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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.

Bold - Active UFC fighters

Updated as of October 29, 2022 after UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Allen.

Most bouts - By division

Updated as of October 29, 2022 after UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Allen.

  1. ^ 2 of 27 Light Heavyweight bouts in first deprecated UFC Middleweight (171-199 lbs.) class (now known as Light Heavyweight) and 2 of 27 Light Heavyweight bouts in first deprecated UFC Lightweight (< 199 lbs.) class (now known as Light Heavyweight)
  2. ^ a b Not listed in source. Information found in fighter's page.

Most bouts or wins - In a calendar year

[citation needed]

Fighter Division/s Year Bouts[a] Wins
1 United States Chris Leben MW 2006 5 3
United States Roger Huerta LW 2007 5
United States Donald Cerrone LW 2011 4
United States Daron Cruickshank LW 2014 3
United States Neil Magny WW 2014 5
2015 4
Jamaica Uriah Hall MW 2015 3
England Ross Pearson LW \ WW 2016 1
Brazil Thiago Santos MW \ LHW 2018 4
United States Greg Hardy HW 2019 2
United States Kevin Holland MW 2020 5
  1. ^ Does not include multiple-bout tournaments

Most total fight time

Most total fight time - All fighters

Updated to July 9, 2022.

Most total fight time - By division

Updated to October 29, 2022

In any bout
Division/s Fighter Time (hh:mm:ss)
Heavyweight Belarus Andrei Arlovski 6:11:41 [5]
Light Heavyweight United States Jon Jones 5:40:15 [14]
Middleweight England Michael Bisping 5:15:15 [15]
Welterweight United States Neil Magny 5:44:46[6]
Lightweight United States Jim Miller 6:03:59 [7]
Featherweight United States Max Holloway 6:12:00 [8]
Bantamweight United States Urijah Faber 3:40:33[9]
Flyweight United States Demetrious Johnson 4:39:12[10]
Women's Featherweight United States Holly Holm 1:06:00
Women's Bantamweight United States Raquel Pennington 3:37:33 [11]
Women's Flyweight United States Katlyn Chookagian 3:00:58 [12]
Women's Strawweight United States Angela Hill 4:38:33 [13]

Most PPV Main Events

[citation needed]

Fighter Division/s PPV Main Events Total
1 United States Randy Couture LHW \ HW Japan, 28, 31, 34, 36, 39, 43, 44, 46, 49, 52, 57, 68, 74, 91, 102, 105, 109 18
2 Brazil Anderson Silva MW \ LHW 64, 67, 73, 77, 82, 90, 97, 112, 117, 126, 134, 148 153, 162, 168, 183, 234 17
3 United States Tito Ortiz LHW 13, 19, 22, 25, 29, 30, 32, 33, 40, 44, 47, 50, 51, 66, 106, 133 16
4 United States Jon Jones LHW 128, 135, 140, 145, 152, 159, 165, 172, 182, 197, 214, 232, 235, 239, 247 15
5 Canada Georges St-Pierre WW \ MW 65, 69, 79, 83, 87, 94, 111, 124, 129, 154, 158, 167, 217 13
1.^ Minimum 10 pay-per-view main events.

Winning

Most wins

Most wins - All fighters

Bold - Active fighters

Updated as of July 30, 2022 after UFC 277.

Most wins - By division

Updated as of October 22, 2022 after UFC 280.

Highest win percentage

[citation needed]

Fighter Division Wins Losses Draws %
1 Australia Alexander Volkanovski FTW \ CW \ LW 12 0 0 100.00[16][17]
Russia Khabib Nurmagomedov LW \ CW 13 0 0
3 United States Jon Jones LHW 20 1 0 95.24[18]
4 Nigeria Kamaru Usman WW 15 1 0 93.75
5 Nigeria Israel Adesanya MW \ LHW 12 1 0 92.31
Russia Islam Makhachev LW \ CW
7 Canada Georges St-Pierre MW \ WW 20 2 0 90.91
  • Minimum of 10 fights

Most consecutive wins

Updated as of October 22, 2022 after UFC 280.

