List of UFC records

List of UFC records

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

Fighting

Most bouts - All fighters

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

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

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

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

Updated as of March 7, 2026 after UFC 326.

Most bouts - By division

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

Most bouts or wins - In a calendar year

	Fighter	Division/s	Year	Bouts	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
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
2025	2
André Fialho	WW	2022	2
Jéssica Andrade	W-SW \ W-FW	2023	2
Waldo Cortes-Acosta	HW	2025	4

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 - All fighters

Updated as of March 7, 2026 after UFC 326.

Most total fight time - By division

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

<table><thead><tr><th>In any bout</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Division/s</td><td>Fighter</td><td>Time (hh:mm:ss)</td></tr><tr><td>Heavyweight</td><td>Andrei Arlovski</td><td>6:49:58</td></tr><tr><td>Light Heavyweight</td><td>Jon Jones</td><td>5:40:15</td></tr><tr><td>Middleweight</td><td>Brad Tavares</td><td>6:04:18</td></tr><tr><td>Welterweight</td><td>Neil Magny</td><td>7:19:35</td></tr><tr><td>Lightweight</td><td>Jim Miller</td><td>7:05:31</td></tr><tr><td>Featherweight</td><td>Max Holloway</td><td>6:58:57</td></tr><tr><td>Bantamweight</td><td>Marlon Vera</td><td>5:09:51</td></tr><tr><td>Flyweight</td><td>Brandon Moreno</td><td>5:40:52</td></tr><tr><td>Women's Featherweight</td><td>Norma Dumont</td><td>1:31:26</td></tr><tr><td>Women's Bantamweight</td><td>Raquel Pennington</td><td>4:42:33</td></tr><tr><td>Women's Flyweight</td><td>Valentina Shevchenko</td><td>4:32:47</td></tr><tr><td>Women's Strawweight</td><td>Angela Hill</td><td>6:42:45</td></tr></tbody></table>

Most PPV Main Events

	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
Anderson Silva	MW \ LHW	64, 67, 73, 77, 82, 90, 97, 112, 117, 126, 134, 148 153, 162, 168, 183, 234
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 - All fighters

Updated as of March 7, 2026 after UFC 326.

Most wins - By division

Updated as of February 1, 2026 after UFC 325.

Most wins by a woman

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

Highest win percentage

	Fighter	Division	Wins	Losses	NC	Draw	%
1	Movsar Evloev	FTW \ CW	10	0	0	0	100.00
Khabib Nurmagomedov	LW \ CW	13
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
Georges St-Pierre	MW \ WW	20	2
7	Dricus du Plessis	MW	9	1	90.00
Carlos Ulberg	LHW
Joshua Van	FW
Kyoji Horiguchi	FW
11	Amanda Nunes	W-BW \ W-FTW	16	2	88.89

Most consecutive wins

Updated as of December 6, 2025 after UFC 323.

All fighters
	Fighter	Division	Began	Ended	Winning streak
1	Islam Makhachev	LW \ CW \ WW	Sept 17, 2016	Active	16
Anderson Silva	LHW \ MW	Jun 28, 2006	Jul 6, 2013
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

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

Finishes

Most finishes - All fighters

Updated as of October 11, 2025 after UFC Fight Night: Oliveira vs. Gamrot.

Most finishes - By division

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

Most consecutive finishes - All fighters

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

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

Most finishes - In a single event

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

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%
UFC Vegas 59	August 6, 2022	UFC Apex	Enterprise, Nevada, U.S.	10	10

Fastest finishes - All fighters

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

Fastest finishes - By division

Updated as of December 6, 2025 after UFC 323.

Highest finishes per win percentage

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

Updated as of October 11, 2025 after UFC Fight Night: Oliveira vs. Gamrot.

	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	Matt Brown	WW	15	17	88.24%
7	Vicente Luque	WW	14	16	87.50%
Charles Oliveira	LW \ FTW \ CW	21	24

1.^ Minimum 10 UFC wins.

Knockouts

Most knockouts - All fighters

Updated as of March 7, 2026 after UFC 326.

Most knockouts - By division

Updated to March 7, 2026 (after UFC 326).

Most consecutive knockouts - All fighters

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

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

Most knockouts - In a single event

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

	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

Submissions

Most submissions - All fighters

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

Most submissions - By division

Updated as of October 11, 2025 after UFC Fight Night: Oliveira vs. Gamrot.

