List of UFC records
Below is a list of records held in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).
Fighting
Most bouts
In any bout
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]
Updated to 11 April, 2020[4]
Bold - Active UFC fighters |
By division
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- ^ 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)
In a title bout
All fighters
Fighter | Division | Wins | Losses | Draws | NC | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Jon Jones | Light Heavyweight | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
Randy Couture | Heavyweight Light Heavyweight |
9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
Georges St-Pierre | Middleweight Welterweight |
13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
4. | Demetrious Johnson | Flyweight Bantamweight |
12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
5. | Anderson Silva | Middleweight | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
6. | Matt Hughes | Welterweight | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
7. | Jose Aldo | Featherweight | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
B.J. Penn | Lightweight Welterweight |
5 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
By division
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In a calendar year
Fighter | Division/s | Year | Bouts[a] | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Chris Leben | Middleweight | 2006 | 5 |
Roger Huerta | Lightweight | 2007 | ||
Donald Cerrone | Lightweight | 2011 | ||
Daron Cruickshank | Lightweight | 2014 | ||
Neil Magny | Welterweight | 2014 | ||
2015 | ||||
Uriah Hall | Middleweight | 2015 | ||
Ross Pearson | Lightweight Welterweight |
2016 | ||
Thiago Santos | Middleweight | 2018 | ||
Greg Hardy | Heavyweight | 2019 |
- ^ Does not include multiple-bout tournaments
Most total fight time
In any bout
All fighters
Updated to 11 April, 2020[4]
Fighter | Division/s | Time (hh:mm:ss) | |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Frankie Edgar | Featherweight Lightweight |
7:16:11 |
2. | Demian Maia | Middleweight Welterweight |
6:32:06 |
3. | Rafael Dos Anjos | Lightweight Welterweight |
6:28:11 |
4. | Jeremy Stephens | Featherweight Lightweight |
6:20:38 |
5. | Diego Sanchez | Welterweight Lightweight Featherweight Catchweight Middleweight |
6:08:58 |
By division
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In title bouts
All fighters
Fighter | Division/s | Time (hh:mm:ss) | |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Jon Jones | Light Heavyweight | 4:39:47 |
2. | Georges St-Pierre | Welterweight Middleweight |
4:14:28 |
3. | Demetrious Johnson | Flyweight Bantamweight |
3:45:57 |
4. | Randy Couture | Light Heavyweight Heavyweight |
3:33:00 |
5. | B.J. Penn | Featherweight Lightweight Welterweight |
3:24:05 |
By division
Most PPV Main Events
Fighter | Division/s | PPV Main Events | Total | |
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1. | Randy Couture | Light Heavyweight Heavyweight |
Japan, 28, 31, 34, 36, 39, 43, 44, 46, 49, 52, 57, 68, 74, 91, 102, 105, 109 |
18 |
2. | Anderson Silva | Middleweight Light Heavyweight |
64, 67, 73, 77, 82, 90, 97, 112, 117, 126, 134, 148 153, 162, 168, 183, 234 |
17 |
3. | Tito Ortiz | Light Heavyweight | 13, 19, 22, 25, 29, 30, 32, 33, 40, 44, 47, 50, 51, 66, 106, 133 |
16 |
4. | Jon Jones | Light Heavyweight | 128, 135, 140, 145, 152, 159, 165, 172, 182, 197, 214, 232, 235, 239, 247 |
15 |
5. | Georges St-Pierre | Welterweight Middleweight |
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
In any bout
All fighters
Updated to 11 April, 2020[4]
Bold - Active fighters |
- ^ Not listed in source, information fount in fighter's page.
By division
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In a title bout
All fighters
Fighter | Division | Wins | |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Jon Jones | Light Heavyweight | 14 |
2. | Georges St-Pierre | Middleweight Welterweight |
13 |
3. | Demetrious Johnson | Flyweight | 12 |
4. | Anderson Silva | Middleweight | 11 |
5. | Matt Hughes | Welterweight | 9 |
Randy Couture | Heavyweight Light Heavyweight |
By division
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In a calendar year
Fighter | Division/s | Year | Dates | Events | Opponents | Wins[a] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Roger Huerta | Lightweight | 2007 | Feb 3 Apr 7 Jun 23 Aug 25 Dec 8 |
UFC 67 UFC 69 TUF 5 UFC 74 TUF 6 |
John Halverson Leonard Garcia Doug Evans Alberto Crane Clay Guida |
5 |
Neil Magny | Welterweight | 2014 | Feb 1 May 10 Jun 28 Aug 23 Oct 25 |
UFC 169 UFC Fight Night 40 UFC Fight Night 43 UFC Fight Night 49 UFC 179 |
Gasan Umalatov Tim Means Rodrigo de Lima Alex Garcia William Macário |
- ^ Does not include multiple-bout tournaments
Highest win percentage
Fighter | Division | Wins | Losses | Draws | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Khabib Nurmagomedov | Lightweight Catchweight |
12 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
Kamaru Usman | Welterweight | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||
3. | Jon Jones | Light Heavyweight | 20 | 1 | 0 | 95.24 |
4. | Tony Ferguson | Lightweight Welterweight |
15 | 1 | 0 | 93.75 |
5. | Amanda Nunes | Bantamweight Featherweight |
12 | 1 | 0 | 92.31 |
6. | Georges St-Pierre | Middleweight Welterweight |
20 | 2 | 0 | 90.91 |
- Minimum of 10 fights
Most consecutive wins
All fighters
Updated to 11 April, 2020[4]
Fighter | Division | Began | Ended | Winning streak | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Anderson Silva | Light Heavyweight Middleweight |
Jun 28, 2006 | Jul 6, 2013 | 16 |
2. | Jon Jones | Light Heavyweight | Mar 21, 2010 | Jul 29, 2017 | 13 |
Demetrious Johnson | Flyweight | Jun 8, 2012 | Aug 4, 2018 | ||
Georges St-Pierre | Middleweight Welterweight |
Aug 25, 2007 | Active | ||
Max Holloway | Featherweight Catchweight |
Jan 4, 2014 | Apr 13, 2019 | ||
6. | Tony Ferguson | Lightweight | Oct 17, 2013 | Active | 12 |
Khabib Nurmagomedov | Lightweight Catchweight |
Jan 20, 2012 | |||
8. | Kamaru Usman | Welterweight | Jul 12, 2015 | Active | 11 |
Royce Gracie[a] | Openweight | Nov 12, 1993 | Apr 7, 1995 | ||
10. | Amanda Nunes | Bantamweight Featherweight |
Mar 21, 2015 | Active | 10 |
By division
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- ^ Not listed in source, information fount in fighter's page.