All fighters[4]
Fighter Division Began Ended Winning streak
1 Brazil Anderson Silva LHW \ MW Jun 28, 2006 Jul 6, 2013 16
2 Nigeria Kamaru Usman WW Jul 12, 2015 Aug 20, 2022 15
3 United States Jon Jones LHW Mar 21, 2010 Jul 29, 2017 13
United States Demetrious Johnson FLW Jun 8, 2012 Aug 4, 2018
Canada Georges St-Pierre MW \ WW Aug 25, 2007 Retired
United States Max Holloway FTW \ CW Jan 4, 2014 Apr 13, 2019
Russia Khabib Nurmagomedov LW \ CW Jan 20, 2012 Retired
8 Australia Alexander Volkanovski FTW \ CW \ LW Nov 26, 2016 Active 12
United States Tony Ferguson LW Oct 17, 2013 May 9, 2020
Brazil Amanda Nunes W-FTW \ W-BW Mar 21, 2015 Dec 11, 2021
11 Russia Islam Makhachev LW \ CW Sept 17, 2016 Active 11
Brazil Charles Oliveira LW Jun 9, 2018 Oct 22, 2022
Brazil Royce Gracie[a] OW Nov 12, 1993 Apr 7, 1995
By division
Division Fighter Began Ended Winning streak
Heavyweight Brazil Junior dos Santos Oct 25, 2008 Dec 29, 2012 9[5]
Light Heavyweight United States Jon Jones Mar 21, 2010 Jul 29, 2017 13[14]
Middleweight Brazil Anderson Silva Jun 28, 2006 Jul 6, 2013 13[15]
Welterweight Nigeria Kamaru Usman Jul 12, 2015 Aug 20, 2022 15[6]
Lightweight United States Tony Ferguson Oct 19, 2013 May 9, 2020 12[7]
Russia Khabib Nurmagomedov Jan 20, 2012 Retired
Featherweight United States Max Holloway Jan 4, 2014 Dec 14, 2019 13[8]
Bantamweight United States Aljamain Sterling Apr 21, 2018 Active 8[9]
Flyweight United States Demetrious Johnson Jun 8, 2012 Aug 4, 2018 13[10]
Women's Featherweight Brazil Amanda Nunes Dec 29, 2018 Active 3
Brazil Cris Cyborg Jul 29, 2017 Dec 29, 2018
Women's Bantamweight Brazil Amanda Nunes Mar 21, 2015 Dec 11, 2021 9[11]
Women's Flyweight Kyrgyzstan Valentina Shevchenko Feb 3, 2018 Active 9[10]
Women's Strawweight Poland Joanna Jedrzejczyk Dec 13, 2014 Nov 4, 2017 8[13]

Finishes

Bold - Active fighters

Most finishes

Most finishes - All fighters

Updated as of July 2, 2022 after UFC 276.

  1. ^ Not listed in source. Information found in fighter's page.
  2. ^ Not listed in source, information fount in fighter's page.
  3. ^ 4 of 5 Finishes in deprecated UFC Middleweight (171-199 lbs.) class (now known as Light Heavyweight) and 1 of 5 submissions in first deprecated UFC Lightweight (< 199 lbs.) class (now known as Light Heavyweight)

Most Finishes - By division

Updated to September 17, 2022.

Most Finishes - In a single event

Event Date Venue City Finishes
1 UFC Fight Night 55 November 8, 2014 Allphones Arena Sydney, Australia 11[19]
UFC 224 May 12, 2018 Jeunesse Arena Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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%[20]
UFC Vegas 59 August 6, 2022 UFC Apex Enterprise, Nevada, U.S. 10 10

Fastest Finishes

Fastest Finishes - All fighters

Updated to 13 June, 2021.

Fastest Finishes - By division

Updated to 13 June, 2021.

