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List of UFC records

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

Fighting

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Most bouts

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Most bouts - All fighters

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

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

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

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

Bold - Active UFC fighters

Updated as of October 26, 2024 after UFC 308.

Most bouts - By division

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Updated as of November 2, 2024 after UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Albazi.

Most bouts or wins - In a calendar year

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[citation needed]

Fighter Division/s Year Bouts[a] Wins
1 United States Chris Leben MW 2006 5 3
United States Roger Huerta LW 2007 5
United States Donald Cerrone LW 2011 4
United States Daron Cruickshank LW 2014 3
United States Neil Magny WW 2014 5
2015 4
Jamaica Uriah Hall MW 2015 3
England Ross Pearson LW \ WW 2016 1
Brazil Thiago Santos MW \ LHW 2018 4
United States Greg Hardy HW 2019 2
United States Kevin Holland MW 2020 5
Portugal André Fialho WW 2022 2
Brazil Jéssica Andrade W-SW \ W-FW 2023 2
  1. ^ Does not include multiple-bout tournaments

Most bouts in a single event

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Updated to August 5, 2024.

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

Most total fight time

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Most total fight time - All fighters

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Updated to October 26, 2024.

Most total fight time - By division

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Updated to November 2, 2024

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

Most PPV Main Events

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[citation needed]

Fighter Division/s PPV Main Events Total
1 United States Randy Couture LHW \ HW Japan, 28, 31, 34, 36, 39, 43, 44, 46, 49, 52, 57, 68, 74, 91, 102, 105, 109 18
2 Brazil Anderson Silva MW \ LHW 64, 67, 73, 77, 82, 90, 97, 112, 117, 126, 134, 148 153, 162, 168, 183, 234 17
3 United States Tito Ortiz LHW 13, 19, 22, 25, 29, 30, 32, 33, 40, 44, 47, 50, 51, 66, 106, 133 16
United States Jon Jones LHW \ HW 128, 135, 140, 145, 152, 159, 165, 172, 182, 197, 214, 232, 235, 239, 247, 285
5 Canada Georges St-Pierre WW \ MW 65, 69, 79, 83, 87, 94, 111, 124, 129, 154, 158, 167, 217 13
6 Nigeria Israel Adesanya MW \ LHW 234, 243, 248, 253, 259, 263, 271, 276, 281, 287, 293, 305 12
1.^ Minimum 10 pay-per-view main events.

Winning

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Most wins

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Most wins - All fighters

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Bold - Active fighters

Updated as of April 13, 2024 after UFC 300.

Most wins - By division

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Updated as of September 14, 2024 after UFC 306.

Highest win percentage

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[citation needed]

Fighter Division Wins Losses NC Draw %
1 Russia Khabib Nurmagomedov LW \ CW 13 0 0 0 100.00
2 Russia Islam Makhachev LW \ CW 15 1 93.75
3 United States Jon Jones HW \ LHW 21 1 91.30
4 Canada Georges St-Pierre MW \ WW 20 2 0 90.91
5 Brazil Amanda Nunes W-BW \ W-FTW 16 88.89
6 Cameroon Francis Ngannou HW 12 85.71
7 England Arnold Allen FTW 11 84.62
Georgia (country) Merab Dvalishvili BW \ CW
Brazil Royce Gracie CW \ OW 1 1
  • Minimum of 10 UFC fights

Most consecutive wins

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Updated as of September 14, 2024 after UFC 306.

