Most pro MMA finishes among UFC lightweights

Among UFC lightweights, Dennis Hallman holds the mark for most pro MMA finishes with 45 finishes, counting every promotion.

Every professional MMA fight in any promotion, for fighters who have competed in the UFC. Based on the 290 lightweights whose full record we have; more are added daily. Updated October 20, 2026.

#	Fighter	Finishes	Fights
1	Dennis Hallman	45	76
2	Rich Clementi	36	69
3	Naoyuki Kotani	33	62
3	Yves Edwards	33	66
5	Charles Oliveira	32	49
5	John Gunderson	32	53
7	Jim Miller	29	59
8	Zhang Lipeng	27	51
8	John Alessio	27	54
8	Nazareno Malegarie	27	41
11	Akbarh Arreola	26	39
11	Joe Lauzon	26	43
13	Johnny Case	25	41
13	Mairbek Taisumov	25	33
13	Joe Ellenberger	25	48
16	Melvin Guillard	24	62
16	Diego Lopes	24	36
16	Eddie Alvarez	24	40
16	Jesse Ronson	24	41
20	Hermes Franca	23	47
20	King Green	23	56
20	Dustin Poirier	23	41
23	Jason Dent	22	35
23	Justin Gaethje	22	33
23	Din Thomas	22	36
23	Carlo Prater	22	61
23	Clay Guida	22	63
23	Drew Dober	22	45
23	Pat Healy	22	59
30	Jeremy Stephens	21	53
30	Jesus Pinedo	21	35
30	Sean Sherk	21	41
30	Caol Uno	21	64
30	Tofiq Musayev	21	30
35	Marcin Bandel	20	34
35	Gleison Tibau	20	60
35	Marcin Held	20	42
35	Takanori Gomi	20	52
39	Khabib Nurmagomedov	19	29
39	Marcus Aurelio	19	32
39	Grant Dawson	19	28
39	Frank Camacho	19	32
39	Spencer Fisher	19	33
39	Damon Jackson	19	34
39	John Maguire	19	39
39	Kurt Holobaugh	19	34
39	Gabriel Benitez	19	35
39	Aaron Riley	19	45
39	Milos Janicic	19	23
50	Dan Hooker	18	39
50	Terrance McKinney	18	27
50	Paddy Pimblett	18	28
50	Brendan Loughnane	18	36
50	Efrain Escudero	18	49
50	Alexander Yakovlev	18	39
50	Willamy Freire	18	32
50	Michael Chandler	18	34
50	Jamie Varner	18	35

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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.