Most consecutive submissions - All fighters

Updated as of October 26, 2025 after UFC 321.

In any bout
	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
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
UFC Fight Night 263	November 1, 2025

Highest submissions per win percentage

	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

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

1.^ Minimum 5 UFC SUBs.

Decisions

Most Decision bouts in one event

<table><thead><tr><th></th><th>Event</th><th>Date</th><th>Venue</th><th>City</th><th>Decisions</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>UFC 263</td><td>June 12, 2021</td><td>Gila River Arena</td><td>Glendale, Arizona, U.S.</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>UFC 169</td><td>February 1, 2014</td><td>Prudential Center</td><td>Newark, New Jersey, U.S.</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>UFC Fight Night 36</td><td>February 15, 2014</td><td>Arena Jaraguá</td><td>Jaraguá do Sul, Brazil</td></tr><tr><td>UFC Fight Night 84</td><td>February 27, 2016</td><td>The O2 Arena</td><td>London, England</td></tr><tr><td>UFC Fight Night 121</td><td>November 19, 2017</td><td>Qudos Bank Arena</td><td>Sydney, Australia</td></tr><tr><td>UFC on ESPN 4</td><td>July 20, 2019</td><td>AT&T Center</td><td>San Antonio, Texas, U.S.</td></tr><tr><td>UFC on ESPN+ 56</td><td>November 20, 2021</td><td>UFC Apex</td><td>Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.</td></tr><tr><td>UFC on ABC 8</td><td>June 21, 2025</td><td>Baku Crystal Hall</td><td>Baku, Azerbaijan</td></tr></tbody></table>

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
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	Katlyn Cerminara	W-FW \ W-BW	11	11	100.00%
Movsar Evloev	FLW	10	10
3	Krzysztof Jotko	MW	10	11	90.91%
Gray Maynard	FTW \ LW
5	Brad Tavares	MW	14	16	87.50%
6	Merab Dvalishvili	BW	12	14	85.71%
7	Benson Henderson	LW \ WW	9	11	81.82%
8	Belal Muhammad	WW	12	15	80.00%

1.^ Minimum 10 UFC wins.

Striking

Most significant strikes landed - In a single bout

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

In any bout
	Fighter	Opponent	Division	Event	Strikes
1	Max Holloway	Calvin Kattar	Featherweight	UFC on ABC: Holloway vs. Kattar	445
2	Brian Ortega	UFC 231	290
3	Rob Font	Marlon Vera	Bantamweight	UFC on ESPN: Font vs. Vera	271
4	Jared Cannonier	Marvin Vettori	Middleweight	UFC on ESPN: Vettori vs. Cannonier	241
5	Nate Diaz	Donald Cerrone	Lightweight	UFC 141	238

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

Most significant strikes landed - In a single event

	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

<table><thead><tr><th></th><th>Fighter</th><th>Division</th><th>Landed</th><th>Attempted</th><th>%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Alex Pereira</td><td>MW \ LHW</td><td>685</td><td>1103</td><td>62.10%</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Ciryl Gane</td><td>HW</td><td>929</td><td>1507</td><td>61.65%</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Sean O'Malley</td><td>BW</td><td>1396</td><td>1782</td><td>60.94%</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Randy Couture</td><td>LHW \ HW</td><td>778</td><td>1294</td><td>60.12%</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Anderson Silva</td><td>MW \ LHW</td><td>832</td><td>1410</td><td>59.01%</td></tr></tbody></table>

2.^ Minimum 1000 significant strike attempts.

	Fighter	Division	Landed	Attempted	%
1	Alistair Overeem	HW	715	962	74.3%
2	Anthony Hamilton	HW	246	375	65.6%
3	Sharabutdin Magomedov	MW	395	633	62.4%
4	Alex Pereira	MW \ LHW	685	1103	62.1%
5	Ciryl Gane	HW	929	1507	61.6%

1.^ Minimum 5 UFC bouts and 350 significant strikes attempted.

