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    Most Five-Round Fights in UFC History

    Veterans of the championship rounds - most main-event and title bouts

    2026 Stats
    50 Fighters
    17 #1 5-Round Bouts
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    Jon Jones Light Heavyweight · 22-1
    17
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    Randy Couture Heavyweight · 16-8
    16
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    Georges St-Pierre Welterweight · 20-2
    15
    4
    Valentina Shevchenko Women's Flyweight · 15-3-1
    14
    5
    Demetrious Johnson Flyweight · 15-2-1
    14
    6
    Anderson Silva Middleweight · 17-7
    13
    7
    Matt Hughes Welterweight · 18-7
    12
    8
    Amanda Nunes Women's Bantamweight · 16-2
    12
    9
    Jose Aldo Featherweight · 14-9
    12
    10
    Israel Adesanya Middleweight · 13-6
    12
    11
    Max Holloway Featherweight · 23-9
    11
    12
    Alexander Volkanovski Featherweight · 15-3
    11
    13
    BJ Penn Lightweight · 12-13-2
    11
    14
    Kamaru Usman Welterweight · 16-3
    10
    15
    Tito Ortiz Light Heavyweight · 15-11-1
    10
    16
    Daniel Cormier Light Heavyweight · 11-3
    10
    17
    Joanna Jedrzejczyk Women's Strawweight · 10-5
    10
    18
    Frankie Edgar Featherweight · 18-11-1
    9
    19
    Stipe Miocic Heavyweight · 14-5
    9
    20
    TJ Dillashaw Bantamweight · 13-5
    9
    21
    Alex Pereira Light Heavyweight · 10-3
    9
    22
    Zhang Weili Women's Strawweight · 10-3
    9
    23
    Tim Sylvia Heavyweight · 9-4
    9
    24
    Ronda Rousey Women's Bantamweight · 6-2
    8
    25
    Chuck Liddell Light Heavyweight · 16-7
    7
    26
    Deiveson Figueiredo Bantamweight · 14-7-1
    7
    27
    Rose Namajunas Women's Flyweight · 12-7
    7
    28
    Islam Makhachev Lightweight · 17-1
    6
    29
    Alexandre Pantoja Flyweight · 14-4
    6
    30
    Cain Velasquez Heavyweight · 12-3
    6
    31
    Brandon Moreno Flyweight · 11-7-2
    6
    32
    Henry Cejudo Bantamweight · 10-6
    6
    33
    Tyron Woodley Welterweight · 9-6-1
    6
    34
    Renan Barao Bantamweight · 9-8
    6
    35
    Pat Miletich Welterweight · 8-2
    6
    36
    Dominick Cruz Bantamweight · 7-3
    6
    37
    Andrei Arlovski Heavyweight · 23-18
    5
    38
    Aljamain Sterling Bantamweight · 18-5
    5
    39
    Frank Mir Heavyweight · 16-11
    5
    40
    Lyoto Machida Light Heavyweight · 16-8
    5
    41
    Robbie Lawler Welterweight · 15-10
    5
    42
    Vitor Belfort Middleweight · 15-10
    5
    43
    Junior Dos Santos Heavyweight · 15-8
    5
    44
    Merab Dvalishvili Bantamweight · 14-3
    5
    45
    Rich Franklin Middleweight · 14-6
    5
    46
    Petr Yan Bantamweight · 12-4
    5
    47
    Chris Weidman Middleweight · 12-8
    5
    48
    Ciryl Gane Heavyweight · 11-2
    5
    49
    Benson Henderson Lightweight · 11-3
    5
    50
    Conor McGregor Featherweight · 10-4
    5

    🕛 About Most Five-Round Fights in UFC History

    Going five rounds is a different sport: the pace, the cardio, and the mental toll of championship-distance fighting separate the headliners from the undercard. This leaderboard ranks the UFC fighters who have logged the most five-round bouts — every main event and title fight of their careers.

    Racking up five-rounders means being trusted to headline and challenging for gold over and over, which takes drawing power, elite conditioning, and staying power at the top of a division. See how these championship-round veterans stack up on our most title fights and ELO rankings.

    Frequently Asked Questions

    Which fights count as five-rounders?
    UFC main events and championship fights are scheduled for five rounds. We count every bout flagged as a main event or a title fight, since those are the ones contested over the championship distance.
    Why does this list favor stars and champions?
    Only headliners and title challengers get five rounds. Piling up five-round bouts means being booked as the main attraction again and again — a marker of drawing power, championship pedigree, and elite conditioning.
    Does a co-main event count?
    No. Co-main events are three-round bouts unless they're title fights. This list only counts bouts scheduled for the full five-round championship distance.

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