OFFICIAL STATISTICAL EXTREMES

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RECORD BOOK

Every record family in the UFC’s official tool—organized into one searchable atlas of career leaders, single-fight feats, combined bouts, rounds and events.

THE SCOPE MATTERS

The official UFC Record Book covers UFC fights from UFC 28 onward, when the Unified Rules began. These are UFC statistics—not complete professional MMA records. UFC filters and minimum-sample rules are preserved where they apply.

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THE FRONT PAGE

LANDMARK LEADERS

Six instantly recognizable career benchmarks. Ties are shown in the full career board below.

0147

Jim Miller

Total UFC fights
0221

Charles Oliveira

Career finishes
0316

Derrick Lewis

KO/TKO wins
0417

Islam Makhachev

Consecutive wins
0516

Jon Jones

Title-fight wins
063,693

Max Holloway

Significant strikes landed
32 CAREER CATEGORIES

CAREER LEADERS

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Showing 32 of 32 career record categories

01FightsMost

Total Fights

47Jim Miller
02FightsMost

Wins

28Jim Miller
03FightsMost

Finishes

21Charles Oliveira
04FightsMost

KO/TKO Wins

16Derrick Lewis
05FightsMost

Submission Wins

17Charles Oliveira
06FightsMost

Decision Wins

14Brad Tavares
14Neil Magny
07FightsMost

Win Streak

17Islam Makhachev
08FightsMost

Title Fight Wins

16Jon Jones
09FightsMost

Fight Night Bonuses

21Charles Oliveira
10TimeShortest

Average Fight Time

2:18Tom Aspinall

Minimum 5 UFC fights

11TimeLongest

Average Fight Time

19:04Valentina Shevchenko

Minimum 5 UFC fights

12TimeLongest

Total Fight Time

8:53:52Max Holloway
13TimeLongest

Control Time

2:42:04Georges St-Pierre
14TimeHighest

Control Time Percentage

79.1%Bartosz Fabiński

Minimum 5 UFC fights

15TimeLongest

Top Position Time

2:22:05Georges St-Pierre
16TimeHighest

Top Position Percentage

63.7%Jailton Almeida

Minimum 5 UFC fights

17TimeLowest

Bottom Position Time

0:00Ateba Gautier

Minimum 5 UFC fights

18TimeLowest

Bottom Position Percentage

0.0%Ateba Gautier

Minimum 5 UFC fights

19StrikingMost

Knockdowns Landed

20Donald Cerrone
20StrikingHighest

Knockdowns per 15 Minutes

4.27Drew McFedries

Minimum 5 UFC fights

21StrikingMost

Significant Strikes Landed

3,693Max Holloway
22StrikingHighest

Significant Strike Accuracy

74.3%Alistair Overeem

Minimum 5 UFC fights and 500 attempts

23StrikingHighest

Strikes Landed per Minute

8.43Joshua Van

Minimum 5 UFC fights

24StrikingHighest

Striking Differential

+4.79Cristiane Justino

Minimum 5 UFC fights

25StrikingHighest

Significant Strike Defense

73.1%Georges St-Pierre

Minimum 5 UFC fights and 350 opponent attempts

26StrikingLowest

Strikes Absorbed per Minute

1.04Pete Spratt

Minimum 5 UFC fights

27StrikingMost

Total Strikes Landed

3,994Max Holloway
28GrapplingMost

Takedowns Landed

119Merab Dvalishvili
29GrapplingHighest

Takedown Accuracy

76.2%Nordine Taleb

Minimum 5 UFC fights and 20 attempts

30GrapplingHighest

Takedown Defense

96.2%Julio Arce

Minimum 5 UFC fights and 20 opponent attempts

31GrapplingMost

Submission Attempts

52Jim Miller
32GrapplingHighest

Submission Attempts per 15 Minutes

7.38Paul Sass

Minimum 5 UFC fights

ONE FIGHT · ONE EXTREME

FIGHT RECORDS

Selected official single-fight benchmarks spanning time, striking and grappling.