All fighters[5]
Fighter Division Began Ended Winning streak
1 Brazil Anderson Silva LHW \ MW Jun 28, 2006 Jul 6, 2013 16
2 Nigeria Kamaru Usman WW Jul 12, 2015 Aug 20, 2022 15
3 Russia Islam Makhachev LW \ CW Sept 17, 2016 Active 14
4 United States Jon Jones LHW Mar 21, 2010 Jul 29, 2017 13
United States Max Holloway FTW \ CW Jan 4, 2014 Apr 13, 2019
Canada Georges St-Pierre MW \ WW Aug 25, 2007 Retired
United States Demetrious Johnson FLW Jun 8, 2012 Aug 4, 2018
Russia Khabib Nurmagomedov LW \ CW Jan 20, 2012 Retired
9 United States Tony Ferguson LW Oct 17, 2013 May 9, 2020 12
Australia Alexander Volkanovski FTW \ CW \ LW Nov 26, 2016 Feb 12, 2023
Brazil Amanda Nunes W-FTW \ W-BW Mar 21, 2015 Dec 11, 2021
12 Brazil Charles Oliveira LW Jun 9, 2018 Oct 22, 2022 11
Georgia (country) Merab Dvalishvili BW Sept 15, 2018 Active
Brazil Royce Gracie[a] OW Nov 12, 1993 Apr 7, 1995
By division
Division Fighter Began Ended Winning streak
Heavyweight Brazil Junior dos Santos Oct 25, 2008 Dec 29, 2012 9[6]
Light Heavyweight United States Jon Jones Mar 21, 2010 Jul 29, 2017 13[17]
Middleweight Brazil Anderson Silva Jun 28, 2006 Jul 6, 2013 13[8]
Welterweight Nigeria Kamaru Usman Jul 12, 2015 Aug 20, 2022 15[9]
Lightweight Russia Islam Makhachev Sept 17, 2016 Active 13[10]
Featherweight United States Max Holloway Jan 4, 2014 Dec 14, 2019 13[11]
Bantamweight Georgia (country) Merab Dvalishvili Sept 15, 2018 Active 10[12]
Flyweight United States Demetrious Johnson Jun 8, 2012 Aug 4, 2018 13[13]
Women's Featherweight Brazil Amanda Nunes Dec 29, 2018 Retired 3
Brazil Cris Cyborg Jul 29, 2017 Dec 29, 2018
Women's Bantamweight Brazil Amanda Nunes Mar 21, 2015 Dec 11, 2021 9[14]
Women's Flyweight Kyrgyzstan Valentina Shevchenko Feb 3, 2018 Mar 4, 2023 9[13]
Women's Strawweight Poland Joanna Jedrzejczyk Dec 13, 2014 Nov 4, 2017 8[16]

Finishes

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Most finishes

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Most finishes - All fighters

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Updated as of May 11, 2024 after UFC on ESPN: Lewis vs. Nascimento.

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

Most Finishes - By division

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Updated to August 24, 2024.

Most consecutive finishes - All fighters

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

In any bout[18][19]
Fighter Division Consecutive
Finishes
1 Brazil Royce Gracie OW 11
2 Brazil Anderson Silva MW \ LHW 8
3 Brazil Charles Oliveira LW 7
United States Chuck Liddell LHW

Most Finishes - In a single event

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Event Date Venue City Finishes
1 UFC Fight Night 55 November 8, 2014 Allphones Arena Sydney, Australia 11[20]
UFC 224 May 12, 2018 Jeunesse Arena Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
UFC 281 November 12, 2022 Madison Square Garden New York City, New York

Highest Percentage of Finishes - In a single event

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Event Date Venue City Fights Finishes Finish Percentage
1 UFC Fight Night 55 November 8, 2014 Allphones Arena Sydney, Australia 11 11 100%[21]
UFC Vegas 59 August 6, 2022 UFC Apex Enterprise, Nevada, U.S. 10 10

Fastest Finishes

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Fastest Finishes - All fighters

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Updated to 17 February, 2024.

Fastest Finishes - By division

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Updated to 9 July, 2023.

Latest Finishes

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Latest Finishes - All fighters

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Latest Finishes - By division

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Highest Finishes per win percentage

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

Updated to August 24, 2024.[citation needed]

Fighter Division/s Finishes Wins %
1 United States Gerald Meerschaert MW 12 12 100.00%
2 Brazil Vitor Belfort MW \ LHW \ HW \ CW 14 15 93.33%
3 Brazil Gabriel Gonzaga HW 11 12 91.67%
United States B.J. Penn LW \ WW
Cameroon Francis Ngannou HW
6 Brazil Charles Oliveira FTW \ LW 20 22 90.91%
7 United States Matt Brown WW 15 17 88.24%
1.^ Minimum 10 UFC wins.

Knockouts

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Bold - Active fighters

Most knockouts

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Most knockouts - All fighters

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Updated to October 5, 2024.

