Most fights in UFC light heavyweight history

Ovince Saint Preux holds the UFC light heavyweight record for most fights with 26 fights.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

#	Fighter	Fights	Fights
1	Ovince Saint Preux	26	26
2	Mauricio Rua	24	24
3	Tito Ortiz	23	23
3	Glover Teixeira	23	23
3	Jan Blachowicz	23	23
6	Jon Jones	22	22
7	Ion Cutelaba	21	21
8	Rashad Evans	20	20
8	Ryan Bader	20	20
10	Chuck Liddell	19	19
10	Nikita Krylov	19	19
10	Alonzo Menifield	19	19
13	Khalil Rountree Jr.	18	18
13	Anthony Smith	18	18
15	Alexander Gustafsson	17	17
15	Paul Craig	17	17
15	Magomed Ankalaev	17	17
18	Volkan Oezdemir	16	16
18	Johnny Walker	16	16
18	Dustin Jacoby	16	16
21	Forrest Griffin	15	15
21	Stephan Bonnar	15	15
21	Matt Hamill	15	15
21	Lyoto Machida	15	15
21	Gian Villante	15	15
21	Corey Anderson	15	15
21	Devin Clark	15	15
21	Dominick Reyes	15	15
29	Igor Pokrajac	13	13
29	Rogerio Nogueira	13	13
29	Phil Davis	13	13
29	Patrick Cummins	13	13
29	Modestas Bukauskas	13	13
34	Keith Jardine	12	12
34	Quinton Jackson	12	12
34	Thiago Silva	12	12
34	Jimi Manuwa	12	12
34	Ilir Latifi	12	12
34	Ryan Spann	12	12
34	Jimmy Crute	12	12
41	Misha Cirkunov	11	11
41	Tyson Pedro	11	11
41	Aleksandar Rakic	11	11
41	Marcin Prachnio	11	11
41	Kennedy Nzechukwu	11	11
41	Jamahal Hill	11	11
41	Carlos Ulberg	11	11
48	Randy Couture	10	10
49	Vladimir Matyushenko	9	9
49	Renato Sobral	9	9
49	Brandon Vera	9	9
49	Krzysztof Soszynski	9	9
49	Kyle Kingsbury	9	9
49	James Te Huna	9	9
49	Fabio Maldonado	9	9
49	Anthony Perosh	9	9
49	Francimar Barroso	9	9
49	Daniel Cormier	9	9
49	Ed Herman	9	9
49	Thiago Santos	9	9
49	Da Woon Jung	9	9
49	Jiri Prochazka	9	9
49	Brendson Ribeiro	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.