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

Fighting

Most bouts

Most bouts - All fighters

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

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

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

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

Bold - Active UFC fighters

Updated as of May 9, 2026 after UFC 328.

In any bout^[5]
	Fighter	Division	Bouts
1	Jim Miller	LW \ WW \ CW	47
2	Andrei Arlovski	HW	42
3	Donald Cerrone	WW \ LW	38
4	Neil Magny	WW	37
	Charles Oliveira	LW \ FTW \ CW
	Clay Guida	LW \ FTW
7	Rafael dos Anjos	WW \ LW \ CW	36
7	Jeremy Stephens	FTW \ LW	36

In title bouts^{[citation needed]}
	Fighter	Division	Wins	Losses	Draws	NC	Total
1	Jon Jones	HW \ LHW	16	0	0	1	17
2	Randy Couture	HW \ LHW	9	6	0	0	15
2	Georges St-Pierre	MW \ WW	13	2	0	0	15
4	Valentina Shevchenko	W-FLW \ W-BW	11	2	1	0	14
4	Demetrious Johnson	FLW \ BW	12	2	0	0	14
6	Anderson Silva	MW	11	2	0	0	13
7	Israel Adesanya	MW \ LHW	8	4	0	0	12
	Matt Hughes	WW	9	3
	José Aldo	BW \ FTW	8	4
	Amanda Nunes	W-BW \ W-FTW	11	1

Most bouts - By division

Updated as of May 30, 2026 after UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Figueiredo.

In any bout
Division	Fighter	Bouts
Heavyweight	Andrei Arlovski	42^[6]
Light Heavyweight	Ovince Saint Preux	26^[7]
Middleweight	Brad Tavares	28^[8]
Welterweight	Neil Magny	36^[9]
Lightweight	Jim Miller	44^[10]
Featherweight	Darren Elkins	28^[11]
Bantamweight	Marlon Vera	23^[12]
Flyweight	Brandon Moreno	20^[13]
Flyweight	Tim Elliott	20^[13]
Women's Featherweight	Norma Dumont	6
	Megan Anderson
	Felicia Spencer
Women's Bantamweight	Raquel Pennington	18^[14]
Women's Flyweight	Valentina Shevchenko	14^[15]
	Katlyn Cerminara
	Andrea Lee
Women's Strawweight	Angela Hill	29^[16]

In title bouts
Division	Fighter	Bouts
Heavyweight	Tim Sylvia	9
	Randy Couture
	Stipe Miocic
Light Heavyweight	Jon Jones	15
Middleweight	Anderson Silva	13
Welterweight	Georges St-Pierre	14
Lightweight	B.J. Penn	8
Featherweight	José Aldo	11
Bantamweight	T.J. Dillashaw	7
Flyweight	Demetrious Johnson	13
Women's Featherweight	Cris Cyborg	4
Women's Bantamweight	Amanda Nunes	9
Women's Flyweight	Valentina Shevchenko	13
Women's Strawweight	Joanna Jędrzejczyk	9

Most bouts or wins - In a calendar year

^{[citation needed]}

	Fighter	Division/s	Year	Bouts^[a]	Wins
1	Chris Leben	MW	2006	5	3
	Roger Huerta	LW	2007		5
	Donald Cerrone	LW	2011		4
	Daron Cruickshank	LW	2014		3
	Neil Magny	WW	2014		5
	Neil Magny	WW	2015		4
	Uriah Hall	MW	2015		3
	Ross Pearson	LW \ WW	2016		1
	Thiago Santos	MW \ LHW	2018		4
	Greg Hardy	HW	2019		2
	Kevin Holland	MW \ WW	2020		5
	Kevin Holland	MW \ WW	2025		2
	André Fialho	WW	2022		2
	Jéssica Andrade	W-SW \ W-FW	2023		2
	Waldo Cortes-Acosta	HW	2025		4

↑ Does not include multiple-bout tournaments

Most bouts in a single event

Updated as of July 12, 2025 after UFC on ESPN: Lewis vs. Teixeira.

	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

Most total fight time - All fighters

Updated as of July 11, 2026 after UFC 329.

In any bout^[5]
	Fighter	Division/s	Time (hh:mm:ss)
1	Max Holloway	FTW \ LW	8:53:52
2	Rafael dos Anjos	LW \ WW	8:43:19
3	Frankie Edgar	FTW \ LW \ BW	7:57:10
4	Jim Miller	LW \ WW	7:31:57
5	Neil Magny	WW	7:22:49
6	Angela Hill	W-SW	7:12:45

In title bouts^{[citation needed]}
	Fighter	Division	Time (hh:mm:ss)
1	Jon Jones	LHW \ HW	4:56:20
2	Valentina Shevchenko	W-FLW \ W-BW	4:48:22
3	Georges St-Pierre	WW \ MW	4:14:28
4	Israel Adesanya	MW \ LHW	4:02:32
5	Demetrious Johnson	FLW \ BW	3:45:57
6	José Aldo	FTW \ BW	3:44:40

Most total fight time - By division

Updated as of May 30, 2026 after UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Figueiredo.

In any bout
Division/s	Fighter	Time (hh:mm:ss)
Heavyweight	Andrei Arlovski	6:49:58^[6]
Light Heavyweight	Jon Jones	5:40:15^[17]
Middleweight	Brad Tavares	6:04:18^[8]
Welterweight	Neil Magny	7:19:35^[9]
Lightweight	Jim Miller	7:08:00^[10]
Featherweight	Max Holloway	6:58:57^[11]
Bantamweight	Marlon Vera	5:09:51^[12]
Flyweight	Brandon Moreno	5:40:52^[13]
Women's Featherweight	Norma Dumont	1:31:26
Women's Bantamweight	Raquel Pennington	4:42:33^[14]
Women's Flyweight	Valentina Shevchenko	4:32:47^[15]
Women's Strawweight	Angela Hill	6:57:45^[16]

Most PPV Main Events

^{[citation needed]}

	Fighter	Division/s	PPV Main Events	Total
1	Randy Couture	LHW \ HW	Japan, 28, 31, 34, 36, 39, 43, 44, 46, 49, 52, 57, 68, 74, 91, 102, 105, 109	18
2	Jon Jones	LHW \ HW	128, 135, 140, 145, 152, 159, 165, 172, 182, 197, 214, 232, 235, 239, 247, 285, 309	17
2	Anderson Silva	MW \ LHW	64, 67, 73, 77, 82, 90, 97, 112, 117, 126, 134, 148 153, 162, 168, 183, 234	17
4	Tito Ortiz	LHW	13, 19, 22, 25, 29, 30, 32, 33, 40, 44, 47, 50, 51, 66, 106, 133	16
5	Georges St-Pierre	WW \ MW	65, 69, 79, 83, 87, 94, 111, 124, 129, 154, 158, 167, 217	13
6	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

Most wins

Most wins - All fighters

Bold - Active fighters

Updated as of July 11, 2026 after UFC 329..

In any bout^[5]
	Fighter	Division	Wins
1	Jim Miller	LW \ WW \ CW	28
2	Charles Oliveira	LW \ FTW	25
3	Neil Magny	WW	24
3	Max Holloway	FTW \ CW \ LW \ WW	24
5	Donald Cerrone	LW \ WW	23
5	Andrei Arlovski	HW	23
7	Demian Maia	MW \ WW	22
	Dustin Poirier	LW \ FTW
	Jon Jones	HW \ LHW

In title bouts^[5]
	Fighter	Division	Wins
1	Jon Jones	HW \ LHW	16
2	Georges St-Pierre	MW \ WW	13
3	Demetrious Johnson	FLW	12
4	Valentina Shevchenko	W-FLW	11
	Anderson Silva	MW
	Amanda Nunes	W-BW \ W-FTW
7	Matt Hughes	WW	9
7	Randy Couture	LHW \ HW	9

Most wins - By division

Updated as of May 9, 2026 after UFC 328..

In any bout
Division	Fighter	Wins
Heavyweight	Andrei Arlovski	23^[6]
Light Heavyweight	Jon Jones	20^[17]
Middleweight	Brad Tavares	16^[8]
Middleweight	Michael Bisping	16^[8]
Welterweight	Neil Magny	24^[9]
Lightweight	Jim Miller	23^[10]
Featherweight	Max Holloway	20^[11]
Bantamweight	Aljamain Sterling	14^[12]
Flyweight	Alexandre Pantoja	14^[13]
Women's Featherweight	Norma Dumont	5^[18]
Women's Bantamweight	Amanda Nunes	13^[14]
Women's Flyweight	Valentina Shevchenko	12^[15]
Women's Strawweight	Angela Hill	12^[16]

In title bouts
Division	Fighter	Wins
Heavyweight	Stipe Miocic	6^[a]
Heavyweight	Randy Couture	6^[a]
Light Heavyweight	Jon Jones	14^[17]
Middleweight	Anderson Silva	11^[8]
Welterweight	Georges St-Pierre	12^[9]
Lightweight	Islam Makhachev	5^[10]
Featherweight	Alexander Volkanovski	8^[11]
Featherweight	José Aldo	8^[11]
Bantamweight	T.J. Dillashaw	5^[12]
Flyweight	Demetrious Johnson	12^[13]
Women's Featherweight	Amanda Nunes	3
Women's Featherweight	Cris Cyborg	3
Women's Bantamweight	Amanda Nunes	8^[14]
Women's Flyweight	Valentina Shevchenko	11^[15]
Women's Strawweight	Zhang Weili	6^[16]
Women's Strawweight	Joanna Jedrzejczyk	6^[16]

↑ Not listed in source. Information found in fighter's page.

Most wins by a woman

Bold - Active fighters

Updated as of March 14, 2026 after UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Vallejos.

In any bout^[19]^[20]
	Fighter	Division	Wins
1	Jéssica Andrade	W-BW \ W-SW \ W-FW	17
2	Amanda Nunes	W-BW \ W-FTW	16
3	Valentina Shevchenko	W-BW \ W-FW	15
4	Gillian Robertson	W-FW \ W-SW \ CW	14

Highest win percentage

^{[citation needed]}

	Fighter	Division	Wins	Losses	NC	Draw	%
1	Movsar Evloev	FTW \ CW	10	0	0	0	100.00
1	Khabib Nurmagomedov	LW \ CW	13	0			100.00
3	Islam Makhachev	LW \ CW \ WW	17	1			94.44
4	Jon Jones	HW \ LHW	22		1		91.67
5	Ian Machado Garry	WW	10		0		90.91
	Carlos Ulberg	LHW
	Joshua Van	FW
	Dricus du Plessis	MW
	Georges St-Pierre	MW \ WW	20	2
10	Tatiana Suarez	W-SW \ W-FW	9	1			90.00
	Khamzat Chimaev	WW \ MW
	Ilia Topuria	LW \ FTW

Minimum of 10 UFC fights

Most consecutive wins

Updated as of December 6, 2025 after UFC 323.

