11 3 Anderson Silva MW 1 10 4 Georges St-Pierre WW 2 9 5 Amanda Nunes W-BW \ W-FTW 2 \ 1 8 6 Valentina Shevchenko W-FLW 2 7 Matt Hughes WW 2 José Aldo FTW 2 9 Ronda Rousey W-BW 1 6

Longest combined title reigns - By division

By number of Days Division Fighter Reigns Days Heavyweight Stipe Miocic 2 1372 Light Heavyweight Jon Jones 2 2098 Middleweight Anderson Silva 1 2457 Welterweight Georges St-Pierre 2 2204 Lightweight Khabib Nurmagomedov 1 1077 Featherweight José Aldo 2 2037 Bantamweight Dominick Cruz 2 1465 Flyweight Demetrious Johnson 1 2142 Women's Featherweight Amanda Nunes 1 1634 Women's Bantamweight 2 2306 Women's Flyweight Valentina Shevchenko 2 1641 Women's Strawweight Joanna Jędrzejczyk 1 966

By number of Title Defenses Division Fighter Reigns Defenses Heavyweight Stipe Miocic 2 4 Light Heavyweight Jon Jones 2 11 Middleweight Anderson Silva 1 10 Welterweight Georges St-Pierre 2 9 Lightweight Islam Makhachev 1 3 B.J. Penn Frankie Edgar Benson Henderson Khabib Nurmagomedov Featherweight José Aldo 2 7 Bantamweight Aljamain Sterling 1 3 Dominick Cruz 2 T.J. Dillashaw Flyweight Demetrious Johnson 1 11 Women's Featherweight Amanda Nunes 1 2 Cris Cyborg Women's Bantamweight Ronda Rousey 1 6 Amanda Nunes 2 Women's Flyweight Valentina Shevchenko 2 7 Women's Strawweight Joanna Jędrzejczyk 1 5

• Bold - Active reign.

Most title bouts

	Fighter	Bouts	Division/s	Wins	Losses	Draws	No Contests
1	Jon Jones	17	HW \ LHW	16 (14 LHW, 2 HW)	0	0	1
2	Georges St-Pierre	15	MW \ WW	13 (12 WW, 1 MW)	2 (2 WW)	0	0
	Randy Couture		HW \ LHW	9 (6 HW, 3 LHW)	6 (3 HW, 3 LHW)	0	0
4	Demetrious Johnson	14	FLW \ BW	12 (12 FLW)	2 (1 BW, 1 FLW)	0	0
5	Anderson Silva	13	MW	11 (11 MW)	2 (2 MW)	0	0

• Bold – Active.

Youngest champions

	Fighter	Division	Won \ Awarded	Birthday	Age
1	Jon Jones	LHW	Mar 19, 2011	Jul 19, 1987	23 years, 243 days
2	José Aldo	FTW	Nov 20, 2010	Sept 9, 1986	24 years, 72 days 2
3	Josh Barnett	HW	Mar 22, 2002	Nov 10, 1977	24 years, 132 days
4	Carlos Newton	WW	May 4, 2001	Aug 17, 1976	24 years, 260 days
5	Frank Shamrock	LHW	Dec 21, 1997	Dec 8, 1972	25 years, 13 days

2. ^ José Aldo was awarded the Featherweight Championship at UFC 123 but did not fight in his first UFC bout until UFC 129, at which point he was 24 years and 233 days of age. Aldo successfully defended his title at UFC 129.

• Bold - Active reign.

Oldest champions

	Fighter	Division	Last Held	Birthday	Age
1	Randy Couture	HW	Nov 15, 2008	Jun 22, 1963	45 years, 147 days
2	Glover Teixeira	LHW	Jun 12, 2022	Oct 28, 1979	42 years, 227 days
3	Daniel Cormier	HW	Aug 17, 2019	Mar 20, 1979	40 years, 150 days
4	Fabrício Werdum	HW	May 14, 2016	Jul 30, 1977	38 years, 289 days
5	Michael Bisping	MW	Nov 4, 2017	Feb 28, 1979	38 years, 249 days

• Bold - Active reign.

