Most finishes in UFC middleweight history

Gerald Meerschaert holds the UFC middleweight record for most finishes with 12 finishes.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

#	Fighter	Finishes	Fights
1	Gerald Meerschaert	12	26
2	Anderson Silva	11	21
3	Chris Leben	9	22
3	Nate Marquardt	9	23
3	Derek Brunson	9	21
3	Brendan Allen	9	18
7	Jacare Souza	8	15
7	Uriah Hall	8	19
7	Thiago Santos	8	15
10	Evan Tanner	7	12
10	Thales Leites	7	21
10	Michael Bisping	7	24
10	Chris Weidman	7	18
10	Yoel Romero	7	13
10	Edmen Shahbazyan	7	16
10	Anthony Hernandez	7	13
10	Gregory Rodrigues	7	14
18	Vitor Belfort	6	13
18	Jason MacDonald	6	14
18	Alan Belcher	6	13
18	Ed Herman	6	17
18	Luke Rockhold	6	10
18	Gegard Mousasi	6	11
18	Jack Hermansson	6	18
18	Kevin Holland	6	16
18	Dricus Du Plessis	6	11
18	Roman Kopylov	6	13
18	Joe Pyfer	6	8
29	Rich Franklin	5	10
29	Nate Quarry	5	10
29	Yushin Okami	5	18
29	Jorge Rivera	5	15
29	Demian Maia	5	13
29	Rousimar Palhares	5	11
29	Tim Boetsch	5	17
29	Robert Whittaker	5	19
29	Sam Alvey	5	16
29	Antonio Carlos Junior	5	11
29	Israel Adesanya	5	18
29	Jared Cannonier	5	14
29	Rodolfo Vieira	5	12
29	Cody Brundage	5	15
29	Michal Oleksiejczuk	5	11
29	Brunno Ferreira	5	11
29	Bo Nickal	5	7
29	Christian Leroy Duncan	5	11
47	Jeremy Horn	4	10
47	Matt Lindland	4	11
47	David Loiseau	4	9
47	Mike Swick	4	6
47	Kendall Grove	4	13
47	CB Dollaway	4	19
47	Mark Munoz	4	14
47	Brian Stann	4	6
47	Paulo Costa	4	10
47	Dusko Todorovic	4	11
47	Joaquin Buckley	4	9
47	Marc-Andre Barriault	4	17
47	Bruno Silva	4	11
47	Nassourdine Imavov	4	11
47	Roman Dolidze	4	11
47	Nursulton Ruziboev	4	6
47	Ateba Gautier	4	6

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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.