Most knockouts - By division

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

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

Most consecutive knockouts - All fighters

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

In any bout[24][25]
Fighter Division Consecutive
Knockouts
1 United States Chuck Liddell LHW 7
2 Russia Sergei Pavlovich HW 6
United States Don Frye OW
4 Republic of Ireland Conor McGregor FTW 5
United States Stipe Miocic HW
Australia Tai Tuivasa HW
United States Steve Garcia LW \ FTW
United States Ricco Rodriguez WW
Brazil Thiago Alves WW \ CW
Brazil Junior dos Santos WW
United States Matt Brown WW
Russia Mairbek Taisumov LW
Cameroon Francis Ngannou HW

Most knockouts - In a single event

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Updated to March 30, 2024.[26]

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

Fastest knockouts

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Fastest knockouts - All fighters

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  1. ^ Official UFC records have the bout time at 0:11, Dana White and UFC officials have admitted[27] the actual KO time was 0:06. The NSAC cannot retroactively amend bout times.

Fastest knockouts - By division

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Latest knockouts

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Latest knockouts - All fighters

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Latest knockouts - By division

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

Submissions

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Bold - Active fighters

Most submissions

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Most submissions - All fighters

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Updated as of August 24, 2024 after UFC on ESPN: Cannonier vs. Borralho.

Most submissions - By division

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Updated as of August 24, 2024 after UFC on ESPN: Cannonier vs. Borralho.

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

Most consecutive submissions - All fighters

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

In any bout[29]
Fighter Division Consecutive
Submissions
1 Brazil Royce Gracie OW 6
2 Brazil Demian Maia MW 5
3 Brazil Charles Oliveira LW 4
United States Brendan Allen MW

Most submissions - In a single event

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

Fastest submissions

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Fastest submissions - All fighters

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Fastest submissions - By division

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

Latest submissions

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Latest submissions - All fighters

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Latest submissions - By division

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Highest submissions per win percentage

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[citation needed]

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

First-ever Submissions executed in UFC history

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

Decisions

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Most Decision bouts

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Most Decision wins - All fighters

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Most Decision wins - By division

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Most Decision bouts in one event

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

Most Split Decision bouts in one event

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Event Date Venue City Split Decisions
1 UFC Fight Night 79 November 28, 2015 Olympic Gymnastics Arena Seoul, South Korea 5[30]
UFC 222 March 3, 2018 T-Mobile Arena Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
UFC 274 May 7, 2022 Footprint Center Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.

Highest Decision wins per win percentage

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

Striking

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Most significant strikes landed

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Most significant strikes landed - Career

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Most significant strikes landed - In a single bout

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

In any bout[34]
Fighter Opponent Division Event Strikes
1 United States Max Holloway United States Calvin Kattar Featherweight UFC on ABC: Holloway vs. Kattar 445[35]
2 United States Brian Ortega UFC 231 290
3 United States Rob Font Ecuador Marlon Vera Bantamweight UFC on ESPN: Font vs. Vera 271
4 United States Jared Cannonier Italy Marvin Vettori Middleweight UFC on ESPN: Vettori vs. Cannonier 241
5 United States Nate Diaz United States Donald Cerrone Lightweight UFC 141 238
In a title bout[34]
Fighter Opponent Division Event Strikes
1 United States Max Holloway United States Brian Ortega Featherweight UFC 231 290
2 United States Jamahal Hill Brazil Glover Teixeira Light Heavyweight UFC 283 232
3 United States Sean O'Malley Ecuador Marlon Vera Bantamweight UFC 299 230
4 Poland Joanna Jędrzejczyk Brazil Jéssica Andrade Women's Strawweight UFC 211 225
5 Australia Alexander Volkanovski United States Brian Ortega Featherweight UFC 266 214

Most significant strikes landed - In a single event

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Updated to December 3, 2022.[26]

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

Highest significant strike percentage

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Fighter Division Landed Attempted %
1 United States Sean O'Malley BW 1011 1645 61.46%
2 France Ciryl Gane HW 856 1406 60.88%
3 United States Randy Couture LHW \ HW 778 1294 60.12%
4 United States Justin Gaethje LW 964 1628 59.21%
5 Brazil Anderson Silva MW \ LHW 832 1410 59.01%
2.^ Minimum 1000 significant strike attempts.