Multi-division champions

Fighters who have won championships in multiple weight classes. ^[44] Tournament championships and The Ultimate Fighter winners are not included.

• Randy Couture was the first champion to hold titles in two different divisions.
• Conor McGregor was the first champion to hold two titles simultaneously.
• Daniel Cormier was the first champion to have successful title defenses in two different divisions.
• Amanda Nunes was the first champion to successfully defend two titles while holding them simultaneously.

Interim

	Champion	Division	Won	Lost	Defenses	Reign	Total reign
1	Randy Couture	Heavyweight	Dec 21, 1997 (UFC Japan)	Jan ?, 1998 (stripped)	0	00? days	1,478 + ? days
			Nov 17, 2000 (UFC 28)	Mar 22, 2002 (UFC 36)	2	490 days
			Mar 3, 2007 (UFC 68)	Nov 15, 2008 (UFC 91)	1	623 days
		Light Heavyweight	Jun 6, 2003 (UFC 43)	Sep 26, 2003 (UFC 44)	0	-
			Sep 26, 2003 (UFC 44)	Jan 31, 2004 (UFC 46)	0	127 days
			Aug 21, 2004 (UFC 49)	Apr 16, 2005 (UFC 52)	0	238 days
2	B.J. Penn	Welterweight	Jan 31, 2004 (UFC 46)	May 17, 2004 (stripped)	0	107 days	919 days
		Lightweight	Jan 19, 2008 (UFC 80)	Apr 10, 2010 (UFC 112)	3	812 days
3	Conor McGregor	Featherweight	Jul 11, 2015 (UFC 189)	Dec 12, 2015 (UFC 194)	0	-	861 days
			Dec 12, 2015 (UFC 194)	Nov 26, 2016 (stripped)	0	350 days
		Lightweight	Nov 12, 2016 (UFC 205)	Apr 7, 2018 (stripped)	0	511 days
4	Georges St-Pierre	Welterweight	Nov 18, 2006 (UFC 65)	Apr 7, 2007 (UFC 69)	0	140 days	2,237 days
			Dec 29, 2007 (UFC 79)	Apr 19, 2008 (UFC 83)	0	-
			Apr 19, 2008 (UFC 83)	Dec 13, 2013 (vacated)	9	2,064 days
		Middleweight	Nov 4, 2017 (UFC 217)	Dec 7, 2017 (vacated)	0	33 days
5	Daniel Cormier	Light Heavyweight	May 23, 2015 (UFC 187)	Dec 28, 2018 (vacated)	3	1,315 days	1,722 days
		Heavyweight	Jul 7, 2018 (UFC 226)	Aug 17, 2019 (UFC 241)	1	407 days
6	Amanda Nunes	Women's Bantamweight	Jul 9, 2016 (UFC 200)	Dec 11, 2021 (UFC 269)	5	1,981 days	3,940 days
			Jul 30, 2022 (UFC 277)	Jun 20, 2023 (vacated)	1	325 days
		Women's Featherweight	Dec 29, 2018 (UFC 232)	Jun 20, 2023 (vacated)	2	1,634 days
7	Henry Cejudo	Flyweight	Aug 4, 2018 (UFC 227)	Feb 29, 2020 (vacated)	1	574 days	926 days
		Bantamweight	Jun 8, 2019 (UFC 238)	May 24, 2020 (vacated)	1	352 days
8	Jon Jones	Light Heavyweight	Mar 19, 2011 (UFC 128)	Apr 28, 2015 (stripped)	8	1,501 days	2,752 days
			Apr 23, 2016 (UFC 197)	Nov 19, 2016 (stripped)	0	-
			Dec 29, 2018 (UFC 232)	Aug 17, 2020 (vacated)	3	597 days
		Heavyweight	Mar 4, 2023 (UFC 285)	Incumbent	1	654 days
9	Alex Pereira	Middleweight	Nov 12, 2022 (UFC 281)	Apr 8, 2023 (UFC 287)	0	147 days	549 days
		Light Heavyweight	Nov 11, 2023 (UFC 295)	Incumbent	3	402 days

Simultaneous two division champions

• Note: Defenses shown are while champion was a two division champion.

