Most pro MMA finishes among UFC featherweights

Among UFC featherweights, Shayilan Nuerdanbieke holds the mark for most pro MMA finishes with 29 finishes, counting every promotion.

Every professional MMA fight in any promotion, for fighters who have competed in the UFC. Based on the 153 featherweights whose full record we have; more are added daily. Updated October 20, 2026.

#	Fighter	Finishes	Fights
1	Shayilan Nuerdanbieke	29	51
2	Daniel Pineda	28	48
2	Bart Palaszewski	28	53
4	Julian Erosa	26	44
5	Patricio Freire	25	47
5	Darrick Minner	25	43
7	Steven Siler	24	60
7	Diego Brandao	24	52
9	Renan Barao	23	45
10	Douglas Silva de Andrade	22	37
10	Tatsuya Kawajiri	22	53
10	Joe Stevenson	22	49
13	Nik Lentz	19	45
13	Cub Swanson	19	45
13	Thiago Tavares	19	36
13	Vinicius Oliveira	19	28
13	Ivan Menjivar	19	37
13	Jason Knight	19	32
13	Lucas Martins	19	29
20	Jose Aldo	18	42
20	Mike Brown	18	35
20	Cole Miller	18	33
20	Joanderson Brito	18	27
20	Diego Nunes	18	35
25	Rony Jason	17	31
25	Hatsu Hioki	17	44
25	Melquizael Costa	17	34
25	TJ Brown	17	33
29	Alexander Volkanovski	16	32
29	Luis Saldana	16	26
29	Charles Rosa	16	28
29	Katsunori Kikuno	16	34
29	Jean Silva	16	21
29	Mark Hominick	16	32
35	Steve Garcia	15	25
35	Clay Collard	15	41
35	Leonard Garcia	15	32
35	Dooho Choi	15	23
35	Tom Niinimaki	15	31
35	Robert Peralta	15	29
35	Kevin Vallejos	15	19
35	Spike Carlyle	15	23
35	Makwan Amirkhani	15	31
35	Austin Arnett	15	26
35	Darren Elkins	15	42
35	Chris Fishgold	15	25
47	Fernando Padilla	14	22
47	Andre Fili	14	41
47	Justin Jaynes	14	29
47	Chas Skelly	14	23
47	Dennis Siver	14	35
47	Manny Bermudez	14	18
47	Pat Sabatini	14	27
47	Chan Sung Jung	14	25
47	Youssef Zalal	14	25

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How we count: full professional records come from each fighter's Wikipedia page (CC BY-SA), checked against and topped up with official UFC results.