Finishes
Most finishes
In any bout
All fighters
Updated to 11 April, 2020[4]
By division
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- ^ Not listed in source, information fount in fighter's page.
- ^ 1 of 10 Light Heavyweight finishes in deprecated UFC Middleweight (171-199 lbs.) class (now known as Light Heavyweight)
- ^ 2 of 10 Light Heavyweight finishes in deprecated UFC Middleweight (171-199 lbs.) class (now known as Light Heavyweight) and 1 of 10 Light Heavyweight finishes in first deprecated UFC Lightweight (< 199 lbs.) class (now known as Light Heavyweight)
In a title bout
All fighters
- ^ 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)
By division
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In a single event
All records in this section are since the rules of two to five five-minute rounds and three judges scoring the bout should a contest go the distance was instituted for UFC 21 onward.
Event | Date | Finishes | |
---|---|---|---|
1. | UFC Fight Night 55 | November 7, 2014 | 11 |
UFC 224 | May 12, 2018 | ||
3. | UFC Fight Night 13 | April 2, 2008 | 10 |
UFC on Fuel TV 10 | June 8, 2013 | ||
UFC Fight Night 65 | May 10, 2015 | ||
UFC Fight Night 68 | June 6, 2015 |
From The Ultimate Fighting Championship in November 1993 to UFC 7, all matches ended in a draw or a finish. From Ultimate Ultimate 1995 to UFC 20, matches were set to a time limit (between 12 to 30 minutes), with judges scoring the match. The current format of two, three, or five rounds of five minutes each was implemented in UFC 21.
Fastest finishes
In any bout
All fighters
Fighter | Opponent | Division | Event | Type of finish | Time | |
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1. | Jorge Masvidal | Ben Askren | Welterweight | UFC 239 | Knockout | 0:05[5] |
2. | Duane Ludwig | Jonathan Goulet | Welterweight | UFC Fight Night 3 | Knockout | 0:06[a] |
3. | Todd Duffee | Tim Hague | Heavyweight | UFC 102 | Knockout | 0:07 |
Chan Sung Jung | Mark Hominick | Featherweight | UFC 140 | Knockout | ||
Ryan Jimmo | Anthony Perosh | Light Heavyweight | UFC 149 | Knockout | ||
6. | Don Frye | Thomas Ramirez | Heavyweight | UFC 8 | Knockout | 0:08 |
James Irvin | Houston Alexander | Light Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night 13 | Knockout | ||
Leon Edwards | Seth Baczynski | Welterweight | UFC Fight Night 64 | Knockout | ||
Makwan Amirkhani | Andy Ogle | Featherweight | UFC on Fox 14 | Knockout |
By division
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In a title bout
All fighters
Fighter | Opponent | Championship | Event | Type of finish | Time | |
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1. | Conor McGregor | José Aldo | Featherweight | UFC 194 | Knockout | 0:13 |
2. | Ronda Rousey | Cat Zingano | Bantamweight (W) | UFC 184 | Submission | 0:14 |
3. | Andrei Arlovski | Paul Buentello | Heavyweight | UFC 55 | Knockout | 0:15 |
4. | Ronda Rousey | Alexis Davis | Bantamweight (W) | UFC 175 | Knockout | 0:16 |
Frank Shamrock | Kevin Jackson | Light Heavyweight | UFC 15.5 | Submission |
By division
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Latest finishes
In any bout
All fighters
Fighter | Opponent | Division | Event | Type of finish | Round | Time | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Demetrious Johnson | Kyoji Horiguchi | Flyweight | UFC 186 | Submission | 5 | 4:59 |
Yair Rodríguez | Chan Sung Jung | Featherweight | UFC Fight Night 139 | Knockout | |||
3. | Frankie Edgar | Cub Swanson | Featherweight | UFC Fight Night 57 | Submission | 4:56 | |
Jairzinho Rozenstruik | Alistair Overeem | Heavyweight | UFC on ESPN 7 | Knockout | |||
5. | Kamaru Usman | Colby Covington | Welterweight | UFC 245 | Knockout | 4:10 | |
6. | Demetrious Johnson | John Moraga | Flyweight | UFC on Fox 8 | Submission | 3:43 | |
7. | Miesha Tate | Holly Holm | Bantamweight (W) | UFC 196 | Submission | 3:30 |
By division
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In a title bout
All fighters
Fighter | Opponent | Division | Event | Type of finish | Round | Time | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Demetrious Johnson | Kyoji Horiguchi | Flyweight | UFC 186 | Submission | 5 | 4:59 |
2. | Kamaru Usman | Colby Covington | Welterweight | UFC 245 | Knockout | 4:10 | |
3. | Demetrious Johnson | John Moraga | Flyweight | UFC on Fox 8 | Submission | 3:43 | |
4. | Miesha Tate | Holly Holm | Bantamweight (W) | UFC 196 | Submission | 3:30 | |
5. | Anderson Silva | Chael Sonnen | Middleweight | UFC 117 | Submission | 3:10 | |
6. | Cain Velasquez | Junior Dos Santos | Heavyweight | UFC 166 | Knockout | 3:09 |
By division
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- ^ Light Heavyweight bout in deprecated UFC Middleweight (171-199 lbs.) class (now known as Light Heavyweight)
Highest finishes per win percentage
Since UFC adopted the rounds and judges system in UFC 21.
