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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
Fighter Division Bouts
1. United States Donald Cerrone Welterweight
Lightweight
34
United States Jim Miller Lightweight
Catchweight
3. United States Jeremy Stephens Featherweight
Lightweight
32
Brazil Demian Maia Welterweight
Middleweight
5. Belarus Andrei Arlovski Heavyweight 31
United States Diego Sanchez Welterweight
Lightweight
Featherweight
Middleweight
7. Brazil Rafael dos Anjos Welterweight
Lightweight
29
England Michael Bisping Middleweight
Light Heavyweight
9. United States Clay Guida Lightweight
Featherweight
28
Brazil Gleison Tibau Lightweight
Catchweight
Welterweight
By division
Division Fighter Bouts
Heavyweight Belarus Andrei Arlovski 31
Light Heavyweight United States Tito Ortiz[a] 27
Middleweight England Michael Bisping 24
Welterweight Brazil Thiago Alves 25
United States Matt Brown
Lightweight United States Jim Miller 33
Featherweight United States Max Holloway 20
Bantamweight United States Urijah Faber 17
Flyweight United States Joseph Benavidez 17
Women's Featherweight Australia Megan Anderson 5
Brazil Cris Cyborg
Women's Bantamweight Brazil Amanda Nunes 12
United States Raquel Pennington
Women's Flyweight Canada Gillian Robertson 6
United States Roxanne Modafferi
United States Katlyn Chookagian
Women's Strawweight United States Angela Hill 14
Canada Randa Markos
  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)

In a title bout

All fighters
Fighter Division Wins Losses Draws NC Total
1. United States Jon Jones Light Heavyweight 15 0 0 0 15
United States Randy Couture Heavyweight
Light Heavyweight
9 6 0 0
Canada Georges St-Pierre Middleweight
Welterweight
13 2 0 0
4. United States Demetrious Johnson Flyweight
Bantamweight
12 2 0 0 14
5. Brazil Anderson Silva Middleweight 11 2 0 0 13
6. United States Matt Hughes Welterweight 9 3 0 0 12
7. Brazil Jose Aldo Featherweight 8 3 0 0 11
United States B.J. Penn Lightweight
Welterweight
5 5 1 0
By division
Division Fighter Bouts
Heavyweight United States Tim Sylvia 9
United States Randy Couture
Light Heavyweight United States Jon Jones 15
Middleweight Brazil Anderson Silva 13
Welterweight Canada Georges St-Pierre 14
Lightweight United States B.J. Penn 8
Featherweight Brazil Jose Aldo 11
Bantamweight Brazil Renan Barao 6
United States TJ Dillashaw
Flyweight United States Demetrious Johnson 13
Women's Featherweight Brazil Cris Cyborg 4
Women's Bantamweight United States Ronda Rousey 8
Women's Flyweight Kyrgyzstan Valentina Shevchenko 4
Women's Strawweight Poland Joanna Jedrzejczyk 9

In a calendar year

Fighter Division/s Year Bouts[a]
1. United States Chris Leben Middleweight 2006 5
United States Roger Huerta Lightweight 2007
United States Donald Cerrone Lightweight 2011
United States Daron Cruickshank Lightweight 2014
United States Neil Magny Welterweight 2014
2015
Jamaica Uriah Hall Middleweight 2015
United Kingdom Ross Pearson Lightweight
Welterweight
2016
Brazil Thiago Santos Middleweight

Light Heavyweight

2018
United States Greg Hardy Heavyweight 2019
  1. ^ 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. United States Frankie Edgar Featherweight
Lightweight
7:16:11
2. Brazil Demian Maia Middleweight
Welterweight
6:32:06
3. Brazil Rafael Dos Anjos Lightweight
Welterweight
6:28:11
4. United States Jeremy Stephens Featherweight
Lightweight
6:20:38
5. United States Diego Sanchez Welterweight
Lightweight
Featherweight
Catchweight
Middleweight
6:08:58
By division
Division/s Fighter Time (hh:mm:ss)
Heavyweight Belarus Andrei Arlovski 4:33:42
Light Heavyweight United States Jon Jones 5:40:15
Middleweight United Kingdom Michael Bisping 5:15:15
Welterweight Canada Georges St-Pierre 5:28:12
Lightweight United States Jim Miller 5:06:47
Featherweight United States Darren Elkins 4:09:04
Bantamweight United States Urijah Faber 3:29:50
Flyweight United States Demetrious Johnson 4:39:12
Women's Featherweight Brazil Cris Cyborg 0:56:12
Women's Bantamweight United States Miesha Tate 2:05:39
Women's Flyweight Kyrgyzstan Valentina Shevchenko 1:04:51
Women's Strawweight Poland Joanna Jędrzejczyk 2:33:39

In title bouts

All fighters
Fighter Division/s Time (hh:mm:ss)
1. United States Jon Jones Light Heavyweight 4:39:47
2. Canada Georges St-Pierre Welterweight
Middleweight
4:14:28
3. United States Demetrious Johnson Flyweight
Bantamweight
3:45:57
4. United States Randy Couture Light Heavyweight
Heavyweight
3:33:00
5. United States B.J. Penn Featherweight
Lightweight
Welterweight
3:24:05
By division

Most PPV Main Events

Fighter Division/s PPV Main Events Total
1. United States 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. Brazil Anderson Silva Middleweight
Light Heavyweight
64, 67, 73, 77, 82, 90, 97, 112, 117, 126,
134, 148 153, 162, 168, 183, 234
17
3. United States Tito Ortiz Light Heavyweight 13, 19, 22, 25, 29, 30, 32, 33, 40, 44, 47,
50, 51, 66, 106, 133
16
4. United States Jon Jones Light Heavyweight 128, 135, 140, 145, 152, 159, 165, 172,
182, 197, 214, 232, 235, 239, 247
15
5. Canada 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
Fighter Division Wins
1. United States Donald Cerrone Lightweight
Welterweight
23
2. Brazil Demian Maia Welterweight
Middleweight
22
3. United States Jim Miller Lightweight
Catchweight
20
United States Jon Jones Light Heavyweight
England Michael Bisping Middleweight
Light Heavyweight
Canada Georges St-Pierre Middleweight
Welterweight
7. United States Diego Sanchez Welterweight
Lightweight
Middleweight
19
8. Brazil Rafael dos Anjos Welterweight
Lightweight
18
United States Matt Hughes[a] Welterweight
Catchweight
  1. ^ Not listed in source, information fount in fighter's page.
By division
Division Fighter Wins
Heavyweight Belarus Andrei Arlovski 17
Light Heavyweight United States Jon Jones 20
Middleweight England Michael Bisping 16
Welterweight Canada Georges St-Pierre 19
Lightweight United States Jim Miller 19
Featherweight United States Max Holloway 16
Bantamweight United States T.J. Dillashaw 12
Flyweight United States Joseph Benavidez 13
United States Demetrious Johnson
Women's Featherweight Brazil Cris Cyborg 4
Women's Bantamweight Brazil Amanda Nunes 11
Women's Flyweight Kyrgyzstan Valentina Shevchenko 5
Women's Strawweight Poland Joanna Jedrzejczyk 10

In a title bout

All fighters
Fighter Division Wins
1. United States Jon Jones Light Heavyweight 14
2. Canada Georges St-Pierre Middleweight
Welterweight
13
3. United States Demetrious Johnson Flyweight 12
4. Brazil Anderson Silva Middleweight 11
5. United States Matt Hughes Welterweight 9
United States Randy Couture Heavyweight
Light Heavyweight
By division
Division Fighter Wins
Heavyweight United States Randy Couture 6
Light Heavyweight United States Jon Jones 14
Middleweight Brazil Anderson Silva 11
Welterweight Canada Georges St-Pierre 12
Lightweight United States B.J. Penn 4
United States Benson Henderson
Featherweight Brazil Jose Aldo 8
Bantamweight United States T.J. Dillashaw 5
Flyweight United States Demetrious Johnson 12
Women's Featherweight Brazil Cris Cyborg 3
Women's Bantamweight Brazil Amanda Nunes 6
United States Ronda Rousey
Women's Flyweight Kyrgyzstan Valentina Shevchenko 4
Women's Strawweight Poland Joanna Jedrzejczyk 6

In a calendar year

Fighter Division/s Year Dates Events Opponents Wins[a]
United States 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
United States 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
  1. ^ Does not include multiple-bout tournaments