TimeFastest finish
0:05

Jorge Masvidal vs. Ben Askren

UFC 239 · Jul 6, 2019

TimeFastest submission
0:14

Ronda Rousey vs. Cat Zingano

UFC 184 · Feb 28, 2015

TimeLatest finish
R3 · 0:00 left

Ricky Simon vs. Merab Dvalishvili

UFC Fight Night · Apr 21, 2018

StrikingKnockdowns landed
6

Steven Nguyen vs. Mohammad Yahya

Single-fight record

StrikingStriking differential
+312

Max Holloway vs. Calvin Kattar

Single-fight record

StrikingLargest comeback finish
−82

Derrick Lewis vs. Alexander Volkov

Striking deficit before finish

StrikingSignificant strike accuracy
93.8%

Anthony Hamilton vs. Ruan Potts

Single-fight record

StrikingLeg kicks landed
95

Karol Rosa vs. Irene Aldana

Single-fight record

StrikingTotal strikes landed
529

Khamzat Chimaev vs. Dricus Du Plessis

Single-fighter fight record

GrapplingTakedowns landed
21

Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Abel Trujillo

Single-fight record

GrapplingTakedowns attempted
49

Merab Dvalishvili vs. Petr Yan

Single-fight record

GrapplingSubmission attempts
10

Cole Miller vs. Leonard Garcia

Single-fight record

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COMPLETE TAXONOMY

EVERY RECORD TYPE

No invented categories and no omitted official families: this index mirrors all six scopes currently offered by the UFC Record Book.

01

Career records

Cumulative and rate records across a fighter’s UFC career.

32 TYPES

Fights

  • Total Fights
  • Wins
  • Finishes
  • KO/TKO Wins
  • Submission Wins
  • Decision Wins
  • Win Streak
  • Title Fight Wins
  • Total Fight Night Bonuses

Time

  • Shortest Avg. Fight Time
  • Longest Avg. Fight Time
  • Total Fight Time
  • Control Time
  • Control Time Percentage
  • Top Position Time
  • Top Position Percentage
  • Bottom Position Time
  • Bottom Position Percentage

Striking

  • Knockdowns Landed
  • Knockdown Avg. per 15 Min.
  • Significant Strikes Landed
  • Significant Strike Accuracy
  • Strikes Landed per Min.
  • Striking Differential
  • Significant Strike Defense
  • Strikes Absorbed per Min.
  • Total Strikes Landed

Grappling

  • Takedowns Landed
  • Takedown Accuracy
  • Takedown Defense
  • Submission Attempts
  • Submission Avg. per 15 Min.
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02

Fight records

Records achieved by one fighter in one bout.

29 TYPES

Time

  • Fastest Finish
  • Fastest KO/TKO
  • Fastest Submission
  • Latest Finish
  • Latest KO/TKO
  • Latest Submission

Striking

  • Knockdowns Landed
  • Striking Differential
  • Largest Comeback Finish
  • Significant Strikes Landed
  • Significant Strikes Attempted
  • Significant Strike Accuracy
  • Distance Strikes Landed
  • Significant Clinch Strikes Landed
  • Significant Ground Strikes Landed
  • Significant Head Strikes Landed
  • Significant Body Strikes Landed
  • Leg Kicks Landed
  • Total Strikes Landed
  • Total Strikes Attempted
  • Total Clinch Strikes Landed
  • Total Ground Strikes Landed
  • Total Head Strikes Landed
  • Total Body Strikes Landed
  • Total Leg Strikes Landed

Grappling

  • Takedowns Landed
  • Takedowns Attempted
  • Takedown Accuracy
  • Submission Attempts
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03

Fight combined records

The combined output of both fighters in one bout.

7 TYPES

Striking

  • Significant Strikes Landed
  • Significant Strikes Attempted
  • Total Strikes Landed
  • Total Strikes Attempted

Grappling

  • Takedowns Landed
  • Takedowns Attempted
  • Submission Attempts
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04

Round records

Records achieved by one fighter in one round.

7 TYPES

Striking

  • Significant Strikes Landed
  • Significant Strikes Attempted
  • Total Strikes Landed
  • Total Strikes Attempted

Grappling

  • Takedowns Landed
  • Takedowns Attempted
  • Submission Attempts
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05

Round combined records

The combined output of both fighters in one round.

7 TYPES

Striking

  • Significant Strikes Landed
  • Significant Strikes Attempted
  • Total Strikes Landed
  • Total Strikes Attempted

Grappling

  • Takedowns Landed
  • Takedowns Attempted
  • Submission Attempts
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06

Event records

Aggregate records across a complete UFC event.

11 TYPES

Fights

  • KO/TKO Wins
  • Submission Wins

Time

  • Shortest Event
  • Longest Event
  • Shortest Avg. Fight Time
  • Longest Avg. Fight Time

Striking

  • Knockdowns Landed
  • Significant Strikes Landed
  • Total Strikes Landed

Grappling

  • Takedowns Landed
  • Submission Attempts
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BEST / WORST, WITHOUT THE HYPE

Records describe an extreme. They do not rank a human being.

Fight Atlas uses neutral directions—most, highest, lowest, fastest, latest, shortest and longest. A low absorbed-strike rate can be excellent defense; high bottom-position time can reflect matchup history. We never convert a single metric into a “worst fighter” claim.

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