	Champion	Division	Period	Defenses	Reign
1	Conor McGregor	Featherweight	Nov 12, 2016 – Nov 26, 2016	0	14 days
		Lightweight		0
2	Daniel Cormier	Light Heavyweight	Jul 7, 2018 – Dec 28, 2018	0	174 days
		Heavyweight		1
3	Amanda Nunes	Women's Bantamweight	Dec 29, 2018 – Dec 11, 2021	2	1,078 days
		Women's Featherweight		2
4	Henry Cejudo	Flyweight	Jun 8, 2019 – Feb 29, 2020	0	266 days
		Bantamweight		1
5	Amanda Nunes (2)	Women's Featherweight	Jul 30, 2022 – Jun 20, 2023	0	325 days
		Women's Bantamweight		1

• Bold - Active reigns.

Tournaments

Multiple tournament wins

	Fighter	Tournaments	Won
1	Royce Gracie	UFC 1, UFC 2, UFC 4	3
2	Dan Severn	UFC 5, The Ultimate Ultimate	2
	Don Frye	UFC 8, The Ultimate Ultimate 2
	Mark Coleman	UFC 10, UFC 11
	Mark Kerr	UFC 14, UFC 15

Pound-for-pound

Men's Pound-for-pound reigns

Men's Pound-for-pound rankings were first introduced by the UFC on February 5, 2013.

Updated as of December 17, 2024.

Fighter [45]	Start Date	Days	Times [a]
Anderson Silva	Feb 5 2013	155	11
Jon Jones	Jul 9 2013	659	64
José Aldo	Apr 29 2015	229	22
Demetrious Johnson	Dec 14 2015	21	2
Jon Jones	Jan 4 2016	189	16
Demetrious Johnson	Jul 11 2016	387	40
Jon Jones	Aug 2 2017	33	2
Demetrious Johnson	Sep 4 2017	310	33
Daniel Cormier	Jul 11 2018	418	36
Jon Jones	Sep 2 2019	420	44
Khabib Nurmagomedov	Oct 26 2020	148	17
Jon Jones	Mar 23 2021	195	23
Kamaru Usman	Oct 4 2021	322	36
Alexander Volkanovski	Aug 22 2022	194	18
Alexander Volkanovski	Jul 11 2023	40	7
Jon Jones	Mar 7 2023	245	30
Islam Makhachev	Nov 7 2023	406	47

Bold - Active reign.

1. Denotes the number of times a fighter has appeared as number one pound-for-pound in ranking updates.

Men's longest combined pound-for-pound reign

Updated as of December 17, 2024.

Fighter [46]	Days	Times [a]	Reigns
Jon Jones	1,743	165	6
Demetrious Johnson	718	75	3
Islam Makhachev	406	47	1
Daniel Cormier	418	36	1
Kamaru Usman	322	36	1
Alexander Volkanovski	237	26	2
José Aldo	229	22	1
Anderson Silva	155	11	1
Khabib Nurmagomedov	148	17	1

Bold - Active reign.

1. Denotes the number of times a fighter has appeared as number one pound-for-pound in ranking updates.

Women's Pound-for-pound reigns

Women's Pound-for-pound rankings were first introduced by the UFC on January 27, 2020. ^[47]

Updated as of December 17, 2024.

Fighter	Start Date	Days	Times [a]
Amanda Nunes	Jan 27 2020	686	80
Valentina Shevchenko	Dec 13 2021 [48]	231	27
Amanda Nunes	Aug 1 2022 [49]	323	36
Alexa Grasso	Jun 20 2023 [50]	454	53
Valentina Shevchenko	Sep 17 2024	91	12

Bold - Active reign.