Highest win percentage

Fighter Division Wins Losses Draws %
1. Russia Khabib Nurmagomedov Lightweight
Catchweight
12 0 0 100.00
Nigeria Kamaru Usman Welterweight 11 0 0
3. United States Jon Jones Light Heavyweight 20 1 0 95.24
4. United States Tony Ferguson Lightweight
Welterweight
15 1 0 93.75
5. Brazil Amanda Nunes Bantamweight
Featherweight
12 1 0 92.31
6. Canada 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. Brazil Anderson Silva Light Heavyweight
Middleweight
Jun 28, 2006 Jul 6, 2013 16
2. United States Jon Jones Light Heavyweight Mar 21, 2010 Jul 29, 2017 13
United States Demetrious Johnson Flyweight Jun 8, 2012 Aug 4, 2018
Canada Georges St-Pierre Middleweight
Welterweight
Aug 25, 2007 Active
United States Max Holloway Featherweight
Catchweight
Jan 4, 2014 Apr 13, 2019
6. United States Tony Ferguson Lightweight Oct 17, 2013 Active 12
Russia Khabib Nurmagomedov Lightweight
Catchweight
Jan 20, 2012
8. Nigeria Kamaru Usman Welterweight Jul 12, 2015 Active 11
Brazil Royce Gracie[a] Openweight Nov 12, 1993 Apr 7, 1995
10. Brazil Amanda Nunes Bantamweight
Featherweight
Mar 21, 2015 Active 10

By division

Division Fighter Began Ended Winning streak
Heavyweight Brazil Junior dos Santos Oct 25, 2008 Dec 29, 2012 9
Light Heavyweight United States Jon Jones Mar 21, 2010 Jul 29, 2017 13
Middleweight Brazil Anderson Silva Jun 28, 2006 Jul 6, 2013 13
Welterweight Canada Georges St-Pierre Aug 25, 2007 Active 12
Lightweight United States Tony Ferguson Oct 17, 2013 Active 12
Featherweight United States Max Holloway Jan 4, 2014 Dec 14, 2019 13
Bantamweight Brazil Renan Barao May 20, 2011 May 24, 2014 7
Brazil Raphael Assuncao Aug 27, 2011 Jul 9, 2016
Flyweight United States Demetrious Johnson Jun 8, 2012 Aug 4, 2018 13
Women's Featherweight Brazil Cris Cyborg Jul 29, 2017 Dec 29, 2018 3
Women's Bantamweight Brazil Amanda Nunes Mar 21, 2015 Active 9
Women's Flyweight Kyrgyzstan Valentina Shevchenko Feb 3, 2018 Active 5
Women's Strawweight Poland Joanna Jedrzejczyk Dec 13, 2014 Nov 4, 2017 8
  1. ^ Not listed in source, information fount in fighter's page.

Finishes

Most finishes

In any bout

All fighters

Updated to 11 April, 2020[4]

Fighter Division/s Finishes
1. United States Donald Cerrone Welterweight
Lightweight
16
Brazil Charles Oliveira Lightweight
Featherweight
Catchweight
3. Brazil Vitor Belfort[a] Middleweight
Light Heavyweight
Heavyweight
Catchweight
14
Brazil Anderson Silva Middleweight
Light Heavyweight
5. United States Frank Mir Heavyweight 13
United States Matt Hughes Welterweight
Catchweight
United States Joe Lauzon Lightweight
Catchweight
By division
Division/s Fighter Finishes
Heavyweight United States Frank Mir 13
Light Heavyweight United States Chuck Liddell[b] 10
United States Tito Ortiz[c]
United States Jon Jones
Brazil Glover Teixeira
Middleweight Brazil Anderson Silva 11
Welterweight United States Matt Hughes 12
Lightweight United States Joe Lauzon 11
Featherweight United States Max Holloway 9
Bantamweight United States T.J. Dillashaw 7
Flyweight United States Demetrious Johnson 7
Women's Featherweight Brazil Cristiane Justino 2
Women's Bantamweight Brazil Amanda Nunes 7
Women's Flyweight Canada Gillian Robertson 4
Women's Strawweight United States Rose Namajunas 4
Brazil Jéssica Andrade
  1. ^ Not listed in source, information fount in fighter's page.
  2. ^ 1 of 10 Light Heavyweight finishes in deprecated UFC Middleweight (171-199 lbs.) class (now known as Light Heavyweight)
  3. ^ 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
Fighter Division/s Finishes
1. Brazil Anderson Silva Middleweight
9
2. United States Matt Hughes Welterweight 8
3. United States Demetrious Johnson Flyweight 7
4. United States Ronda Rousey Bantamweight (W) 6
United States Jon Jones Light Heavyweight
6. Canada Georges St-Pierre Welterweight
Middleweight
5
United States Frank Shamrock Light Heavyweight[a]
United States Randy Couture Light Heavyweight
Heavyweight
United States B.J. Penn Lightweight
Welterweight
United States Chuck Liddell Light Heavyweight
  1. ^ 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
Division/s Fighter Finishes
Heavyweight United States Stipe Miocic 4
Light Heavyweight United States Jon Jones 6
Middleweight Brazil Anderson Silva 9
Welterweight United States Matt Hughes 8
Lightweight United States B.J. Penn 4
Featherweight United States Max Holloway 4
Bantamweight United States T.J. Dillashaw 5
Flyweight United States Demetrious Johnson 7
Women's Featherweight Brazil Cristiane Justino 2
Women's Bantamweight United States Ronda Rousey 6
Women's Flyweight Kyrgyzstan Valentina Shevchenko 2
Women's Strawweight Poland Joanna Jędrzejczyk 2

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
1. United States Jorge Masvidal Ben Askren Welterweight UFC 239 Knockout 0:05[5]
2. United States Duane Ludwig Jonathan Goulet Welterweight UFC Fight Night 3 Knockout 0:06[a]
3. United States Todd Duffee Tim Hague Heavyweight UFC 102 Knockout 0:07
South Korea Chan Sung Jung Mark Hominick Featherweight UFC 140 Knockout
Canada Ryan Jimmo Anthony Perosh Light Heavyweight UFC 149 Knockout
6. United States Don Frye Thomas Ramirez Heavyweight UFC 8 Knockout 0:08
United States James Irvin Houston Alexander Light Heavyweight UFC Fight Night 13 Knockout
Jamaica Leon Edwards Seth Baczynski Welterweight UFC Fight Night 64 Knockout
Finland Makwan Amirkhani Andy Ogle Featherweight UFC on Fox 14 Knockout
  1. ^ Official UFC records have the bout time at 0:11, Dana White and UFC officials have admitted[6] the actual KO time was 0:06.06. The NSAC cannot retroactively amend bout times, however this is considered the second fastest finish and KO in UFC history.
By division
Division Fighter Opponent Event Type of finish Time
Heavyweight United States Todd Duffee Tim Hague UFC 102 Knockout 0:07
Light Heavyweight Canada Ryan Jimmo Anthony Perosh UFC 149 Knockout 0:07
Middleweight England Mark Weir Eugene Jackson UFC 38 Knockout 0:10
Welterweight United States Jorge Masvidal Ben Askren UFC 239 Knockout 0:05 [5]
Lightweight United States Gray Maynard Joe Veres UFC Fight Night 11 Knockout 0:09
Featherweight South Korea Chan Sung Jung Mark Hominick UFC 140 Knockout 0:07
Bantamweight Mexico Erik Perez Ken Stone UFC 150 Knockout 0:17
Flyweight United States Dustin Ortiz Hector Sandoval UFC Fight Night 114 Knockout 0:15
Women's Featherweight Brazil Amanda Nunes Cristiane Justino UFC 232 Knockout 0:51
Women's Bantamweight United States Ronda Rousey Cat Zingano UFC 184 Submission 0:14
Women's Flyweight Venezuela Veronica Macedo Polyana Viana UFC Fight Night 156 Submission 1:06
Women's Strawweight Brazil Poliana Botelho Syuri Kondo UFC Fight Night 129 Knockout 0:33

