Most title fights in UFC history

Jon Jones holds the UFC record for most title fights with 17 title fights.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

#	Fighter	Title fights	Fights
1	Jon Jones	17	24
2	Randy Couture	15	24
2	Georges St-Pierre	15	22
4	Demetrious Johnson	14	18
4	Valentina Shevchenko	14	19
6	Anderson Silva	13	25
7	Matt Hughes	12	25
7	Jose Aldo	12	23
7	Amanda Nunes	12	18
7	Israel Adesanya	12	19
11	BJ Penn	11	27
11	Alexander Volkanovski	11	18
13	Daniel Cormier	10	15
13	Joanna Jedrzejczyk	10	15
13	Max Holloway	10	33
16	Tito Ortiz	9	27
16	Tim Sylvia	9	13
16	Frankie Edgar	9	30
16	Stipe Miocic	9	19
16	Zhang Weili	9	13
16	Alex Pereira	9	13
22	Ronda Rousey	8	8
22	TJ Dillashaw	8	18
22	Kamaru Usman	8	20
25	Chuck Liddell	7	23
25	Rose Namajunas	7	19
25	Islam Makhachev	7	19
25	Alexandre Pantoja	7	19
29	Pat Miletich	6	10
29	Cain Velasquez	6	15
29	Dominick Cruz	6	10
29	Renan Barao	6	17
29	Henry Cejudo	6	16
29	Tyron Woodley	6	16
29	Deiveson Figueiredo	6	23
29	Brandon Moreno	6	21
37	Frank Shamrock	5	5
37	Vitor Belfort	5	26
37	Frank Mir	5	27
37	Andrei Arlovski	5	42
37	Rich Franklin	5	20
37	Lyoto Machida	5	24
37	Junior Dos Santos	5	23
37	Benson Henderson	5	14
37	Chris Weidman	5	20
37	Robbie Lawler	5	25
37	Holly Holm	5	16
37	Petr Yan	5	16
37	Aljamain Sterling	5	23
37	Ciryl Gane	5	14
37	Merab Dvalishvili	5	17

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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.