Latest Finishes

Latest Finishes - All fighters

Latest Finishes - By division

Highest Finishes per win percentage

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

Updated to August 13, 2022.[citation needed]

Fighter Division/s Finishes Wins %
1 United States Gerald Meerschaert MW 10 10 100.00%
2 Brazil Vitor Belfort MW \ LHW \ HW \ CW 14 15 93.33%
3 United States Vicente Luque WW 13 14 92.86%
3 Brazil Gabriel Gonzaga HW 11 12 91.67%
United States B.J. Penn LW \ WW
Cameroon Francis Ngannou HW
7 United States Anthony Smith MW \ LHW 10 11 90.91%
8 Brazil Charles Oliveira FTW \ LW 19 21 90.48%
1.^ Minimum 10 UFC wins.

Knockouts

Bold - Active fighters

Most knockouts

Most knockouts - All fighters

Updated to December 18, 2021.

Most knockouts - By division

Updated to December 18, 2021 (after UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Daukaus).

  1. ^ Not listed in source. Information found in fighter's page.

Most knockouts - In a single event

Updated to June 18, 2022.[24]

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

Fastest knockouts

Fastest knockouts - All fighters

  1. ^ Official UFC records have the bout time at 0:11, Dana White and UFC officials have admitted[25] the actual KO time was 0:06. The NSAC cannot retroactively amend bout times.

Fastest knockouts - By division

Latest knockouts

Latest knockouts - All fighters

Latest knockouts - By division

  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 September 10, 2022 after UFC 279.

Most submissions - By division

Updated as of September 17, 2022 after UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Song.

  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 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

Fastest submissions

Fastest submissions - All fighters

Fastest submissions - By division

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

Latest submissions

Latest submissions - All fighters

Latest submissions - By division

Highest submissions per win percentage

[citation needed]

Fighter Division SUBs Wins %
1 Brazil Royce Gracie WW \ OW \ CW 10 11 90.91%
2 United States Gerald Meerschaert MW 9 10 90.00%
3 Russia Oleg Taktarov OW 5 6 83.33%
4 Iceland Gunnar Nelson WW \ CW 7 9 77.78%
5 Brazil Charles Oliveira FTW \ LW 16 21 76.19%
6 Brazil Rousimar Palhares WW \ MW 6 8 75.00%

First-ever Submissions executed in UFC history

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

Decisions

Most Decision bouts

Most Decision wins - All fighters

Most Decision wins - By division

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

Highest Decision wins per win percentage

Fighter Division Dec.Wins Wins %
1 United States Katlyn Chookagian W-FW \ W-BW 11 11 100%
2 Poland Krzysztof Jotko MW 10 11 90.9%
United States Gray Maynard FTW \ LW
3 United States Brad Tavares MW 12 14 85.7%
4 United States Benson Henderson LW \ WW 9 11 81.82%
5 United States Belal Muhammad WW 10 13 76.92%
6 United States Evan Dunham LW 8 11 72.73%
1.^ Minimum 10 UFC wins.

Striking

Most significant strikes landed

Most significant strikes landed - Career

Most significant strikes landed - In a single bout

Updated to 15 May, 2021 (after UFC 262: Oliveira vs. Chandler).

In any bout[29]
Fighter Opponent Division Event Strikes
1 United States Max Holloway United States Calvin Kattar Featherweight UFC on ABC: Holloway vs. Kattar 445[30]
2 United States Brian Ortega UFC 231 290
3 United States Nate Diaz United States Donald Cerrone Lightweight UFC 141 238
4 United States Sean O'Malley United States Kris Moutinho Bantamweight UFC 264 230
5 Poland Joanna Jędrzejczyk Brazil Jéssica Andrade Women's Strawweight UFC 211 225
6 Canada Valérie Létourneau UFC 193 220

Most significant strikes landed - In a single event

Updated to 25 April, 2020.[24]

Event Date Strikes
1 UFC 238 June 8, 2019 1818
2 UFC 241 August 17, 2019 1717
3 UFC Fight Night 161 October 12, 2019 1684
4 UFC 231 December 8, 2018 1674
5 UFC Fight Night 121 November 19, 2017 1639

Highest significant strike percentage

Fighter Division Landed Attempted %
1 Brazil Anderson Silva MW \ LHW 740 1213 61.01%
2 United States Randy Couture LHW \ HW 778 1315 59.16%
3 Brazil Fábio Maldonado LHW \ HW \ CW 717 1218 58.87%
4 United States Cain Velasquez HW 718 1246 57.62%
5 Brazil Fabrício Werdum HW 581 1022 56.85%
2.^ Minimum 1000 significant strike attempts.