In a title bout

All fighters
Fighter Opponent Championship Event Type of finish Time
1. Republic of Ireland Conor McGregor José Aldo Featherweight UFC 194 Knockout 0:13
2. United States Ronda Rousey Cat Zingano Bantamweight (W) UFC 184 Submission 0:14
3. Belarus Andrei Arlovski Paul Buentello Heavyweight UFC 55 Knockout 0:15
4. United States Ronda Rousey Alexis Davis Bantamweight (W) UFC 175 Knockout 0:16
United States Frank Shamrock Kevin Jackson Light Heavyweight UFC 15.5 Submission
By division
Division Fighter Opponent Event Type of finish Time
Heavyweight Belarus Andrei Arlovski Paul Buentello UFC 55 Knockout 0:15
Light Heavyweight United States Frank Shamrock Kevin Jackson UFC Japan: Ultimate Japan Submission 0:16
Middleweight United States Rich Franklin Nate Quarry UFC 56 Knockout 2:34
Welterweight United States Tyron Woodley Robbie Lawler UFC 201 Knockout 2:12
Lightweight Brazil Rafael Dos Anjos Donald Cerrone UFC on Fox 17 Knockout 1:06
Featherweight Republic of Ireland Conor McGregor José Aldo UFC 194 Knockout 0:13
Bantamweight Brazil Renan Barão Urijah Faber UFC 169 Knockout 3:42
Flyweight United States Henry Cejudo TJ Dillashaw UFC on ESPN+ 1 Knockout 0:32
Women's Featherweight Brazil Amanda Nunes Cristiane Justino UFC 232 Knockout 0:51
Women's Bantamweight United States Ronda Rousey Cat Zingano UFC 184 Submission 0:14
Women's Flyweight Kyrgyzstan Valentina Shevchenko Jessica Eye UFC 238 Knockout 5:26
Women's Strawweight China Weili Zhang Jessica Andrade UFC Fight Night: Andrade vs. Zhang Knockout 0:42

Latest finishes

In any bout

All fighters
Fighter Opponent Division Event Type of finish Round Time
1. United States Demetrious Johnson Kyoji Horiguchi Flyweight UFC 186 Submission 5 4:59
Mexico Yair Rodríguez Chan Sung Jung Featherweight UFC Fight Night 139 Knockout
3. United States Frankie Edgar Cub Swanson Featherweight UFC Fight Night 57 Submission 4:56
Suriname Jairzinho Rozenstruik Alistair Overeem Heavyweight UFC on ESPN 7 Knockout
5. Nigeria Kamaru Usman Colby Covington Welterweight UFC 245 Knockout 4:10
6. United States Demetrious Johnson John Moraga Flyweight UFC on Fox 8 Submission 3:43
7. United States Miesha Tate Holly Holm Bantamweight (W) UFC 196 Submission 3:30
By division
Division/s Fighter Opponent Event Type of finish Round Time
Heavyweight Suriname Jairzinho Rozenstruik Alistair Overeem UFC on ESPN 7 Knockout 5 4:56
Light Heavyweight Sweden Alexander Gustafsson Glover Teixeira UFC Fight Night 109 Knockout 1:07
Middleweight Brazil Anderson Silva Chael Sonnen UFC 117 Submission 3:10
Welterweight Nigeria Kamaru Usman Colby Covington UFC 245 Knockout 4:10
Lightweight United States B.J. Penn Diego Sanchez UFC 107 Knockout 2:37
Featherweight Mexico Yair Rodríguez Chan Sung Jung UFC Fight Night 139 Knockout 4:59
Bantamweight United States T.J. Dillashaw Renan Barão UFC 173 Knockout 2:26
Flyweight United States Demetrious Johnson Kyoji Horiguchi UFC 186 Submission 4:59
Women's Featherweight Brazil Cristiane Justino Tonya Evinger UFC 214 Knockout 3 1:56
Women's Bantamweight United States Miesha Tate Holly Holm UFC 196 Submission 5 3:30
Women's Flyweight Scotland Joanne Calderwood Valérie Létourneau UFC Fight Night 89 Knockout 3 2:51
Women's Strawweight United States Rose Namajunas Paige VanZant UFC Fight Night 80 Submission 5 2:25

In a title bout

All fighters
Fighter Opponent Division Event Type of finish Round Time
1. United States Demetrious Johnson Kyoji Horiguchi Flyweight UFC 186 Submission 5 4:59
2. Nigeria Kamaru Usman Colby Covington Welterweight UFC 245 Knockout 4:10
3. United States Demetrious Johnson John Moraga Flyweight UFC on Fox 8 Submission 3:43
4. United States Miesha Tate Holly Holm Bantamweight (W) UFC 196 Submission 3:30
5. Brazil Anderson Silva Chael Sonnen Middleweight UFC 117 Submission 3:10
6. United States Cain Velasquez Junior Dos Santos Heavyweight UFC 166 Knockout 3:09
By division
Division/s Fighter Opponent Event Type of finish Round Time
Heavyweight United States Cain Velasquez Junior Dos Santos UFC 166 Knockout 5 3:09
Light Heavyweight[a] United States Frank Shamrock Tito Ortiz UFC 22 Knockout 4 4:42
Middleweight Brazil Anderson Silva Chael Sonnen UFC 117 Submission 5 3:10
Welterweight Nigeria Kamaru Usman Colby Covington UFC 245 Knockout 4:10
Lightweight United States B.J. Penn Diego Sanchez UFC 107 Knockout 2:37
Featherweight Brazil José Aldo Chan Sung Jung UFC 163 Knockout 4 2:00
Bantamweight United States T.J. Dillashaw Renan Barão UFC 173 Knockout 5 2:26
Flyweight United States Demetrious Johnson Kyoji Horiguchi UFC 186 Submission 4:59
Women's Featherweight Brazil Cristiane Justino Tonya Evinger UFC 214 Knockout 3 1:56
Women's Bantamweight United States Miesha Tate Holly Holm UFC 196 Submission 5 3:30
Women's Flyweight Kyrgyzstan Valentina Shevchenko Jessica Eye UFC 238 Knockout 2 0:26
Women's Strawweight Poland Joanna Jędrzejczyk Jessica Penne UFC Fight Night 69 Knockout 3 4:22
  1. ^ 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. Brazil Charles Oliveira Featherweight
Lightweight
15 16 93.75%
2. Brazil Vitor Belfort Middleweight
Light Heavyweight
Heavyweight
Catchweight
14 15 93.33%
3. Brazil Gabriel Gonzaga Heavyweight 11 12 91.67%
United States 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]

Fighter Division/s Knockouts
1. Brazil Vítor Belfort[a] Middleweight
Catchweight
Light Heavyweight
Heavyweight
12
2. Brazil Anderson Silva Middleweight
Light Heavyweight
11
United States Anthony Johnson Light Heavyweight
Middleweight
Brazil Thiago Santos Middleweight
Light Heavyweight
United States Matt Brown Welterweight
6. United States Chuck Liddell[b] Light Heavyweight 10
United Kingdom Michael Bisping Middleweight
Light Heavyweight
United States Cain Velasquez Heavyweight
United States Derrick Lewis Heavyweight
United States Donald Cerrone Welterweight
Lightweight
  1. ^ Not listed in source, information fount in fighter's page.
  2. ^ 1 of 10 knockouts in deprecated UFC Middleweight (171-199 lbs.) class (now known as Light Heavyweight)
By division
Division/s Fighter Knockouts
Heavyweight United States Cain Velasquez 10
Light Heavyweight United States Chuck Liddell 10
Middleweight Brazil Anderson Silva 8
Welterweight United States Matt Brown 10
Lightweight Brazil Edson Barboza 7
Featherweight United States Max Holloway 9
Bantamweight United States T.J. Dillashaw 5
Flyweight United States John Dodson 3
United States Joseph Benavidez
Women's Featherweight Brazil Cristiane Justino 4
Women's Bantamweight Brazil Amanda Nunes 6
Women's Flyweight Scotland Joanne Calderwood 1
United States Maycee Barber
Kyrgyzstan Valentina Shevchenko
Women's Strawweight Brazil Jessica Andrade 3

In a title bout

All fighters
Fighter Division/s Knockouts
1. Brazil Anderson Silva Middleweight 7
2. United States Matt Hughes Welterweight 5
United States Randy Couture Light Heavyweight
Heavyweight
United States Chuck Liddell Light Heavyweight
5. 8 Fighters - 3
By division
Division/s Fighter Knockouts
Heavyweight United States Cain Velasquez 4
United States Stipe Miocic
Light Heavyweight United States Chuck Liddell 5
Middleweight Brazil Anderson Silva 7
Welterweight United States Matt Hughes 5
Lightweight United States B.J. Penn 2
Featherweight United States Max Holloway 3
Bantamweight United States T.J. Dillashaw 3
Flyweight United States Demetrious Johnson 2
Women's Featherweight Brazil Cristiane Justino 1
Women's Bantamweight United States Ronda Rousey 3
Women's Flyweight Kyrgyzstan Valentina Shevchenko 1
Women's Strawweight Poland Joanna Jędrzejczyk 2