All fighters^[5]
	Fighter	Division	Began	Ended	Winning streak
1	Islam Makhachev	LW \ CW \ WW	Sept 17, 2016	Active	16
1	Anderson Silva	LHW \ MW	Jun 28, 2006	Jul 6, 2013	16
3	Kamaru Usman	WW	Jul 12, 2015	Aug 20, 2022	15
4	Merab Dvalishvili	BW	Sept 15, 2018	Dec 6, 2025	14
5	Max Holloway	FTW \ CW	Jan 4, 2014	Apr 13, 2019	13
	Georges St-Pierre	MW \ WW	Aug 25, 2007	Retired
	Jon Jones	LHW	Mar 21, 2010	Jul 29, 2017
	Demetrious Johnson	FLW	Jun 8, 2012	Aug 4, 2018
	Khabib Nurmagomedov	LW \ CW	Jan 20, 2012	Retired
10	Alexander Volkanovski	FTW \ CW \ LW	Nov 26, 2016	Feb 12, 2023	12
	Tony Ferguson	LW	Oct 17, 2013	May 9, 2020
	Amanda Nunes	W-FTW \ W-BW	Mar 21, 2015	Dec 11, 2021

By division
Division	Fighter	Began	Ended	Winning streak
Heavyweight	Junior dos Santos	Oct 25, 2008	Dec 29, 2012	9^[6]
Light Heavyweight	Jon Jones	Mar 21, 2010	Jul 29, 2017	13^[17]
Middleweight	Anderson Silva	Jun 28, 2006	Jul 6, 2013	13^[8]
Welterweight	Kamaru Usman	Jul 12, 2015	Aug 20, 2022	15^[9]
Lightweight	Islam Makhachev	Sept 17, 2016	Active	14^[10]
Featherweight	Max Holloway	Jan 4, 2014	Dec 14, 2019	13^[11]
Bantamweight	Merab Dvalishvili	Sept 15, 2018	Dec 6, 2025	13^[12]
Flyweight	Demetrious Johnson	Jun 8, 2012	Aug 4, 2018	13^[13]
Women's Featherweight	Norma Dumont	Nov 28, 2020	Division Defunct	5
Women's Bantamweight	Amanda Nunes	Mar 21, 2015	Dec 11, 2021	9^[14]
Women's Flyweight	Valentina Shevchenko	Feb 3, 2018	Mar 4, 2023	9^[13]
Women's Strawweight	Joanna Jedrzejczyk	Dec 13, 2014	Nov 4, 2017	8^[16]

Finishes

Bold - Active fighters

Most finishes

Most finishes - All fighters

Updated as of July 11, 2026 after UFC 329.

In any bout^[5]
	Fighter	Division	Finishes
1	Charles Oliveira	LW \ FTW \ CW	21
2	Jim Miller	WW \ CW \ LW	20
3	Derrick Lewis	HW	16
3	Donald Cerrone	WW \ LW	16
5	Vicente Luque	WW \ MW	15
	Max Holloway	FTW \ CW \ LW \ WW
	Matt Brown	WW
	Dustin Poirier	LW \ FTW \ CW
9	Anderson Silva	MW \ LHW	14
9	Vitor Belfort^[a]	MW \ LHW \ HW	14

In title bouts^[21]
	Fighter	Division	Finishes
1	Anderson Silva	MW	9
2	Matt Hughes	WW	8
2	Jon Jones	LHW \ HW	8
4	Demetrious Johnson	FLW	7
5	Alex Pereira	LHW \ MW	6
	Ronda Rousey	W-BW
	Amanda Nunes	W-BW \ W-FW

↑ Not listed in source, information found in fighter's page.

Most finishes - By division

Updated as of May 9, 2026 after UFC 328..

In any bout
Division	Fighter	Finishes
Heavyweight	Derrick Lewis	16^[6]
Light Heavyweight	Glover Teixeira	13^[17]
Middleweight	Gerald Meerschaert	12^[8]
Welterweight	Matt Brown	15^[9]
Lightweight	Jim Miller	18^[10]
Featherweight	Max Holloway	11^[11]
Bantamweight	Marlon Vera	10^[12]
Flyweight	Alexandre Pantoja	8^[13]
Women's Featherweight	Megan Anderson	3
Women's Featherweight	Felicia Spencer	3
Women's Bantamweight	Amanda Nunes	8^[14]
Women's Flyweight	Gillian Robertson	7^[15]
Women's Strawweight	Jéssica Andrade	6^[16]

In title bouts^{[citation needed]}
Division	Fighter	Finishes
Heavyweight	Stipe Miocic	4
Light Heavyweight	Jon Jones	6
Middleweight	Anderson Silva	9
Welterweight	Matt Hughes	8
Lightweight	Islam Makhachev	4
Lightweight	B.J. Penn	4
Featherweight	Max Holloway	4
Bantamweight	T.J. Dillashaw	5
Flyweight	Demetrious Johnson	7
Women's Featherweight	Cris Cyborg	2
Women's Featherweight	Amanda Nunes	2
Women's Bantamweight	Ronda Rousey	6
Women's Flyweight	Valentina Shevchenko	4
Women's Strawweight	Zhang Weili	2
	Rose Namajunas
	Joanna Jędrzejczyk

Most consecutive finishes - All fighters

Updated as of July 12, 2025 after UFC on ESPN: Lewis vs. Teixeira.

In any bout^[22]^[23]
	Fighter	Division	Consecutive Finishes
1	Royce Gracie	OW	11
2	Anderson Silva	MW \ LHW	8
3	Charles Oliveira	LW	7
3	Chuck Liddell	LHW	7

Most finishes - In a single event

	Event	Date	Venue	City	Finishes
1	UFC Fight Night 55	November 8, 2014	Allphones Arena	Sydney, Australia	11^[24]
	UFC 224	May 12, 2018	Jeunesse Arena	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	UFC 281	November 12, 2022	Madison Square Garden	New York City, New York
	UFC Fight Night 258	September 6, 2025	Accor Arena	Paris, France
	UFC 329	July 11, 2026	T-Mobile Arena	Las Vegas, Nevada

Highest percentage of finishes - In a single event

	Event	Date	Venue	City	Fights	Finishes	Finish Percentage
1	UFC Fight Night 55	November 8, 2014	Allphones Arena	Sydney, Australia	11	11	100%^[25]
	UFC Vegas 59	August 6, 2022	UFC Apex	Enterprise, Nevada, U.S.	10	10
	UFC Freedom 250	June 14, 2026	White House	Washington, DC, U.S.	7	7

Fastest finishes

Fastest finishes - All fighters

Updated as of July 12, 2025 after UFC on ESPN: Lewis vs. Teixeira.

In any bout^[26]
	Fighter	Opponent	Division	Event	Type of finish	Time
1	Jorge Masvidal	Ben Askren	WW	UFC 239	Knockout	0:05^[27]
2	Duane Ludwig	Jonathan Goulet	WW	UFC Fight Night 3	Knockout	0:06
3	Todd Duffee	Tim Hague	HW	UFC 102	Knockout	0:07
	Chan Sung Jung	Mark Hominick	FTW	UFC 140	Knockout
	Ryan Jimmo	Anthony Perosh	LHW	UFC 149	Knockout
	Terrance McKinney	Matt Frevola	LW	UFC 263	Knockout
7	Don Frye	Thomas Ramirez	HW	UFC 8	Knockout	0:08
	James Irvin	Houston Alexander	LHW	UFC Fight Night 13	Knockout
	Leon Edwards	Seth Baczynski	WW	UFC Fight Night 64	Knockout
	Makwan Amirkhani	Andy Ogle	FTW	UFC on Fox 14	Knockout

In title bouts^{[citation needed]}
	Fighter	Opponent	Championship	Event	Type of finish	Time
1	Conor McGregor	José Aldo	FTW	UFC 194	Knockout	0:13
2	Ronda Rousey	Cat Zingano	W-BW	UFC 184	Submission	0:14
3	Andrei Arlovski	Paul Buentello	HW	UFC 55	Knockout	0:15
4	Ronda Rousey	Alexis Davis	W-BW	UFC 175	Knockout	0:16
4	Frank Shamrock	Kevin Jackson	LHW	UFC 15.5	Submission	0:16

Fastest finishes - By division

Updated as of December 6, 2025 after UFC 323.

In any bout
Division	Fighter	Opponent	Event	Type of finish	Time
Heavyweight	Todd Duffee	Tim Hague	UFC 102	Knockout	0:07^[6]
Light Heavyweight	Ryan Jimmo	Anthony Perosh	UFC 149	Knockout	0:07^[17]
Middleweight	Mark Weir	Eugene Jackson	UFC 38	Knockout	0:10^[8]
Welterweight	Jorge Masvidal	Ben Askren	UFC 239	Knockout	0:05 ^[27]
Lightweight	Terrance McKinney	Matt Frevola	UFC 263	Knockout	0:07^[10]
Featherweight	Chan Sung Jung	Mark Hominick	UFC 140	Knockout	0:07^[11]
Bantamweight	Erik Perez	Ken Stone	UFC 150	Knockout	0:17^[12]
Flyweight	Dustin Ortiz	Hector Sandoval	UFC Fight Night 114	Knockout	0:15^[13]
Women's Featherweight	Amanda Nunes	Cris Cyborg	UFC 232	Knockout	0:51
Women's Bantamweight	Ronda Rousey	Cat Zingano	UFC 184	Submission	0:14^[14]
Women's Flyweight	Priscila Cachoeira	Shana Dobson	UFC Fight Night 168	Knockout	0:40^[15]
Women's Strawweight	Denise Gomes	Yazmin Jauregui	UFC 290	Knockout	0:20^[16]

In title bouts^{[citation needed]}
Division	Fighter	Opponent	Event	Type of finish	Time
Heavyweight	Andrei Arlovski	Paul Buentello	UFC 55	Knockout	0:15
Light Heavyweight	Frank Shamrock	Kevin Jackson	UFC 15.5	Submission	0:16
Middleweight	Rich Franklin	Nate Quarry	UFC 56	Knockout	2:34
Welterweight	Tyron Woodley	Robbie Lawler	UFC 201	Knockout	2:12
Lightweight	Rafael dos Anjos	Donald Cerrone	UFC on Fox 17	Knockout	1:06
Featherweight	Conor McGregor	José Aldo	UFC 194	Knockout	0:13
Bantamweight	Renan Barão	Urijah Faber	UFC 169	Knockout	3:42
Flyweight	Joshua Van	Alexandre Pantoja	UFC 323	Knockout	0:26
Women's Featherweight	Amanda Nunes	Cris Cyborg	UFC 232	Knockout	0:51
Women's Bantamweight	Ronda Rousey	Cat Zingano	UFC 184	Submission	0:14
Women's Flyweight	Valentina Shevchenko	Jessica Eye	UFC 238	Knockout	5:26
Women's Strawweight	Zhang Weili	Jéssica Andrade	UFC Fight Night 157	Knockout	0:42

Latest finishes

Latest finishes - All fighters

In any bout^[26]
	Fighter	Opponent	Division	Event	Type of finish	Round	Time
1	Demetrious Johnson	Kyoji Horiguchi	FLW	UFC 186	Submission	5	4:59
	Yair Rodríguez	Chan Sung Jung	FTW	UFC Fight Night 139	Knockout
	Max Holloway	Justin Gaethje	LW	UFC 300	Knockout
4	Frankie Edgar	Cub Swanson	FTW	UFC Fight Night 57	Submission		4:56
4	Jairzinho Rozenstruik	Alistair Overeem	HW	UFC on ESPN 7	Knockout		4:56
6	Jiří Procházka	Glover Teixeira	LHW	UFC 275	Submission		4:32
7	Kamaru Usman	Colby Covington	WW	UFC 245	Knockout		4:10
8	Leon Edwards	Kamaru Usman	WW	UFC 278	Knockout		4:04

In title bouts^{[citation needed]}
	Fighter	Opponent	Championship	Event	Type of finish	Round	Time
1	Demetrious Johnson	Kyoji Horiguchi	FLW	UFC 186	Submission	5	4:59
2	Jiří Procházka	Glover Teixeira	LHW	UFC 275	Submission		4:32
3	Kamaru Usman	Colby Covington	WW	UFC 245	Knockout		4:10
4	Leon Edwards	Kamaru Usman	WW	UFC 278	Knockout		4:04
5	Demetrious Johnson	John Moraga	FLW	UFC on Fox 8	Submission		3:43
6	Justin Gaethje	Tony Ferguson	LW	UFC 249	Knockout		3:39
7	Miesha Tate	Holly Holm	W-BW	UFC 196	Submission		3:30