Highest significant strikes landed per minute

<table><thead><tr><th></th><th>Fighter</th><th>Division</th><th>Strikes \ minute</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Joshua Van</td><td>FLW</td><td>8.84</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Esteban Ribovics</td><td>LW</td><td>8.08</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Casey O'Neill</td><td>W-FLW</td><td>7.89</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Tom Aspinall</td><td>HW</td><td>7.63</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Leslie Smith</td><td>W-BW</td><td>7.56</td></tr></tbody></table>

1.^ Minimum 5 UFC bouts.

Knockdowns

Most knockdowns - By division

<table><thead><tr><th>Division</th><th>Fighter</th><th>Knockdowns</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Heavyweight</td><td>Junior dos Santos</td><td>14</td></tr><tr><td>Light Heavyweight</td><td>Khalil Rountree Jr.</td><td>14</td></tr><tr><td>Chuck Liddell</td></tr><tr><td>Maurício Rua</td></tr><tr><td>Middleweight</td><td>Israel Adesanya</td><td>13</td></tr><tr><td>Anderson Silva</td></tr><tr><td>Welterweight</td><td>Thiago Alves</td><td>13</td></tr><tr><td>Lightweight</td><td>Michael Johnson</td><td>13</td></tr><tr><td>Melvin Guillard</td></tr><tr><td>Featherweight</td><td>Josh Emmett</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td>Bantamweight</td><td>Montel Jackson</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td>Marlon Vera</td></tr><tr><td>Flyweight</td><td>Deiveson Figueiredo</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td>Women's Featherweight</td><td>Josiane Nunes</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Amanda Nunes</td></tr><tr><td>Women's Bantamweight</td><td>Amanda Nunes</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>Women's Flyweight</td><td>Ariane da Silva</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Taila Santos</td></tr><tr><td>Women's Strawweight</td><td>Amanda Lemos</td><td>6</td></tr></tbody></table>

Most knockdowns - In a single event

	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

Most Takedowns Landed - By division

<table><thead><tr><th>Division</th><th>Fighter</th><th>Takedowns</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Heavyweight</td><td>Curtis Blaydes</td><td>64</td></tr><tr><td>Light Heavyweight</td><td>Tito Ortiz</td><td>58</td></tr><tr><td>Middleweight</td><td>Anthony Hernandez</td><td>54</td></tr><tr><td>Welterweight</td><td>Georges St-Pierre</td><td>87</td></tr><tr><td>Lightweight</td><td>Gleison Tibau</td><td>84</td></tr><tr><td>Featherweight</td><td>Darren Elkins</td><td>65</td></tr><tr><td>Bantamweight</td><td>Merab Dvalishvili</td><td>106</td></tr><tr><td>Flyweight</td><td>Tim Elliott</td><td>61</td></tr><tr><td>Women's Featherweight</td><td>Norma Dumont</td><td>9</td></tr><tr><td>Women's Bantamweight</td><td>Amanda Nunes</td><td>32</td></tr><tr><td>Women's Flyweight</td><td>Valentina Shevchenko</td><td>54</td></tr><tr><td>Women's Strawweight</td><td>Carla Esparza</td><td>49</td></tr></tbody></table>

Most Takedowns Landed - In a single event

	Event	Date	Takedowns
1	UFC Fight Night 221	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

	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

Highest submission attempt rate

	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

List of UFC records

Updated as of November 16, 2025 after UFC 322.

Most losses

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

Most consecutive losses

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

Most consecutive losses by a woman

In any bout
	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

Longest winless streak

In any bout
	Fighter	Division	Winless streak
1	Sam Alvey	MW \ LHW	9
2	B.J. Penn	FTW \ LW \ WW	8
Tony Ferguson	LW \ WW
4	Héctor Lombard	WW \ MW	7
Donald Cerrone	LW \ WW
Jeremy Stephens	FTW \ LW

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)
Jon Jones	HW \ LHW
4	Alex Pereira	LHW \ MW	3 (3 undisputed)
Amanda Nunes	W-BW \ W-FTW
Brandon Moreno	FLW	3 (2 undisputed, 1 interim)
Israel Adesanya	MW
Conor McGregor	LW \ FTW
José Aldo	FTW

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
José Aldo	FTW

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
Aljamain Sterling
FLW	Demetrious Johnson	11
W-FTW	Amanda Nunes	2
Cris Cyborg
W-BW	Ronda Rousey	6
W-FLW	Valentina Shevchenko	7
W-SW	Joanna Jędrzejczyk	5