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. United States Jorge Masvidal Ben Askren Welterweight UFC 239 0:05
2. United States Duane Ludwig Jonathan Goulet Welterweight UFC Fight Night 3 0:06[a]
3. United States Todd Duffee Tim Hague Heavyweight UFC 102 0:07
South Korea Chan Sung Jung Mark Hominick Featherweight UFC 140
Canada Ryan Jimmo Anthony Perosh Light Heavyweight UFC 149
6. United States Don Frye Thomas Ramirez Heavyweight UFC 8 0:08
United States James Irvin Houston Alexander Light Heavyweight UFC Fight Night 13
England Leon Edwards Seth Baczynski Welterweight UFC Fight Night 64
Finland Makwan Amirkhani Andy Ogle Featherweight UFC on Fox 14
  1. ^ Official UFC records have the bout time at 0:11, Dana White and UFC officials have admitted[6] the actual KO time was 0:06. The NSAC cannot retroactively amend bout times.
By division
Division Fighter Opponent Event Time
Heavyweight United States Todd Duffee Tim Hague UFC 102 0:07
Light Heavyweight Canada Ryan Jimmo Anthony Perosh UFC 149 0:07
Middleweight England Mark Weir Eugene Jackson UFC 38 0:10
Welterweight United States Jorge Masvidal Ben Askren UFC 239 0:05
Lightweight United States Gray Maynard Joe Veres UFC Fight Night 11 0:09
Featherweight South Korea Chan Sung Jung Mark Hominick UFC 140 0:07
Bantamweight Mexico Erik Perez Ken Stone UFC 150 0:17
Flyweight United States Dustin Ortiz Hector Sandoval UFC Fight Night 114 0:15
Women's Featherweight Brazil Amanda Nunes Cris Cyborg UFC 232 0:51
Women's Bantamweight United States Ronda Rousey Alexis Davis UFC 175 0:16
Women's Flyweight Kyrgyzstan Valentina Shevchenko Jessica Eye UFC 238 5:26
Women's Strawweight China Weili Zhang Jéssica Andrade UFC Fight Night: Andrade vs. Zhang 0:42

In a title bout

All fighters
Fighter Opponent Championship Event Time
1. Republic of Ireland Conor McGregor José Aldo Featherweight UFC 194 0:13[7]
2. Belarus Andrei Arlovski Paul Buentello Heavyweight UFC 55 0:15
3. United States Ronda Rousey Alexis Davis Bantamweight (W) UFC 175 0:16
4. United States Frank Shamrock Igor Zinoviev Light Heavyweight UFC 16 0:22
5. United States Tito Ortiz Evan Tanner Light Heavyweight UFC 30 0:32
By division
Division Fighter Opponent Event Time
Heavyweight Belarus Andrei Arlovski Paul Buentello UFC 55 0:15
Light Heavyweight United States Frank Shamrock Igor Zinoviev UFC 16 0:22
Middleweight United States Rich Franklin Nate Quarry UFC 56 2:34
Welterweight United States Tyron Woodley Robbie Lawler UFC 201 2:12
Lightweight Brazil Rafael Dos Anjos Donald Cerrone UFC on Fox 17 1:06
Featherweight Republic of Ireland Conor McGregor José Aldo UFC 194 0:13
Bantamweight Brazil Renan Barão Urijah Faber UFC 169 3:42
Flyweight United States Demetrious Johnson Joseph Benavidez UFC on Fox 9 2:08
Women's Featherweight Brazil Amanda Nunes Cris Cyborg UFC 232 0:51
Women's Bantamweight United States Ronda Rousey Alexis Davis UFC 175 0:16
Women's Flyweight Kyrgyzstan Valentina Shevchenko Jessica Eye UFC 238 5:26
Women's Strawweight China Weili Zhang Jessica Andrade UFC Fight Night: Andrade vs. Zhang 0:42

Latest knockouts

In any bout

All fighters
Fighter Opponent Division Event Round Time
1. Mexico Yair Rodríguez Chan Sung Jung Featherweight UFC Fight Night 139 5 4:59
2. Suriname Jairzinho Rozenstruik Alistair Overeem Heavyweight UFC on ESPN 7 4:56
3. United States Derrick Lewis Alexander Volkov Heavyweight UFC 229 4:49
4. Nigeria Kamaru Usman Colby Covington Welterweight UFC 245 4:10
5. United States Cain Velasquez Junior Dos Santos Heavyweight UFC 166 3:09
6. United States Ricco Rodriguez Randy Couture Heavyweight UFC 39 3:04
7. United States Stipe Miocic Mark Hunt Heavyweight UFC Fight Night 65 2:47
By division
Division/s Fighter Opponent Event Round Time
Heavyweight Suriname Jairzinho Rozenstruik Alistair Overeem UFC on ESPN 7 5 4:56
Light Heavyweight Sweden Alexander Gustafsson Glover Teixeira UFC Fight Night 109 1:07
Middleweight United States Rich Franklin Evan Tanner UFC 53 4 3:25
Welterweight Nigeria Kamaru Usman Colby Covington UFC 245 5 4:10
Lightweight United States B.J. Penn Diego Sanchez UFC 107 2:37
Featherweight Mexico Yair Rodríguez Chan Sung Jung UFC Fight Night 139 4:59
Bantamweight United States T.J. Dillashaw Renan Barão UFC 173 2:26
Flyweight Brazil John Lineker Alptekin Ozkilic UFC Fight Night 45 3 4:51
Women's Featherweight Brazil Cristiane Justino Tonya Evinger UFC 214 1:56
Women's Bantamweight Brazil Amanda Nunes Raquel Pennington UFC 224 5 2:36
Women's Flyweight Scotland Joanne Calderwood Valérie Létourneau UFC Fight Night 89 3 2:51
Women's Strawweight Poland Joanna Jędrzejczyk Jessica Penne UFC Fight Night 69 4:22

In a title bout

All fighters
Fighter Opponent Division Event Round Time
1. Nigeria Kamaru Usman Colby Covington Welterweight UFC 245 5 4:10
2. United States Cain Velasquez Junior Dos Santos Heavyweight UFC 166 3:09
3. United States Ricco Rodriguez Randy Couture Heavyweight UFC 39 3:04
4. United States B.J. Penn Diego Sanchez Lightweight UFC 107 2:37
5. United States T.J. Dillashaw Renan Barão Bantamweight UFC 173 2:26
6. United States T.J. Dillashaw Joe Soto Bantamweight UFC 177 2:20
By division
Division/s Fighter Opponent Event Round Time
Heavyweight United States Cain Velasquez Junior Dos Santos UFC 166 5 3:09
Light Heavyweight[a] United States Frank Shamrock Tito Ortiz UFC 22 4 4:42
Middleweight United States Rich Franklin Evan Tanner UFC 53 3:25
Welterweight Nigeria Kamaru Usman Colby Covington UFC 245 5 4:10
Lightweight United States B.J. Penn Diego Sanchez UFC 107 2:37
Featherweight Brazil José Aldo Chan Sung Jung UFC 163 4 2:00
Bantamweight United States T.J. Dillashaw Renan Barão UFC 173 5 2:26
Flyweight United States Demetrious Johnson Henry Cejudo UFC 197 1 2:49
Women's Featherweight Brazil Cristiane Justino Tonya Evinger UFC 214 3 1:56
Women's Bantamweight Brazil Amanda Nunes Raquel Pennington UFC 224 5 2:36
Women's Flyweight Kyrgyzstan Valentina Shevchenko Jessica Eye UFC 238 2 0:26
Women's Strawweight Poland 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)

Highest knockouts per win percentage

Fighter Division/s Knockouts Wins %
1. United States Shawn Jordan Heavyweight 6 6 100%
United States Ricco Rodriguez Heavyweight 5 5
3. United States Roy Nelson Heavyweight 8 9 88.89%
United States Derrick Lewis Heavyweight
United States Matt Mitrione Heavyweight
6. New Zealand Mark Hunt Heavyweight 7 8 87.5%
1.^ Minimum 5 UFC KOs.

