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 June 29, 2024 after UFC 303.

Most bouts - By division

Updated as of June 29, 2024 after UFC 303.

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

Most bouts or wins - In a calendar year

[citation needed]

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

Most total fight time

Most total fight time - All fighters

Updated to June 29, 2024.

Most total fight time - By division

Updated to June 29, 2024

In any bout
Division/s Fighter Time (hh:mm:ss)
Heavyweight Belarus Andrei Arlovski 6:49:58[6]
Light Heavyweight United States Jon Jones 5:40:15[15]
Middleweight England Michael Bisping 5:15:15[16]
Welterweight United States Neil Magny 6:47:19[7]
Lightweight United States Jim Miller 6:47:47[8]
Featherweight United States Max Holloway 6:47:23[9]
Bantamweight Ecuador Marlon Vera 4:24:51[10]
Flyweight United States Demetrious Johnson 4:39:12[11]
Women's Featherweight Brazil Norma Dumont 1:31:26
Women's Bantamweight United States Raquel Pennington 4:17:33[12]
Women's Flyweight Kyrgyzstan Valentina Shevchenko 3:17:47[13]
Women's Strawweight United States Angela Hill 5:42:45[14]

Most PPV Main Events

[citation needed]

Fighter Division/s PPV Main Events Total
1 United States Randy Couture LHW \ HW Japan, 28, 31, 34, 36, 39, 43, 44, 46, 49, 52, 57, 68, 74, 91, 102, 105, 109 18
2 Brazil Anderson Silva MW \ LHW 64, 67, 73, 77, 82, 90, 97, 112, 117, 126, 134, 148 153, 162, 168, 183, 234 17
3 United States Tito Ortiz LHW 13, 19, 22, 25, 29, 30, 32, 33, 40, 44, 47, 50, 51, 66, 106, 133 16
United States Jon Jones LHW \ HW 128, 135, 140, 145, 152, 159, 165, 172, 182, 197, 214, 232, 235, 239, 247, 285
5 Canada Georges St-Pierre WW \ MW 65, 69, 79, 83, 87, 94, 111, 124, 129, 154, 158, 167, 217 13
6 Nigeria Israel Adesanya MW \ LHW 234, 243, 248, 253, 259, 263, 271, 276, 281, 287, 293 11
1.^ Minimum 10 pay-per-view main events.

Winning

Most wins

Most wins - All fighters

Bold - Active fighters

Updated as of April 13, 2024 after UFC 300.

Most wins - By division

Updated as of June 1, 2024 after UFC 302.

Highest win percentage

[citation needed]

Fighter Division Wins Losses NC Draw %
1 Russia Khabib Nurmagomedov LW \ CW 13 0 0 0 100.00
2 Russia Islam Makhachev LW \ CW 15 1 93.75
3 United States Jon Jones HW \ LHW 21 1 91.30
4 Canada Georges St-Pierre MW \ WW 20 2 0 90.91
5 Brazil Amanda Nunes W-BW \ W-FTW 16 88.89
6 Cameroon Francis Ngannou HW 12 85.71
United States Brendan Allen MW \ LHW \ CW
8 Brazil Royce Gracie CW \ OW 11 1 1 84.62

Most consecutive wins

Updated as of June 1, 2024 after UFC 302.

All fighters[5]
Fighter Division Began Ended Winning streak
1 Brazil Anderson Silva LHW \ MW Jun 28, 2006 Jul 6, 2013 16
2 Nigeria Kamaru Usman WW Jul 12, 2015 Aug 20, 2022 15
3 Russia Islam Makhachev LW \ CW Sept 17, 2016 Active 14
4 United States Jon Jones LHW Mar 21, 2010 Jul 29, 2017 13
United States Demetrious Johnson FLW Jun 8, 2012 Aug 4, 2018
Canada Georges St-Pierre MW \ WW Aug 25, 2007 Retired
United States Max Holloway FTW \ CW Jan 4, 2014 Apr 13, 2019
Russia Khabib Nurmagomedov LW \ CW Jan 20, 2012 Retired
9 United States Tony Ferguson LW Oct 17, 2013 May 9, 2020 12
Brazil Amanda Nunes W-FTW \ W-BW Mar 21, 2015 Dec 11, 2021
Australia Alexander Volkanovski FTW \ CW \ LW Nov 26, 2016 Feb 12, 2023
12 Brazil Charles Oliveira LW Jun 9, 2018 Oct 22, 2022 11
Brazil Royce Gracie[a] OW Nov 12, 1993 Apr 7, 1995
By division
Division Fighter Began Ended Winning streak
Heavyweight Brazil Junior dos Santos Oct 25, 2008 Dec 29, 2012 9[6]
Light Heavyweight United States Jon Jones Mar 21, 2010 Jul 29, 2017 13[15]
Middleweight Brazil Anderson Silva Jun 28, 2006 Jul 6, 2013 13[16]
Welterweight Nigeria Kamaru Usman Jul 12, 2015 Aug 20, 2022 15[7]
Lightweight Russia Islam Makhachev Sept 17, 2016 Active 13[8]
Featherweight United States Max Holloway Jan 4, 2014 Dec 14, 2019 13[9]
Bantamweight Georgia (country) Merab Dvalishvili Sept 15, 2018 Active 9[10]
United States Aljamain Sterling Apr 21, 2018 Aug 19, 2023
Flyweight United States Demetrious Johnson Jun 8, 2012 Aug 4, 2018 13[11]
Women's Featherweight Brazil Amanda Nunes Dec 29, 2018 Retired 3
Brazil Cris Cyborg Jul 29, 2017 Dec 29, 2018
Women's Bantamweight Brazil Amanda Nunes Mar 21, 2015 Dec 11, 2021 9[12]
Women's Flyweight Kyrgyzstan Valentina Shevchenko Feb 3, 2018 Mar 4, 2023 9[11]
Women's Strawweight Poland Joanna Jedrzejczyk Dec 13, 2014 Nov 4, 2017 8[14]