Updated to July 5, 2022[4]

Fighter Division Landed Attempted %
1 Netherlands Alistair Overeem HW 715 962 74.3%
2 United States Tatiana Suarez W-SW 246 374 65.8%
3 United States Anthony Hamilton HW 246 375 65.6%
4 United States Phil Hawes MW 300 495 62.7%
5 United States Sean O'Malley BTW 652 1047 62.4%
1.^ Minimum 5 UFC bouts and 350 significant strikes attempted.

Highest significant strike landed per minute

Updated to July 5, 2022[27]

Fighter Division Strikes \ minute
1 United States Daniel Rodriguez WW 8.24
2 United States Shane Burgos FTW 7.95
3 Sweden Khamzat Chimaev WW \ MW 7.89
4 United States Sean O'Malley BTW 7.83
5 United States Jordan Wright LHW 7.62
1.^ Minimum 5 UFC bouts.

Knockdowns

Bold - Active fighters

Most knockdowns - Career

Updated to 02 November, 2021.

Most knockdowns - By division

Updated to July 30, 2022.

Division Fighter Knockdowns
Heavyweight Brazil Junior dos Santos 14[5]
Light Heavyweight United States Chuck Liddell 14[14]
Brazil Maurício Rua
Middleweight Brazil Anderson Silva 13[15]
Welterweight Brazil Thiago Alves 13[6]
Lightweight United States Melvin Guillard 13[7]
Featherweight United States Josh Emmett 11[8]
United States Jeremy Stephens
Bantamweight Russia Petr Yan 10[9]
Flyweight Brazil Deiveson Figueiredo 11[10]
Women's Featherweight Brazil Cris Cyborg 3[citation needed]
Women's Bantamweight Brazil Amanda Nunes 9[11]
Women's Flyweight Brazil Taila Santos 3[12]
Women's Strawweight Brazil Amanda Lemos 5[citation needed]

Most knockdowns - In a single bout

Updated to 25 April, 2020.

Most knockdowns - In a single event

Updated to 25 April, 2020.[24]

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
5 UFC on Versus 4 June 26, 2011 11
UFC 230 November 3, 2018

Takedowns

Most Takedowns Landed - All fighters

Updated to 25 April, 2020.

Most Takedowns Landed - By division

Updated to May 7, 2022.

Division Fighter Takedowns
Heavyweight United States Curtis Blaydes 62[5]
Light Heavyweight United States Tito Ortiz[a] 58
Middleweight United States Chris Weidman 42[15]
Welterweight Canada Georges St-Pierre 87[6]
Lightweight Brazil Gleison Tibau 84[7]
Featherweight United States Darren Elkins 49[8]
Bantamweight Georgia (country) Merab Dvalishvili 63[31]
Flyweight United States Demetrious Johnson 58[10]
Women's Featherweight United States Holly Holm 8[citation needed]
Women's Bantamweight United States Sara McMann 23[11]
Women's Flyweight Kyrgyzstan Valentina Shevchenko 28[12]
Women's Strawweight United States Carla Esparza 44[13]
  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 14, 2020.

Most Takedowns Landed - In a single event

Updated to 25 April, 2020.[24]

Event Date Takedowns
1 UFC 171 March 15, 2014 55
2 UFC 94 January 31, 2009 49
3 UFC Fight Night 66 May 16, 2015 47
UFC on Fox 22 December 17, 2016
5 UFC Fight Night 24 March 26, 2011 46

Highest takedown accuracy

Updated to 17 April, 2021.[27]

Fighter Division %
1 Canada Nordine Taleb MW \ WW 76.2%
2 United States Montel Jackson BW 75.0%
3 United States Robbie Lawler MW \ WW 73.9%
4 Canada Georges St-Pierre MW \ WW 73.8%
5 Poland Bartosz Fabinski MW \

WW

70.6%

Submission attempts

[citation needed]

Submission attempts - Career

  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

  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

[citation needed]

Fighter Division Submission attempts \ 5 minute round
1 United States Dustin Hazelett LW \ WW 1.379
2 Brazil Renato Sobral LHW \ HW 1.054
3 Brazil Rousimar Palhares WW \ MW 1.047
4 Brazil Charles Oliveira FTW \ LW 0.908
5 Brazil Royce Gracie OW \ CW 0.828
1.^ Minimum 10 UFC bouts.