Submissions

Most submissions

In any bout

All fighters
Fighter Division/s Submissions
1. Brazil Charles Oliveira Featherweight
Lightweight
14
2. Brazil Demian Maia Welterweight
Middleweight
11
3. Brazil Royce Gracie Welterweight
Openweight
Catchweight
10
4. United States Nate Diaz Lightweight
Welterweight
8
United States Jim Miller Lightweight
Catchweight
United States Frank Mir Heavyweight
7. United States Kenny Florian Lightweight
Welterweight
7
United States Joe Lauzon Lightweight
Catchweight
United States Cole Miller Featherweight
Lightweight
Iceland Gunnar Nelson Welterweight
By division
Division/s Fighter Submissions
Heavyweight United States Frank Mir 8
Light Heavyweight United States Jon Jones 5
Brazil Glover Teixeira
Canada Misha Cirkunov
Middleweight Brazil Demian Maia 5
Brazil Antonio Carlos Junior
Welterweight Iceland Gunnar Nelson 7
Lightweight United States Jim Miller 8
Featherweight Brazil Charles Oliveira 6
Bantamweight United States Urijah Faber 6
Flyweight United States Demetrious Johnson 5
Women's Featherweight United States Felicia Spencer 1
Women's Bantamweight United States Ronda Rousey 3
Women's Flyweight Kyrgyzstan Antonina Shevchenko 1
Women's Strawweight United States Rose Namajunas 3

In a title bout

All fighters
Fighter Division/s Submissions
1. United States Demetrious Johnson Flyweight 4
2. United States B.J. Penn Lightweight
Welterweight
3
United States Jon Jones Light Heavyweight
United States Ronda Rousey Bantamweight (W)
United States Matt Hughes Welterweight
By division
Division/s Fighter Submissions
Heavyweight United States Brock Lesnar 1
United States Maurice Smith
United States Frank Mir
Brazil Minotauro Nogueira
United States Mark Coleman
Belarus Andrei Arlovski
Brazil Fabricio Werdum
United States Daniel Cormier
Light Heavyweight United States Jon Jones 3
United States Frank Shamrock[a]
Middleweight Brazil Anderson Silva 2
Welterweight United States Matt Hughes 3
Lightweight United States B.J. Penn 2
United States Anthony Pettis
Featherweight - -
Bantamweight Brazil Renan Barão 1
Flyweight United States Demetrious Johnson 4
Women's Featherweight - -
Women's Bantamweight United States Ronda Rousey 3
Women's Flyweight - -
Women's Strawweight United States Carla Esparza 1
  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)

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. Russia Oleg Taktarov Anthony Macias Heavyweight UFC 6 0:09
2. United States Joe Charles Kevin Rosier Heavyweight UFC 4 0:14
United States Ronda Rousey Cat Zingano Bantamweight (W) UFC 184
United States Justin Martin Eric Martin Heavyweight UFC 12
5. United States Frank Shamrock Kevin Jackson Light Heavyweight UFC 15.5 0:16
Brazil Marcus Aurelio Ryan Roberts Lightweight UFC Fight Night 13
By division
Division Fighter Opponent Event Time
Heavyweight Russia Oleg Taktarov Anthony Macias UFC 6 0:09
Light Heavyweight United States Frank Shamrock Kevin Jackson UFC Japan 0:16[a]
Middleweight United States Rory Singer Ross Pointon The Ultimate Fighter 3 Finale 0:44
Welterweight United States Dennis Hallman Matt Hughes UFC 29 0:20
Lightweight Brazil Marcus Aurélio Ryan Roberts UFC Fight Night 13 0:16
Featherweight United States Chas Skelly Maximo Blanco UFC Fight Night 94 0:19
Bantamweight United States Patrick Williams Alejandro Pérez UFC 188 0:23
Flyweight United States Ben Nguyen Tim Elliott UFC Fight Night 110 0:49
Women's Featherweight - - - -
Women's Bantamweight United States Ronda Rousey Cat Zingano UFC 184 0:14
Women's Flyweight - - - -
Women's Strawweight United States Emily Whitmire Alexandra Albu UFC on ESPN 1 1:01
  1. ^ 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. United States Ronda Rousey Cat Zingano Bantamweight (W) UFC 184 0:14
2. United States Frank Shamrock Kevin Jackson Light Heavyweight UFC 15.5 0:16
3. Belarus Andrei Arlovski Tim Sylvia Heavyweight UFC 51 0:47
4. United States Frank Mir Tim Sylvia Heavyweight UFC 48 0:50
5. United States Tito Ortiz Yuki Kondo Light Heavyweight UFC 29 1:52
By division
Division Fighter Opponent Event Time
Heavyweight Belarus Andrei Arlovski Tim Sylvia UFC 51 0:47
Light Heavyweight United States Frank Shamrock Kevin Jackson UFC Japan 0:16[a]
Middleweight Brazil Anderson Silva Dan Henderson UFC 82 9:52
Welterweight United States Matt Hughes Frank Trigg UFC 45 3:54
Lightweight United States Anthony Pettis Benson Henderson UFC 164 4:41
Featherweight - - - -
Bantamweight Brazil Renan Barão Michael McDonald UFC on Fuel TV 7 18:57
Flyweight United States Demetrious Johnson Chris Cariaso UFC 178 7:29
Women's Featherweight - - - -
Women's Bantamweight United States Ronda Rousey Cat Zingano UFC 184 0:14
Women's Flyweight - - - -
Women's Strawweight United States Carla Esparza Rose Namajunas The Ultimate Fighter 20 Finale 11:26
  1. ^ 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. United States Demetrious Johnson Kyoji Horiguchi Flyweight UFC 186 5 4:59
2. United States Frankie Edgar Cub Swanson Featherweight UFC Fight Night 57 4:56
3. United States Demetrious Johnson John Moraga Flyweight UFC on Fox 8 3:43
4. United States Miesha Tate Holly Holm Bantamweight (W) UFC 196 3:30
5. Brazil Anderson Silva Chael Sonnen Middleweight UFC 117 3:10
By division
Division/s Fighter Opponent Event Round Time
Heavyweight Croatia Mirko Cro Cop Pat Barry UFC 115 3 4:30
Light Heavyweight United States Frank Shamrock Jeremy Horn UFC 17 4[a] 1:28
Middleweight Brazil Anderson Silva Chael Sonnen UFC 117 5 3:10
Welterweight United States Benson Henderson Brandon Thatch UFC Fight Night 60 4 3:58
Lightweight United States B.J. Penn Kenny Florian UFC 101 3:54
Featherweight United States Frankie Edgar Cub Swanson UFC Fight Night 57 5 4:56
Bantamweight Brazil Renan Barão Michael McDonald UFC on Fuel TV 7 4 3:57
Flyweight United States Demetrious Johnson Kyoji Horiguchi UFC 186 5 4:59
Women's Featherweight - - - - -
Women's Bantamweight United States Miesha Tate Holly Holm UFC 196 5 3:30
Women's Flyweight - - - - -
Women's Strawweight United States Rose Namajunas Paige VanZant UFC Fight Night 80 5 2:25
  1. ^ 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. United States Demetrious Johnson Kyoji Horiguchi Flyweight UFC 186 5 4:59
2. United States Demetrious Johnson John Moraga Flyweight UFC on Fox 8 3:43
3. United States Miesha Tate Holly Holm Bantamweight (W) UFC 196 3:30
4. Brazil Anderson Silva Chael Sonnen Middleweight UFC 117 3:10
5. Brazil Renan Barão Michael McDonald Bantamweight UFC on Fuel TV 7 4 3:57
By division
Division/s Fighter Opponent Event Round Time
Heavyweight Brazil Fabrício Werdum Cain Velasquez UFC 188 3 2:13
Light Heavyweight United States Frank Shamrock Jeremy Horn UFC 17 4[a] 1:28
Middleweight Brazil Anderson Silva Chael Sonnen UFC 117 5 3:10
Welterweight Canada Carlos Newton Pat Miletich UFC 31 3 2:50
Lightweight United States B.J. Penn Kenny Florian UFC 101 4 3:54
Featherweight - - - - -
Bantamweight Brazil Renan Barão Michael McDonald UFC on Fuel TV 7 4 3:57
Flyweight United States Demetrious Johnson Kyoji Horiguchi UFC 186 5 4:59
Women's Featherweight - - - - -
Women's Bantamweight United States Miesha Tate Holly Holm UFC 196 5 3:30
Women's Flyweight - - - - -
Women's Strawweight United States Carla Esparza Rose Namajunas The Ultimate Fighter 20 Finale 3 1:26
  1. ^ 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. Brazil Royce Gracie Welterweight
Openweight
Catchweight
10 11 90.91%
2. Iceland Gunnar Nelson Welterweight
Catchweight
7 8 87.5%
3. Russia Oleg Taktarov Openweight 5 6 83.33%
4. Brazil Charles Oliveira Featherweight
Lightweight
13 16 81.25%
5. Brazil Rousimar Palhares Welterweight
Middleweight
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 Abbot 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 Abbot 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 Fight Night 3 3 1:17
Schultz Choke United States Matt Hughes Ricardo Almeida UFC 117 1 3:15
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
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
1.^ Minimum 5 UFC SUBs.

