Most pro MMA finishes among UFC heavyweights

Among UFC heavyweights, Dan Severn holds the mark for most pro MMA finishes with 77 finishes, counting every promotion.

Every professional MMA fight in any promotion, for fighters who have competed in the UFC. Based on the 191 heavyweights whose full record we have; more are added daily. Updated October 20, 2026.

#	Fighter	Finishes	Fights
1	Dan Severn	77	127
2	Aleksei Oleinik	57	81
3	Alistair Overeem	42	67
3	Ricco Rodriguez	42	82
5	Jeff Monson	41	89
6	Gilbert Yvel	40	58
7	Ben Rothwell	35	53
8	Mirko Filipovic	34	52
9	Paul Buentello	31	52
10	Aaron Brink	29	58
10	Josh Barnett	29	43
10	Bobby Hoffman	29	49
13	Alexander Volkov	28	51
14	Stefan Struve	26	42
15	Derrick Lewis	25	44
15	Bas Rutten	25	33
17	Semmy Schilt	24	41
17	Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira	24	46
17	Tim Sylvia	24	42
17	Philip De Fries	24	36
21	Heath Herring	23	45
21	Kazushi Sakuraba	23	46
23	Gary Goodridge	22	46
23	Wes Sims	22	42
23	Soa Palelei	22	27
26	Ryan Spann	21	36
26	Jailton Almeida	21	28
26	Johnny Walker	21	34
29	Roy Nelson	20	44
29	Dave Herman	20	28
29	Andrei Arlovski	20	60
32	Sean McCorkle	19	27
32	Mike Kyle	19	45
32	Ante Delija	19	34
32	Kerry Schall	19	37
32	Marcos Rogerio de Lima	19	34
32	Tsuyoshi Kohsaka	19	53
32	Cheick Kongo	19	46
32	Alexandr Romanov	19	27
32	Dan Christison	19	27
32	Damian Grabowski	19	27
32	Tim Hague	19	34
32	Wesley Correira	19	37
32	Oli Thompson	19	42
45	Justin Eilers	18	27
45	Francis Ngannou	18	22
45	Fabricio Werdum	18	35
45	Lavar Johnson	18	28
45	Chris Barnett	18	33
45	Shawn Jordan	18	28
45	Jon Jones	18	30

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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.