1. Denotes the number of times a fighter has appeared as number one pound-for-pound in ranking updates.

Women's Longest combined pound-for-pound reign

Updated as of December 17, 2024.

Fighter [51]	Days	Times [a]	Reigns
Amanda Nunes	1,009	116	2
Alexa Grasso	454	53	1
Valentina Shevchenko	322	39	2

Bold - Active reign.

1. Denotes the number of times a fighter has appeared as number one pound-for-pound in ranking updates.

Bonuses

Main article: List of UFC bonus award recipients

Most overall

Updated as of November 16, 2024 after UFC 309.

	Fighter	No. of bonuses [32]
1	Charles Oliveira	20
2	Donald Cerrone	18
3	Nate Diaz	16
4	Jim Miller	15
	Dustin Poirier
	Joe Lauzon
7	Anderson Silva	14

Most Performance of the Night bonuses

Updated to July 27, 2024 (after UFC 304).

	Fighter	POTN bonuses
1	Charles Oliveira	13
2	Paul Craig	8
3	Conor McGregor	7
	Kevin Holland
	Tom Aspinall
	Donald Cerrone
	Ovince Saint Preux

Most Fight of the Night bonuses

Updated to December 15, 2024 (after UFC on ESPN: Covington vs. Buckley).

	Fighter	FOTN bonuses
1	Edson Barboza	10
	Dustin Poirier
3	Justin Gaethje	8
	Cub Swanson
	Nate Diaz
	Frankie Edgar
7	Jim Miller	7
	Max Holloway
	Diego Sanchez
	Joe Lauzon

Most Knockout of the Night bonuses (discontinued)

	Fighter	KOTN bonuses
1	Anderson Silva	7
2	Vitor Belfort	5
3	Chris Leben	4
	Lyoto Machida
	Roy Nelson

Most Submission of the Night bonuses (discontinued)

	Fighter	SOTN bonuses
1	Joe Lauzon	6
2	Nate Diaz	5
3	Demian Maia	4
	Cole Miller
5	Clay Guida	3
	Jim Miller
	Charles Oliveira
	Chris Lytle

Attendances

Overall

	Event	Main Event	Date	Venue	City	Attendance
1	UFC 243	Whittaker (c) vs. Adesanya (ic)	Oct 6, 2019	Marvel Stadium	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	57,127 [52]
2	UFC 193	Rousey (c) vs. Holm	Nov 14, 2015			56,214 [53]
3	UFC 129	St-Pierre (c) vs. Shields	Apr 30, 2011	Rogers Centre	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	55,724 [54]
4	UFC 198	Werdum (c) vs. Miocic	May 14, 2016	Arena da Baixada	Curitiba, Brazil	45,207 [55]
5	UFC on Fox 14	Gustafsson vs. Johnson	Jan 24, 2015	Tele2 Arena	Stockholm, Sweden	30,000 [56]

United States

	Event	Main Event	Date	Venue	City	Attendance
1	UFC 281	Adesanya (c) vs. Pereira 1	Nov 12, 2022	Madison Square Garden	New York City, New York	20,845
2	UFC 268	Usman (c) vs. Covington 2	Nov 6, 2021			20,715
3	UFC 205	Alvarez (c) vs. McGregor	Nov 12, 2016			20,427
4	UFC 309	Jones vs. Miocic	Nov 16, 2024			20,200
5	UFC 244	Masvidal vs. Diaz	Nov 2, 2019			20,143

Finances

This category only scores pay-per-view buys from The Ultimate Fighting Championship event held in Denver, CO (1993) to UFC 235. The UFC's 2019 contract with ESPN+ mandates a subscription to the over-the-top service which is the exclusive distributor of UFC pay-per-views in the United States in order to purchase the event. UFC and ESPN do not report on pay-per-view buys starting with UFC 236.