Updated to Ottober 5, 2024[5]

Fighter Division Landed Attempted %
1 Netherlands Alistair Overeem HW 715 962 74.3%
2 United States Anthony Hamilton HW 246 375 65.6%
3 United States Tatiana Suarez W-SW \ W-FLW 279 436 64.0%
4 Russia Umar Nurmagomedov BW 319 503 63.4%
5 Brazil Alex Pereira MW \ LHW 581 923 62.9%
1.^ Minimum 5 UFC bouts and 350 significant strikes attempted.

Highest significant strikes landed per minute

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Updated to September 14, 2024[31]

Fighter Division Strikes \ minute
1 United States Joshua Van FLW 8.39
2 United States Victor Henry BW 8.34
3 England Tom Aspinall HW 8.07
4 Australia Casey O'Neill W-FLW 7.89
5 United States Leslie Smith W-BW 7.56
1.^ Minimum 5 UFC bouts.

Knockdowns

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Bold - Active fighters

Most knockdowns - Career

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Updated to October 14, 2023.

Most knockdowns - By division

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Updated to July 13, 2024.

Division Fighter Knockdowns
Heavyweight Brazil Junior dos Santos 14[6]
Light Heavyweight United States Chuck Liddell 14[17]
Brazil Maurício Rua
Middleweight Nigeria Israel Adesanya 13[8]
Brazil Anderson Silva
Welterweight Brazil Thiago Alves 13[9]
Lightweight United States Melvin Guillard 13[10]
Featherweight United States Josh Emmett 12[11]
Bantamweight United States Montel Jackson 11[12]
Flyweight Brazil Deiveson Figueiredo 11[13]
Women's Featherweight Brazil Josiane Nunes 2[36][37]
Brazil Amanda Nunes
Women's Bantamweight Brazil Amanda Nunes 6[14]
Women's Flyweight Brazil Ariane Lipski 3[15]
Brazil Taila Santos
Women's Strawweight Brazil Amanda Lemos 6[16]

Most knockdowns - In a single bout

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Updated to November 11, 2023.

Most knockdowns - In a single event

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Updated to June 18, 2022.[26]

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

Takedowns

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Most Takedowns Landed - All fighters

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Updated to September 14, 2024.

Most Takedowns Landed - By division

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Updated to October 19, 2024.

Division Fighter Takedowns
Heavyweight United States Curtis Blaydes 62[6]
Light Heavyweight United States Tito Ortiz[a] 58
Middleweight United States Chris Weidman 43[8]
Welterweight Canada Georges St-Pierre 87[9]
Lightweight Brazil Gleison Tibau 84[10]
Featherweight United States Darren Elkins 64[11]
Bantamweight Georgia (country) Merab Dvalishvili 72[39]
Flyweight United States Tim Elliott 59[13]
Women's Featherweight Brazil Norma Dumont 9[40][41]
Women's Bantamweight Brazil Amanda Nunes 32[14]
Women's Flyweight Kyrgyzstan Valentina Shevchenko 47[15]
Women's Strawweight United States Carla Esparza 49[16]
  1. ^ 8 of 58 Light Heavyweight takedowns in deprecated UFC Middleweight (171-199 lbs.) class (now known as Light Heavyweight) and 2 of 58 Light Heavyweight takedowns in first deprecated UFC Lightweight (< 199 lbs.) class (now known as Light Heavyweight)

Most Takedowns Landed - In a single bout

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Updated to June 20, 2020.

Most Takedowns Landed - In a single event

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Updated to July 10, 2023.[26]

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

Highest takedown accuracy

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Updated to March 9, 2024.[31]

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

Submission attempts

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[citation needed]

Submission attempts - Career

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

Submission attempts - In a single bout

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

Highest submission attempt rate

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Fighter Division Submission attempts \ 5 minute round
1 United States Dustin Hazelett LW \ WW 1.404
2 Brazil Royce Gracie OW \ CW 1.282
3 Brazil Rousimar Palhares WW \ MW 1.047
4 Brazil Renato Sobral LHW \ HW 1.041
5 Brazil Charles Oliveira FTW \ LW 0.979
1.^ Minimum 10 UFC bouts.

