Most fights in UFC heavyweight history

Andrei Arlovski holds the UFC heavyweight record for most fights with 42 fights.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

#	Fighter	Fights	Fights
1	Andrei Arlovski	42	42
2	Derrick Lewis	32	32
3	Frank Mir	27	27
4	Marcin Tybura	25	25
5	Stefan Struve	24	24
6	Junior Dos Santos	23	23
7	Gabriel Gonzaga	22	22
7	Curtis Blaydes	22	22
9	Alistair Overeem	20	20
10	Roy Nelson	19	19
10	Stipe Miocic	19	19
10	Alexander Volkov	19	19
10	Tai Tuivasa	19	19
14	Cheick Kongo	18	18
14	Fabricio Werdum	18	18
14	Mark Hunt	18	18
17	Ben Rothwell	17	17
17	Travis Browne	17	17
17	Aleksei Oleinik	17	17
20	Walt Harris	16	16
20	Serghei Spivac	16	16
22	Cain Velasquez	15	15
22	Chase Sherman	15	15
22	Jairzinho Rozenstruik	15	15
25	Randy Couture	14	14
25	Pedro Rizzo	14	14
25	Matt Mitrione	14	14
25	Francis Ngannou	14	14
25	Ciryl Gane	14	14
25	Waldo Cortes-Acosta	14	14
31	Tim Sylvia	13	13
32	Pat Barry	12	12
32	Marcos Rogerio de Lima	12	12
32	Sergei Pavlovich	12	12
32	Don'Tale Mayes	12	12
36	Mirko Filipovic	11	11
36	Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira	11	11
36	Brendan Schaub	11	11
36	Antonio Silva	11	11
36	Shamil Abdurakhimov	11	11
41	Josh Barnett	10	10
41	Shawn Jordan	10	10
41	Anthony Hamilton	10	10
41	Greg Hardy	10	10
41	Justin Tafa	10	10
41	Tanner Boser	10	10
41	Tom Aspinall	10	10
41	Alexandr Romanov	10	10
49	Daniel Omielanczuk	9	9
49	Augusto Sakai	9	9
49	Jailton Almeida	9	9

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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.