Fighter | Division/s | Finishes | Wins | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Charles Oliveira | Featherweight Lightweight |
15 | 16 | 93.75% |
2. | Vitor Belfort | Middleweight Light Heavyweight Heavyweight Catchweight |
14 | 15 | 93.33% |
3. | Gabriel Gonzaga | Heavyweight | 11 | 12 | 91.67% |
B.J. Penn | Lightweight Welterweight |
11 | 12 |
- 1.^ Minimum 10 UFC wins.
Knockouts
Most knockouts with least strikes thrown
In any bout
All fighters
Updated to 11 April, 2020[4]
By division
Division/s | Fighter | Knockouts |
---|---|---|
Heavyweight | Cain Velasquez | 10 |
Light Heavyweight | Chuck Liddell | 10 |
Middleweight | Anderson Silva | 8 |
Welterweight | Matt Brown | 10 |
Lightweight | Edson Barboza | 7 |
Featherweight | Max Holloway | 9 |
Bantamweight | T.J. Dillashaw | 5 |
Flyweight | John Dodson | 3 |
Joseph Benavidez | ||
Women's Featherweight | Cristiane Justino | 4 |
Women's Bantamweight | Amanda Nunes | 6 |
Women's Flyweight | Joanne Calderwood | 1 |
Maycee Barber | ||
Valentina Shevchenko | ||
Women's Strawweight | Jessica Andrade | 3 |
In a title bout
All fighters
Fighter | Division/s | Knockouts | |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Anderson Silva | Middleweight | 7 |
2. | Matt Hughes | Welterweight | 5 |
Randy Couture | Light Heavyweight Heavyweight | ||
Chuck Liddell | Light Heavyweight | ||
5. | 8 Fighters | - | 3 |
By division
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In a single event
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 |
Fastest knockouts
In any bout
All fighters
Fighter | Opponent | Division | Event | Time | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Jorge Masvidal | Ben Askren | Welterweight | UFC 239 | 0:05 |
2. | Duane Ludwig | Jonathan Goulet | Welterweight | UFC Fight Night 3 | 0:06[a] |
3. | Todd Duffee | Tim Hague | Heavyweight | UFC 102 | 0:07 |
Chan Sung Jung | Mark Hominick | Featherweight | UFC 140 | ||
Ryan Jimmo | Anthony Perosh | Light Heavyweight | UFC 149 | ||
6. | Don Frye | Thomas Ramirez | Heavyweight | UFC 8 | 0:08 |
James Irvin | Houston Alexander | Light Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night 13 | ||
Leon Edwards | Seth Baczynski | Welterweight | UFC Fight Night 64 | ||
Makwan Amirkhani | Andy Ogle | Featherweight | UFC on Fox 14 |
By division
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In a title bout
All fighters
Fighter | Opponent | Championship | Event | Time | |
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1. | Conor McGregor | José Aldo | Featherweight | UFC 194 | 0:13[7] |
2. | Andrei Arlovski | Paul Buentello | Heavyweight | UFC 55 | 0:15 |
3. | Ronda Rousey | Alexis Davis | Bantamweight (W) | UFC 175 | 0:16 |
4. | Frank Shamrock | Igor Zinoviev | Light Heavyweight | UFC 16 | 0:22 |
5. | Tito Ortiz | Evan Tanner | Light Heavyweight | UFC 30 | 0:32 |
By division
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Latest knockouts
In any bout
All fighters
Fighter | Opponent | Division | Event | Round | Time | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Yair Rodríguez | Chan Sung Jung | Featherweight | UFC Fight Night 139 | 5 | 4:59 |
2. | Jairzinho Rozenstruik | Alistair Overeem | Heavyweight | UFC on ESPN 7 | 4:56 | |
3. | Derrick Lewis | Alexander Volkov | Heavyweight | UFC 229 | 4:49 | |
4. | Kamaru Usman | Colby Covington | Welterweight | UFC 245 | 4:10 | |
5. | Cain Velasquez | Junior Dos Santos | Heavyweight | UFC 166 | 3:09 | |
6. | Ricco Rodriguez | Randy Couture | Heavyweight | UFC 39 | 3:04 | |
7. | Stipe Miocic | Mark Hunt | Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night 65 | 2:47 |
By division
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In a title bout
All fighters
Fighter | Opponent | Division | Event | Round | Time | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Kamaru Usman | Colby Covington | Welterweight | UFC 245 | 5 | 4:10 |
2. | Cain Velasquez | Junior Dos Santos | Heavyweight | UFC 166 | 3:09 | |
3. | Ricco Rodriguez | Randy Couture | Heavyweight | UFC 39 | 3:04 | |
4. | B.J. Penn | Diego Sanchez | Lightweight | UFC 107 | 2:37 | |
5. | T.J. Dillashaw | Renan Barão | Bantamweight | UFC 173 | 2:26 | |
6. | T.J. Dillashaw | Joe Soto | Bantamweight | UFC 177 | 2:20 |
By division
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- ^ Light Heavyweight bout in deprecated UFC Middleweight (171-199 lbs.) class (now known as Light Heavyweight)
Highest knockouts per win percentage
Fighter | Division/s | Knockouts | Wins | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Shawn Jordan | Heavyweight | 6 | 6 | 100% |
Ricco Rodriguez | Heavyweight | 5 | 5 | ||
3. | Roy Nelson | Heavyweight | 8 | 9 | 88.89% |
Derrick Lewis | Heavyweight | ||||
Matt Mitrione | Heavyweight | ||||
6. | Mark Hunt | Heavyweight | 7 | 8 | 87.5% |
- 1.^ Minimum 5 UFC KOs.