Championships

Most title reigns

Fighter Division Reigns
1 United States Randy Couture HW \ LHW 6 (5 undisputed, 1 interim)
2 Canada Georges St-Pierre MW \ WW 4 (3 undisputed, 1 interim)
3 Brazil Amanda Nunes W-BW \ W-FTW 3 (3 undisputed)
Republic of Ireland Conor McGregor LW \ FTW 3 (2 undisputed, 1 interim)
Brazil José Aldo FTW
United States Jon Jones LHW
  • Bold – Active reign.

Longest single title reigns

By number of Days
Fighter Division Days
1 Brazil Anderson Silva MW 2457
2 United States Demetrious Johnson FLW 2142
3 Canada Georges St-Pierre WW 2064
4 Brazil Amanda Nunes W-BW 1981
5 Brazil José Aldo FTW 1848
By number of Title Defenses
Fighter Division Defenses
1 United States Demetrious Johnson FLW 11
2 Brazil Anderson Silva MW 10
3 Canada Georges St-Pierre WW 9
4 United States Jon Jones LHW 8
5 Kyrgyzstan Valentina Shevchenko W-FLW 7
Brazil José Aldo FTW

Longest single title reigns - By division

By number of Days
Division Fighter Days
HW United States Cain Velasquez 896
LHW United States Jon Jones 1501
MW Brazil Anderson Silva 2457
WW Canada Georges St-Pierre 2064
LW Russia Khabib Nurmagomedov 1077
FTW Brazil José Aldo 1848
BW United States Dominick Cruz 1117
FLW United States Demetrious Johnson 2142
W-FTW Brazil Amanda Nunes 2027
W-BW Brazil Amanda Nunes 1981
W-FLW Kyrgyzstan Valentina Shevchenko 2048
W-SW Poland Joanna Jędrzejczyk 966
By number of Title Defenses
Division Fighter Defenses
HW United States Stipe Miocic 3
LHW United States Jon Jones 8
MW Brazil Anderson Silva 10
WW Canada Georges St-Pierre 9
LW United States B.J. Penn 3
United States Frankie Edgar
United States Benson Henderson
Russia Khabib Nurmagomedov
FTW Brazil José Aldo 7
BW United States Aljamain Sterling 2
United States Dominick Cruz
United States T.J. Dillashaw
FLW United States Demetrious Johnson 11
W-FTW Brazil Amanda Nunes 2
Brazil Cris Cyborg
W-BW United States Ronda Rousey 6
W-FLW Kyrgyzstan Valentina Shevchenko 7
W-SW Poland Joanna Jędrzejczyk 5
  • Bold – Active reign.

Longest combined title reigns

By number of Days
Fighter Division Reigns Days
1 Brazil Amanda Nunes W-BW \ W-FTW 2 \ 1 4726
2 Brazil Anderson Silva MW 1 2457
3 Canada Georges St-Pierre MW \ WW 1 \ 2 2237
4 United States Demetrious Johnson FLW 1 2142
5 United States Jon Jones LHW 2 2098
By number of Title Defenses
Fighter Division Reigns Defenses
1 United States Demetrious Johnson FLW 1 11
United States Jon Jones LHW 2
3 Brazil Anderson Silva MW 1 10
4 Canada Georges St-Pierre WW 2 9
5 Brazil Amanda Nunes W-FTW \ W-BW 1 \ 1 7
Kyrgyzstan Valentina Shevchenko W-FLW 1
United States Matt Hughes WW 2
Brazil José Aldo FTW 2
9 United States Ronda Rousey W-BW 1 6

