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    Longest Losing Streaks in UFC History

    Snapped (broke the skid with a win) Active (still on the losing run)
    61
    Cody Durden
    Cody Durden
    4 loss skid Snapped
    62
    Daniel Lacerda
    Daniel Lacerda
    4 loss skid Snapped
    63
    Frank Mir
    Frank Mir
    4 loss skid Snapped
    64
    Joe Doerksen
    Joe Doerksen
    4 loss skid Snapped
    65
    Patrick Cote
    Patrick Cote
    4 loss skid Snapped
    66
    Manvel Gamburyan
    Manvel Gamburyan
    4 loss skid Snapped
    67
    Michihiro Omigawa
    4 loss skid Snapped
    68
    Efrain Escudero
    Efrain Escudero
    4 loss skid Snapped
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    69
    Darren Elkins
    Darren Elkins
    4 loss skid Snapped
    70
    Ross Pearson
    Ross Pearson
    4 loss skid Snapped
    71
    Donald Cerrone
    Donald Cerrone
    4 loss skid Snapped
    72
    Kurt Holobaugh
    Kurt Holobaugh
    4 loss skid Snapped
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    73
    Louis Smolka
    Louis Smolka
    4 loss skid Snapped
    74
    Dhiego Lima
    Dhiego Lima
    4 loss skid Snapped
    75
    Julian Erosa
    Julian Erosa
    4 loss skid Snapped
    100Skids Ranked
    8Longest Ever
    44Snapped
    56Still Active
    2026 · All-Time

    The roughest skids ever — and who finally broke out of them

    About All-Time Losing Streaks

    This leaderboard ranks the longest runs of consecutive losses any fighter has ever endured in the UFC, rebuilt fight-by-fight from their full recorded history. It's the flip side of our longest win streaks record book — a curiosity that says as much about a fighter's toughness and longevity as it does about a rough patch.

    How a skid is counted

    Every fighter's career is rebuilt in date order and we look for the longest run of defeats with no win inside it. A win ends the run, and so does a no contest: the bout was struck from the record, so the count restarts after it. A draw does not end a skid — it is not a loss, but it is not a win either, and the fighter is still waiting for one. The figure shown is the longest such run in the fighter's Octagon career, whether that was last year or a decade ago. Runs of three or more are listed, and the page holds up to a hundred fighters.

    What the number leaves out

    Only bouts in our UFC database are in the sequence, so results in other promotions neither lengthen a run nor break it, and a fighter who won twice elsewhere in the middle of an Octagon skid will still show the full run here. The count also says nothing about how the losses came: five close decisions against ranked opposition and five one-sided stoppages read identically. Nor does it weigh who the opponent was, which matters more on this board than most, because the fighters who compile long skids are usually the ones being fed the toughest available matchups. Read it alongside a fighter's actual record rather than on its own.

    A green skid is snapped: the fighter eventually got back in the win column, so the run is safely in the past. A red skid is active — their current losing run is also their longest, meaning they're still searching for the next win. Remember that you have to be durable and well-regarded enough to keep getting booked to even appear here; many of these names are respected veterans. See the other side of the ledger on our most wins and never been finished pages.

    Frequently Asked Questions

    What counts as a losing streak here?
    A run of losses not broken by a win. We rebuild every fighter's career fight-by-fight in chronological order and record the longest run of defeats they ever endured. A win ends the skid, and so does a no contest — the fight was wiped from the record, so the run restarts after it. A draw does not end it: it isn't a loss, but it isn't a win either, so the fighter is still winless.
    What do the green and red labels mean?
    Green means Snapped — the fighter eventually broke out of that skid with a win, or a no contest interrupted it, so it's in the past. Red means Active — their current losing run equals their longest, so they're still on it (a draw along the way doesn't count as breaking out).
    Isn't this a mean list to make?
    It's meant as a record-book curiosity, not a knock. Most fighters here are long-tenured veterans or gatekeepers who kept getting booked against tough opposition — you have to survive in the UFC a long time to even compile a streak like this, and many of these fighters snapped the skid and rebuilt.
    Does this count losses outside the UFC?
    No. The sequence is rebuilt only from bouts recorded in our UFC database, so results in other promotions neither extend a skid nor break one. A fighter who lost three in the Octagon, won twice elsewhere and then lost again will show a run of four here, because the wins in between are outside what this page can see. Bouts that have been announced but not yet fought carry no result and are left out of the sequence entirely.
    How are two skids of the same length ordered?
    By the length of the fighter's current losing run, shortest first — so a skid that was snapped ranks above an equal one that is still going. That is a display choice rather than a judgement: two fighters on the same number endured the same run, and the tiebreak only decides which line comes first. The list shows runs of three losses or more, up to a hundred fighters.

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