List of UFC records

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

Fighting[edit]

Most bouts[edit]

Most bouts - All fighters[edit]

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 April 13, 2024 after UFC 300.

Most bouts - By division[edit]

Updated as of March 9, 2024 after UFC 299.

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

Most bouts or wins - In a calendar year[edit]

[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 total fight time[edit]

Most total fight time - All fighters[edit]

Updated to April 13, 2024.

Most total fight time - By division[edit]

Updated to April 13, 2024

In any bout
Division/s Fighter Time (hh:mm:ss)
Heavyweight Belarus Andrei Arlovski 6:34:58[6]
Light Heavyweight United States Jon Jones 5:40:15 [15]
Middleweight England Michael Bisping 5:15:15 [16]
Welterweight United States Neil Magny 6:47:19[7]
Lightweight United States Jim Miller 6:47:47 [8]
Featherweight United States Max Holloway 6:47:23 [9]
Bantamweight Ecuador Marlon Vera 4:24:51[10]
Flyweight United States Demetrious Johnson 4:39:12[11]
Women's Featherweight Brazil Norma Dumont 1:31:26
Women's Bantamweight United States Raquel Pennington 4:17:33 [12]
Women's Flyweight Kyrgyzstan Valentina Shevchenko 3:17:47 [13]
Women's Strawweight United States Angela Hill 5:33:33 [14]

Most PPV Main Events[edit]

[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 11
1.^ Minimum 10 pay-per-view main events.

Winning[edit]

Most wins[edit]

Most wins - All fighters[edit]

Bold - Active fighters

Updated as of April 13, 2024 after UFC 300.

Most wins - By division[edit]

Updated as of April 13, 2024 after UFC 300.

Highest win percentage[edit]

[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 14 1 93.33
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
United States Brendan Allen MW \ LHW \ CW
7 Brazil Royce Gracie CW \ OW 11 1 1 84.62
  • Minimum of 10 fights

Most consecutive wins[edit]

Updated as of February 17, 2024 after UFC 298.

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 United States Jon Jones LHW Mar 21, 2010 Jul 29, 2017 13
Russia Islam Makhachev LW \ CW Sept 17, 2016 Active
United States Demetrious Johnson FLW Jun 8, 2012 Aug 4, 2018
Canada Georges St-Pierre MW \ WW Aug 25, 2007 Retired
United States Max Holloway FTW \ CW Jan 4, 2014 Apr 13, 2019
Russia Khabib Nurmagomedov LW \ CW Jan 20, 2012 Retired
8 United States Tony Ferguson LW Oct 17, 2013 May 9, 2020 12
Brazil Amanda Nunes W-FTW \ W-BW Mar 21, 2015 Dec 11, 2021
Australia Alexander Volkanovski FTW \ CW \ LW Nov 26, 2016 Feb 12, 2023
12 Brazil Charles Oliveira LW Jun 9, 2018 Oct 22, 2022 11
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[15]
Middleweight Brazil Anderson Silva Jun 28, 2006 Jul 6, 2013 13[16]
Welterweight Nigeria Kamaru Usman Jul 12, 2015 Aug 20, 2022 15[7]
Lightweight United States Tony Ferguson Oct 19, 2013 May 9, 2020 12[8]
Russia Islam Makhachev Sept 17, 2016 Active
Russia Khabib Nurmagomedov Jan 20, 2012 Retired
Featherweight United States Max Holloway Jan 4, 2014 Dec 14, 2019 13[9]
Bantamweight Georgia (country) Merab Dvalishvili Sept 15, 2018 Active 9[10]
United States Aljamain Sterling Apr 21, 2018 Aug 19, 2023
Flyweight United States Demetrious Johnson Jun 8, 2012 Aug 4, 2018 13[11]
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[12]
Women's Flyweight Kyrgyzstan Valentina Shevchenko Feb 3, 2018 Mar 4, 2023 9[11]
Women's Strawweight Poland Joanna Jedrzejczyk Dec 13, 2014 Nov 4, 2017 8[14]

Finishes[edit]

Bold - Active fighters

Most finishes[edit]

Most finishes - All fighters[edit]

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.
  3. ^ 4 of 5 Finishes in deprecated UFC Middleweight (171-199 lbs.) class (now known as Light Heavyweight) and 1 of 5 submissions in first deprecated UFC Lightweight (< 199 lbs.) class (now known as Light Heavyweight)

Most Finishes - By division[edit]

Updated to May 11, 2024.

Most Finishes - In a single event[edit]

Event Date Venue City Finishes
1 UFC Fight Night 55 November 8, 2014 Allphones Arena Sydney, Australia 11[17]
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[edit]

Event Date Venue City Fights Finishes Finish Percentage
1 UFC Fight Night 55 November 8, 2014 Allphones Arena Sydney, Australia 11 11 100%[18]
UFC Vegas 59 August 6, 2022 UFC Apex Enterprise, Nevada, U.S. 10 10

Fastest Finishes[edit]

Fastest Finishes - All fighters[edit]

Updated to 17 February, 2024.

Fastest Finishes - By division[edit]

Updated to 9 July, 2023.

Latest Finishes[edit]

Latest Finishes - All fighters[edit]

Latest Finishes - By division[edit]

Highest Finishes per win percentage[edit]

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

Updated to March 16, 2024.[citation needed]

Fighter Division/s Finishes Wins %
1 United States Gerald Meerschaert MW 11 11 100.00%
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%
1.^ Minimum 10 UFC wins.

Knockouts[edit]

Bold - Active fighters

Most knockouts[edit]

Most knockouts - All fighters[edit]

Updated to May 11, 2024.

Most knockouts - By division[edit]

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 knockouts - In a single event[edit]

Updated to March 30, 2024.[22]

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[edit]

Fastest knockouts - All fighters[edit]

  1. ^ Official UFC records have the bout time at 0:11, Dana White and UFC officials have admitted[23] the actual KO time was 0:06. The NSAC cannot retroactively amend bout times.

Fastest knockouts - By division[edit]

Latest knockouts[edit]

Latest knockouts - All fighters[edit]

Latest knockouts - By division[edit]

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

Submissions[edit]

Bold - Active fighters

Most submissions[edit]

Most submissions - All fighters[edit]

Updated as of March 16, 2024 after UFC Fight Night: Tuivasa vs. Tybura.

Most submissions - By division[edit]

Updated as of January 13, 2024 after UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Walker 2.

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

Most submissions - In a single event[edit]

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[edit]

Fastest submissions - All fighters[edit]

Fastest submissions - By division[edit]