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    Most UFC Title Fights of All Time

    The championship pedigree board — most title bouts ever contested

    2026 · All-Time
    100Fighters Ranked
    17Most Title Fights
    16Jon Jones Wins
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    Jon Jones Light Heavyweight · 22-1
    17 title fights 16 won
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    Randy Couture Light Heavyweight · 16-8
    16 title fights 10 won
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    Georges St-Pierre Welterweight · 20-2
    15 title fights 13 won
    6
    Anderson Silva Middleweight · 17-7
    13 title fights 11 won
    8
    Matt Hughes Welterweight · 18-7
    12 title fights 9 won
    10
    Jose Aldo Featherweight · 14-9
    12 title fights 8 won
    12
    BJ Penn Lightweight · 12-13-2
    11 title fights 5 won
    15
    Daniel Cormier Heavyweight · 11-3
    10 title fights 6 won
    16
    Max Holloway Lightweight · 23-9
    10 title fights 5 won
    17
    Kamaru Usman Middleweight · 16-3
    9 title fights 7 won
    18
    Stipe Miocic Heavyweight · 14-5
    9 title fights 6 won
    19
    Alex Pereira Heavyweight · 10-3
    9 title fights 6 won
    22
    TJ Dillashaw Bantamweight · 13-5
    9 title fights 5 won
    29
    Pat Miletich Middleweight · 8-2
    6 title fights 5 won
    31
    Renan Barao Featherweight · 9-8
    6 title fights 4 won
    32
    Cain Velasquez Heavyweight · 12-3
    6 title fights 4 won
    33
    Henry Cejudo Bantamweight · 10-6
    6 title fights 4 won
    34
    Dominick Cruz Bantamweight · 7-3
    6 title fights 4 won
    36
    Brandon Moreno Flyweight · 11-7-2
    6 title fights 3 won
    38
    Chris Weidman Catch Weight · 12-8
    5 title fights 4 won
    42
    Rich Franklin Middleweight · 14-6
    5 title fights 3 won
    44
    Petr Yan Bantamweight · 12-4
    5 title fights 3 won
    47
    Lyoto Machida Middleweight · 16-8
    5 title fights 2 won
    48
    Frank Mir Heavyweight · 16-11
    5 title fights 2 won
    50
    Ciryl Gane Heavyweight · 11-2
    5 title fights 2 won
    55
    Brock Lesnar Heavyweight · 4-3
    4 title fights 3 won
    56
    Leon Edwards Welterweight · 14-5
    4 title fights 3 won
    59
    Conor McGregor Lightweight · 10-4
    4 title fights 3 won
    60
    Ilia Topuria Lightweight · 9-1
    4 title fights 3 won
    65
    Sean O'Malley Bantamweight · 12-3
    4 title fights 2 won
    69
    Dan Severn Heavyweight · 9-4
    4 title fights 2 won
    73
    Sean Sherk Lightweight · 8-4
    4 title fights 2 won
    77
    Dan Henderson Middleweight · 9-9
    4 title fights 1 won
    79
    Dustin Poirier Lightweight · 22-9
    4 title fights 1 won
    82
    Urijah Faber Bantamweight · 11-7
    4 title fights 0 won
    84
    Jens Pulver Lightweight · 6-2-1
    3 title fights 3 won
    85
    Matt Serra Welterweight · 7-7
    3 title fights 2 won
    87
    Maurice Smith Heavyweight · 4-3
    3 title fights 2 won
    89
    Tom Aspinall Heavyweight · 8-1
    3 title fights 2 won
    91
    Don Frye Open Weight · 9-1
    3 title fights 2 won
    93
    Tony Ferguson Welterweight · 15-9
    3 title fights 2 won
    99
    Evan Tanner Middleweight · 11-6
    3 title fights 1 won

    🏆 About Title-Fight Pedigree

    This leaderboard ranks fighters by the total number of UFC championship bouts they've contested — every undisputed, interim and division title fight on their record, whether they walked in as champion or challenger. It's the clearest single measure of who has lived at the very top of the sport the longest, mixing long-reigning kings with the challengers who kept earning their way back into title contention.

    The gold badge shows how many of those title fights each fighter won. A high win count next to a high total is the signature of an all-time great; a big total with fewer wins tells the story of a relentless contender. Line this up with our GOAT rankings, longest win streaks and ELO ratings for the full picture of championship dominance.

    Frequently Asked Questions

    What counts as a title fight?
    Any bout flagged as a championship fight in our database — undisputed titles, interim titles and, where applicable, division championship bouts. Both fighters in a title bout get credited with a title-fight appearance; the winner also gets a title win.
    Is this the same as title defenses?
    Not exactly. This counts every championship bout a fighter took part in, including the fights where they challenged for a belt and the ones they lost. A champion's defenses are a subset of their title-fight total, so a long-reigning champion and a perennial challenger can both rank highly here for different reasons.
    Why might the numbers differ from official records?
    We count fights recorded in our database and rely on how each bout is flagged. Early-era or lineage-disputed titles, and the interim-vs-undisputed distinction, can shift a total by one or two compared with other sources.

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