With a hard-fought decision victory over Chris Wilson, Jon Fitch did not only assure himself a shot at the UFC’s Welterweight title.  He also reached an important milestone in the MMA history by becoming the first fighter in the post-tournament era to achieve eight consecutive wins in the UFC (read about why this record may be disputed). 

Following not far behind Fitch is UFC’s Middleweight champion Anderson Silva.  Silva posted his 6th straight victory in the Octagon, defending his belt for the third time.   The current record for most consecutive title defenses is shared by former champions Matt Hughes and Tito Ortiz, with five each.  Silva would have been within an earshot of joining them, had Travis Lutter made weight for their UFC 67 bout (Silva defeated Lutter by triangle choke in the second round of what ended up being a non-title match.)

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Most Wins in the UFC

Most Consecutive Wins in the UFC

Most UFC Bouts

Most UFC Title Wins

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Most UFC Title Bouts

Should he defeat his opponent Chris Wilson in their upcoming UFC 82 bout, Jon Fitch will become only the second fighter in the UFC history to achieve eight consecutive victories in the Octagon.  But not without some controversy:

Royce Gracie holds the current record for most consecutive wins in the UFC.  Gracie accomplished his eight victories over the course of the first three UFC tournaments.  After defeating Kimo Leopoldo in the opening round of the UFC 3 tournament, Royce was not able to continue fighting.  Instead of withdrawing from the tournament between bouts, Gracie entered the Octagon to face Harold Howard in the semi-final — only to have his corner throw in the towel as soon as the bout began.

MMA pundits disagree on whether to count ”the fight that wasn’t” as a loss on Gracie’s record.  Sherdog.com lists it as a loss; so does UFC.com.  FCFighter.com shows this bout as a No Contest.  UFC lore has it that Royce chose to enter the Octagon and throw in the towel instead of quitting between bouts so that he would receive the “show money” for the second fight.  Had he skipped that fight completely, he would have extended his streak to eleven consecutive wins following his performance in the UFC 4 tournament - a record not likely to be disputed for a long time to come.

But wait, there’s more!  It turns out there is another fighter who can make a claim to already have matched Royce Gracie’s record.  (more…)

With his win over Wanderlei Silva at UFC 79, Chuck Liddell became the first fighter to reach 16 wins in the UFC. 

Liddell is also tied with Tito Ortiz for the most UFC bouts (20 a piece).

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Since it’s inception, the Ultimate Fighting Championship has been the standard-bearer of the highest level of competition in the sport that eventually came to be known as Mixed Martial Arts.

We’ve compiled a list of some of the most impressive accomplishments in UFC history.  While the record holders in each category are a who-is-who of MMA legends, you might be surprised at some of the names that appear further down.

Most Wins in the UFC

Most Consecutive Wins in the UFC

Most UFC Bouts

Most UFC Title Wins

Most Consecutive UFC Title Defenses

Most UFC Title Bouts

We’ve set out to publish a Top-10 for each category, but ended up with more than 10 in some spots, because of ties.

Only bouts that took place in the UFC octagon are considered.  This includes all the numbered events from UFC 1 through present, Ultimate Ultimate events, Ultimate Fight Nights and TUF Finale events.

For title matches, only the modern UFC titles & any interim title matches are considered.  Tournaments and Superfight titles are not included.