Latest finishes - By division

In any bout
Division	Fighter	Opponent	Event	Type of finish	Round	Time
Heavyweight	Jairzinho Rozenstruik	Alistair Overeem	UFC on ESPN 7	Knockout	5	4:56
Light Heavyweight	Jiří Procházka	Glover Teixeira	UFC 275	Submission		4:32
Middleweight	Anderson Silva	Chael Sonnen	UFC 117	Submission		3:10
Welterweight	Kamaru Usman	Colby Covington	UFC 245	Knockout		4:10
Lightweight	Max Holloway	Justin Gaethje	UFC 300	Knockout		4:59
Featherweight	Yair Rodríguez	Chan Sung Jung	UFC Fight Night 139	Knockout		4:59
Bantamweight	Petr Yan	José Aldo	UFC 251	Knockout		3:24
Flyweight	Demetrious Johnson	Kyoji Horiguchi	UFC 186	Submission		4:59
Women's Featherweight	Cris Cyborg	Tonya Evinger	UFC 214	Knockout	3	1:56
Women's Bantamweight	Miesha Tate	Holly Holm	UFC 196	Submission	5	3:30
Women's Flyweight	Alexa Grasso	Valentina Shevchenko	UFC 285	Submission	4	4:34
Women's Strawweight	Rose Namajunas	Paige VanZant	UFC Fight Night 80	Submission	5	2:25

In title bouts^{[citation needed]}
Division	Fighter	Opponent	Event	Type of finish	Round	Time
Heavyweight	Cain Velasquez	Junior dos Santos	UFC 166	Knockout	5	3:09
Light Heavyweight	Jiří Procházka	Glover Teixeira	UFC 275	Submission		4:32
Middleweight	Anderson Silva	Chael Sonnen	UFC 117	Submission		3:10
Welterweight	Kamaru Usman	Colby Covington	UFC 245	Knockout		4:10
Lightweight	Justin Gaethje	Tony Ferguson	UFC 249	Knockout		3:39
Featherweight	Max Holloway	Brian Ortega	UFC 231	Knockout	4	5:00
Bantamweight	Petr Yan	José Aldo	UFC 251	Knockout	5	3:24
Flyweight	Demetrious Johnson	Kyoji Horiguchi	UFC 186	Submission	5	4:59
Women's Featherweight	Cris Cyborg	Tonya Evinger	UFC 214	Knockout	3	1:56
Women's Bantamweight	Miesha Tate	Holly Holm	UFC 196	Submission	5	3:30
Women's Flyweight	Alexa Grasso	Valentina Shevchenko	UFC 285	Submission	4	4:34
Women's Strawweight	Joanna Jędrzejczyk	Jessica Penne	UFC Fight Night 69	Knockout	3	4:22

Highest finishes per win percentage

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

Updated as of April 11, 2026 after UFC 327.^{[citation needed]}

	Fighter	Division/s	Finishes	Wins	%
1	Gerald Meerschaert	MW	12	12	100.00%
2	Vitor Belfort	MW \ LHW \ HW \ CW	14	15	93.33%
3	Gabriel Gonzaga	HW	11	12	91.67%
	B.J. Penn	LW \ WW
	Francis Ngannou	HW
6	Vicente Luque	WW \ MW	15	17	88.24%
6	Matt Brown	WW	15	17	88.24%
8	Charles Oliveira	LW \ FTW \ CW	21	25	84.00%

1.^Minimum 10 UFC wins.

Knockouts

Bold - Active fighters

Most knockouts

Most knockouts - All fighters

Updated as of July 11, 2026 after UFC 329.

In any bout^[5]
	Fighter	Division	Knockouts
1	Derrick Lewis	HW	16
2	Matt Brown	WW	13
3	Max Holloway	LW \ FTW \ CW	12
3	Vitor Belfort^[a]	HW \ LHW \ MW \ CW	12
5	Drew Dober	LW	11
	Anderson Silva	LHW \ MW
	Anthony Johnson	LHW \ MW \ WW
	Thiago Santos	LHW \ MW
	Dustin Poirier	LW \ FTW \ CW
In title bouts^{[citation needed]}
	Fighter	Division	Knockouts
1	Anderson Silva	MW	7
2	Alex Pereira	LHW \ MW	6
3	Matt Hughes	WW	5
	Randy Couture	HW \ LHW
	Chuck Liddell	LHW
	T.J. Dillashaw	BW

Most knockouts - By division

Updated to June 20, 2026 (after UFC Fight Night: Kape vs. Horiguchi).

In any bout^[5]
Division	Fighter	Knockouts
Heavyweight	Derrick Lewis	16^[6]
Light Heavyweight	Chuck Liddell^[b]	10
Middleweight	Anderson Silva	8^[8]
	Thiago Santos
	Uriah Hall
Welterweight	Matt Brown	13^[9]
Lightweight	Drew Dober	11^[10]
Featherweight	Max Holloway	9^[11]
Bantamweight	Sean O'Malley	7^[12]
Bantamweight	T.J. Dillashaw	7^[12]
Flyweight	Manel Kape	6^[13]
Women's Featherweight	Cris Cyborg	2
	Megan Anderson
	Felicia Spencer
Women's Bantamweight	Amanda Nunes	6^[14]
Women's Flyweight	Valentina Shevchenko	4^[15]
Women's Strawweight	Jéssica Andrade	4^[16]

In title bouts^{[citation needed]}
Division	Fighter	Knockouts
Heavyweight	Stipe Miocic	4
Light Heavyweight	Alex Pereira	5
Light Heavyweight	Chuck Liddell	5
Middleweight	Anderson Silva	7
Welterweight	Matt Hughes	5
Lightweight	Justin Gaethje	2
Lightweight	B.J. Penn	2
Featherweight	Max Holloway	4
Bantamweight	T.J. Dillashaw	5
Flyweight	Demetrious Johnson	2
Women's Featherweight	Cris Cyborg	2
Women's Bantamweight	Amanda Nunes	3
Women's Bantamweight	Ronda Rousey	3
Women's Flyweight	Valentina Shevchenko	4
Women's Strawweight	Rose Namajunas	2
Women's Strawweight	Joanna Jędrzejczyk	2

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

Most consecutive knockouts - All fighters

Updated as of July 12, 2025 after UFC on ESPN: Lewis vs. Teixeira.

In any bout^[28]^[29]
	Fighter	Division	Consecutive Knockouts
1	Chuck Liddell	LHW	7
2	Sergei Pavlovich	HW	6
3	Ricco Rodriguez	HW	5
	Thiago Alves	WW \ CW
	Junior dos Santos	HW
	Matt Brown	WW
	Conor McGregor	FTW
	Stipe Miocic	HW
	Mairbek Taisumov	LW
	Francis Ngannou	HW
	Tai Tuivasa	HW
	Steve Garcia	LW \ FTW

Most knockouts - In a single event

Updated as of March 28, 2026 after UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Pyfer.^[30]

	Event	Date	Knockouts
1	UFC Fight Night 258	September 6, 2025	9
2	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
	UFC Fight Night 271	March 28, 2026

Highest percentage of knockouts - In a single event

	Event	Date	Venue	City	Fights	Knockouts	KO Finish Percentage
1	UFC Freedom 250	June 14, 2026	White House	Washington, DC	7	7	100%

Fastest knockouts

Fastest knockouts - All fighters

In any bout
	Fighter	Opponent	Division	Event	Time
1	Jorge Masvidal	Ben Askren	WW	UFC 239	0:05
2	Duane Ludwig	Jonathan Goulet	WW	UFC Fight Night 3	0:06^[a]
3	Todd Duffee	Tim Hague	HW	UFC 102	0:07
	Chan Sung Jung	Mark Hominick	FTW	UFC 140
	Ryan Jimmo	Anthony Perosh	LHW	UFC 149
	Terrance McKinney	Matt Frevola	LW	UFC 263
6	Don Frye	Thomas Ramirez	HW	UFC 8	0:08
	James Irvin	Houston Alexander	LHW	UFC Fight Night 13
	Leon Edwards	Seth Baczynski	WW	UFC Fight Night 64
	Makwan Amirkhani	Andy Ogle	FTW	UFC on Fox 14
	Abdul-Rakhman Yakhayev	Julius Walker	LHW	UFC Fight Night 280

In title bouts
	Fighter	Opponent	Championship	Event	Time
1	Conor McGregor	José Aldo	FTW	UFC 194	0:13^[32]
2	Andrei Arlovski	Paul Buentello	HW	UFC 55	0:15
3	Ronda Rousey	Alexis Davis	W-BW	UFC 175	0:16
4	Frank Shamrock	Igor Zinoviev	LHW	UFC 16	0:22
5	Joshua Van	Alexandre Pantoja	FLW	UFC 323	0:26

↑ Official UFC records have the bout time at 0:11, Dana White and UFC officials have admitted^[31] the actual KO time was 0:06. The NSAC cannot retroactively amend bout times.

Fastest knockouts - By division

In any bout
Division	Fighter	Opponent	Event	Time
Heavyweight	Todd Duffee	Tim Hague	UFC 102	0:07
Light Heavyweight	Ryan Jimmo	Anthony Perosh	UFC 149	0:07
Middleweight	Mark Weir	Eugene Jackson	UFC 38	0:10
Welterweight	Jorge Masvidal	Ben Askren	UFC 239	0:05
Lightweight	Terrance McKinney	Matt Frevola	UFC 263	0:07
Featherweight	Chan Sung Jung	Mark Hominick	UFC 140	0:07
Bantamweight	Erik Perez	Ken Stone	UFC 150	0:17
Flyweight	Dustin Ortiz	Hector Sandoval	UFC Fight Night 114	0:15
Women's Featherweight	Germaine de Randamie	Aspen Ladd	UFC Fight Night 155	0:16
Women's Bantamweight	Ronda Rousey	Alexis Davis	UFC 175	0:16
Women's Flyweight	Priscila Cachoeira	Shana Dobson	UFC Fight Night 168	0:40
Women's Strawweight	Denise Gomes	Yazmin Jauregui	UFC 290	0:20

In title bouts
Division	Fighter	Opponent	Event	Time
Heavyweight	Andrei Arlovski	Paul Buentello	UFC 55	0:15
Light Heavyweight	Frank Shamrock	Igor Zinoviev	UFC 16	0:22
Middleweight	Rich Franklin	Nate Quarry	UFC 56	2:34
Welterweight	Tyron Woodley	Robbie Lawler	UFC 201	2:12
Lightweight	Rafael dos Anjos	Donald Cerrone	UFC on Fox 17	1:06
Featherweight	Conor McGregor	José Aldo	UFC 194	0:13
Bantamweight	Renan Barão	Urijah Faber	UFC 169	3:42
Flyweight	Joshua Van	Alexandre Pantoja	UFC 323	0:26
Women's Featherweight	Amanda Nunes	Cris Cyborg	UFC 232	0:51
Women's Bantamweight	Ronda Rousey	Alexis Davis	UFC 175	0:16
Women's Flyweight	Valentina Shevchenko	Jessica Eye	UFC 238	5:26
Women's Strawweight	Zhang Weili	Jessica Andrade	UFC Fight Night 157	0:42