Decisions

Most decision bouts

All fighters

Fighter Division/s Wins Losses Draws Total
1. United States Diego Sanchez Featherweight
Lightweight
Welterweight
Middleweight
11 7 0 18
2. Brazil Gleison Tibau Lightweight 11 5 0 16
United States Jeremy Stephens Featherweight
Lightweight
6 10 0
4. United States Frankie Edgar Featherweight
Lightweight
9 5 1 15
5. Canada Sam Stout Lightweight 8 6 0 14
EnglandMichael Bisping Middleweight
Light Heavyweight
10 4 0

By division

Division/s Fighter Wins Losses Draws Total
Heavyweight United States Roy Nelson 1 9 0 10
Light Heavyweight United States Tito Ortiz 5[a] 5 1 11
United States Rashad Evans 7 3
Middleweight United StatesBrad Tavares 10 3 0 13
Welterweight United States Rick Story 8 5 0 13
Lightweight Brazil Gleison Tibau 11 5 0 16
Featherweight United States Darren Elkins 9 2 0 11
Bantamweight Japan Takeya Mizugaki 7 2 0 9
Flyweight United States Dustin Ortiz 4 5 0 9
United States Joseph Benavidez 7 2
Women's Featherweight United States Holly Holm 1 2 0 3
Women's Bantamweight United States Raquel Pennington 4 2 0 6
Women's Flyweight - - - - -
Women's Strawweight Poland Joanna Jędrzejczyk 6 1 0 7
  1. ^ 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

Fighter Division/s UD wins
1. Canada Georges St-Pierre Welterweight 10
2. United States Jon Fitch Welterweight
Middleweight
9
United States Frankie Edgar Featherweight
Lightweight
4. Brazil Rafael dos Anjos Lightweight 8
Brazil Demian Maia Welterweight
Middleweight
United States Darren Elkins Featherweight
Lightweight
England Michael Bisping Middleweight
Light Heavyweight
United States Diego Sanchez Featherweight
Lightweight
Welterweight
Middleweight
United States Ryan Bader Light Heavyweight

By division

Division/s Fighter UD Wins
Heavyweight United States Jared Rosholt 5
Light Heavyweight United States Ryan Bader 8
Middleweight England Michael Bisping 8
Welterweight Canada Georges St-Pierre 10
Lightweight Brazil Rafael dos Anjos 8
Featherweight United States Darren Elkins 8
Bantamweight Japan Takeya Mizugaki 4
Brazil Raphael Assunção
United States Urijah Faber
United States T.J. Dillashaw
Flyweight United States Demetrious Johnson 3
Japan Kyoji Horiguchi
United States Joseph Benavidez
Women's Featherweight NetherlandsGermaine de Randamie 1
Women's Bantamweight United States Raquel Pennington 3
United States Miesha Tate
United States Alexis Davis
Women's Flyweight - -
Women's Strawweight Poland Joanna Jędrzejczyk 5

Most split decision wins

All fighters

Fighter Division/s SD wins
1. Brazil Gleison Tibau Lightweight 5
2. United States Rashad Evans Light Heavyweight
Heavyweight
4
United States Benson Henderson Lightweight
Welterweight
United States John Howard Welterweight
Middleweight

By division

Division/s Fighter SD Wins
Heavyweight 14 Fighters 1
Light Heavyweight United States Rashad Evans 3
Middleweight 7 Fighters 2
Welterweight United States John Howard 3
United States Rick Story
United States Robbie Lawler
United States Jake Shields
Lightweight Brazil Gleison Tibau 5
Featherweight United States Dennis Bermudez 2
Mexico Yair Rodríguez
Brazil Renato Moicano
Bantamweight Japan Takeya Mizugaki 3
Canada Yves Jabouin
Flyweight United States Dustin Ortiz 3
Women's Featherweight - -
Women's Bantamweight Brazil Bethe Correia 2
Women's Flyweight - -
Women's Strawweight 7 Fighters 1

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. United States Gray Maynard Featherweight
Lightweight
9 10 90.0%
2. United States Benson Henderson Lightweight
Welterweight
9 11 81.82%
3. United States Darren Elkins Featherweight 9 12 75.0%
4. United States Nik Lentz Featherweight
Lightweight
8 11 72.73%
United States Evan Dunham Lightweight
1.^ Minimum 10 UFC wins.

Striking

Most significant strikes landed

Career

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In title bouts
All fighters
Fighter Division/s Strikes
1. Poland Joanna Jędrzejczyk Strawweight (W) 1121
2. Canada Georges St-Pierre Welterweight
Middleweight
999[8]
3. United States Jon Jones Light Heavyweight 878
4. United States Demetrious Johnson Flyweight
Bantamweight
812
5. United States Max Holloway Featherweight 662
By division

In any single bout

All fighters
Fighter Opponent Championship Event Strikes
1. United States Colby Covington United States Robbie Lawler Welterweight UFC on ESPN 5 344
2. United States Max Holloway United States Brian Ortega Featherweight UFC 231 290
3. United States Nate Diaz United States Donald Cerrone Lightweight UFC 141 238
4. Poland Joanna Jędrzejczyk Brazil Jéssica Andrade Strawweight (W) UFC 211 225
5. Poland Joanna Jędrzejczyk Canada Valérie Létourneau Strawweight (W) UFC 193 220
6. United States Tony Ferguson Brazil 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. United States Max Holloway United States Brian Ortega Featherweight UFC 231 290
2. Poland Joanna Jędrzejczyk Brazil Jéssica Andrade Strawweight (W) UFC 211 225
3. Poland Joanna Jędrzejczyk Canada Valérie Létourneau Strawweight (W) UFC 193 220
4. United States Daniel Cormier United States Stipe Miocic Heavyweight UFC 241 181
5. United States Max Holloway United States 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. Brazil Anderson Silva Middleweight
Light Heavyweight
740 1213 61.01%
2. United States Randy Couture Light Heavyweight
Heavyweight
778 1315 59.16%
3. Brazil Fábio Maldonado Light Heavyweight
Heavyweight
Catchweight
717 1218 58.87%
4. United States Cain Velasquez Heavyweight 718 1246 57.62%
5. Brazil Fabrício Werdum Heavyweight 581 1022 56.85%
2.^ Minimum 1000 significant strike attempts.
Fighter Division/s Landed Attempted %
1. Netherlands Alistair Overeem Heavyweight 391 525 74.48%
2. United States Don Frye Openweight 127 191 66.49%
3. United States Josh Barnett Super Heavyweight
Heavyweight
392 637 61.54%
4. Brazil Anderson Silva Middleweight
Light Heavyweight
740 1213 61.01%
5. United States 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. United States Cain Velasquez Heavyweight 6.49
2. Brazil Jéssica Andrade Strawweight (W)
Bantamweight (W)
6.45
3. Republic of Ireland Conor McGregor Featherweight
Lightweight
Welterweight
5.82
4. United States Evan Dunham Lightweight 5.68
5. United States Max Holloway Featherweight
Catchweight
5.67
1.^ Minimum 10 UFC bouts.

