Highest finish rate in UFC welterweight history

Matt Brown holds the UFC welterweight record for highest finish rate with 88.2% of wins by finish.

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

#	Fighter	Of wins by finish	Fights
1	Matt Brown	88.2%	30
2	Vicente Luque	87.5%	24
3	Marcus Davis	77.8%	14
3	Gunnar Nelson	77.8%	15
3	Niko Price	77.8%	22
6	Matt Hughes	75.0%	23
6	Geoff Neal	75.0%	14
6	Mike Malott	75.0%	9
9	Li Jingliang	72.7%	17
10	Chris Lytle	70.0%	20
10	Mike Pyle	70.0%	19
10	Jake Ellenberger	70.0%	21
13	Ben Saunders	66.7%	19
13	Tyron Woodley	66.7%	16
15	Jack Della Maddalena	62.5%	10
16	Thiago Alves	60.0%	26
17	Josh Koscheck	57.1%	24
18	Carlos Condit	55.6%	19
18	Alex Oliveira	55.6%	19
18	Muslim Salikhov	55.6%	15
21	Santiago Ponzinibbio	54.5%	20
22	Demian Maia	53.8%	20
22	Tim Means	53.8%	26
24	Robbie Lawler	50.0%	23
24	Stephen Thompson	50.0%	22
24	Sergio Moraes	50.0%	13
24	Alan Jouban	50.0%	13
24	Bryan Barberena	50.0%	15
24	Randy Brown	50.0%	22
24	Michael Chiesa	50.0%	11
31	Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos	45.5%	18
32	Mike Pierce	44.4%	14
32	Rory MacDonald	44.4%	13
32	Sean Brady	44.4%	11
32	Daniel Rodriguez	44.4%	13
36	Neil Magny	44.0%	38
37	Diego Sanchez	41.7%	19
37	Johny Hendricks	41.7%	18
37	Colby Covington	41.7%	17
40	Dong Hyun Kim	38.5%	18
41	Max Griffin	37.5%	19
42	Georges St-Pierre	36.8%	21
43	Rick Story	33.3%	19
43	Jake Matthews	33.3%	17
45	Kamaru Usman	31.2%	18
46	Jon Fitch	30.8%	17
46	Alex Morono	30.8%	23
48	Ian Machado Garry	30.0%	12
49	Leon Edwards	28.6%	20
50	Karo Parisyan	25.0%	13
50	Gilbert Burns	25.0%	15

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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.