Championships

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Most title reigns

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

Longest single title reigns

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

Longest single title reigns - By division

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By number of Days
Division Fighter Days
HW United States Cain Velasquez 896
LHW United States Jon Jones 1501
MW Brazil Anderson Silva 2457
WW Canada Georges St-Pierre 2064
LW Russia Khabib Nurmagomedov 1077
FTW Brazil José Aldo 1848
BW United States Dominick Cruz 1117
FLW United States Demetrious Johnson 2142
W-FTW Brazil Amanda Nunes 1634
W-BW Brazil Amanda Nunes 1981
W-FLW Kyrgyzstan Valentina Shevchenko 1547
W-SW Poland Joanna Jędrzejczyk 966
By number of Title Defenses
Division Fighter Defenses
HW United States Stipe Miocic 3
LHW United States Jon Jones 8
MW Brazil Anderson Silva 10
WW Canada Georges St-Pierre 9
LW Russia Islam Makhachev 3
United States B.J. Penn
United States Frankie Edgar
United States Benson Henderson
Russia Khabib Nurmagomedov
FTW Brazil José Aldo 7
BW United States Aljamain Sterling 3
FLW United States Demetrious Johnson 11
W-FTW Brazil Amanda Nunes 2
Brazil Cris Cyborg
W-BW United States Ronda Rousey 6
W-FLW Kyrgyzstan Valentina Shevchenko 7
W-SW Poland Joanna Jędrzejczyk 5
  • Bold – Active reign.

Longest combined title reigns

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By number of Days
Fighter Division Reigns Days
1 Brazil Amanda Nunes W-BW \ W-FTW 2 \ 1 3940
2 United States Jon Jones HW \ LHW 1 \ 2 2712
3 Brazil Anderson Silva MW 1 2457
4 Canada Georges St-Pierre MW \ WW 1 \ 2 2237
5 United States Demetrious Johnson FLW 1 2142
By number of Title Defenses
Fighter Division Reigns Defenses
1 United States Demetrious Johnson FLW 1 11
United States Jon Jones LHW 2
3 Brazil Anderson Silva MW 1 10
4 Canada Georges St-Pierre WW 2 9
5 Brazil Amanda Nunes W-BW \ W-FTW 2 \ 1 8
6 Kyrgyzstan Valentina Shevchenko W-FLW 2 7
United States Matt Hughes WW 2
Brazil José Aldo FTW 2
9 United States Ronda Rousey W-BW 1 6

Longest combined title reigns - By division

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By number of Days
Division Fighter Reigns Days
Heavyweight United States Stipe Miocic 2 1372
Light Heavyweight United States Jon Jones 2 2098
Middleweight Brazil Anderson Silva 1 2457
Welterweight Canada Georges St-Pierre 2 2204
Lightweight Russia Khabib Nurmagomedov 1 1077
Featherweight Brazil José Aldo 2 2037
Bantamweight United States Dominick Cruz 2 1465
Flyweight United States Demetrious Johnson 1 2142
Women's Featherweight Brazil Amanda Nunes 1 1634
Women's Bantamweight 2 2306
Women's Flyweight Kyrgyzstan Valentina Shevchenko 2 1601
Women's Strawweight Poland Joanna Jędrzejczyk 1 966
By number of Title Defenses
Division Fighter Reigns Defenses
Heavyweight United States Stipe Miocic 2 4
Light Heavyweight United States Jon Jones 2 11
Middleweight Brazil Anderson Silva 1 10
Welterweight Canada Georges St-Pierre 2 9
Lightweight United States Islam Makhachev 1 3
United States B.J. Penn
United States Frankie Edgar
United States Benson Henderson
Russia Khabib Nurmagomedov
Featherweight Brazil José Aldo 2 7
Bantamweight United States Aljamain Sterling 1 3
United States Dominick Cruz 2
United States T.J. Dillashaw
Flyweight United States Demetrious Johnson 1 11
Women's Featherweight Brazil Amanda Nunes 1 2
Brazil Cris Cyborg
Women's Bantamweight United States Ronda Rousey 1 6
Brazil Amanda Nunes 2
Women's Flyweight Kyrgyzstan Valentina Shevchenko 2 7
Women's Strawweight Poland Joanna Jędrzejczyk 1 5
  • Bold - Active reign.