Longest combined title reigns - By division

By number of Days
Division Fighter Reigns Days
Heavyweight United States Stipe Miocic 2 1372
Light Heavyweight United States Jon Jones 2 2098
Middleweight Brazil Anderson Silva 1 2457
Welterweight Canada Georges St-Pierre 2 2204
Lightweight Russia Khabib Nurmagomedov 1 1077
Featherweight Brazil José Aldo 2 2037
Bantamweight United States Dominick Cruz 2 1465
Flyweight United States Demetrious Johnson 1 2142
Women's Featherweight Brazil Amanda Nunes 1 2027
Women's Bantamweight 2 2699
Women's Flyweight Kyrgyzstan Valentina Shevchenko 1 2048
Women's Strawweight Poland Joanna Jędrzejczyk 1 966
By number of Title Defenses
Division Fighter Reigns Defenses
Heavyweight United States Stipe Miocic 2 4
Light Heavyweight United States Jon Jones 2 11
Middleweight Brazil Anderson Silva 1 10
Welterweight Canada Georges St-Pierre 2 9
Lightweight United States B.J. Penn 1 3
United States Frankie Edgar
United States Benson Henderson
Russia Khabib Nurmagomedov
Featherweight Brazil José Aldo 2 7
Bantamweight United States Dominick Cruz 2 3
United States T.J. Dillashaw
Flyweight United States Demetrious Johnson 1 11
Women's Featherweight Brazil Amanda Nunes 1 2
Brazil Cris Cyborg
Women's Bantamweight United States Ronda Rousey 1 6
Women's Flyweight Kyrgyzstan Valentina Shevchenko 1 7
Women's Strawweight Poland Joanna Jędrzejczyk 1 5
  • Bold - Active reign.

Youngest champions

Fighter Division Won \ Awarded Birthday Age
1 United States Jon Jones LHW Mar 19, 2011 Jul 19, 1987 23 years, 243 days
2 Brazil José Aldo FTW Nov 20, 2010 Sept 9, 1986 24 years, 72 days2
3 United States Josh Barnett HW Mar 22, 2002 Nov 10, 1977 24 years, 132 days
4 Canada Carlos Newton WW May 4, 2001 Aug 17, 1976 24 years, 260 days
5 United States 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 United States Randy Couture HW Nov 15, 2008 Jun 22, 1963 45 years, 147 days
2 Brazil Glover Teixeira LHW Jun 12, 2022 Oct 28, 1979 42 years, 227 days
3 United States Daniel Cormier HW Aug 17, 2019 Mar 20, 1979 40 years, 150 days
4 Brazil Fabrício Werdum HW May 14, 2016 Jul 30, 1977 38 years, 289 days
5 England 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.[32] 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 successfully defend titles 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 United States 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 United States 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 Republic of Ireland 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 Canada 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 United States 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 Brazil 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 United States 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 United States Jon Jones Light Heavyweight Mar 19, 2011 (UFC 128) Apr 28, 2015 (stripped) 8 1,501 days 2,599 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 0 501 days
9 Brazil Alex Pereira Middleweight Nov 12, 2022 (UFC 281) Apr 8, 2023 (UFC 287) 0 147 days 396 days
Light Heavyweight Nov 11, 2023 (UFC 295) Incumbent 2 249 days

Simultaneous two division champions

  • Note: Defenses shown are while champion was a two division champion.
Champion Division Period Defenses Reign
1 Republic of Ireland Conor McGregor Featherweight Nov 12, 2016 – Nov 26, 2016 0 14 days
Lightweight 0
2 United States Daniel Cormier Light Heavyweight Jul 7, 2018 – Dec 28, 2018 0 174 days
Heavyweight 1
3 Brazil Amanda Nunes Women's Bantamweight Dec 29, 2018 – Dec 11, 2021 2 1,078 days
Women's Featherweight 2
4 United States Henry Cejudo Flyweight Jun 8, 2019 – Feb 29, 2020 0 266 days
Bantamweight 1
5 Brazil 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 Brazil Royce Gracie UFC 1, UFC 2, UFC 4 3
2 United States Dan Severn UFC 5, The Ultimate Ultimate 2
United States Don Frye UFC 8, The Ultimate Ultimate 2
United States Mark Coleman UFC 10, UFC 11
United States Mark Kerr UFC 14, UFC 15

Bonuses

Most overall

Updated as of September 10, 2022 after UFC 279.