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	Demetrious Johnson	FLW	1	2142
6	José Aldo	FW	1	2037
7	Valentina Shevchenko	W-FLW	1	2110
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
Georges St-Pierre	WW
6	Amanda Nunes	W-BW \ W-FTW	2 \ 1	8
7	Matt Hughes	WW	2	7
José Aldo	FTW
9	Ronda Rousey	W-BW	1	6

Longest combined title reigns - By division

<table><thead><tr><th>By number of Days</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Division</td><td>Fighter</td><td>Reigns</td><td>Days</td></tr><tr><td>Heavyweight</td><td>Stipe Miocic</td><td>2</td><td>1372</td></tr><tr><td>Light Heavyweight</td><td>Jon Jones</td><td>2</td><td>2098</td></tr><tr><td>Middleweight</td><td>Anderson Silva</td><td>1</td><td>2457</td></tr><tr><td>Welterweight</td><td>Georges St-Pierre</td><td>2</td><td>2204</td></tr><tr><td>Lightweight</td><td>Khabib Nurmagomedov</td><td>1</td><td>1077</td></tr><tr><td>Featherweight</td><td>José Aldo</td><td>2</td><td>2037</td></tr><tr><td>Bantamweight</td><td>Dominick Cruz</td><td>2</td><td>1465</td></tr><tr><td>Flyweight</td><td>Demetrious Johnson</td><td>1</td><td>2142</td></tr><tr><td>Women's Featherweight</td><td>Amanda Nunes</td><td>1</td><td>1634</td></tr><tr><td>Women's Bantamweight</td><td>2</td><td>2306</td></tr><tr><td>Women's Flyweight</td><td>Valentina Shevchenko</td><td>2</td><td>2110</td></tr><tr><td>Women's Strawweight</td><td>Joanna Jędrzejczyk</td><td>1</td><td>966</td></tr><tr><td>By number of Title Defenses</td></tr><tr><td>Division</td><td>Fighter</td><td>Reigns</td><td>Defenses</td></tr><tr><td>Heavyweight</td><td>Stipe Miocic</td><td>2</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Light Heavyweight</td><td>Jon Jones</td><td>2</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td>Middleweight</td><td>Anderson Silva</td><td>1</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>Welterweight</td><td>Georges St-Pierre</td><td>2</td><td>9</td></tr><tr><td>Lightweight</td><td>Islam Makhachev</td><td>1</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Featherweight</td><td>José Aldo</td><td>2</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td>Bantamweight</td><td>Aljamain Sterling</td><td>1</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Merab Dvalishvili</td></tr><tr><td>Dominick Cruz</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>T.J. Dillashaw</td></tr><tr><td>Flyweight</td><td>Demetrious Johnson</td><td>1</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td>Women's Featherweight</td><td>Amanda Nunes</td><td>1</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Cris Cyborg</td></tr><tr><td>Women's Bantamweight</td><td>Ronda Rousey</td><td>1</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>Amanda Nunes</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Women's Flyweight</td><td>Valentina Shevchenko</td><td>2</td><td>9</td></tr><tr><td>Women's Strawweight</td><td>Joanna Jędrzejczyk</td><td>1</td><td>5</td></tr></tbody></table>

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
Randy Couture	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
Valentina Shevchenko	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

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.

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

Multi-division champions

Fighters who have won championships in multiple weight classes. 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.