Most title bouts

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

Youngest champions

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Fighter Division Won \ Awarded Birthday Age
1 United States Jon Jones LHW Mar 19, 2011 Jul 19, 1987 23 years, 243 days
2 Brazil José Aldo FTW Nov 20, 2010 Sept 9, 1986 24 years, 72 days2
3 United States Josh Barnett HW Mar 22, 2002 Nov 10, 1977 24 years, 132 days
4 Canada Carlos Newton WW May 4, 2001 Aug 17, 1976 24 years, 260 days
5 United States Frank Shamrock LHW Dec 21, 1997 Dec 8, 1972 25 years, 13 days

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

  • Bold - Active reign.

Oldest champions

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

Multi-division champions

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Fighters who have won championships in multiple weight classes.[43] Tournament championships and The Ultimate Fighter winners are not included.

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


Interim
Champion Division Won Lost Defenses Reign Total reign
1 United States Randy Couture Heavyweight Dec 21, 1997 (UFC Japan) Jan ?, 1998 (stripped) 0 00? days 1,478 + ? days
Nov 17, 2000 (UFC 28) Mar 22, 2002 (UFC 36) 2 490 days
Mar 3, 2007 (UFC 68) Nov 15, 2008 (UFC 91) 1 623 days
Light Heavyweight Jun 6, 2003 (UFC 43) Sep 26, 2003 (UFC 44) 0 -
Sep 26, 2003 (UFC 44) Jan 31, 2004 (UFC 46) 0 127 days
Aug 21, 2004 (UFC 49) Apr 16, 2005 (UFC 52) 0 238 days
2 United States B.J. Penn Welterweight Jan 31, 2004 (UFC 46) May 17, 2004 (stripped) 0 107 days 919 days
Lightweight Jan 19, 2008 (UFC 80) Apr 10, 2010 (UFC 112) 3 812 days
3 Republic of Ireland Conor McGregor Featherweight Jul 11, 2015 (UFC 189) Dec 12, 2015 (UFC 194) 0 - 861 days
Dec 12, 2015 (UFC 194) Nov 26, 2016 (stripped) 0 350 days
Lightweight Nov 12, 2016 (UFC 205) Apr 7, 2018 (stripped) 0 511 days
4 Canada Georges St-Pierre Welterweight Nov 18, 2006 (UFC 65) Apr 7, 2007 (UFC 69) 0 140 days 2,237 days
Dec 29, 2007 (UFC 79) Apr 19, 2008 (UFC 83) 0 -
Apr 19, 2008 (UFC 83) Dec 13, 2013 (vacated) 9 2,064 days
Middleweight Nov 4, 2017 (UFC 217) Dec 7, 2017 (vacated) 0 33 days
5 United States Daniel Cormier Light Heavyweight May 23, 2015 (UFC 187) Dec 28, 2018 (vacated) 3 1,315 days 1,722 days
Heavyweight Jul 7, 2018 (UFC 226) Aug 17, 2019 (UFC 241) 1 407 days
6 Brazil Amanda Nunes Women's Bantamweight Jul 9, 2016 (UFC 200) Dec 11, 2021 (UFC 269) 5 1,981 days 3,940 days
Jul 30, 2022 (UFC 277) Jun 20, 2023 (vacated) 1 325 days
Women's Featherweight Dec 29, 2018 (UFC 232) Jun 20, 2023 (vacated) 2 1,634 days
7 United States Henry Cejudo Flyweight Aug 4, 2018 (UFC 227) Feb 29, 2020 (vacated) 1 574 days 926 days
Bantamweight Jun 8, 2019 (UFC 238) May 24, 2020 (vacated) 1 352 days
8 United States Jon Jones Light Heavyweight Mar 19, 2011 (UFC 128) Apr 28, 2015 (stripped) 8 1,501 days 2,712 days
Apr 23, 2016 (UFC 197) Nov 19, 2016 (stripped) 0 -
Dec 29, 2018 (UFC 232) Aug 17, 2020 (vacated) 3 597 days
Heavyweight Mar 4, 2023 (UFC 285) Incumbent 0 614 days
9 Brazil Alex Pereira Middleweight Nov 12, 2022 (UFC 281) Apr 8, 2023 (UFC 287) 0 147 days 509 days
Light Heavyweight Nov 11, 2023 (UFC 295) Incumbent 3 362 days