Submissions
Most submissions
In any bout
All fighters
By division
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In a title bout
All fighters
Fighter | Division/s | Submissions | |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Demetrious Johnson | Flyweight | 4 |
2. | B.J. Penn | Lightweight Welterweight |
3 |
Jon Jones | Light Heavyweight | ||
Ronda Rousey | Bantamweight (W) | ||
Matt Hughes | Welterweight |
By division
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- ^ 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)
In a single event
Event | Date | Submissions | |
---|---|---|---|
1. | UFC 2 | March 11, 1994 | 10 |
2. | UFC 4 | December 16, 1994 | 8 |
UFC on Fuel TV 10 | 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
In any bout
All fighters
Fighter | Opponent | Division | Event | Time | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Oleg Taktarov | Anthony Macias | Heavyweight | UFC 6 | 0:09 |
2. | Joe Charles | Kevin Rosier | Heavyweight | UFC 4 | 0:14 |
Ronda Rousey | Cat Zingano | Bantamweight (W) | UFC 184 | ||
Justin Martin | Eric Martin | Heavyweight | UFC 12 | ||
5. | Frank Shamrock | Kevin Jackson | Light Heavyweight | UFC 15.5 | 0:16 |
Marcus Aurelio | Ryan Roberts | Lightweight | UFC Fight Night 13 |
By division
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- ^ Light Heavyweight submission in first deprecated UFC Lightweight (< 199 lbs.) class (now known as Light Heavyweight)
In a title bout
All fighters
Fighter | Opponent | Championship | Event | Time | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Ronda Rousey | Cat Zingano | Bantamweight (W) | UFC 184 | 0:14 |
2. | Frank Shamrock | Kevin Jackson | Light Heavyweight | UFC 15.5 | 0:16 |
3. | Andrei Arlovski | Tim Sylvia | Heavyweight | UFC 51 | 0:47 |
4. | Frank Mir | Tim Sylvia | Heavyweight | UFC 48 | 0:50 |
5. | Tito Ortiz | Yuki Kondo | Light Heavyweight | UFC 29 | 1:52 |
By division
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- ^ Light Heavyweight submission in first deprecated UFC Lightweight (< 199 lbs.) class (now known as Light Heavyweight)
Latest submissions
In any bout
All fighters
Fighter | Opponent | Division | Event | Round | Time | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Demetrious Johnson | Kyoji Horiguchi | Flyweight | UFC 186 | 5 | 4:59 |
2. | Frankie Edgar | Cub Swanson | Featherweight | UFC Fight Night 57 | 4:56 | |
3. | Demetrious Johnson | John Moraga | Flyweight | UFC on Fox 8 | 3:43 | |
4. | Miesha Tate | Holly Holm | Bantamweight (W) | UFC 196 | 3:30 | |
5. | Anderson Silva | Chael Sonnen | Middleweight | UFC 117 | 3:10 |
By division
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- ^ At UFC 17, the main event was scheduled for three rounds. One 15-minute round, followed by two 3-minute overtime rounds. The bout ended at 1:28 in the second round. This is equivalent to 1:28 in the modern UFC's fourth round.
In a title bout
All fighters
Fighter | Opponent | Division | Event | Round | Time | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Demetrious Johnson | Kyoji Horiguchi | Flyweight | UFC 186 | 5 | 4:59 |
2. | Demetrious Johnson | John Moraga | Flyweight | UFC on Fox 8 | 3:43 | |
3. | Miesha Tate | Holly Holm | Bantamweight (W) | UFC 196 | 3:30 | |
4. | Anderson Silva | Chael Sonnen | Middleweight | UFC 117 | 3:10 | |
5. | Renan Barão | Michael McDonald | Bantamweight | UFC on Fuel TV 7 | 4 | 3:57 |
By division
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- ^ At UFC 17, the main event was scheduled for three rounds. One 15-minute round, followed by two 3-minute overtime rounds. The bout ended at 1:28 in the second round. This is equivalent to 1:28 in the modern UFC's fourth round.
Highest submissions per win percentage
Fighter | Division/s | SUBs | Wins | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Royce Gracie | Welterweight Openweight Catchweight |
10 | 11 | 90.91% |
2. | Gunnar Nelson | Welterweight Catchweight |
7 | 8 | 87.5% |
3. | Oleg Taktarov | Openweight | 5 | 6 | 83.33% |
4. | Charles Oliveira | Featherweight Lightweight |
13 | 16 | 81.25% |
5. | Rousimar Palhares | Welterweight Middleweight |
6 | 8 | 75.00% |
First-ever Submissions executed in UFC history
- 1.^ Minimum 5 UFC SUBs.