Highest Pay-Per-View buys

^[57]

	Event	Main Event	Date	Venue	City	PPV Buys
1	UFC 229	Khabib (c) vs. McGregor	Oct 6, 2018	T-Mobile Arena	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	2,400,000
2	UFC 264	Poirier vs. McGregor 3	July 10, 2021			1,800,000
3	UFC 202	Diaz vs. McGregor 2	Aug 20, 2016			1,650,000
4	UFC 257	Poirier vs. McGregor 2	Jan 24, 2021	Etihad Arena	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	1,600,000
5	UFC 246	McGregor vs. Cowboy	January 18, 2020	T-Mobile Arena	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	1,350,000

Highest Pay-Per-View buys for a non-championship main event

	Event	Main Event	Date	Venue	City	PPV Buys
1	UFC 264	Poirier vs. McGregor 3	July 10, 2021	T-Mobile Arena	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	1,800,000
2	UFC 202	Diaz vs. McGregor 2	Aug 20, 2016			1,650,000
3	UFC 257	Poirier vs. McGregor 2	Jan 24, 2021	Etihad Arena	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	1,600,000
4	UFC 246	McGregor vs. Cowboy	Jan 18, 2020	T-Mobile Arena	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	1,350,000
5	UFC 196	McGregor vs. Diaz	Mar 5, 2016	MGM Grand Garden Arena		1,317,000

Lowest Pay-Per-View buys for a championship main event

UFC 1–100
	Event	Date	Main Event	PPV Buys
1	UFC 42	Apr 25, 2003	Hughes (c) vs. Sherk	35,000
	UFC 35	Jan 11, 2002	Pulver (c) vs. Penn
3	UFC 45	Nov 21, 2003	Hughes (c) vs. Trigg	40,000
4	UFC 39	Sep 27, 2002	Couture vs. Rodriguez	45,000
	UFC 38	Jul 13, 2002	Hughes (c) vs. Newton
UFC 101–200
	Event	Date	Main Event	PPV Buys
1	UFC 174	Jun 14, 2014	Johnson (c) vs. Bagautinov	115,000
	UFC 191	Sep 5, 2015	Johnson (c) vs. Dodson
3	UFC 177	Aug 30, 2014	Dillashaw (c) vs. Soto	125,000
	UFC 186	Apr 25, 2015	Johnson (c) vs. Horiguchi
5	UFC 179	Oct 25, 2014	Aldo (c) vs. Mendes	180,000
UFC 201–235
	Event	Date	Main Event	PPV Buys
1	UFC 224	May 12, 2018	Nunes (c) vs. Pennington	85,000 [58]
2	UFC 215	Sep 9, 2017	Nunes (c) vs. Shevchenko	100,000
3	UFC 228	Sep 8, 2018	Woodley (c) vs. Till	130,000
4	UFC 212	Jun 3, 2017	Aldo (c) vs. Holloway (ic)	167,000
5	UFC 234	Feb 10, 2019	Adesanya vs. Silva	175,000

NOTE: Starting with UFC 236, all pay-per-views in the United States are iPPV events where an ESPN+ subscription is required. Neither UFC nor ESPN report PPV buys with the new format.

Biggest gates

	Event	Main Event	Date	Venue	City	Gate	Inflation Adjusted
1	UFC 306	O'Malley (c) vs. Dvalishvili	Sep 14, 2024	Sphere	Paradise, Nevada, U.S.	$21,829,245 [59] [60]	$21,829,245
2	UFC 205	Alvarez (c) vs. McGregor	Nov 12, 2016	Madison Square Garden	New York City, New York U.S.	$17,700,000	$23,161,913
3	UFC 229	Khabib (c) vs. McGregor	Oct 6, 2018	T-Mobile Arena	Paradise, Nevada, U.S.	$17,188,894	$21,512,689
4	UFC 309	Jones (c) vs. Miocic	Nov 16, 2024	Madison Square Garden	New York City, New York U.S.	$16,673,954	$16,673,954
5	UFC 300	Pereira (c) vs. Hill	April 13, 2024	T-Mobile Arena	Paradise, Nevada, U.S.	$16,508,823	$16,508,823

See also

• List of MMA records

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