Simultaneous two division champions

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  • Note: Defenses shown are while champion was a two division champion.
Champion Division Period Defenses Reign
1 Republic of Ireland Conor McGregor Featherweight Nov 12, 2016 – Nov 26, 2016 0 14 days
Lightweight 0
2 United States Daniel Cormier Light Heavyweight Jul 7, 2018 – Dec 28, 2018 0 174 days
Heavyweight 1
3 Brazil Amanda Nunes Women's Bantamweight Dec 29, 2018 – Dec 11, 2021 2 1,078 days
Women's Featherweight 2
4 United States Henry Cejudo Flyweight Jun 8, 2019 – Feb 29, 2020 0 266 days
Bantamweight 1
5 Brazil Amanda Nunes (2) Women's Featherweight Jul 30, 2022 – Jun 20, 2023 0 325 days
Women's Bantamweight 1
  • Bold - Active reigns.

Tournaments

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Multiple tournament wins

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

Pound-for-pound

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Men's Pound-for-pound reigns

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

Updated as of November 5, 2024.

Fighter[44] Start Date Days Times[a]
Brazil Anderson Silva Feb 5 2013 155 11
United States Jon Jones Jul 9 2013 659 64
Brazil José Aldo Apr 29 2015 229 22
United States Demetrious Johnson Dec 14 2015 21 2
United States Jon Jones Jan 4 2016 189 16
United States Demetrious Johnson Jul 11 2016 387 40
United States Jon Jones Aug 2 2017 33 2
United States Demetrious Johnson Sep 4 2017 310 33
United States Daniel Cormier Jul 11 2018 418 36
United States Jon Jones Sep 2 2019 420 44
Russia Khabib Nurmagomedov Oct 26 2020 148 17
United States Jon Jones Mar 23 2021 195 23
Nigeria Kamaru Usman Oct 4 2021 322 36
Australia Alexander Volkanovski Aug 22 2022 194 18
Australia Alexander Volkanovski Jul 11 2023 40 7
United States Jon Jones Mar 7 2023 245 30
Russia Islam Makhachev Nov 7 2023 366 42

Bold - Active reign.

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

Men's longest combined pound-for-pound reign

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Updated as of November 5, 2024.

Fighter[45] Days Times[a] Reigns
United States Jon Jones 1,743 165 6
United States Demetrious Johnson 718 75 3
Russia Islam Makhachev 366 42 1
United States Daniel Cormier 418 36 1
Nigeria Kamaru Usman 322 36 1
Australia Alexander Volkanovski 237 26 2
Brazil José Aldo 229 22 1
Brazil Anderson Silva 155 11 1
Russia Khabib Nurmagomedov 148 17 1

Bold - Active reign.

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

Women's Pound-for-pound reigns

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Women's Pound-for-pound rankings were first introduced by the UFC on January 27, 2020.[46]

Updated as of November 5, 2024.

Fighter Start Date Days Times[a]
Brazil Amanda Nunes Jan 27 2020 686 80
Kyrgyzstan Valentina Shevchenko Dec 13 2021[47] 231 27
Brazil Amanda Nunes Aug 1 2022[48] 323 36
Mexico Alexa Grasso Jun 20 2023[49] 454 53
Kyrgyzstan Valentina Shevchenko Sep 17 2024 51 7

Bold - Active reign.

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

Women's Longest combined pound-for-pound reign

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Updated as of November 5, 2024.

Fighter[50] Days Times[a] Reigns
Brazil Amanda Nunes 1,009 116 2
Mexico Alexa Grasso 454 53 1
Kyrgyzstan Valentina Shevchenko 282 34 2

Bold - Active reign.

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

Bonuses

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Most overall

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Updated as of June 1, 2024 after UFC 302.

Fighter No. of bonuses[31]
1 Brazil Charles Oliveira 19
2 United States Donald Cerrone 18
3 United States Nate Diaz 16
4 United States Jim Miller 15
United States Dustin Poirier
United States Joe Lauzon
7 Brazil Anderson Silva 14

Most Performance of the Night bonuses

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

Fighter POTN bonuses
1 Brazil Charles Oliveira 13
2 Scotland Paul Craig 8
3 Republic of Ireland Conor McGregor 7
United States Kevin Holland
England Tom Aspinall
United States Donald Cerrone
United States Ovince Saint Preux

Most Fight of the Night bonuses

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Updated to June 29, 2024 (after UFC 303).