Latest knockouts

Latest knockouts - All fighters

In any bout
	Fighter	Opponent	Division	Event	Round	Time
1	Yair Rodríguez	Chan Sung Jung	FTW	UFC Fight Night 139	5	4:59
1	Max Holloway	Justin Gaethje	LW	UFC 300		4:59
3	Jairzinho Rozenstruik	Alistair Overeem	HW	UFC on ESPN 7		4:56
4	Kamaru Usman	Colby Covington	WW	UFC 245		4:10
5	Leon Edwards	Kamaru Usman	WW	UFC 278		4:04
6	Justin Gaethje	Tony Ferguson	LW	UFC 249		3:39
7	Cain Velasquez	Junior Dos Santos	HW	UFC 166		3:09
8	Ricco Rodriguez	Randy Couture	HW	UFC 39		3:04

In title bouts
	Fighter	Opponent	Division	Event	Round	Time
1	Kamaru Usman	Colby Covington	WW	UFC 245	5	4:10
2	Leon Edwards	Kamaru Usman	WW	UFC 278		4:04
3	Cain Velasquez	Junior Dos Santos	HW	UFC 166		3:09
4	Ricco Rodriguez	Randy Couture	HW	UFC 39		3:04
5	B.J. Penn	Diego Sanchez	LW	UFC 107		2:37
6	T.J. Dillashaw	Renan Barão	BW	UFC 173		2:26
7	T.J. Dillashaw	Joe Soto	BW	UFC 177		2:20

Latest knockouts - By division

In any bout
Division	Fighter	Opponent	Event	Round	Time
Heavyweight	Jairzinho Rozenstruik	Alistair Overeem	UFC on ESPN 7	5	4:56
Light Heavyweight	Alexander Gustafsson	Glover Teixeira	UFC Fight Night 109		1:07
Middleweight	Anthony Hernandez	Michel Pereira	UFC Fight Night 245		2:22
Welterweight	Kamaru Usman	Colby Covington	UFC 245		4:10
Lightweight	Max Holloway	Justin Gaethje	UFC 300		4:59
Featherweight	Yair Rodríguez	Chan Sung Jung	UFC Fight Night 139		4:59
Bantamweight	Petr Yan	Jose Aldo	UFC 251		3:24
Flyweight	Brandon Moreno	Deiveson Figueiredo	UFC 283	3	5:00
Women's Featherweight	Cris Cyborg	Tonya Evinger	UFC 214	3	1:56
Women's Bantamweight	Amanda Nunes	Raquel Pennington	UFC 224	5	2:36
Women's Flyweight	Valentina Shevchenko	Lauren Murphy	UFC 266	4	4:00
Women's Strawweight	Joanna Jędrzejczyk	Jessica Penne	UFC Fight Night 69	3	4:22

In title bouts
Division	Fighter	Opponent	Event	Round	Time
Heavyweight	Cain Velasquez	Junior Dos Santos	UFC 166	5	3:09
Light Heavyweight^[a]	Frank Shamrock	Tito Ortiz	UFC 22	4	4:42
Middleweight	Alex Pereira	Israel Adesanya	UFC 281	5	2:01
Welterweight	Kamaru Usman	Colby Covington	UFC 245		4:10
Lightweight	Justin Gaethje	Tony Ferguson	UFC 249		3:39
Featherweight	Max Holloway	Brian Ortega	UFC 231	4	5:00
Bantamweight	Petr Yan	Jose Aldo	UFC 251	5	3:24
Flyweight	Brandon Moreno	Deiveson Figueiredo	UFC 283	3	5:00
Women's Featherweight	Cris Cyborg	Tonya Evinger	UFC 214	3	1:56
Women's Bantamweight	Amanda Nunes	Raquel Pennington	UFC 224	5	2:36
Women's Flyweight	Valentina Shevchenko	Lauren Murphy	UFC 266	4	4:00
Women's Strawweight	Joanna Jędrzejczyk	Jessica Penne	UFC Fight Night 69	3	4:22

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

Submissions

Bold - Active fighters

Most submissions

Most submissions - All fighters

Updated as of May 9, 2026 after UFC 328.

In any bout^[5]
	Fighter	Division	Submissions
1	Charles Oliveira	LW \ FTW	17
2	Jim Miller	LW \ WW \ CW	14
3	Gerald Meerschaert	MW	11
3	Demian Maia	MW \ WW	11
5	Royce Gracie^[a]	WW \ OW \ CW	10
5	Nate Diaz	WW \ LW \ CW	10
7	Michael Chiesa	WW \ LW	9
8	Gunnar Nelson	WW \ CW	8
	Islam Makhachev	LW
	Frank Mir	HW

↑ Not listed in source. Information found in fighter's page.

In title bouts
	Fighter	Division	Submissions
1	Demetrious Johnson	FLW	5
2	Jon Jones	LHW \ HW	4
3	Islam Makhachev	LW	3
	B.J. Penn	WW \ LW
	Ronda Rousey	W-BW
	Matt Hughes	WW
	Khabib Nurmagomedov	LW

Most submissions - By division

Updated as of June 20, 2026 after UFC Fight Night: Kape vs. Horiguchi.

In any bout
Division	Fighter	Submissions
Heavyweight	Frank Mir	8
Light Heavyweight	Glover Teixeira	7
Middleweight	Gerald Meerschaert	11
Welterweight	Gunnar Nelson	7^[9]
Lightweight	Jim Miller	12
Featherweight	Charles Oliveira	6^[11]
Bantamweight	Rani Yahya	6
Bantamweight	Urijah Faber	6
Flyweight	Alexandre Pantoja	6^[13]
Women's Featherweight	Macy Chiasson	1
	Raquel Pennington
	Felicia Spencer
	Amanda Nunes
	Megan Anderson
	Stephanie Egger
Women's Bantamweight	Beatriz Mesquita	3^[14]
Women's Bantamweight	Ronda Rousey	3^[14]
Women's Flyweight	Gillian Robertson	6^[15]
Women's Strawweight	Mackenzie Dern	5

In title bouts
Division	Fighter	Submissions
Heavyweight	Andrei Arlovski	1
	Brock Lesnar
	Frank Mir
	Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira
	Mark Coleman
	Fabrício Werdum
	Daniel Cormier
	Jon Jones
Light Heavyweight	Frank Shamrock^[a]	3
Light Heavyweight	Jon Jones	3
Middleweight	Anderson Silva	2
Welterweight	Matt Hughes	3
Lightweight	Islam Makhachev	3
Lightweight	Khabib Nurmagomedov	3
Featherweight	Yair Rodríguez	1
Bantamweight	Merab Dvalishvili	1
Bantamweight	Renan Barão	1
Flyweight	Demetrious Johnson	5
Women's Featherweight	Amanda Nunes	1
Women's Bantamweight	Ronda Rousey	3
Women's Flyweight	Alexa Grasso	1
Women's Strawweight	Carla Esparza	1
Women's Strawweight	Zhang Weili	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

Updated as of October 26, 2025 after UFC 321.

In any bout^[33]
	Fighter	Division	Consecutive Submissions
1	Royce Gracie	OW	6
2	Demian Maia	MW	5
3	Charles Oliveira	LW	4
	Brendan Allen	MW
	Valter Walker	HW

Most submissions - In a single event

	Event	Date	Submissions
1	UFC 2	March 11, 1994	10
2	UFC 4	December 16, 1994	8
2	The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil 2 Finale	June 8, 2013	8
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
	UFC Fight Night 263	November 1, 2025

Fastest submissions

Fastest submissions - All fighters

In any bout
	Fighter	Opponent	Division	Event	Time
1	Oleg Taktarov	Anthony Macias	HW	UFC 6	0:09
2	Joe Charles	Kevin Rosier	HW	UFC 4	0:14
	Ronda Rousey	Cat Zingano	W-BW	UFC 184
	Justin Martin	Eric Martin	HW	UFC 12
5	Frank Shamrock	Kevin Jackson	LHW	UFC 15.5	0:16
5	Marcus Aurélio	Ryan Roberts	LW	UFC Fight Night 13	0:16

In title bouts
	Fighter	Opponent	Championship	Event	Time
1	Ronda Rousey	Cat Zingano	W-BW	UFC 184	0:14
2	Frank Shamrock	Kevin Jackson	LHW	UFC 15.5	0:16
3	Andrei Arlovski	Tim Sylvia	HW	UFC 51	0:47
4	Frank Mir	Tim Sylvia	HW	UFC 48	0:50
5	Tito Ortiz	Yuki Kondo	LHW	UFC 29	1:52

Fastest submissions - By division

In any bout
Division	Fighter	Opponent	Event	Time
Heavyweight	Oleg Taktarov	Anthony Macias	UFC 6	0:09
Light Heavyweight	Frank Shamrock	Kevin Jackson	UFC Japan	0:16^[a]
Middleweight	Rory Singer	Ross Pointon	The Ultimate Fighter 3 Finale	0:44
Welterweight	Dennis Hallman	Matt Hughes	UFC 29	0:20
Lightweight	Marcus Aurélio	Ryan Roberts	UFC Fight Night 13	0:16
Featherweight	Chas Skelly	Maximo Blanco	UFC Fight Night 94	0:19
Bantamweight	Patrick Williams	Alejandro Pérez	UFC 188	0:23
Flyweight	Ben Nguyen	Tim Elliott	UFC Fight Night 110	0:49
Women's Featherweight	Amanda Nunes	Megan Anderson	UFC 259	2:03
Women's Bantamweight	Ronda Rousey	Cat Zingano	UFC 184	0:14
Women's Flyweight	Gillian Robertson	Emily Whitmire	The Ultimate Fighter 26 Finale	2:12
Women's Strawweight	Emily Whitmire	Aleksandra Albu	UFC on ESPN 1	1:01

In title bouts
Division	Fighter	Opponent	Event	Time
Heavyweight	Andrei Arlovski	Tim Sylvia	UFC 51	0:47
Light Heavyweight	Frank Shamrock	Kevin Jackson	UFC Japan	0:16^[a]
Middleweight	Anderson Silva	Dan Henderson	UFC 82	9:52
Welterweight	Matt Hughes	Frank Trigg	UFC 45	3:54
Lightweight	Charles Oliveira	Justin Gaethje	UFC 274	3:22
Featherweight	Yair Rodriguez	Josh Emmett	UFC 284	9:19
Bantamweight	Merab Dvalishvili	Sean O’Malley	UFC 316	14:42
Flyweight	Deiveson Figueiredo	Alex Perez	UFC 255	1:57
Women's Featherweight	Amanda Nunes	Megan Anderson	UFC 259	2:03
Women's Bantamweight	Ronda Rousey	Cat Zingano	UFC 184	0:14
Women's Flyweight	Alexa Grasso	Valentina Shevchenko	UFC 285	19:34
Women's Strawweight	Zhang Weili	Carla Esparza	UFC 281	6:05

1 2 Light Heavyweight submission in first deprecated UFC Lightweight (< 199 lbs.) class (now known as Light Heavyweight)

Latest submissions

Latest submissions - All fighters

In any bout
	Fighter	Opponent	Division	Event	Round	Time
1	Demetrious Johnson	Kyoji Horiguchi	FLW	UFC 186	5	4:59
2	Frankie Edgar	Cub Swanson	FTW	UFC Fight Night 57		4:56
3	Jiří Procházka	Glover Teixeira	LHW	UFC 275		4:32
4	Demetrious Johnson	John Moraga	FLW	UFC on Fox 8		3:43
5	Miesha Tate	Holly Holm	W-BW	UFC 196		3:30

In title bouts
	Fighter	Opponent	Division	Event	Round	Time
1	Demetrious Johnson	Kyoji Horiguchi	FLW	UFC 186	5	4:59
2	Jiří Procházka	Glover Teixeira	LHW	UFC 275		4:32
3	Demetrious Johnson	John Moraga	FLW	UFC on Fox 8		3:43
4	Miesha Tate	Holly Holm	W-BW	UFC 196		3:30
5	Demetrious Johnson	Ray Borg	FLW	UFC 216		3:15