Knockdowns

Most knockdowns

Career

In any bout
All fighters
Fighter Division/s Knockdowns
1. United States Donald Cerrone Lightweight
Welterweight
20
2. Brazil Anderson Silva Middleweight
Light Heavyweight
18
United States Chuck Liddell Light Heavyweight
4. United States Melvin Guillard Lightweight
Welterweight
13
Brazil Maurício Rua Light Heavyweight
Brazil Lyoto Machida Middleweight
Light Heavyweight
United States Anthony Johnson Welterweight
Middleweight
Light Heavyweight
Brazil Thiago Alves Welterweight
By division
Division/s Fighter Knockdowns
Heavyweight Brazil Junior dos Santos 12
Light Heavyweight United States Chuck Liddell 18
Middleweight Brazil Anderson Silva 13
Welterweight Brazil Thiago Alves 13
Lightweight United States Melvin Guillard 13
Featherweight United States Max Holloway 7
Bantamweight United States Cody Garbrandt 7
Flyweight Brazil John Lineker 7
Women's Featherweight Brazil Cristiane Justino 3
Women's Bantamweight Brazil Amanda Nunes 2
United States Ronda Rousey
United States Leslie Smith
Women's Flyweight Scotland Joanne Calderwood 2
Women's Strawweight United States Angela Hill 2
In title bouts
All fighters
Fighter Division/s Knockdowns
1. Brazil Anderson Silva Middleweight 10
2. United States Chuck Liddell Light Heavyweight 7
3. Canada Georges St-Pierre Welterweight 6
5. United States Cain Velasquez Heavyweight 6
Republic of Ireland Conor McGregor Featherweight
Lightweight
By division

In a single bout

In any bout
All fighters
Fighter Opponent Division Event Knockdowns
1. United States Forrest Petz Sammy Morgan Welterweight UFC Fight Night 6 5
2. United States Nate Marquardt Dean Lister Middleweight UFC Fight Night 8 4
United States Brad Blackburn James Giboo Welterweight UFC Fight Night 14
By division
In a title bout
All fighters
Fighter Opponent Division Event Knockdowns
1. New Zealand Israel Adesanya Kelvin Gastelum Middleweight UFC 236 4
2. Republic of Ireland Conor McGregor Eddie Alvarez Lightweight UFC 205 3
United States Frank Mir Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira Heavyweight UFC 92
United States Gray Maynard Frankie Edgar Lightweight UFC 125
Brazil Anderson Silva Rich Franklin Middleweight UFC 77
Canada Georges St-Pierre Jon Fitch Welterweight UFC 87
Brazil Lyoto Machida Rashad Evans Light Heavyweight UFC 98
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. Canada Georges St-Pierre Welterweight
Middleweight
90
2. Brazil Gleison Tibau Lightweight 84
3. United States Demetrious Johnson Flyweight
Bantamweight
74
4. United States Nik Lentz Featherweight
Lightweight
68
5. United States Frankie Edgar Featherweight
Lightweight
67
By division
Division/s Fighter Takedowns
Heavyweight United States Cain Velasquez 34
Light Heavyweight United States Tito Ortiz[a] 58
Middleweight Brazil Rafael Natal 36
Welterweight Canada Georges St-Pierre 87
Lightweight Brazil Gleison Tibau 84
Featherweight United States Dennis Bermudez 38
Bantamweight Georgia (country) Merab Dvalishvili 39
Flyweight United States Demetrious Johnson 49
Women's Featherweight United States Holly Holm 8
Women's Bantamweight United States Liz Carmouche 15
Women's Flyweight Scotland Joanne Calderwood 3
Women's Strawweight Brazil Cláudia Gadelha 26
  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)

In title bouts

All fighters
Fighter Division/s Takedowns
1. Canada Georges St-Pierre Welterweight
Middleweight
66
2. United States Demetrious Johnson Flyweight
Bantamweight
48
3. Russia Khabib Nurmagomedov Lightweight 43
4. United States Matt Hughes Welterweight 28
By division

In a single bout

In any bout

All fighters
Fighter Opponent Division Event Rounds Takedowns
1. Russia Khabib Nurmagomedov Abel Trujillo Catchweight (158.5 lbs) UFC 160 3 21
2. United States Sean Sherk Hermes Franca Lightweight UFC 73 5 16
3. United States Demetrious Johnson Kyoji Horiguchi Flyweight UFC 186 14
4. United States Luigi Fioravanti Luke Cummo Welterweight UFC 82 3 13
5. United States Tim Elliott Louis Smolka Flyweight UFC on Fox 24 12
United States Johny Hendricks Carlos Condit Welterweight UFC 158
United States Colby Covington Bryan Barberena Welterweight UFC on Fox 22
Georgia (country) Merab Dvalishvili Casey Kenney Bantamweight UFC on ESPN+ 25
By division

In a title bout

All fighters
Fighter Opponent Division Event Rounds Takedowns
1. United States Sean Sherk Hermes Franca Lightweight UFC 73 5 16
2. United States Demetrious Johnson Kyoji Horiguchi Flyweight UFC 186 14
3. Canada Georges St-Pierre Dan Hardy Welterweight UFC 111 11
United States 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. Canada Georges St-Pierre Welterweight 90 118 73.73%
2. United States Tim Elliott Flyweight 35 52 67.31%
3. United States Ramsey Nijem Lightweight
Welterweight
30 48 62.50%
4. United States Nate Marquardt Welterweight
Middleweight
32 52 61.54%
5. Armenia Karo Parisyan Welterweight 53 89 59.55%
1.^ Minimum 25 UFC TDs.
Fighter Division/s Landed Attempted %
1. Brazil Rogério Nogueira Light Heavyweight 1 1 100%
United States Tim Sylvia Heavyweight
3. United States Chuck Liddell Light Heavyweight[a] 7 8 87.50%
4. United States Alex Caceres Bantamweight
Featherweight
9 11 81.82%
5. United States Max Holloway Featherweight 4 5 80.00%
United States Robbie Lawler Welterweight
Middleweight
16 20
2.^ Minimum 10 UFC bouts.
  1. ^ 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. United States Ramsey Nijem Lightweight
Welterweight
1.77
2. Armenia Karo Parisyan Welterweight 1.76
3. United States Cain Velasquez Heavyweight 1.54
4. Brazil Gleison Tibau Lightweight 1.43
5. United States 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. United States Jim Miller Lightweight
Catchweight
39
2. United States Chris Lytle Welterweight 31
3. United States Joe Lauzon Lightweight
Catchweight
29
4. United States Nate Diaz Lightweight
Welterweight
25
5. United States Matt Brown Welterweight 24
United States Joe Stevenson Featherweight
Lightweight
Welterweight
Brazil Demian Maia Welterweight
Middleweight
United States Cole Miller Featherweight
Lightweight
By division

In title bouts

All fighters
Fighter Division Attempts
1. Canada Georges St-Pierre Welterweight 12
2. United States Demetrious Johnson Flyweight
Bantamweight
10
3. United States Frank Shamrock Light Heavyweight 9[a]
4. United States Matt Hughes Welterweight 8
5. United States B.J. Penn Lightweight
Welterweight
7
  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)
By division

In a single bout

In any bout

All fighters
Fighter Opponent Division Event Attempts
1. United States Cole Miller Leonard Garcia Lightweight UFC Fight Night 11 10
2. Brazil Hermes Franca Rich Crunkilton Lightweight UFC 42 9
3. England James Wilks DaMarques Johnson Welterweight TUF 9 Finale 8
Canada 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. Canada Georges St-Pierre Dan Hardy Welterweight UFC 111 6
2. United States Kenny Florian Sean Sherk Lightweight UFC 64 4
United States Frank Shamrock[a] John Lober Light Heavyweight UFC Brazil
United States Dave Menne Gil Castillo Welterweight UFC 33
5. 11 fighters - - - 3
  1. ^ 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. United States Dustin Hazelett Lightweight
Welterweight
1.379
2. Brazil Renato Sobral Light Heavyweight
Heavyweight
1.054
3. Brazil Rousimar Palhares Welterweight
Middleweight
1.047
4. Brazil Charles Oliveira Featherweight
Lightweight
0.908
5. Brazil Royce Gracie Openweight
Catchweight
0.828
1.^ Minimum 10 UFC bouts.

Championships

Most title reigns

Fighter Division Reigns
1. United States Randy Couture Heavyweight
Light Heavyweight
6 (5 undisputed, 1 interim)
2. Canada Georges St-Pierre Middleweight
Welterweight
4 (3 undisputed, 1 interim)
3. United States Jon Jones Light Heavyweight 3 (2 undisputed, 1 interim)
Republic of Ireland Conor McGregor Lightweight
Featherweight
Brazil Jose Aldo Featherweight
  • Bold – Active reign.