Decisions
Most decision bouts
All fighters
Fighter | Division/s | Wins | Losses | Draws | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Diego Sanchez | Featherweight Lightweight Welterweight Middleweight |
11 | 7 | 0 | 18 |
2. | Gleison Tibau | Lightweight | 11 | 5 | 0 | 16 |
Jeremy Stephens | Featherweight Lightweight |
6 | 10 | 0 | ||
4. | Frankie Edgar | Featherweight Lightweight |
9 | 5 | 1 | 15 |
5. | Sam Stout | Lightweight | 8 | 6 | 0 | 14 |
Michael Bisping | Middleweight Light Heavyweight |
10 | 4 | 0 |
By division
|
- ^ 1 of 5 Light Heavyweight decision wins in deprecated UFC Middleweight (171-199 lbs.) class (now known as Light Heavyweight)
Most unanimous decision wins
All fighters
By division
|
Most split decision wins
All fighters
Fighter | Division/s | SD wins | |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Gleison Tibau | Lightweight | 5 |
2. | Rashad Evans | Light Heavyweight Heavyweight |
4 |
Benson Henderson | Lightweight Welterweight | ||
John Howard | Welterweight Middleweight |
By division
|
Most decision bouts in one event
Event | Date | Venue | City | Decisions | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | 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, U.K. | ||
UFC Fight Night 101 | November 27, 2016 | Rod Laver Arena | Melbourne, Australia | ||
UFC Fight Night 121 | November 18, 2017 | Qudos Bank Arena | Sydney, Australia | ||
UFC on ESPN: dos Anjos vs. Edwards | July 20, 2019 | AT&T Center | San Antonio, Texas, U.S. |
Highest decision wins per win percentage
Fighter | Division/s | Dec. Wins | Wins | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Gray Maynard | Featherweight Lightweight |
9 | 10 | 90.0% |
2. | Benson Henderson | Lightweight Welterweight |
9 | 11 | 81.82% |
3. | Darren Elkins | Featherweight | 9 | 12 | 75.0% |
4. | Nik Lentz | Featherweight Lightweight |
8 | 11 | 72.73% |
Evan Dunham | Lightweight |
- 1.^ Minimum 10 UFC wins.
Striking
Most significant strikes landed
Career
==
In title bouts
All fighters
Fighter | Division/s | Strikes | |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Joanna Jędrzejczyk | Strawweight (W) | 1121 |
2. | Georges St-Pierre | Welterweight Middleweight |
999[8] |
3. | Jon Jones | Light Heavyweight | 878 |
4. | Demetrious Johnson | Flyweight Bantamweight |
812 |
5. | Max Holloway | Featherweight | 662 |
By division
In any single bout
All fighters
Fighter | Opponent | Championship | Event | Strikes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Colby Covington | Robbie Lawler | Welterweight | UFC on ESPN 5 | 344 |
2. | Max Holloway | Brian Ortega | Featherweight | UFC 231 | 290 |
3. | Nate Diaz | Donald Cerrone | Lightweight | UFC 141 | 238 |
4. | Joanna Jędrzejczyk | Jéssica Andrade | Strawweight (W) | UFC 211 | 225 |
5. | Joanna Jędrzejczyk | Valérie Létourneau | Strawweight (W) | UFC 193 | 220 |
6. | Tony Ferguson | Rafael Dos Anjos | Lightweight | The Ultimate Fighter Latin America 3 Finale: dos Anjos vs. Ferguson | 199 |
By division
In a single title bout
All fighters
Fighter | Opponent | Championship | Event | Strikes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Max Holloway | Brian Ortega | Featherweight | UFC 231 | 290 |
2. | Joanna Jędrzejczyk | Jéssica Andrade | Strawweight (W) | UFC 211 | 225 |
3. | Joanna Jędrzejczyk | Valérie Létourneau | Strawweight (W) | UFC 193 | 220 |
4. | Daniel Cormier | Stipe Miocic | Heavyweight | UFC 241 | 181 |
5. | Max Holloway | Dustin Poirier | Lightweight | UFC 236 | 181 |
By division
In a single event
Event | Date | Strikes | |
---|---|---|---|
1. | UFC 231 | December 8, 2018 | 1674 |
2. | UFC 199 | June 4, 2016 | 1490 |
3. | UFC Fight Night 89 | June 18, 2016 | 1391 |
4. | UFC on Fox 24 | April 15, 2017 | 1374 |
5. | UFC Fight Night 98 | November 5, 2016 | 1268 |
Highest significant strike percentage
Fighter | Division/s | Landed | Attempted | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Anderson Silva | Middleweight Light Heavyweight |
740 | 1213 | 61.01% |
2. | Randy Couture | Light Heavyweight Heavyweight |
778 | 1315 | 59.16% |
3. | Fábio Maldonado | Light Heavyweight Heavyweight Catchweight |
717 | 1218 | 58.87% |
4. | Cain Velasquez | Heavyweight | 718 | 1246 | 57.62% |
5. | Fabrício Werdum | Heavyweight | 581 | 1022 | 56.85% |
- 2.^ Minimum 1000 significant strike attempts.
Fighter | Division/s | Landed | Attempted | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Alistair Overeem | Heavyweight | 391 | 525 | 74.48% |
2. | Don Frye | Openweight | 127 | 191 | 66.49% |
3. | Josh Barnett | Super Heavyweight Heavyweight |
392 | 637 | 61.54% |
4. | Anderson Silva | Middleweight Light Heavyweight |
740 | 1213 | 61.01% |
5. | Evan Tanner | Middleweight Light Heavyweight |
388 | 647 | 59.97% |
- 1.^ Minimum 10 UFC bouts.
Highest significant strike landed per minute
Fighter | Division/s | Strikes/minute | |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Cain Velasquez | Heavyweight | 6.49 |
2. | Jéssica Andrade | Strawweight (W) Bantamweight (W) |
6.45 |
3. | Conor McGregor | Featherweight Lightweight Welterweight |
5.82 |
4. | Evan Dunham | Lightweight | 5.68 |
5. | Max Holloway | Featherweight Catchweight |
5.67 |
- 1.^ Minimum 10 UFC bouts.