Latest submissions - By division

In any bout
Division	Fighter	Opponent	Event	Round	Time
Heavyweight	Ciryl Gane	Don'Tale Mayes	UFC Fight Night 162	3	4:46
Light Heavyweight	Jiří Procházka	Glover Teixeira	UFC 275	5	4:32
Middleweight	Anderson Silva	Chael Sonnen	UFC 117	5	3:10
Welterweight	Benson Henderson	Brandon Thatch	UFC Fight Night 60	4	3:58
Lightweight	Islam Makhachev	Dustin Poirier	UFC 302	5	2:42
Featherweight	Frankie Edgar	Cub Swanson	UFC Fight Night 57	5	4:56
Bantamweight	Renan Barão	Michael McDonald	UFC on Fuel TV 7	4	3:57
Flyweight	Demetrious Johnson	Kyoji Horiguchi	UFC 186	5	4:59
Women's Featherweight	Raquel Pennington	Macy Chiasson	UFC Fight Night 199	2	3:07
Women's Bantamweight	Miesha Tate	Holly Holm	UFC 196	5	3:30
Women's Flyweight	Alexa Grasso	Valentina Shevchenko	UFC 285	4	4:34
Women's Strawweight	Rose Namajunas	Paige VanZant	UFC Fight Night 80	5	2:25

In title bouts
Division	Fighter	Opponent	Event	Round	Time
Heavyweight	Fabrício Werdum	Cain Velasquez	UFC 188	3	2:13
Light Heavyweight	Jiří Procházka	Glover Teixeira	UFC 275	5	4:32
Middleweight	Anderson Silva	Chael Sonnen	UFC 117	5	3:10
Welterweight	Carlos Newton	Pat Miletich	UFC 31	3	2:50
Lightweight	Islam Makhachev	Dustin Poirier	UFC 302	5	2:42
Featherweight	Yair Rodríguez	Josh Emmett	UFC 284	2	4:19
Bantamweight	Renan Barão	Michael McDonald	UFC on Fuel TV 7	4	3:57
Flyweight	Demetrious Johnson	Kyoji Horiguchi	UFC 186	5	4:59
Women's Featherweight	Amanda Nunes	Megan Anderson	UFC 259	1	2:03
Women's Bantamweight	Miesha Tate	Holly Holm	UFC 196	5	3:30
Women's Flyweight	Alexa Grasso	Valentina Shevchenko	UFC 285	4	4:34
Women's Strawweight	Carla Esparza	Rose Namajunas	The Ultimate Fighter 20 Finale	3	1:26

Highest submissions per win percentage

^{[citation needed]}

	Fighter	Division	SUBs	Wins	%
1	Gerald Meerschaert	MW	11	12	91.67%
2	Royce Gracie	WW \ OW \ CW	10	11	90.91%
3	Mickey Gall	WW	5	6	83.33%
	Rodolfo Vieira	MW
	Oleg Taktarov	OW
6	Gunnar Nelson	WW \ CW	8	10	80.00%

First-ever Submissions executed in UFC history


Submission	Fighter	Opponent	Event	Round	Time
Heel Hook	Ken Shamrock	Patrick Smith	UFC 1	-	1:49
Rear-Naked Choke	Royce Gracie	Ken Shamrock	UFC 1	-	0:57
Lapel Choke	Royce Gracie	Minoki Ichihara	UFC 2	-	5:08
Triangle Choke	Jason DeLucia	Scott Baker		-	6:41
Forearm Choke	Remco Pardoel	Alberto Cerra Leon		-	9:51
Armbar	Frank Hamaker	Thaddeus Luster		-	4:52
Guillotine Choke	Patrick Smith	Ray Wizard		-	0:58
Bulldog Choke	Johnny Rhodes	Fred Ettish		-	3:07
Blood Choke (Finger Choke)	Keith Hackney	Joe Son	UFC 4	-	2:44
Arm Triangle Choke	Dan Severn	Marcus Bossett	UFC 4	-	0:52
Key Lock (Americana)	Dan Severn	Dave Beneteau	UFC 5	-	3:01
Neck Crank	Tank Abbott	Steve Jennum	Ultimate Ultimate 1995	-	1:14
Knee Bar	Ken Shamrock	Kimo Leopoldo	UFC 8	-	4:24
Scarf Hold Choke	Mark Coleman	Julian Sanchez	UFC 11	-	0:45
Achilles Lock (Ankle Lock)	Don Frye	Mark Hall	Ultimate Ultimate 1996	-	0:20
Chin to the Eye	Mark Kerr	Dan Bobish	UFC 14	-	1:38
Shoulder choke	Pat Miletich	Townsend Saunders	UFC 16	1	9:01
Inverted Arm Triangle Choke	Jeremy Horn	Chuck Liddell	UFC 19	1	12:00
Inside Shoulder Lock (Mir Lock)	Frank Mir	Pete Williams	UFC 36	1	0:46
Toe Hold	Frank Mir	Tank Abbott	UFC 41	1	0:45
Body Triangle	Ivan Salaverry	Tony Fryklund	UFC 50	1	1:36
Von Flue choke	Jason Von Flue	Alex Karalexis	UFC Ultimate Fight Night 3	3	1:17
North-South choke	Jeff Monson	Branden Lee Hinkle	UFC 57	1	4:35
D'Arce Choke (Brabo Choke)	Kendall Grove	Alan Belcher	UFC 69	2	4:42
Anaconda choke	Renato Sobral	David Heath	UFC 74	2	3:30
Mounted Triangle Choke	Damian Maia	Ed Herman	UFC 83	2	2:27
Peruvian Necktie	C. B. Dollaway	Jesse Taylor	UFC Fight Night: Silva vs. Irvin	1	3:58
Schultz Choke	Matt Hughes	Ricardo Almeida	UFC 117	1	3:15
Pillory choke	Nick Pace	Will Campuzano	The Ultimate Fighter 12 Finale	3	4:32
Twister	Chan Sung Jung	Leonard Garcia	UFC Fight Night: Nogueira vs. Davis	2	4:59
Reverse Calf Slicer	Charles Oliveira	Eric Wisely	UFC on Fox: Evans vs. Davis	1	1:43
Mounted Triangle Armbar	Dustin Poirier	Max Holloway	UFC 143	1	3:23
Omoplata	Ben Saunders	Chris Heatherly	UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs. dos Anjos	1	2:18
Suloev Stretch	Kenny Robertson	Brock Jardine	UFC 157	1	2:57
Inverted Triangle Kimura	Luke Rockhold	Tim Boetsch	UFC 172	1	2:08
Reverse Bulldog Choke	Yancy Medeiros	Damon Jackson	UFC 177	2	1:54
Japanese Necktie	Matheus Nicolau	Bruno Mesquita	UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Henderson 3	3	3:27
Ezekiel Choke	Aleksei Oleinik	Viktor Pešta	UFC Fight Night: Rodríguez vs. Penn	1	2:57
Straight Armlock	Juan Espino	Justin Frazier	The Ultimate Fighter 28 Finale	1	3:36
Standing Arm Triangle Choke	Jéssica Andrade	Amanda Lemos	UFC Fight Night: Lemos vs. Andrade	1	3:13
Inverted Triangle Choke	Davey Grant	Raphael Assunção	UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Dvalishvili	3	4:43
Capsule Lock (Ankle Lock)^[34]	Alice Ardelean	Polyana Viana	UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Costa	2	4:36

1.^Minimum 5 UFC SUBs.

Decisions

Most Decision bouts

All fighters
	Fighter	Division	Wins	Losses	Draws	Total
1	Angela Hill	W-SW	11	14	0	25
2	Rafael dos Anjos	LW \ WW	12	10		22
3	Jim Miller	LW \ WW	8	13		21
3	Diego Sanchez	FTW \ LW \ WW \ MW	12	9		21
5	Brad Tavares	MW	14	6		20
5	Clay Guida	FTW \ LW	11	9		20
7	Jeremy Stephens	FTW \ LW	7	12		19
	Andrei Arlovski	HW	12	7
	Demian Maia	WW \ MW	10	9
10	Darren Elkins	FTW	12	6		18
	Frankie Edgar	FTW \ LW	11	6	1	18

By division
Division	Fighter	Wins	Losses	Draws	Total
Heavyweight	Andrei Arlovski	12	7	0	19
Light Heavyweight	Jan Błachowicz	5	6	2	13
Middleweight	Brad Tavares	14	6	0	20
Welterweight	Neil Magny	14	3	0	17
Lightweight	Jim Miller	7	13	0	20
Featherweight	Darren Elkins	12	6	0	18
Bantamweight	Marlon Vera	4	11	0	15
Flyweight	Tim Elliott	7	7	0	14
Women's Featherweight	Norma Dumont	5	0	0	5
Women's Bantamweight	Raquel Pennington	10	4	0	14
Women's Flyweight	Andrea Lee	3	9	0	12
Women's Flyweight	Viviane Araújo	6	6	0	12
Women's Strawweight	Angela Hill	10	14	0	24

Most Decision wins - All fighters

Unanimous Decision wins
	Fighter	Division	Wins
1	Merab Dvalishvili	BW	12
2	Rafael dos Anjos	LW	11
	Belal Muhammad	WW
	Brad Tavares	MW
	Kamaru Usman	WW
6	Neil Magny	WW	10
	Robert Whittaker	WW \ MW
	Angela Hill	W-SW
	Darren Elkins	FW
	José Aldo	BW \ FTW
	Georges St-Pierre	WW
	Frankie Edgar	FTW \ LW

Split Decision wins^[35]
	Fighter	Division	Wins
1	Andre Fili	FTW	5
	Sean Strickland	MW \ WW
	Gleison Tibau	LW
4	Neil Magny	WW	4
	Rashad Evans	LHW \ HW
	Benson Henderson	LW \ WW
	John Howard	WW \ MW
	Clay Guida	FTW \ LW

Most Decision wins - By division

Unanimous Decision wins
Division	Fighter	Wins
Heavyweight	Andrei Arlovski	9
Light Heavyweight	Jon Jones	9
Middleweight	Brad Tavares	11
Welterweight	Belal Muhammad	11
Welterweight	Kamaru Usman	11
Lightweight	Rafael dos Anjos	7
Lightweight	Francisco Trinaldo	7
Featherweight	Darren Elkins	10
Bantamweight	Merab Dvalishvili	11
Flyweight	Tim Elliott	7
Women's Featherweight	Norma Dumont	4
Women's Bantamweight	Raquel Pennington	7
Women's Flyweight	Katlyn Cerminara	8
Women's Strawweight	Angela Hill	9

Split Decision wins
Division	Fighter	Wins
Heavyweight	Andrei Arlovski	3
Light Heavyweight	Rashad Evans	3
Light Heavyweight	Gian Villante	3
Middleweight	Brad Tavares	3
	Sean Strickland
	Krzysztof Jotko
Welterweight	Neil Magny	4
Lightweight	Gleison Tibau	5
Featherweight	Andre Fili	5
Bantamweight	Raphael Assunção	3
	Takeya Mizugaki
	Yves Jabouin
	Kang Kyung-ho
Flyweight	Brandon Royval	3
Flyweight	Dustin Ortiz	3
Women's Featherweight	Norma Dumont	1
Women's Featherweight	Karol Rosa	1
Women's Bantamweight	Raquel Pennington	3
Women's Bantamweight	Ketlen Vieira	3
Women's Flyweight	Lauren Murphy	3
Women's Flyweight	Joanne Wood	3
Women's Strawweight	Carla Esparza	3

Most Decision bouts in one event

	Event	Date	Venue	City	Decisions
1	UFC 263	June 12, 2021	Gila River Arena	Glendale, Arizona, U.S.	11^[36]
1	UFC Fight Night 274	April 25, 2026	Meta Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	11^[36]
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.
	UFC on ABC 8	June 21, 2025	Baku Crystal Hall	Baku, Azerbaijan

Most Split Decision bouts in one event

	Event	Date	Venue	City	Split Decisions
1	UFC Fight Night 79	November 28, 2015	Olympic Gymnastics Arena	Seoul, South Korea	5^[37]
	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

	Fighter	Division	Dec.Wins	Wins	%
1	Movsar Evloev	FLW	10	10	100.00%
1	Katlyn Cerminara	W-FW \ W-BW	11	11	100.00%
3	JJ Aldrich	W-FW	10	11	90.91%
	Gray Maynard	FTW \ LW
	Krzysztof Jotko	MW
6	Ketlen Vieira	W-BW \ W-FTW	9	10	90.00%
7	Brad Tavares	MW	14	16	87.50%
8	Merab Dvalishvili	BW	12	14	85.71%
9	Benson Henderson	LW \ WW	9	11	81.82%
10	Belal Muhammad	WW	12	15	80.00%

1.^Minimum 10 UFC wins.