Finishes

Bold - Active fighters

Most finishes

Most finishes - All fighters

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

  1. ^ Not listed in source. Information found in fighter's page.
  2. ^ Not listed in source, information found in fighter's page.
  3. ^ 4 of 5 Finishes in deprecated UFC Middleweight (171-199 lbs.) class (now known as Light Heavyweight) and 1 of 5 submissions in first deprecated UFC Lightweight (< 199 lbs.) class (now known as Light Heavyweight)

Most Finishes - By division

Updated to May 11, 2024.

Most Finishes - In a single event

Event Date Venue City Finishes
1 UFC Fight Night 55 November 8, 2014 Allphones Arena Sydney, Australia 11[17]
UFC 224 May 12, 2018 Jeunesse Arena Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
UFC 281 November 12, 2022 Madison Square Garden New York City, New York

Highest Percentage of Finishes - In a single event

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

Fastest Finishes

Fastest Finishes - All fighters

Updated to 17 February, 2024.

Fastest Finishes - By division

Updated to 9 July, 2023.

Latest Finishes

Latest Finishes - All fighters

Latest Finishes - By division

Highest Finishes per win percentage

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

Updated to March 16, 2024.[citation needed]

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

Knockouts

Bold - Active fighters

Most knockouts

Most knockouts - All fighters

Updated to May 11, 2024.

Most knockouts - By division

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

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

Most knockouts - In a single event

Updated to March 30, 2024.[22]

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

Fastest knockouts

Fastest knockouts - All fighters

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

Fastest knockouts - By division

Latest knockouts

Latest knockouts - All fighters

Latest knockouts - By division

  1. ^ 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 March 16, 2024 after UFC Fight Night: Tuivasa vs. Tybura.

Most submissions - By division

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

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

Most submissions - In a single event

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

Fastest submissions

Fastest submissions - All fighters

Fastest submissions - By division

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

Latest submissions

Latest submissions - All fighters

Latest submissions - By division

Highest submissions per win percentage

[citation needed]

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

First-ever Submissions executed in UFC history

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

Decisions

Most Decision bouts

Most Decision wins - All fighters

Most Decision wins - By division

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
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.

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[25]
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 United States Katlyn Cerminara W-FW \ W-BW 11 11 100.00%
2 Poland Krzysztof Jotko MW 10 11 90.91%
United States Gray Maynard FTW \ LW
4 Georgia (country) Merab Dvalishvili BW 9 10 90.00%
5 United States Brad Tavares MW 13 15 86.67%
1.^ Minimum 10 UFC wins.

Striking

Most significant strikes landed

Most significant strikes landed - Career

Most significant strikes landed - In a single bout

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

In any bout[29]
Fighter Opponent Division Event Strikes
1 United States Max Holloway United States Calvin Kattar Featherweight UFC on ABC: Holloway vs. Kattar 445[30]
2 United States Brian Ortega UFC 231 290
3 United States Rob Font Ecuador Marlon Vera Bantamweight UFC on ESPN: Font vs. Vera 271
4 United States Jared Cannonier Italy Marvin Vettori Middleweight UFC on ESPN: Vettori vs. Cannonier 241
5 United States Nate Diaz United States Donald Cerrone Lightweight UFC 141 238
In a title bout[29]
Fighter Opponent Division Event Strikes
1 United States Max Holloway United States Brian Ortega Featherweight UFC 231 290
2 United States Jamahal Hill Brazil Glover Teixeira Light Heavyweight UFC 283 232
3 United States Sean O'Malley Ecuador Marlon Vera Bantamweight UFC 299 230
4 Poland Joanna Jędrzejczyk Brazil Jéssica Andrade Women's Strawweight UFC 211 225
5 Australia Alexander Volkanovski United States Brian Ortega Featherweight UFC 266 214

Most significant strikes landed - In a single event

Updated to December 3, 2022.[22]

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 United States Sean O'Malley BW 964 1556 61.95%
2 France Ciryl Gane HW 856 1406 60.88%
3 United States Randy Couture LHW \ HW 778 1294 60.12%
4 United States Justin Gaethje LW 964 1628 59.21%
5 Brazil Anderson Silva MW \ LHW 832 1410 59.01%
2.^ Minimum 1000 significant strike attempts.

Updated to June 29, 2024[5]

Fighter Division Landed Attempted %
1 Netherlands Alistair Overeem HW 715 962 74.3%
2 United States Anthony Hamilton HW 246 375 65.6%
3 United States Tatiana Suarez W-SW \ W-FLW 279 436 64.0%
4 Brazil Alex Pereira MW \ LHW 454 712 63.8%
5 United States Sean O'Malley BW 964 1556 62.0%
1.^ Minimum 5 UFC bouts and 350 significant strikes attempted.

Highest significant strikes landed per minute

Updated to June 22, 2024[26]

Fighter Division Strikes \ minute
1 Australia Casey O'Neill W-FLW 8.77
2 United States Victor Henry BW 8.34
3 England Tom Aspinall HW 7.72
4 United States Sean O'Malley BW 7.67
5 United States Leslie Smith W-BW 7.56
1.^ Minimum 5 UFC bouts.

Knockdowns

Bold - Active fighters

Most knockdowns - Career

Updated to October 14, 2023.