Fighter No. of bonuses[27]
1 Brazil Charles Oliveira 18
United States Donald Cerrone
3 United States Nate Diaz 16
4 United States Joe Lauzon 15
5 Brazil Anderson Silva 14

Most Performance of the Night bonuses

Updated to August 13, 2022 (after UFC on ESPN: Vera vs. Cruz).

Fighter POTN bonuses
1 Brazil Charles Oliveira 12
2 United States Donald Cerrone 7
Republic of Ireland Conor McGregor
Haiti Ovince Saint Preux
5 Cameroon Francis Ngannou 6
6 United States Stipe Miocic 5
United States T.J. Dillashaw
Brazil Amanda Nunes
Ecuador Marlon Vera
United States Anthony Johnson

Most Fight of the Night bonuses

Updated to 7 May, 2022 (after UFC 274: Oliveira vs. Gaethje).

Fighter FOTN bonuses
1 United States Nate Diaz 8
United States Frankie Edgar
Brazil Edson Barboza
4 United States Diego Sanchez 7
United States Joe Lauzon
United States Jim Miller
United States Dustin Poirier
8 United States Clay Guida 6
United States Chris Lytle
Canada Sam Stout
United States Justin Gaethje
United States Donald Cerrone
United States Jeremy Stephens
United States Tony Ferguson
United States Cub Swanson

Most Knockout of the Night bonuses (discontinued)

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

Most Submission of the Night bonuses (discontinued)

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

Attendances

Overall

Event Main Event Date Venue City Attendance
1 UFC 243 Whittaker (c) vs. Adesanya (ic) Oct 6, 2019 Marvel Stadium Australia Melbourne, Australia 57,127[33]
2 UFC 193 Rousey (c) vs. Holm Nov 14, 2015 56,214[34]
3 UFC 129 St-Pierre (c) vs. Shields Apr 30, 2011 Rogers Centre Canada Toronto, Ontario, Canada 55,724[35]
4 UFC 198 Werdum (c) vs. Miocic May 14, 2016 Arena da Baixada Brazil Curitiba, Brazil 45,207[36]
5 UFC on Fox 14 Gustafsson vs. Johnson Jan 24, 2015 Tele2 Arena Sweden Stockholm, Sweden 30,000[37]

United States

Event Main Event Date Venue City Attendance
1 UFC 268 Usman (c) vs. Covington 2 Nov 6, 2021 Madison Square Garden United States New York City, New York 20,715
2 UFC 205 Alvarez (c) vs. McGregor Nov 12, 2016 20,427
3 UFC 244 Masvidal vs. Diaz Nov 2, 2019 20,143
4 UFC 264 Poirier vs. McGregor 3 July 10, 2021 T-Mobile Arena United States Paradise, Nevada 20,062
5 UFC 229 Khabib (c) vs. McGregor Oct 6, 2018 20,034

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

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Event Main Event Date Venue City PPV Buys
1 UFC 229 Khabib (c) vs. McGregor Oct 6, 2018 T-Mobile Arena United States 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 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 1,600,000
5 UFC 246 McGregor vs. Cowboy January 18, 2020 T-Mobile Arena United States 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 United States 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 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 1,600,000
4 UFC 246 McGregor vs. Cowboy January 18, 2020 T-Mobile Arena United States 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[39]
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
1 UFC 205 Alvarez (c) vs. McGregor Nov 12, 2016 Madison Square Garden United States New York City, New York U.S. $17,700,000
2 UFC 229 Khabib (c) vs. McGregor Oct 6, 2018 T-Mobile Arena United States Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. $17,200,000
3 UFC 264 Poirier vs. McGregor 3 July 10, 2021 $15,759,800
4 UFC 129 St-Pierre (c) vs. Shields Apr 30, 2011 Rogers Centre Canada Toronto, Ontario, Canada $12,075,000
5 UFC 246 McGregor vs. Cowboy Jan 18, 2020 T-Mobile Arena United States Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. $11,100,000

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