Striking

Most significant strikes landed

Most significant strikes landed - Career

Updated to July 11, 2026 after UFC 329.

In any bout^[38]
	Fighter	Division	Strikes
1	Max Holloway	LW \ FTW	3693
2	Sean Strickland	MW \ WW	2430
3	Angela Hill	W-SW	2364
4	King Green	LW	2124
5	Dustin Poirier	LW \ FTW	1861

In title bouts^[39]
	Fighter	Division	Strikes
1	Max Holloway	FTW \ LW	1414
2	Joanna Jędrzejczyk	W-SW	1385
3	Jon Jones	LHW \ HW	1362
4	Alexander Volkanovski	FTW \ LW	1288
5	Georges St-Pierre	WW \ MW	999^[40]

Most significant strikes landed - In a single bout

Updated to July 18, 2026 (after UFC Fight Night: du Plessis vs. Usman).

In any bout^[41]
	Fighter	Opponent	Division	Event	Strikes
1	Max Holloway	Calvin Kattar	Featherweight	UFC on ABC: Holloway vs. Kattar	445^[42]
2	Max Holloway	Brian Ortega	Featherweight	UFC 231	290
3	Rob Font	Marlon Vera	Bantamweight	UFC on ESPN: Font vs. Vera	271
4	Tommy McMillen	Alberto Montes	Featherweight	UFC Fight Night: du Plessis vs. Usman	252
5	Jared Cannonier	Marvin Vettori	Middleweight	UFC on ESPN: Vettori vs. Cannonier	241

In a title bout^[41]
	Fighter	Opponent	Division	Event	Strikes
1	Max Holloway	Brian Ortega	Featherweight	UFC 231	290
2	Jamahal Hill	Glover Teixeira	Light Heavyweight	UFC 283	232
3	Sean O'Malley	Marlon Vera	Bantamweight	UFC 299	230
4	Joanna Jędrzejczyk	Jéssica Andrade	Women's Strawweight	UFC 211	225
5	Alexander Volkanovski	Brian Ortega	Featherweight	UFC 266	214

Most significant strikes landed - In a single event

Updated to December 3, 2022.^[43]

	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

	Fighter	Division	Landed	Attempted	%
1	Ciryl Gane	HW	983	1593	61.71%
2	Alex Pereira	MW \ LHW \ HW	697	1136	61.36%
3	Sean O'Malley	BW	1131	1875	60.32%
4	Randy Couture	LHW \ HW	778	1294	60.12%
5	Anderson Silva	MW \ LHW	832	1410	59.01%

2.^Minimum 1000 significant strike attempts.

Updated to June 15, 2026^[5]

	Fighter	Division	Landed	Attempted	%
1	Alistair Overeem	HW	715	962	74.32%
2	Sharabutdin Magomedov	MW	488	775	63.00%
3	Ciryl Gane	HW	983	1593	61.71%
4	Josh Barnett	HW	392	637	61.54%
5	Alex Pereira	MW \ LHW \ HW	697	1136	61.36%

1.^Minimum 5 UFC bouts and 500 significant strikes attempted.

Highest significant strikes landed per minute

Updated to May 10, 2026^[38]

	Fighter	Division	Strikes \ minute
1	Joshua Van	FLW	8.43
2	Casey O'Neill	W-FLW	7.89
3	Terrance McKinney	LW	7.77
4	Tom Aspinall	HW	7.63
5	Leslie Smith	W-BW	7.56

1.^Minimum 5 UFC bouts.

Knockdowns

Bold - Active fighters

Most knockdowns - Career

Updated to July 19, 2025.

In any bout^[38]
	Fighter	Division	Knockdowns
1	Donald Cerrone	WW \ LW	20
2	Anderson Silva	LHW \ MW	18
2	Jeremy Stephens	LW \ FTW	18
4	Edson Barboza	FTW \ LW	16
5	Dustin Poirier	FW \ LW	15
6	Khalil Rountree Jr.	LHW	14
	Chuck Liddell	LHW
	Maurício Rua	LHW
	Lyoto Machida	LHW \ MW
	Junior dos Santos	HW
	Thiago Santos	LHW

In title bouts^{[citation needed]}
	Fighter	Division	Knockdowns
1	Anderson Silva	MW	10
2	Israel Adesanya	MW	9
3	Kamaru Usman	WW	7
	Chuck Liddell	LHW
	Georges St-Pierre	WW \ MW

Most knockdowns - By division

Updated to April 11, 2026.

Division	Fighter	Knockdowns
Heavyweight	Junior dos Santos	14^[6]
Light Heavyweight	Khalil Rountree Jr.	14^[17]
	Chuck Liddell
	Maurício Rua
Middleweight	Israel Adesanya	13^[8]
Middleweight	Anderson Silva	13^[8]
Welterweight	Thiago Alves	13^[9]
Lightweight	Michael Johnson	13^[10]
Lightweight	Melvin Guillard	13^[10]
Featherweight	Josh Emmett	12^[11]
Featherweight	Cub Swanson	12^[11]
Bantamweight	Montel Jackson	11^[12]
Bantamweight	Marlon Vera	11^[12]
Flyweight	Deiveson Figueiredo	11^[13]
Women's Featherweight	Josiane Nunes	2^[44]^[45]
Women's Featherweight	Amanda Nunes	2^[44]^[45]
Women's Bantamweight	Amanda Nunes	6^[14]
Women's Flyweight	Ariane da Silva	3^[15]
Women's Flyweight	Taila Santos	3^[15]
Women's Strawweight	Amanda Lemos	6^[16]

Most knockdowns - In a single bout

Updated to July 26, 2025.

In any bout^[41]
	Fighter	Opponent	Division	Event	Knockdowns
1	Steven Nguyen	Mohammad Yahya	FTW	UFC on ABC 9	6
2	Jeremy Stephens	Gilbert Melendez	FTW	UFC 215	5
2	Forrest Petz	Sammy Morgan	WW	UFC Fight Night 6	5
4	Israel Adesanya	Kelvin Gastelum	MW	UFC 236	4
	Nate Marquardt	Dean Lister	MW	UFC Fight Night 8
	Brad Blackburn	James Giboo	HW	UFC Fight Night 14
	Josh Emmett	Felipe Arantes	FTW	UFC Fight Night 118
	Khalil Rountree Jr.	Eryk Anders	LHW	UFC 236
	Montel Jackson	JP Buys	BTW	UFC Fight Night 192
	Matt Frevola	Genaro Valdéz	LW	UFC 270
	Jéssica Andrade	Mackenzie Dern	W-SW	UFC 295

In title bouts^{[citation needed]}
	Fighter	Opponent	Division	Event	Knockdowns
1	Israel Adesanya	Kelvin Gastelum	MW	UFC 236	4
2	Conor McGregor	Eddie Alvarez	LW	UFC 205	3
	Frank Mir	Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira	HW	UFC 92
	Gray Maynard	Frankie Edgar	LW	UFC 125
	Anderson Silva	Rich Franklin	MW	UFC 77
	Georges St-Pierre	Jon Fitch	WW	UFC 87
	Lyoto Machida	Rashad Evans	LHW	UFC 98

Most knockdowns - In a single event

Updated to June 18, 2022.^[43]

	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
	UFC 323	December 6, 2025

Takedowns

Most Takedowns Landed - All fighters

Updated to December 6, 2025.

In any bout^[5]
	Fighter	Division	Takedowns
1	Merab Dvalishvili	BW	119
2	Georges St-Pierre	MW \ WW	90
3	Gleison Tibau	LW	84
4	Clay Guida	LW \ FTW	78
5	Demetrious Johnson	FW \ BW	74
6	Frankie Edgar	LW \ FTW	73
In title bouts^[46]
	Fighter	Division	Takedowns
1	Georges St-Pierre	MW \ WW	69
2	Demetrious Johnson	BW \ FLW	57
3	Valentina Shevchenko	W-FLW	52
4	Merab Dvalishvili	BW	40
5	Jon Jones	LHW \ HW	30

Most Takedowns Landed - By division

Updated to May 2, 2026.

Division	Fighter	Takedowns
Heavyweight	Curtis Blaydes	66^[6]
Light Heavyweight	Tito Ortiz^[a]	58
Middleweight	Anthony Hernandez	54^[8]
Welterweight	Georges St-Pierre	87^[9]
Lightweight	Gleison Tibau	84^[10]
Featherweight	Darren Elkins	65^[11]
Bantamweight	Merab Dvalishvili	106^[47]
Flyweight	Tim Elliott	63^[13]
Women's Featherweight	Norma Dumont	9^[48]^[49]
Women's Bantamweight	Amanda Nunes	32^[14]
Women's Flyweight	Valentina Shevchenko	54^[15]
Women's Strawweight	Carla Esparza	49^[16]

↑ 8 of 58 Light Heavyweight takedowns in deprecated UFC Middleweight (171-199 lbs.) class (now known as Light Heavyweight) and 2 of 58 Light Heavyweight takedowns in first deprecated UFC Lightweight (< 199 lbs.) class (now known as Light Heavyweight)

Most Takedowns Landed - In a single bout

Updated to March 15, 2026.