<table><thead><tr><th></th><th>Champion</th><th>Division</th><th>Won</th><th>Lost</th><th>Defenses</th><th>Reign</th><th>Total reign</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Randy Couture</td><td>Heavyweight</td><td>Dec 21, 1997 (UFC Japan)</td><td>Jan ?, 1998 (stripped)</td><td>0</td><td>00? days</td><td>1,478 + ? days</td></tr><tr><td>Nov 17, 2000 (UFC 28)</td><td>Mar 22, 2002 (UFC 36)</td><td>2</td><td>490 days</td></tr><tr><td>Mar 3, 2007 (UFC 68)</td><td>Nov 15, 2008 (UFC 91)</td><td>1</td><td>623 days</td></tr><tr><td>Light Heavyweight</td><td>Jun 6, 2003 (UFC 43)</td><td>Sep 26, 2003 (UFC 44)</td><td>0</td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>Sep 26, 2003 (UFC 44)</td><td>Jan 31, 2004 (UFC 46)</td><td>0</td><td>127 days</td></tr><tr><td>Aug 21, 2004 (UFC 49)</td><td>Apr 16, 2005 (UFC 52)</td><td>0</td><td>238 days</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>B.J. Penn</td><td>Welterweight</td><td>Jan 31, 2004 (UFC 46)</td><td>May 17, 2004 (stripped)</td><td>0</td><td>107 days</td><td>919 days</td></tr><tr><td>Lightweight</td><td>Jan 19, 2008 (UFC 80)</td><td>Apr 10, 2010 (UFC 112)</td><td>3</td><td>812 days</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Conor McGregor</td><td>Featherweight</td><td>Jul 11, 2015 (UFC 189)</td><td>Dec 12, 2015 (UFC 194)</td><td>0</td><td>-</td><td>861 days</td></tr><tr><td>Dec 12, 2015 (UFC 194)</td><td>Nov 26, 2016 (stripped)</td><td>0</td><td>350 days</td></tr><tr><td>Lightweight</td><td>Nov 12, 2016 (UFC 205)</td><td>Apr 7, 2018 (stripped)</td><td>0</td><td>511 days</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Georges St-Pierre</td><td>Welterweight</td><td>Nov 18, 2006 (UFC 65)</td><td>Apr 7, 2007 (UFC 69)</td><td>0</td><td>140 days</td><td>2,237 days</td></tr><tr><td>Dec 29, 2007 (UFC 79)</td><td>Apr 19, 2008 (UFC 83)</td><td>0</td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 19, 2008 (UFC 83)</td><td>Dec 13, 2013 (vacated)</td><td>9</td><td>2,064 days</td></tr><tr><td>Middleweight</td><td>Nov 4, 2017 (UFC 217)</td><td>Dec 7, 2017 (vacated)</td><td>0</td><td>33 days</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Daniel Cormier</td><td>Light Heavyweight</td><td>May 23, 2015 (UFC 187)</td><td>Dec 28, 2018 (vacated)</td><td>3</td><td>1,315 days</td><td>1,722 days</td></tr><tr><td>Heavyweight</td><td>Jul 7, 2018 (UFC 226)</td><td>Aug 17, 2019 (UFC 241)</td><td>1</td><td>407 days</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Amanda Nunes</td><td>Women's Bantamweight</td><td>Jul 9, 2016 (UFC 200)</td><td>Dec 11, 2021 (UFC 269)</td><td>5</td><td>1,981 days</td><td>3,940 days</td></tr><tr><td>Jul 30, 2022 (UFC 277)</td><td>Jun 20, 2023 (vacated)</td><td>1</td><td>325 days</td></tr><tr><td>Women's Featherweight</td><td>Dec 29, 2018 (UFC 232)</td><td>Jun 20, 2023 (vacated)</td><td>2</td><td>1,634 days</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Henry Cejudo</td><td>Flyweight</td><td>Aug 4, 2018 (UFC 227)</td><td>Feb 29, 2020 (vacated)</td><td>1</td><td>574 days</td><td>926 days</td></tr><tr><td>Bantamweight</td><td>Jun 8, 2019 (UFC 238)</td><td>May 24, 2020 (vacated)</td><td>1</td><td>352 days</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Jon Jones</td><td>Light Heavyweight</td><td>Mar 19, 2011 (UFC 128)</td><td>Apr 28, 2015 (stripped)</td><td>8</td><td>1,501 days</td><td>2938 days</td></tr><tr><td>Apr 23, 2016 (UFC 197)</td><td>Nov 19, 2016 (stripped)</td><td>0</td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>Dec 29, 2018 (UFC 232)</td><td>Aug 17, 2020 (vacated)</td><td>3</td><td>597 days</td></tr><tr><td>Heavyweight</td><td>Mar 4, 2023 (UFC 285)</td><td>Jun 21, 2025 (vacated)</td><td>1</td><td>840 days</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>Alex Pereira</td><td>Middleweight</td><td>Nov 12, 2022 (UFC 281)</td><td>Apr 8, 2023 (UFC 287)</td><td>0</td><td>147 days</td><td>808 days</td></tr><tr><td>Light Heavyweight</td><td>Nov 11, 2023 (UFC 295)</td><td>Mar 8, 2025 (UFC 313)</td><td>3</td><td>483 days</td></tr><tr><td>Oct 4, 2025 (UFC 320)</td><td>Incumbent</td><td>0</td><td>178 days</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>Ilia Topuria</td><td>Featherweight</td><td>Feb 17, 2024 (UFC 298)</td><td>Apr 12, 2025 (vacated)</td><td>1</td><td>419 days</td><td>695 days</td></tr><tr><td>Lightweight</td><td>Jun 28, 2025 (UFC 317)</td><td>Incumbent</td><td>0</td><td>276 days</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>Islam Makhachev</td><td>Lightweight</td><td>Oct 22, 2022 (UFC 280)</td><td>Jun 28, 2025 (vacated)</td><td>4</td><td>980 days</td><td>1,116 days</td></tr><tr><td>Welterweight</td><td>Nov 15, 2025 (UFC 322)</td><td>Incumbent</td><td>0</td><td>136 days</td></tr></tbody></table>

