41%4,678 bouts
Fight Atlas/Research
Original, reproducible MMA studiesThe patterns
The patterns
behind the fights.
Fight Atlas turns complete professional careers into transparent research. Every finding below includes its sample size, calculation rule and limitation.
647complete careers
11,413deduplicated bouts
100%with recorded dates
100%resolved identities
How professional fights end
Decision is only one part of the record.
Each bout is counted once even when both fighters have a compiled career. Methods are grouped from their source-listed descriptions.
25%2,881 bouts
Submission
33%3,724 bouts
Decision
0%6 bouts
DQ / technical
1%124 bouts
Other / unknown
Classification rule: decisions are detected first; submissions include named locks and chokes; striking stoppages include KO, TKO, punches, kicks, knees, elbows and slams. Unclassifiable source labels remain visible as other or unknown.
When stoppages arriveThe finish curve,
The finish curve,
round by round.
Only non-decision bouts with a recorded round from one through five are included.
Sample: 7,674 recorded stoppages.
What happens after a loss
Recovery is measurable.
For every current UFC roster career, the next chronologically recorded professional bout after a loss is classified as a win, loss, draw or no contest.
70%won their next recorded fight after a loss1,861 wins from 2,661 follow-up opportunities
1,861next-fight wins
747next-fight losses
53draws or no contests
This is a historical roster-career pattern, not a forecast. Fighters without another recorded bout after a loss are excluded from the denominator.
The real rhythm of a career
Days between bells.
Intervals use consecutive dated professional bouts in current UFC roster careers, including fights before an athlete joined the promotion.
9125th-percentile gap, days
147median gap, days
22475th-percentile gap, days
12,422measured intervals
Current roster career fingerprints
Finish rates by division.
These are full-career wins belonging to fighters currently listed in each UFC division—not UFC-only results and not a ranking of divisional quality.
DivisionCareersRecorded winsFinishesFinish rate
Light Heavyweight4974259180%
Heavyweight4965251078%
Middleweight841,30397675%
Lightweight1081,7941,27671%
Welterweight881,5201,07571%
Flyweight4876053370%
Featherweight1001,6251,06866%
Bantamweight891,38189965%
Women’s Strawweight4558935260%
Women’s Bantamweight2832819760%
Women’s Flyweight3746526557%
The deepest career trails
Most connected fighters.
Connection count measures indexed opponent links in the current Fight Atlas graph. It rewards data depth and career breadth—not competitive greatness.
01
Kevin HollandCurrent UFC roster
21 linksOpen career →02Jessica AndradeCurrent UFC roster
17 linksOpen career →03King GreenCurrent UFC roster
17 linksOpen career →04Dustin PoirierOutside current UFC roster
17 linksOpen career →05Deiveson FigueiredoCurrent UFC roster
16 linksOpen career →06Israel AdesanyaCurrent UFC roster
16 linksOpen career →07Angela HillCurrent UFC roster
15 linksOpen career →08Charles OliveiraCurrent UFC roster
15 linksOpen career →09Max HollowayCurrent UFC roster
15 linksOpen career →10Neil MagnyCurrent UFC roster
15 linksOpen career →11Renato MoicanoCurrent UFC roster
15 linksOpen career →12Sean StricklandCurrent UFC roster
15 linksOpen career →Research standard
Numbers readers can audit.
Deduplication: mirrored career rows are collapsed using date, fighter identities, event, method, round and time.
Coverage: unresolved opponent identities remain excluded from identity-based research but stay disclosed in the overall archive.
Updates: findings recalculate whenever the underlying career dataset changes. Last checked August 29, 2026.