In any bout^[41]
	Fighter	Opponent	Division	Event	Rounds	Takedowns
1	Khabib Nurmagomedov	Abel Trujillo	CW	UFC 160	3	21
2	Merab Dvalishvili	Cory Sandhagen	BW	UFC 320	5	20
3	Myktybek Orolbai	Chris Curtis	WW	UFC Fight Night 269	3	19
4	Sean Sherk	Hermes França	LW	UFC 73	5	16
4	Raul Rosas Jr.	Rob Font	BW	UFC 326	3	16
5	Demetrious Johnson	Kyoji Horiguchi	FLW	UFC 186	5	14
5	Curtis Blaydes	Alexander Volkov	HW	UFC on ESPN 11	5	14

In title bouts^[41]
	Fighter	Opponent	Division	Event	Rounds	Takedowns
1	Merab Dvalishvili	Cory Sandhagen	BW	UFC 320	5	20
2	Sean Sherk	Hermes França	LW	UFC 73		16
3	Demetrious Johnson	Kyoji Horiguchi	FLW	UFC 186		14
4	Demetrious Johnson	John Moraga	FLW	UFC on Fox 8		12
4	Khamzat Chimaev	Dricus du Plessis	MW	UFC 319		12
6	Georges St-Pierre	Dan Hardy	WW	UFC 111		11
6	Cain Velasquez	Junior dos Santos	HW	UFC 155		11

Most Takedowns Landed - In a single event

Updated to October 25, 2025.^[43]

	Event	Date	Takedowns
1	UFC 321	October 25, 2025	60
2	UFC Fight Night 221	March 11, 2023	59
3	UFC 171	March 15, 2014	55
4	UFC 299	March 9, 2024	54
5	UFC 94	January 31, 2009	49

Highest takedown accuracy

Updated to March 9, 2024.^[38]

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

Submission attempts

^{[citation needed]}

Submission attempts - Career

In any bout
	Fighter	Division	Attempts
1	Jim Miller	LW \ CW	52
2	Charles Oliveira	FTW \ LW	51
3	Chris Lytle	WW	31
4	Joe Lauzon	LW	29
5	Demian Maia	WW \ MW	27

In title bouts
	Fighter	Division	Attempts
1	Georges St-Pierre	WW	13
2	Demetrious Johnson	FLW \ BW	12
3	Frank Shamrock	LHW	9^[a]
4	Matt Hughes	WW	8
4	Ronda Rousey	W-BW	8

↑ 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

In any bout
	Fighter	Opponent	Division	Event	Attempts
1	Cole Miller	Leonard Garcia	LW	UFC Fight Night 11	10
2	Hermes Franca	Rich Crunkilton	LW	UFC 42	9
3	James Wilks	DaMarques Johnson	WW	TUF 9 Finale	8
3	Ivan Salaverry	Andrei Semenov	MW	UFC 37	8
5	12 fighters	—	—	—	7

In a title bout
	Fighter	Opponent	Division	Event	Attempts
1	Georges St-Pierre	Dan Hardy	WW	UFC 111	6
2	Deiveson Figueiredo	Joseph Benavidez	FLW	UFC Fight Night 172	4
	Kenny Florian	Sean Sherk	LW	UFC 64
	Frank Shamrock^[a]	John Lober	LHW	UFC Brazil
	Dave Menne	Gil Castillo	WW	UFC 33

↑ 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

^[50]

	Fighter	Division	Submission attempts \ 5 minute round
1	Dustin Hazelett	LW \ WW	1.404
2	Royce Gracie	OW \ CW	1.282
3	Rousimar Palhares	WW \ MW	1.047
4	Renato Sobral	LHW \ HW	1.041
5	Charles Oliveira	FTW \ LW	0.807

1.^Minimum 10 UFC bouts.

Losses

Updated as of May 9, 2026 after UFC 328.

Most losses

In any bout^[51]^[52]
	Fighter	Division	Losses
1	Jeremy Stephens	FTW \ LW \ CW	20
2	Clay Guida	LW \ FTW	19
3	Jim Miller	LW	18
3	Andrei Arlovski	HW	18
5	Angela Hill	W-SW	16

Most consecutive losses

In any bout^[53]^[54]
	Fighter	Division	Consecutive losses
1	Tony Ferguson	LW \ WW	8
2	Tai Tuivasa	HW	7
2	B.J. Penn	FTW \ LW \ WW	7
3	Elvis Sinosic	LHW	6
	Phil Baroni	WW \ MW
	Héctor Lombard	WW \ MW
	Andrea Lee	W-FLW
	Vince Morales	BW

Most consecutive losses by a woman

In any bout^[55]
	Fighter	Division	Consecutive losses
1	Andrea Lee	W-FLW	6
2	Marion Reneau	W-BW	5
	Karolina Kowalkiewicz	W-SW
	Cynthia Calvillo	W-FLW \ W-SW
	Ji Yeon Kim	W-FLW \ W-BW
	Michelle Waterson-Gomez	W-SW \ W-FLW
	Istela Nunes	W-SW
	Mayra Bueno Silva	W-BW \ W-FLW

Longest winless streak

In any bout^[56]
	Fighter	Division	Winless streak
1	Sam Alvey	MW \ LHW	9
2	Jeremy Stephens	FTW \ LW	8
	B.J. Penn	FTW \ LW \ WW
	Tony Ferguson	LW \ WW
5	Tai Tuivasa	HW	7
	Héctor Lombard	WW \ MW
	Donald Cerrone	LW \ WW

Championships

Most title reigns

	Fighter	Division	Reigns
1	Randy Couture	HW \ LHW	6 (5 undisputed, 1 interim)
2	Georges St-Pierre	MW \ WW	4 (3 undisputed, 1 interim)
2	Jon Jones	HW \ LHW	4 (3 undisputed, 1 interim)
4	Amanda Nunes	W-BW \ W-FTW	3 (3 undisputed)
	Alex Pereira	LHW \ MW	3 (3 undisputed)
	Brandon Moreno	FLW	3 (2 undisputed, 1 interim)
	Israel Adesanya	MW
	Conor McGregor	LW \ FTW
	José Aldo	FTW
	Justin Gaethje	LW	3 (1 undisputed, 2 interim)

Bold – Active reign.

Longest single title reigns

By number of Days
	Fighter	Division	Days
1	Anderson Silva	MW	2457
2	Demetrious Johnson	FLW	2142
3	Georges St-Pierre	WW	2064
4	Amanda Nunes	W-BW	1981
5	José Aldo	FTW	1848

By number of Title Defenses
	Fighter	Division	Defenses
1	Demetrious Johnson	FLW	11
2	Anderson Silva	MW	10
3	Georges St-Pierre	WW	9
4	Jon Jones	LHW	8
5	Valentina Shevchenko	W-FLW	7
5	José Aldo	FTW	7

Longest single title reigns - By division

By number of Days
Division	Fighter	Days
HW	Cain Velasquez	896
LHW	Jon Jones	1501
MW	Anderson Silva	2457
WW	Georges St-Pierre	2064
LW	Khabib Nurmagomedov	1077
FTW	José Aldo	1848
BW	Dominick Cruz	1117
FLW	Demetrious Johnson	2142
W-FTW	Amanda Nunes	1634
W-BW	Amanda Nunes	1981
W-FLW	Valentina Shevchenko	1547
W-SW	Joanna Jędrzejczyk	966

By number of Title Defenses
Division	Fighter	Defenses
HW	Stipe Miocic	3
LHW	Jon Jones	8
MW	Anderson Silva	10
WW	Georges St-Pierre	9
LW	Islam Makhachev	4
FTW	José Aldo	7
BW	Merab Dvalishvili	3
BW	Aljamain Sterling	3
FLW	Demetrious Johnson	11
W-FTW	Amanda Nunes	2
W-FTW	Cris Cyborg	2
W-BW	Ronda Rousey	6
W-FLW	Valentina Shevchenko	7
W-SW	Joanna Jędrzejczyk	5

Bold – Active reign.

Longest combined title reigns

By number of Days
	Fighter	Division	Reigns	Days
1	Amanda Nunes	W-BW \ W-FTW	2 \ 1	3940
2	Jon Jones	HW \ LHW	1 \ 2	2937
3	Anderson Silva	MW	1	2457
4	Georges St-Pierre	MW \ WW	1 \ 2	2237
5	Valentina Shevchenko	W-FLW	2	2220
6	Demetrious Johnson	FLW	1	2142
7	José Aldo	FW	1	2037

By number of Title Defenses
	Fighter	Division	Reigns	Defenses
1	Jon Jones	LHW \ HW	3	12
2	Demetrious Johnson	FLW	1	11
3	Anderson Silva	MW	1	10
4	Valentina Shevchenko	W-FLW	2	9
4	Georges St-Pierre	WW	2	9
6	Amanda Nunes	W-BW \ W-FTW	2 \ 1	8
7	Matt Hughes	WW	2	7
7	José Aldo	FTW	2	7
9	Ronda Rousey	W-BW	1	6
9	Alexander Volkanovski	FTW	2	6

Longest combined title reigns - By division

By number of Days
Division	Fighter	Reigns	Days
Heavyweight	Stipe Miocic	2	1372
Light Heavyweight	Jon Jones	2	2098
Middleweight	Anderson Silva	1	2457
Welterweight	Georges St-Pierre	2	2204
Lightweight	Khabib Nurmagomedov	1	1077
Featherweight	José Aldo	2	2037
Bantamweight	Dominick Cruz	2	1465
Flyweight	Demetrious Johnson	1	2142
Women's Featherweight	Amanda Nunes	1	1634
Women's Bantamweight	Amanda Nunes	2	2306
Women's Flyweight	Valentina Shevchenko	2	2220
Women's Strawweight	Joanna Jędrzejczyk	1	966

By number of Title Defenses
Division	Fighter	Reigns	Defenses
Heavyweight	Stipe Miocic	2	4
Light Heavyweight	Jon Jones	2	11
Middleweight	Anderson Silva	1	10
Welterweight	Georges St-Pierre	2	9
Lightweight	Islam Makhachev	1	4
Featherweight	José Aldo	2	7
Bantamweight	Aljamain Sterling	1	3
	Merab Dvalishvili	1
	Dominick Cruz	2
	T.J. Dillashaw	2
Flyweight	Demetrious Johnson	1	11
Women's Featherweight	Amanda Nunes	1	2
Women's Featherweight	Cris Cyborg	1	2
Women's Bantamweight	Ronda Rousey	1	6
Women's Bantamweight	Amanda Nunes	2	6
Women's Flyweight	Valentina Shevchenko	2	9
Women's Strawweight	Joanna Jędrzejczyk	1	5

Bold - Active reign.

Most title bouts

	Fighter	Bouts	Division/s	Wins	Losses	Draws	No Contests
1	Jon Jones	17	HW \ LHW	16 (14 LHW, 2 HW)	0	0	1
2	Georges St-Pierre	15	MW \ WW	13 (12 WW, 1 MW)	2 (2 WW)	0	0
2	Randy Couture	15	HW \ LHW	9 (6 HW, 3 LHW)	6 (3 HW, 3 LHW)	0	0
4	Demetrious Johnson	14	FLW \ BW	12 (12 FLW)	2 (1 BW, 1 FLW)	0	0
4	Valentina Shevchenko	14	W-FLW	11 (11 W-FLW)	2 (1 W-BW, 1 W-FLW)	1 (1 W-FLW)	0
6	Anderson Silva	13	MW	11 (11 MW)	2 (2 MW)	0	0

Bold – Active.

Youngest champions

	Fighter	Division	Won \ Awarded	Birthday	Age
1	Jon Jones	LHW	Mar 19, 2011	Jul 19, 1987	23 years, 243 days
2	Joshua Van	FW	Dec 6, 2025	Oct 10, 2001	24 years, 57 days
3	José Aldo	FTW	Nov 20, 2010	Sept 9, 1986	24 years, 72 days²
4	Josh Barnett	HW	Mar 22, 2002	Nov 10, 1977	24 years, 132 days
5	Carlos Newton	WW	May 4, 2001	Aug 17, 1976	24 years, 260 days

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

Bold - Active reign.

Oldest champions

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

Bold - Active reign.

Multi-division champions

Fighters who have won championships in multiple weight classes.^[57] 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.
Ilia Topuria is the first champion to hold two titles while being undefeated.

