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Most losses in UFC light heavyweight history

Mauricio Rua holds the UFC light heavyweight record for most losses with 12 losses.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

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1 Mauricio Rua 12 24
2 Ovince Saint Preux 11 26
2 Ion Cutelaba 11 21
4 Tito Ortiz 10 23
5 Nikita Krylov 9 19
5 Jan Blachowicz 9 23
5 Anthony Smith 9 18
8 Igor Pokrajac 8 13
8 Gian Villante 8 15
8 Devin Clark 8 15
11 Stephan Bonnar 7 15
11 Keith Jardine 7 12
11 Alexander Gustafsson 7 17
11 Rogerio Nogueira 7 13
11 Patrick Cummins 7 13
11 Glover Teixeira 7 23
11 Khalil Rountree Jr. 7 18
11 Paul Craig 7 17
11 Volkan Oezdemir 7 16
11 Marcin Prachnio 7 11
11 Johnny Walker 7 16
22 Elvis Sinosic 6 6
22 Chuck Liddell 6 19
22 Rashad Evans 6 20
22 Jimi Manuwa 6 12
22 Alonzo Menifield 6 19
22 Brendson Ribeiro 6 9
28 Forrest Griffin 5 15
28 Dan Henderson 5 8
28 Matt Hamill 5 15
28 Quinton Jackson 5 12
28 Kyle Kingsbury 5 9
28 Ryan Bader 5 20
28 Ilir Latifi 5 12
28 Sean O'Connell 5 7
28 Corey Anderson 5 15
28 Ed Herman 5 9
28 Misha Cirkunov 5 11
28 Tyson Pedro 5 11
28 Mike Rodriguez 5 8
28 Sam Alvey 5 8
28 Kennedy Nzechukwu 5 11
28 Thiago Santos 5 9
28 Aleksandar Rakic 5 11
28 Dominick Reyes 5 15
28 Modestas Bukauskas 5 13
28 Dustin Jacoby 5 16
48 Vladimir Matyushenko 4 9
48 Renato Sobral 4 9
48 Vitor Belfort 4 7
48 Ken Shamrock 4 4
48 Randy Couture 4 10
48 James Irvin 4 8
48 Seth Petruzelli 4 4
48 Eric Schafer 4 7
48 Luiz Cane 4 8
48 Tim Boetsch 4 7
48 Brandon Vera 4 9
48 Vinny Magalhaes 4 5
48 Jason Brilz 4 7
48 Lyoto Machida 4 15
48 Cyrille Diabate 4 8
48 James Te Huna 4 9
48 Fabio Maldonado 4 9
48 Anthony Perosh 4 9
48 Ryan Jimmo 4 7
48 Rafael Cavalcante 4 5
48 Francimar Barroso 4 9
48 Henrique da Silva 4 6
48 Justin Ledet 4 4
48 Gadzhimurad Antigulov 4 6
48 Vinicius Moreira 4 4
48 Khadis Ibragimov 4 4
48 Jimmy Crute 4 12
48 Ike Villanueva 4 5
48 Ryan Spann 4 12
48 Jamahal Hill 4 11
48 Da Woon Jung 4 9
48 Rafael Cerqueira 4 4

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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.