Longest single title reigns

Fighter Division Days
1. Brazil Anderson Silva Middleweight 2457
2. United States Demetrious Johnson Flyweight 2142
3. Canada Georges St-Pierre Welterweight 2064
4. Brazil Jose Aldo Featherweight 1848
5. United States Jon Jones Light Heavyweight 1501
Fighter Division Defenses
1. United States Demetrious Johnson Flyweight 11
2. Brazil Anderson Silva Middleweight 10
3. Canada Georges St-Pierre Welterweight 9
4. United States Jon Jones Light Heavyweight 8
5. Brazil Jose Aldo Featherweight 7

By division

Division Fighter Days
Heavyweight United States Cain Velasquez 896
Light Heavyweight United States Jon Jones 1501
Middleweight Brazil Anderson Silva 2457
Welterweight Canada Georges St-Pierre 2064
Lightweight United States B.J. Penn 812
Featherweight Brazil Jose Aldo 1848
Bantamweight United States Dominick Cruz 1117
Flyweight United States Demetrious Johnson 2142
Women's Featherweight Brazil Amanda Nunes 518
Women's Bantamweight Brazil Amanda Nunes 3052
Women's Flyweight Kyrgyzstan Valentina Shevchenko 2170
Women's Strawweight Poland Joanna Jedrzejczyk 966
Division Fighter Defenses
Heavyweight United States Stipe Miocic 3
Light Heavyweight United States Jon Jones 8
Middleweight Brazil Anderson Silva 10
Welterweight Canada Georges St-Pierre 9
Lightweight United States B.J. Penn 3
United States Frankie Edgar
United States Benson Henderson
Featherweight Brazil Jose Aldo 7
Bantamweight United States Dominick Cruz 2
United States T.J. Dillashaw
Flyweight United States Demetrious Johnson 11
Women's Featherweight Brazil Cris Cyborg 2
Women's Bantamweight United States Ronda Rousey 6
Women's Flyweight Kyrgyzstan Valentina Shevchenko 3
Women's Strawweight Poland Joanna Jedrzejczyk 5
  • Bold – Active reign.

Longest combined title reigns

Fighter Division Reigns Days
1. Brazil Anderson Silva Middleweight 1 2457
2. Canada Georges St-Pierre Middleweight
Welterweight
3 2237
3. United States Demetrious Johnson Flyweight 1 2142
4. Brazil Jose Aldo Featherweight 2 2037
5. United States Jon Jones Light Heavyweight 2 3650
Fighter Division Reigns Defenses
1. United States Demetrious Johnson Flyweight 1 11
United States Jon Jones Light Heavyweight 2
2. Brazil Anderson Silva Middleweight 1 10
3. Canada Georges St-Pierre Welterweight 2 9
4. Brazil Jose Aldo Featherweight 1 7
United States Matt Hughes Welterweight 2
5. United States Ronda Rousey Women's Bantamweight 1 6

By division

Division Fighter Reigns Days
Heavyweight United States Cain Velasquez 2 1281
Light Heavyweight United States Jon Jones 2 3650
Middleweight Brazil Anderson Silva 1 2457
Welterweight Canada Georges St-Pierre 2 2204
Lightweight United States B.J. Penn 1 812
Featherweight Brazil Jose Aldo 2 2037
Bantamweight United States Dominick Cruz 2 1465
Flyweight United States Demetrious Johnson 1 2142
Women's Featherweight Brazil Cris Cyborg 1 518
Women's Bantamweight Brazil Amanda Nunes 1 3052
Women's Flyweight Kyrgyzstan Valentina Shevchenko 1 2170
Women's Strawweight Poland Joanna Jedrzejczyk 1 966
Division Fighter Reigns Defenses
Heavyweight United States Stipe Miocic 2 3
United States Tim Sylvia 2
United States Randy Couture 3
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
Featherweight Brazil Jose Aldo 2 7
Bantamweight United States Dominick Cruz 2 3
United States TJ Dillashaw
Flyweight United States Demetrious Johnson 1 11
Women's Featherweight Brazil Cris Cyborg 1 2
Women's Bantamweight United States Ronda Rousey 1 6
Women's Flyweight Kyrgyzstan Valentina Shevchenko 1 3
Women's Strawweight Poland Joanna Jedrzejczyk 1 5
  • Bold - Active reign.

Youngest champions

Fighter Division Won/Awarded Birthday Age
1. United States Jon Jones Light Heavyweight Mar 19, 2011 Jul 19, 1987 23 years, 243 days
2. Brazil Jose Aldo Featherweight Nov 20, 2010 Sept 9, 1986 24 years, 72 days2
3. United States Josh Barnett Heavyweight Mar 22, 2002 Nov 10, 1977 24 years, 132 days
4. Anguilla Carlos Newton Welterweight May 4, 2001 Aug 17, 1976 24 years, 260 days
5. United States 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. United States Randy Couture Heavyweight Nov 15, 2008 Jun 22, 1963 45 years, 147 days
2. United States Daniel Cormier Heavyweight Aug 17, 2019 Mar 20, 1979 40 years, 150 days
3. Brazil Fabrício Werdum Heavyweight May 14, 2016 Jul 30, 1977 38 years, 289 days
4. England Michael Bisping Middleweight Nov 4, 2017 Feb 28, 1979 38 years, 249 days
5. Brazil 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
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
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
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
Republic of Ireland 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
Canada 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
United States 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
Brazil 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
United States 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. 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

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

Most Performance of the Night bonuses

Fighter POTN bonuses
1. Brazil Charles Oliveira 10
2. United States Donald Cerrone 7
Republic of Ireland Conor McGregor
4. United States Stipe Miocic 5
United States T.J. Dillashaw
United States Anthony Johnson

Most Fight of the Night bonuses

Fighter FOTN bonuses
1. United States Nate Diaz 8
2. United States Frankie Edgar 7
United States Diego Sanchez
United States Joe Lauzon
Brazil Edson Barboza
United States Jim Miller
7. United States Clay Guida 6
United States Chris Lytle
Canada Sam Stout
United States Dustin Poirier
United States Donald Cerrone
United States Jeremy Stephens

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[10]
2. UFC 193 Rousey (c) vs. Holm Nov 14, 2015 Etihad Stadium Australia Melbourne, Australia 56,214[11]
3. UFC 129 St-Pierre (c) vs. Shields Apr 30, 2011 Rogers Centre Canada Toronto, Ontario, Canada 55,724[12]
4. UFC 198 Werdum (c) vs. Miocic May 14, 2016 Arena da Baixada Brazil Curitiba, Brazil 45,207[13]
5. UFC on Fox 14 Gustafsson vs. Johnson Jan 24, 2015 Tele2 Arena Sweden 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 United States New York City, New York 20,427
2. UFC 244 Masvidal vs. Diaz Nov 2, 2019 Madison Square Garden United States New York City, New York 20,143
3. UFC 229 Khabib (c) vs. McGregor Oct 6, 2018 T-Mobile Arena United States Paradise, Nevada 20,034
4. UFC 171 Hendricks vs. Lawler Mar 15, 2014 American Airlines Center United States Dallas, Texas 19,324
5. UFC 68 Sylvia (c) vs. Couture Mar 3, 2007 Nationwide Arena United States 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 United States Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. 2,400,000
2. UFC 202 Diaz vs. McGregor 2 Aug 20, 2016 T-Mobile Arena United States Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. 1,600,000
3. UFC 196 McGregor vs. Diaz Mar 5, 2016 MGM Grand Garden Arena United States Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. 1,317,000
4. UFC 100 Lesnar (c) vs. Mir (ic) 2 Jul 11, 2009 Mandalay Bay Events Center United States Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. 1,300,000
UFC 205 Alvarez (c) vs. McGregor Nov 12, 2016 Madison Square Garden United States New York City, U.S. 1,300,000
6. UFC 194 Aldo (c) vs. McGregor (ic) Dec 12, 2015 MGM Grand Garden Arena United States 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 United States Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. 1,600,000
2. UFC 196 McGregor vs. Diaz Mar 5, 2016 MGM Grand Garden Arena United States Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. 1,317,000
3. UFC 114 Rampage vs. Evans May 29, 2010 MGM Grand Garden Arena United States Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. 1,050,000
4. UFC 141 Lesnar vs. Overeem Dec 30, 2011 MGM Grand Garden Arena United States Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. 750,000
5. UFC 183 Silva vs. Diaz Jan 31, 2015 MGM Grand Garden Arena United States Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. 650,000

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. 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 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 129 St-Pierre (c) vs. Shields Apr 30, 2011 Rogers Centre Canada Toronto, Ontario, Canada $12,075,000
4. UFC 246 McGregor vs. Cowboy Jan 18, 2020 T-Mobile Arena United States Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. $11,100,000
5. UFC 200 Tate (c) vs. Nunes Jul 9, 2016 T-Mobile Arena United States Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. $10,700,000

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