Knockdowns
Most knockdowns
Career
In any bout
All fighters
By division
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In title bouts
All fighters
Fighter | Division/s | Knockdowns | |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Anderson Silva | Middleweight | 10 |
2. | Chuck Liddell | Light Heavyweight | 7 |
3. | Georges St-Pierre | Welterweight | 6 |
5. | Cain Velasquez | Heavyweight | 6 |
Conor McGregor | Featherweight Lightweight |
By division
In a single bout
In any bout
All fighters
Fighter | Opponent | Division | Event | Knockdowns | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Forrest Petz | Sammy Morgan | Welterweight | UFC Fight Night 6 | 5 |
2. | Nate Marquardt | Dean Lister | Middleweight | UFC Fight Night 8 | 4 |
Brad Blackburn | James Giboo | Welterweight | UFC Fight Night 14 |
By division
In a title bout
All fighters
By division
In a single event
Event | Date | Knockdowns | |
---|---|---|---|
1. | UFC 199 | June 4, 2016 | 15 |
2. | UFC 160 | May 25, 2013 | 12 |
3. | UFC on Versus 4 | June 26, 2011 | 11 |
4. | UFC 84 | May 24, 2008 | 10 |
UFC 85 | June 7, 2008 | ||
UFC 87 | August 9, 2008 | ||
UFC 96 | March 7, 2009 | ||
UFC Fight Night 21 | March 31, 2010 | ||
UFC on FX 6 | December 15, 2012 | ||
The Ultimate Fighter 16 Finale | December 15, 2012 | ||
UFC Fight Night 77 | November 7, 2015 | ||
UFC 202 | August 20, 2016 |
Takedowns
Career
In any bout
All fighters
Fighter | Division/s | Takedowns | |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Georges St-Pierre | Welterweight Middleweight |
90 |
2. | Gleison Tibau | Lightweight | 84 |
3. | Demetrious Johnson | Flyweight Bantamweight |
74 |
4. | Nik Lentz | Featherweight Lightweight |
68 |
5. | Frankie Edgar | Featherweight Lightweight |
67 |
By division
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- ^ 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)
In title bouts
All fighters
Fighter | Division/s | Takedowns | |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Georges St-Pierre | Welterweight Middleweight |
66 |
2. | Demetrious Johnson | Flyweight Bantamweight |
48 |
3. | Khabib Nurmagomedov | Lightweight | 43 |
4. | Matt Hughes | Welterweight | 28 |
By division
In a single bout
In any bout
All fighters
Fighter | Opponent | Division | Event | Rounds | Takedowns | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Khabib Nurmagomedov | Abel Trujillo | Catchweight (158.5 lbs) | UFC 160 | 3 | 21 |
2. | Sean Sherk | Hermes Franca | Lightweight | UFC 73 | 5 | 16 |
3. | Demetrious Johnson | Kyoji Horiguchi | Flyweight | UFC 186 | 14 | |
4. | Luigi Fioravanti | Luke Cummo | Welterweight | UFC 82 | 3 | 13 |
5. | Tim Elliott | Louis Smolka | Flyweight | UFC on Fox 24 | 12 | |
Johny Hendricks | Carlos Condit | Welterweight | UFC 158 | |||
Colby Covington | Bryan Barberena | Welterweight | UFC on Fox 22 | |||
Merab Dvalishvili | Casey Kenney | Bantamweight | UFC on ESPN+ 25 |
By division
In a title bout
All fighters
Fighter | Opponent | Division | Event | Rounds | Takedowns | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Sean Sherk | Hermes Franca | Lightweight | UFC 73 | 5 | 16 |
2. | Demetrious Johnson | Kyoji Horiguchi | Flyweight | UFC 186 | 14 | |
3. | Georges St-Pierre | Dan Hardy | Welterweight | UFC 111 | 11 | |
Cain Velasquez | Junior dos Santos | Heavyweight | UFC 155 |
By division
In a single event
Event | Date | Takedowns | |
---|---|---|---|
1. | UFC 171 | March 15, 2014 | 55 |
2. | UFC 194 | December 12, 2015 | 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 percentage
Fighter | Division/s | Landed | Attempted | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Georges St-Pierre | Welterweight | 90 | 118 | 73.73% |
2. | Tim Elliott | Flyweight | 35 | 52 | 67.31% |
3. | Ramsey Nijem | Lightweight Welterweight |
30 | 48 | 62.50% |
4. | Nate Marquardt | Welterweight Middleweight |
32 | 52 | 61.54% |
5. | Karo Parisyan | Welterweight | 53 | 89 | 59.55% |
- 1.^ Minimum 25 UFC TDs.
Fighter | Division/s | Landed | Attempted | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Rogério Nogueira | Light Heavyweight | 1 | 1 | 100% |
Tim Sylvia | Heavyweight | ||||
3. | Chuck Liddell | Light Heavyweight[a] | 7 | 8 | 87.50% |
4. | Alex Caceres | Bantamweight Featherweight |
9 | 11 | 81.82% |
5. | Max Holloway | Featherweight | 4 | 5 | 80.00% |
Robbie Lawler | Welterweight Middleweight |
16 | 20 |
- 2.^ Minimum 10 UFC bouts.
- ^ 2 of 7 takedowns in deprecated UFC Middleweight (171-199 lbs.) class (now known as Light Heavyweight)
Highest takedowns landed rate
Fighter | Division/s | Takedowns/5 minute round | |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Ramsey Nijem | Lightweight Welterweight |
1.77 |
2. | Karo Parisyan | Welterweight | 1.76 |
3. | Cain Velasquez | Heavyweight | 1.54 |
4. | Gleison Tibau | Lightweight | 1.43 |
5. | Ricardo Almeida | Welterweight Middleweight Light Heavyweight |
1.41 |
- 1.^ Minimum 10 UFC bouts.
