Highest finish rate in UFC middleweight history

Gerald Meerschaert holds the UFC middleweight record for highest finish rate with 100.0% of wins by finish.

UFC fights only, minimum 5 fights. Updated October 20, 2026.

#	Fighter	Of wins by finish	Fights
1	Gerald Meerschaert	100.0%	26
2	Jacare Souza	88.9%	15
3	Evan Tanner	87.5%	12
4	Uriah Hall	80.0%	19
4	Thiago Santos	80.0%	15
6	Anderson Silva	78.6%	21
7	Yoel Romero	77.8%	13
7	Anthony Hernandez	77.8%	13
9	Chris Leben	75.0%	22
9	Gegard Mousasi	75.0%	11
9	Roman Kopylov	75.0%	13
12	Edmen Shahbazyan	70.0%	16
13	Nate Marquardt	69.2%	23
14	Ed Herman	66.7%	17
14	Kevin Holland	66.7%	16
16	Derek Brunson	64.3%	21
17	Gregory Rodrigues	63.6%	14
18	Jorge Rivera	62.5%	15
18	Sam Alvey	62.5%	16
18	Jared Cannonier	62.5%	14
18	Christian Leroy Duncan	62.5%	11
22	Brendan Allen	60.0%	18
22	Dricus Du Plessis	60.0%	11
24	Chris Weidman	58.3%	18
25	Demian Maia	55.6%	13
25	Tim Boetsch	55.6%	17
27	Jack Hermansson	54.5%	18
28	Thales Leites	53.8%	21
29	Matt Lindland	50.0%	11
30	Mark Munoz	44.4%	14
30	Nassourdine Imavov	44.4%	11
32	Michael Bisping	43.8%	24
33	CB Dollaway	40.0%	19
34	Yushin Okami	38.5%	18
34	Israel Adesanya	38.5%	18
36	Andre Petroski	37.5%	13
37	Robert Whittaker	35.7%	19
38	Chris Camozzi	33.3%	19
38	Cezar Ferreira	33.3%	14
38	Kelvin Gastelum	33.3%	18
38	JunYong Park	33.3%	13
42	Sean Strickland	27.3%	15
43	Elias Theodorou	25.0%	11
43	Marvin Vettori	25.0%	18
43	Caio Borralho	25.0%	9
46	Rafael Natal	22.2%	17
47	Brad Tavares	12.5%	28
48	Krzysztof Jotko	9.1%	17

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How we count: results and statistics are from official UFC fight data. Strike and takedown numbers only exist for fights where the UFC recorded them. Rates need at least 5 UFC fights and enough attempts to be meaningful.