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

Most Knockout of the Night bonuses (discontinued)

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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)

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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 Jim Miller
Brazil Charles Oliveira
United States Chris Lytle

Attendances

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Overall

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Event Main Event Date Venue City Attendance
1 UFC 243 Whittaker (c) vs. Adesanya (ic) Oct 6, 2019 Marvel Stadium Australia Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 57,127[51]
2 UFC 193 Rousey (c) vs. Holm Nov 14, 2015 56,214[52]
3 UFC 129 St-Pierre (c) vs. Shields Apr 30, 2011 Rogers Centre Canada Toronto, Ontario, Canada 55,724[53]
4 UFC 198 Werdum (c) vs. Miocic May 14, 2016 Arena da Baixada Brazil Curitiba, Brazil 45,207[54]
5 UFC on Fox 14 Gustafsson vs. Johnson Jan 24, 2015 Tele2 Arena Sweden Stockholm, Sweden 30,000[55]

United States

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Event Main Event Date Venue City Attendance
1 UFC 281 Adesanya (c) vs. Pereira 1 Nov 12, 2022 Madison Square Garden United States New York City, New York 20,845
2 UFC 268 Usman (c) vs. Covington 2 Nov 6, 2021 20,715
3 UFC 205 Alvarez (c) vs. McGregor Nov 12, 2016 20,427
4 UFC 244 Masvidal vs. Diaz Nov 2, 2019 20,143
5 UFC 300 Pereira (c) vs. Hill Apr 13, 2024 T-Mobile Arena United States Las Vegas, Nevada 20,067

Finances

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

Highest Pay-Per-View buys

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

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

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

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

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UFC 1–100
Event Date Main Event PPV Buys
1 UFC 42 Apr 25, 2003 Hughes (c) vs. Sherk 35,000
UFC 35 Jan 11, 2002 Pulver (c) vs. Penn
3 UFC 45 Nov 21, 2003 Hughes (c) vs. Trigg 40,000
4 UFC 39 Sep 27, 2002 Couture vs. Rodriguez 45,000
UFC 38 Jul 13, 2002 Hughes (c) vs. Newton
UFC 101–200
Event Date Main Event PPV Buys
1 UFC 174 Jun 14, 2014 Johnson (c) vs. Bagautinov 115,000
UFC 191 Sep 5, 2015 Johnson (c) vs. Dodson
3 UFC 177 Aug 30, 2014 Dillashaw (c) vs. Soto 125,000
UFC 186 Apr 25, 2015 Johnson (c) vs. Horiguchi
5 UFC 179 Oct 25, 2014 Aldo (c) vs. Mendes 180,000
UFC 201–235
Event Date Main Event PPV Buys
1 UFC 224 May 12, 2018 Nunes (c) vs. Pennington 85,000[57]
2 UFC 215 Sep 9, 2017 Nunes (c) vs. Shevchenko 100,000
3 UFC 228 Sep 8, 2018 Woodley (c) vs. Till 130,000
4 UFC 212 Jun 3, 2017 Aldo (c) vs. Holloway (ic) 167,000
5 UFC 234 Feb 10, 2019 Adesanya vs. Silva 175,000

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

Biggest gates

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Event Main Event Date Venue City Gate Inflation Adjusted
1 UFC 306 O'Malley (c) vs. Dvalishvili Sep 14, 2024 Sphere United States Paradise, Nevada, U.S. $21,829,245[58][59] $21,829,245
2 UFC 205 Alvarez (c) vs. McGregor Nov 12, 2016 Madison Square Garden United States New York City, New York U.S. $17,700,000 $23,161,913
3 UFC 229 Khabib (c) vs. McGregor Oct 6, 2018 T-Mobile Arena United States Paradise, Nevada, U.S. $17,188,894 $21,512,689
4 UFC 300 Pereira (c) vs. Hill April 13, 2024 $16,508,823 $16,508,823
5 UFC 303 Pereira (c) vs. Procházka 2 June 29, 2024 $15,909,243 $15,909,243

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