	Interim

	Champion	Division	Won	Lost	Defenses	Reign	Total reign
1	Randy Couture	Heavyweight	Dec 21, 1997 (UFC Japan)	Jan ?, 1998 (stripped)	0	? days	1,478 + ? days
			Nov 17, 2000 (UFC 28)	Mar 22, 2002 (UFC 36)	2	490 days
			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	B.J. Penn	Welterweight	Jan 31, 2004 (UFC 46)	May 17, 2004 (stripped)	0	107 days	919 days
2	B.J. Penn	Lightweight	Jan 19, 2008 (UFC 80)	Apr 10, 2010 (UFC 112)	3	812 days	919 days
3	Conor McGregor	Featherweight	Jul 11, 2015 (UFC 189)	Dec 12, 2015 (UFC 194)	0	-	861 days
		Featherweight	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	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	Daniel Cormier	Light Heavyweight	May 23, 2015 (UFC 187)	Dec 28, 2018 (vacated)	3	1,315 days	1,722 days
5	Daniel Cormier	Heavyweight	Jul 7, 2018 (UFC 226)	Aug 17, 2019 (UFC 241)	1	407 days	1,722 days
6	Amanda Nunes	Women's Bantamweight	Jul 9, 2016 (UFC 200)	Dec 11, 2021 (UFC 269)	5	1,981 days	3,940 days
		Women's Bantamweight	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	Henry Cejudo	Flyweight	Aug 4, 2018 (UFC 227)	Feb 29, 2020 (vacated)	1	574 days	926 days
7	Henry Cejudo	Bantamweight	Jun 8, 2019 (UFC 238)	May 24, 2020 (vacated)	1	352 days	926 days
8	Jon Jones	Light Heavyweight	Mar 19, 2011 (UFC 128)	Apr 28, 2015 (stripped)	8	1,501 days	2,938 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)	Jun 21, 2025 (vacated)	1	840 days
9	Alex Pereira	Middleweight	Nov 12, 2022 (UFC 281)	Apr 8, 2023 (UFC 287)	0	147 days	819 days
		Light Heavyweight	Nov 11, 2023 (UFC 295)	Mar 8, 2025 (UFC 313)	3	483 days
		Light Heavyweight	Oct 4, 2025 (UFC 320)	Apr 11, 2026 (vacated)	0	189 days
10	Ilia Topuria	Featherweight	Feb 17, 2024 (UFC 298)	Apr 12, 2025 (vacated)	1	419 days	770 days
10	Ilia Topuria	Lightweight	Jun 28, 2025 (UFC 317)	Jun 14, 2026 (UFC Freedom 250)	0	351 days	770 days
11	Islam Makhachev	Lightweight	Oct 22, 2022 (UFC 280)	Jun 28, 2025 (vacated)	4	980 days	1,226 days
11	Islam Makhachev	Welterweight	Nov 15, 2025 (UFC 322)	Incumbent	0	246 days	1,226 days

Simultaneous two division champions

Note: Defenses shown are while champion was a two division champion.

	Champion	Division	Period	Defenses	Reign
1	Conor McGregor	Featherweight	Nov 12, 2016 – Nov 26, 2016	0	14 days
1	Conor McGregor	Lightweight	Nov 12, 2016 – Nov 26, 2016	0	14 days
2	Daniel Cormier	Light Heavyweight	Jul 7, 2018 – Dec 28, 2018	0	174 days
2	Daniel Cormier	Heavyweight	Jul 7, 2018 – Dec 28, 2018	1	174 days
3	Amanda Nunes	Women's Bantamweight	Dec 29, 2018 – Dec 11, 2021	2	1,078 days
3	Amanda Nunes	Women's Featherweight	Dec 29, 2018 – Dec 11, 2021	2	1,078 days
4	Henry Cejudo	Flyweight	Jun 8, 2019 – Feb 29, 2020	0	266 days
4	Henry Cejudo	Bantamweight	Jun 8, 2019 – Feb 29, 2020	0	266 days
5	Amanda Nunes (2)	Women's Featherweight	Jul 30, 2022 – Jun 20, 2023	0	325 days
5	Amanda Nunes (2)	Women's Bantamweight	Jul 30, 2022 – Jun 20, 2023	1	325 days

Bold - Active reigns.

Tournaments

Multiple tournament wins

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

Pound-for-pound

Men's Pound-for-pound reigns

Men's Pound-for-pound rankings were first introduced by the UFC on February 5, 2013. In June 2026, the promotion began replacing that system with the Meta UFC Rankings, which removed pound‑for‑pound rankings.^[58]

Updated as of July 14, 2026.

Fighter^[59]	Start date	Days	Times^[a]
Anderson Silva	Feb 5 2013	155	11
Jon Jones	Jul 9 2013	659	64
José Aldo	Apr 29 2015	229	22
Demetrious Johnson	Dec 14 2015	21	2
Jon Jones	Jan 4 2016	189	16
Demetrious Johnson	Jul 11 2016	387	40
Jon Jones	Aug 2 2017	33	2
Demetrious Johnson	Sep 4 2017	310	33
Daniel Cormier	Jul 11 2018	418	36
Jon Jones	Sep 2 2019	420	44
Khabib Nurmagomedov	Oct 26 2020	148	17
Jon Jones	Mar 23 2021	195	23
Kamaru Usman	Oct 4 2021	322	36
Alexander Volkanovski	Aug 22 2022	194	18
Alexander Volkanovski	Jul 11 2023	40	7
Jon Jones	Mar 7 2023	245	30
Islam Makhachev	Nov 7 2023	602	68
Ilia Topuria	Jul 1 2025	139	17
Islam Makhachev	Nov 18 2025	243	26

Bold - Active reign.

↑ 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

Updated as of July 14, 2026.

Fighter^[60]	Days	Times^[a]	Reigns
Jon Jones	1,743	165	6
Islam Makhachev	845	94	2
Demetrious Johnson	718	75	3
Daniel Cormier	418	36	1
Kamaru Usman	322	36	1
Alexander Volkanovski	237	26	2
José Aldo	229	22	1
Anderson Silva	155	11	1
Khabib Nurmagomedov	148	17	1
Ilia Topuria	139	17	1

Bold - Active reign.

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

Women's Pound-for-pound reigns

Women's Pound-for-pound rankings were first introduced by the UFC on January 27, 2020.^[61]

Updated as of July 14, 2026.

Fighter	Start date	Days	Times^[a]
Amanda Nunes	Jan 27 2020	686	80
Valentina Shevchenko	Dec 13 2021^[62]	231	27
Amanda Nunes	Aug 1 2022^[63]	323	36
Alexa Grasso	Jun 20 2023^[64]	454	53
Valentina Shevchenko	Sep 17 2024	670	76

Bold - Active reign.

↑ 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

Updated as of July 14, 2026.

Fighter^[65]	Days	Times^[a]	Reigns
Amanda Nunes	1,009	116	2
Valentina Shevchenko	901	103	2
Alexa Grasso	454	53	1

Bold - Active reign.

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

Bonuses

Most overall

Updated as of June 14, 2026 after UFC Freedom 250.

	Fighter	No. of bonuses^[38]
1	Charles Oliveira	21
2	Donald Cerrone	18
3	Justin Gaethje	17
4	Jim Miller	16
4	Nate Diaz	16
6	Joe Lauzon	15
6	Dustin Poirier	15
8	Anderson Silva	14

Most Performance of the Night bonuses

Updated to May 3, 2026 after (after UFC Fight Night: Della Maddalena vs. Prates).

	Fighter	POTN bonuses
1	Charles Oliveira	14
2	Kevin Holland	9
3	Paul Craig	8
4	Conor McGregor	7
	Tom Aspinall
	Carlos Prates
	Donald Cerrone
	Ovince Saint Preux

Most Fight of the Night bonuses

Updated to June 14, 2026 (after UFC Freedom 250).

	Fighter	FOTN bonuses
1	Justin Gaethje	11
2	Edson Barboza	10
2	Dustin Poirier	10
4	Nate Diaz	8
	Frankie Edgar
	Cub Swanson
7	Jim Miller	7
	Max Holloway
	Diego Sanchez
	Joe Lauzon

Most Knockout of the Night bonuses (discontinued)

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

Most Submission of the Night bonuses (discontinued)

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

Attendances

Overall

	Event	Main event	Date	Venue	City	Attendance
1	UFC 243	Whittaker (c) vs. Adesanya (ic)	Oct 6, 2019	Marvel Stadium	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	57,127^[66]
2	UFC 193	Rousey (c) vs. Holm	Nov 14, 2015	Marvel Stadium	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	56,214^[67]
3	UFC 129	St-Pierre (c) vs. Shields	Apr 30, 2011	Rogers Centre	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	55,724^[68]
4	UFC 198	Werdum (c) vs. Miocic	May 14, 2016	Arena da Baixada	Curitiba, Brazil	45,207^[69]
5	UFC on Fox 14	Gustafsson vs. Johnson	Jan 24, 2015	Tele2 Arena	Stockholm, Sweden	30,000^[70]

United States

	Event	Main event	Date	Venue	City	Attendance
1	UFC 281	Adesanya (c) vs. Pereira 1	Nov 12, 2022	Madison Square Garden	New York City, New York	20,845
2	UFC 268	Usman (c) vs. Covington 2	Nov 6, 2021			20,715
3	UFC 322	Della Maddalena (c) vs. Makhachev	Nov 16, 2025			20,664
4	UFC 205	Alvarez (c) vs. McGregor	Nov 12, 2016			20,427
5	UFC 309	Jones vs. Miocic	Nov 16, 2024			20,200

Finances

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

Highest Pay-Per-View buys

^[71]

	Event	Main event	Date	Venue	City	PPV Buys
1	UFC 229	Khabib (c) vs. McGregor	Oct 6, 2018	T-Mobile Arena	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	2,400,000
2	UFC 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	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	1,600,000
5	UFC 100	Lesnar vs. Mir 2	July 11, 2009	Mandalay Bay Events Center	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	1,600,000

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

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

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

UFC 1–100
	Event	Date	Main event	PPV Buys
1	UFC 42	Apr 25, 2003	Hughes (c) vs. Sherk	35,000
1	UFC 35	Jan 11, 2002	Pulver (c) vs. Penn	35,000
3	UFC 45	Nov 21, 2003	Hughes (c) vs. Trigg	40,000
4	UFC 39	Sep 27, 2002	Couture vs. Rodriguez	45,000
4	UFC 38	Jul 13, 2002	Hughes (c) vs. Newton	45,000
UFC 101–200
	Event	Date	Main event	PPV Buys
1	UFC 174	Jun 14, 2014	Johnson (c) vs. Bagautinov	115,000
1	UFC 191	Sep 5, 2015	Johnson (c) vs. Dodson	115,000
3	UFC 177	Aug 30, 2014	Dillashaw (c) vs. Soto	125,000
3	UFC 186	Apr 25, 2015	Johnson (c) vs. Horiguchi	125,000
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^[72]
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

Updated as of July 11, 2026 after UFC 329.

	Event	Main event	Date	Venue	City	Gate	Inflation Adjusted
1	UFC 329	McGregor vs. Holloway 2	July 11, 2026	T-Mobile Arena	Paradise, Nevada, U.S.	$26,430,566	$26,430,566
2	UFC 306	O'Malley (c) vs. Dvalishvili	Sep 14, 2024	Sphere	Paradise, Nevada, U.S.	$21,829,245^[73]^[74]	$23,320,811
3	UFC 205	Alvarez (c) vs. McGregor	Nov 12, 2016	Madison Square Garden	New York City, New York U.S.	$17,700,000	$24,714,600
4	UFC 229	Khabib (c) vs. McGregor	Oct 6, 2018	T-Mobile Arena	Paradise, Nevada, U.S.	$17,188,894	$22,939,997
5	UFC 309	Jones (c) vs. Miocic	Nov 16, 2024	Madison Square Garden	New York City, New York U.S.	$16,673,954	$17,813,266

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[37] Official UFC records have the bout time at 0:11, Dana White and UFC officials have admitted^[31] the actual KO time was 0:06. The NSAC cannot retroactively amend bout times.

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