Most reversals in UFC lightweight history

Fares Ziam holds the UFC lightweight record for most reversals with 9 reversals.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

#	Fighter	Reversals	Fights
1	Fares Ziam	9	12
2	Joe Lauzon	8	27
2	Charles Oliveira	8	25
2	Chris Wade	8	7
5	Jeremy Stephens	7	18
5	Paul Kelly	7	6
7	Caol Uno	6	10
7	Cole Miller	6	10
7	Matt Wiman	6	18
7	Jim Miller	6	44
7	Luis Pena	6	7
12	Jens Pulver	5	9
12	Hermes Franca	5	10
12	Roger Huerta	5	8
12	Thiago Tavares	5	14
12	Leonard Garcia	5	3
12	Yosdenis Cedeno	5	4
12	Diego Ferreira	5	18
12	Matt Frevola	5	12
20	Joe Stevenson	4	13
20	Kurt Pellegrino	4	11
20	Alvin Robinson	4	4
20	Nate Diaz	4	17
20	King Green	4	30
25	Naoyuki Kotani	3	5
25	Gray Maynard	3	17
25	Michihiro Omigawa	3	2
25	Mark Bocek	3	13
25	Mac Danzig	3	12
25	Cody McKenzie	3	5
25	Danny Castillo	3	14
25	John Cofer	3	2
25	James Krause	3	8
25	Tae Hyun Bang	3	5
25	Brendan O'Reilly	3	2
25	Francisco Trinaldo	3	21
25	Anthony Pettis	3	14
25	Johnny Case	3	6
25	Scott Holtzman	3	13
25	Islam Makhachev	3	16
25	Marc Diakiese	3	15
25	Jared Gordon	3	15
25	Viacheslav Borshchev	3	10
25	Mike Davis	3	8
45	Laverne Clark	2	4
45	Yves Edwards	2	20
45	Eddie Ruiz	2	1
45	Jeff Curran	2	1
45	Spencer Fisher	2	15
45	Frankie Edgar	2	13
45	Jason Black	2	2
45	Brandon Melendez	2	1
45	Sean Sherk	2	6
45	Alberto Crane	2	2
45	Jorge Gurgel	2	7
45	Rich Clementi	2	7
45	Dennis Siver	2	12
45	Justin Buchholz	2	5
45	Phillipe Nover	2	3
45	Rafaello Oliveira	2	8
45	Melvin Guillard	2	20
45	Michael Johnson	2	28
45	Clay Guida	2	30
45	Shane Roller	2	6
45	John Cholish	2	3
45	Daron Cruickshank	2	13
45	Anton Kuivanen	2	3
45	Mitch Clarke	2	7
45	Jamie Varner	2	9
45	Myles Jury	2	7
45	Tim Means	2	4
45	Mike Ricci	2	2
45	Donald Cerrone	2	23
45	Kevin Lee	2	16
45	James Vick	2	13
45	Tony Ferguson	2	21
45	Jason Saggo	2	6
45	Christos Giagos	2	13
45	Mickael Lebout	2	2
45	Yancy Medeiros	2	11
45	Cody Pfister	2	4
45	Alexander Hernandez	2	16
45	Kazula Vargas	2	4
45	Khama Worthy	2	5
45	Austin Hubbard	2	12
45	Jordan Leavitt	2	8
45	TJ Brown	2	1
45	Nurullo Aliev	2	4
45	Drakkar Klose	2	14
45	Elves Brener	2	6
45	MarQuel Mederos	2	5
45	Dom Mar Fan	2	2

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