Simultaneous two division champions

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

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

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.

Fighter	Start date	Days	Times
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	133	13

Men's longest combined pound-for-pound reign

Fighter	Days	Times	Reigns
Jon Jones	1,743	165	6
Islam Makhachev	735	81	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

Women's Pound-for-pound reigns

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

Fighter	Start date	Days	Times
Amanda Nunes	Jan 27 2020	686	80
Valentina Shevchenko	Dec 13 2021	231	27
Amanda Nunes	Aug 1 2022	323	36
Alexa Grasso	Jun 20 2023	454	53
Valentina Shevchenko	Sep 17 2024	560	63

Women's Longest combined pound-for-pound reign

Fighter	Days	Times	Reigns
Amanda Nunes	1,009	116	2
Valentina Shevchenko	791	90	2
Alexa Grasso	454	53	1

Bonuses

Most overall

Updated as of January 24, 2026 after UFC 324.

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

Most Performance of the Night bonuses

Updated to October 11, 2025 after (after UFC Fight Night: Oliveira vs. Gamrot).

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

Most Fight of the Night bonuses

Updated to January 24, 2026 (after UFC 324).

	Fighter	FOTN bonuses
1	Edson Barboza	10
Justin Gaethje
Dustin Poirier
4	Cub Swanson	8
Nate Diaz
Frankie Edgar
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
Cole Miller
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
2	UFC 193	Rousey (c) vs. Holm	Nov 14, 2015	56,214
3	UFC 129	St-Pierre (c) vs. Shields	Apr 30, 2011	Rogers Centre	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	55,724
4	UFC 198	Werdum (c) vs. Miocic	May 14, 2016	Arena da Baixada	Curitiba, Brazil	45,207
5	UFC on Fox 14	Gustafsson vs. Johnson	Jan 24, 2015	Tele2 Arena	Stockholm, Sweden	30,000

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

List of UFC records

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

	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	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	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
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
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

<table><thead><tr><th></th><th>Event</th><th>Main event</th><th>Date</th><th>Venue</th><th>City</th><th>Gate</th><th>Inflation Adjusted</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>UFC 306</td><td>O'Malley (c) vs. Dvalishvili</td><td>Sep 14, 2024</td><td>Sphere</td><td>Paradise, Nevada, U.S.</td><td>$21,829,245</td><td>$21,829,245</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>UFC 205</td><td>Alvarez (c) vs. McGregor</td><td>Nov 12, 2016</td><td>Madison Square Garden</td><td>New York City, New York U.S.</td><td>$17,700,000</td><td>$23,161,913</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>UFC 229</td><td>Khabib (c) vs. McGregor</td><td>Oct 6, 2018</td><td>T-Mobile Arena</td><td>Paradise, Nevada, U.S.</td><td>$17,188,894</td><td>$21,512,689</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>UFC 309</td><td>Jones (c) vs. Miocic</td><td>Nov 16, 2024</td><td>Madison Square Garden</td><td>New York City, New York U.S.</td><td>$16,673,954</td><td>$16,673,954</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>UFC 300</td><td>Pereira (c) vs. Hill</td><td>April 13, 2024</td><td>T-Mobile Arena</td><td>Paradise, Nevada, U.S.</td><td>$16,508,823</td><td>$16,508,823</td></tr></tbody></table>