Submission attempts
Career
In any bout
All fighters
Fighter | Division | Attempts | |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Jim Miller | Lightweight Catchweight |
39 |
2. | Chris Lytle | Welterweight | 31 |
3. | Joe Lauzon | Lightweight Catchweight |
29 |
4. | Nate Diaz | Lightweight Welterweight |
25 |
5. | Matt Brown | Welterweight | 24 |
Joe Stevenson | Featherweight Lightweight Welterweight | ||
Demian Maia | Welterweight Middleweight | ||
Cole Miller | Featherweight Lightweight |
By division
In title bouts
All fighters
Fighter | Division | Attempts | |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Georges St-Pierre | Welterweight | 12 |
2. | Demetrious Johnson | Flyweight Bantamweight |
10 |
3. | Frank Shamrock | Light Heavyweight | 9[a] |
4. | Matt Hughes | Welterweight | 8 |
5. | B.J. Penn | Lightweight Welterweight |
7 |
- ^ 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)
By division
In a single bout
In any bout
All fighters
Fighter | Opponent | Division | Event | Attempts | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Cole Miller | Leonard Garcia | Lightweight | UFC Fight Night 11 | 10 |
2. | Hermes Franca | Rich Crunkilton | Lightweight | UFC 42 | 9 |
3. | James Wilks | DaMarques Johnson | Welterweight | TUF 9 Finale | 8 |
Ivan Salaverry | Andrei Semenov | Middleweight | UFC 37 | ||
5. | 10 fighters | - | - | - | 7 |
By Division
In a title bout
All fighters
Fighter | Opponent | Division | Event | Attempts | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Georges St-Pierre | Dan Hardy | Welterweight | UFC 111 | 6 |
2. | Kenny Florian | Sean Sherk | Lightweight | UFC 64 | 4 |
Frank Shamrock[a] | John Lober | Light Heavyweight | UFC Brazil | ||
Dave Menne | Gil Castillo | Welterweight | UFC 33 | ||
5. | 11 fighters | - | - | - | 3 |
- ^ 4 of 4 Light Heavyweight title submission attempts in deprecated UFC Middleweight (171-199 lbs.) class (now known as Light Heavyweight)
By division
Highest submission attempt rate
Fighter | Division/s | Submission attempts/5 minute round | |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Dustin Hazelett | Lightweight Welterweight |
1.379 |
2. | Renato Sobral | Light Heavyweight Heavyweight |
1.054 |
3. | Rousimar Palhares | Welterweight Middleweight |
1.047 |
4. | Charles Oliveira | Featherweight Lightweight |
0.908 |
5. | Royce Gracie | Openweight Catchweight |
0.828 |
- 1.^ Minimum 10 UFC bouts.
Championships
Most title reigns
Fighter | Division | Reigns | |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Randy Couture | Heavyweight Light Heavyweight |
6 (5 undisputed, 1 interim) |
2. | Georges St-Pierre | Middleweight Welterweight |
4 (3 undisputed, 1 interim) |
3. | Jon Jones | Light Heavyweight | 3 (2 undisputed, 1 interim) |
Conor McGregor | Lightweight Featherweight | ||
Jose Aldo | Featherweight |
- Bold – Active reign.
Longest single title reigns
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By division
|
- Bold – Active reign.
Longest combined title reigns
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By division
|
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- Bold - Active reign.
Youngest champions
Fighter | Division | Won/Awarded | Birthday | Age | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Jon Jones | Light Heavyweight | Mar 19, 2011 | Jul 19, 1987 | 23 years, 243 days |
2. | Jose Aldo | Featherweight | Nov 20, 2010 | Sept 9, 1986 | 24 years, 72 days2 |
3. | Josh Barnett | Heavyweight | Mar 22, 2002 | Nov 10, 1977 | 24 years, 132 days |
4. | Carlos Newton | Welterweight | May 4, 2001 | Aug 17, 1976 | 24 years, 260 days |
5. | Frank Shamrock | Light Heavyweight | 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.
Oldest champions
Fighter | Division | Last Held | Birthday | Age | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Randy Couture | Heavyweight | Nov 15, 2008 | Jun 22, 1963 | 45 years, 147 days |
2. | Daniel Cormier | Heavyweight | Aug 17, 2019 | Mar 20, 1979 | 40 years, 150 days |
3. | Fabrício Werdum | Heavyweight | May 14, 2016 | Jul 30, 1977 | 38 years, 289 days |
4. | Michael Bisping | Middleweight | Nov 4, 2017 | Feb 28, 1979 | 38 years, 249 days |
5. | Anderson Silva | Middleweight | Jul 6, 2013 | Apr 14, 1975 | 38 years, 83 days |
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Multi-division champions
Fighters who have won championships in multiple weight classes.[9] 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.
Champion | Division | Won | Lost | Defenses | Reign | Total reign |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Randy Couture | Heavyweight | Dec 21, 1997 (UFC Japan) | Jan ?, 1998 (stripped) | 0 | ? days | 1,478+ days |
Nov 17, 2000 (UFC 28) | Mar 22, 2002 (UFC 36) | 2 | 490 days | |||
Light Heavyweight | 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 | |||
Heavyweight | Mar 3, 2007 (UFC 68) | Nov 15, 2008 (UFC 91) | 1 | 623 days | ||
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 | ||
Conor McGregor | Featherweight | Dec 12, 2015 (UFC 194) | Nov 26, 2016 (stripped) | 0 | 350 days | 862 days |
Lightweight | Nov 12, 2016 (UFC 205) | Apr 7, 2018 (stripped) | 0 | 512 days | ||
Georges St-Pierre | Welterweight | Nov 18, 2006 (UFC 65) | Apr 7, 2007 (UFC 69) | 0 | 140 days | 4,773 days |
Apr 19, 2008 (UFC 83) | Dec 13, 2013 (vacated) | 9 | 2,064 days | |||
Middleweight | Nov 4, 2017 (UFC 217) | Dec 7, 2017 (vacated) | 0 | 34 days | ||
Daniel Cormier | Light Heavyweight | May 23, 2015 (UFC 187) | Dec 29, 2018 (vacated) | 3 | 1143 days | 1550 days |
Heavyweight | Jul 7, 2018 (UFC 226) | Aug 17, 2019 (UFC 241) | 1 | 407 days | ||
Amanda Nunes | Women's Bantamweight | Jul 9, 2016 (UFC 200) | Incumbent | 5 | 3052 days | 5201 days |
Women's Featherweight | Dec 29, 2018 (UFC 232) | Incumbent | 0 | 2149 days | ||
Henry Cejudo | Flyweight | Aug 4, 2018 (UFC 227) | Dec 19, 2019 (vacated) | 1 | 502 days | 2490 days |
Bantamweight | June 8, 2019 (UFC 238) | Incumbent | 0 | 1988 days |
- Bold - Active reigns.
Tournaments
Multiple tournament wins
Fighter | Tournament | Wins | |
---|---|---|---|
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 |
Bonuses
Most overall
Fighter | No. of bonuses | |
---|---|---|
1. | Donald Cerrone | 18 |
2. | Charles Oliveira | 16 |
3. | Nate Diaz | 15 |
Joe Lauzon | ||
5. | Anderson Silva | 14 |
Most Performance of the Night bonuses
Fighter | POTN bonuses | |
---|---|---|
1. | Charles Oliveira | 10 |
2. | Donald Cerrone | 7 |
Conor McGregor | ||
4. | Stipe Miocic | 5 |
T.J. Dillashaw | ||
Anthony Johnson |
Most Fight of the Night bonuses
Fighter | FOTN bonuses | |
---|---|---|
1. | Nate Diaz | 8 |
2. | Frankie Edgar | 7 |
Diego Sanchez | ||
Joe Lauzon | ||
Edson Barboza | ||
Jim Miller | ||
7. | Clay Guida | 6 |
Chris Lytle | ||
Sam Stout | ||
Dustin Poirier | ||
Donald Cerrone | ||
Jeremy Stephens |
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 |
Chris Lytle | ||
Jim Miller | ||
Charles Oliveira |
Attendances
Overall
Event | Main Event | Date | Venue | City | Attendance | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | UFC 243 | Whittaker (c) vs. Adesanya (ic) | Oct 6, 2019 | Marvel Stadium | Melbourne, Australia | 57,127[10] |
2. | UFC 193 | Rousey (c) vs. Holm | Nov 14, 2015 | Etihad Stadium | Melbourne, Australia | 56,214[11] |
3. | UFC 129 | St-Pierre (c) vs. Shields | Apr 30, 2011 | Rogers Centre | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | 55,724[12] |
4. | UFC 198 | Werdum (c) vs. Miocic | May 14, 2016 | Arena da Baixada | Curitiba, Brazil | 45,207[13] |
5. | UFC on Fox 14 | Gustafsson vs. Johnson | Jan 24, 2015 | Tele2 Arena | Stockholm, Sweden | 30,000[14] |
United States
Event | Main Event | Date | Venue | City | Attendance | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | UFC 205 | Alvarez (c) vs. McGregor | Nov 12, 2016 | Madison Square Garden | New York City, New York | 20,427 |
2. | UFC 244 | Masvidal vs. Diaz | Nov 2, 2019 | Madison Square Garden | New York City, New York | 20,143 |
3. | UFC 229 | Khabib (c) vs. McGregor | Oct 6, 2018 | T-Mobile Arena | Paradise, Nevada | 20,034 |
4. | UFC 171 | Hendricks vs. Lawler | Mar 15, 2014 | American Airlines Center | Dallas, Texas | 19,324 |
5. | UFC 68 | Sylvia (c) vs. Couture | Mar 3, 2007 | Nationwide Arena | Columbus, Ohio | 19,049 |
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 Disney+ 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 Disney do not report on pay-per-view buys starting with UFC 236.
Highest Pay-Per-View buys[citation needed]
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 202 | Diaz vs. McGregor 2 | Aug 20, 2016 | T-Mobile Arena | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | 1,600,000 |
3. | UFC 196 | McGregor vs. Diaz | Mar 5, 2016 | MGM Grand Garden Arena | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | 1,317,000 |
4. | UFC 100 | Lesnar (c) vs. Mir (ic) 2 | Jul 11, 2009 | Mandalay Bay Events Center | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | 1,300,000 |
UFC 205 | Alvarez (c) vs. McGregor | Nov 12, 2016 | Madison Square Garden | New York City, U.S. | 1,300,000 | |
6. | UFC 194 | Aldo (c) vs. McGregor (ic) | Dec 12, 2015 | MGM Grand Garden Arena | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | 1,200,000 |
Highest Pay-Per-View buys for a non-championship main event
Event | Main Event | Date | Venue | City | PPV Buys | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | UFC 202 | Diaz vs. McGregor 2 | Aug 20, 2016 | T-Mobile Arena | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | 1,600,000 |
2. | UFC 196 | McGregor vs. Diaz | Mar 5, 2016 | MGM Grand Garden Arena | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | 1,317,000 |
3. | UFC 114 | Rampage vs. Evans | May 29, 2010 | MGM Grand Garden Arena | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | 1,050,000 |
4. | UFC 141 | Lesnar vs. Overeem | Dec 30, 2011 | MGM Grand Garden Arena | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | 750,000 |
5. | UFC 183 | Silva vs. Diaz | Jan 31, 2015 | MGM Grand Garden Arena | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | 650,000 |
Lowest Pay-Per-View buys for a championship main event
UFC 1–100 | ||||
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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. Rodriguez6 | 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, 2015 | 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[15] |
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 a Disney+ subscription is required. Neither UFC nor Disney 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 | New York City, New York U.S. | $17,700,000 |
2. | UFC 229 | Khabib (c) vs. McGregor | Oct 6, 2018 | T-Mobile Arena | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | $17,200,000 |
3. | UFC 129 | St-Pierre (c) vs. Shields | Apr 30, 2011 | Rogers Centre | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | $12,075,000 |
4. | UFC 246 | McGregor vs. Cowboy | Jan 18, 2020 | T-Mobile Arena | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | $11,100,000 |
5. | UFC 200 | Tate (c) vs. Nunes | Jul 9, 2016 | T-Mobile Arena | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | $10,700,000 |
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