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On December 16, 1994, Royce Gracie became the first fighter to reach 10 fights in the UFC. [1]On July 7, 2007, Tito Ortiz became the first fighter to reach 20 fights in the UFC.
In 2000, the New Jersey State Athletic Control Board completely took over MMA regulation in its home state and developed new rules and weight classes that eventually became the de facto rule set for all mixed martial arts. [6] The UFC realigned their weight classes to comply with these new regulations in 2001, beginning with UFC 31. [7]
Fighter Wins Travis Fulton: 40 Igor Vovchanchyn: 40 Renan Barao: 32 Luis Rafael Laurentino 31^ Julio Cesar Neves Jr. 30 Khabib Nurmagomedov: 29* John Strawn
Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a form of competitive combat sport, akin to boxing, muay thai, or kick boxing. MMA titles, or championship belts, are given to those fighters deemed by a promotional organization to have met a certain standard of athletic accomplishment in a specific weight class (most often by means of a championship fight ...
The following list features mixed martial artists who have competed in the most bouts that were approved and regulated by a formal sanctioning body. [1] This includes mixed martial arts and shoot fighting, but excludes bouts in specific forms, such as boxing, grappling, or wrestling.
Anderson da Silva [1] (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈɐ̃deʁsõ ˈsiwvɐ]; born 14 April 1975) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist and professional boxer. [16] He is a former UFC Middleweight Champion and holds the record for the longest title reign in UFC history at 2,457 days.
Most consecutive wins in UFC history (16) Longest single title reign in UFC history (2.457 days) Most finishes in title bouts in UFC history (9) Most Knockout of the Night bonuses in UFC history (7). Wanderlei Silva: June 27, 2024 [24] UFC Hall of Fame Ceremony, 2024 One-time Pride FC Middleweight Champion with four defenses
He was voted as the greatest pound-for-pound MMA fighter in history in The Athletic MMA fighter survey. [ 20 ] St-Pierre retired as the reigning Welterweight Champion in December 2013, having held the record for most wins in title bouts and the second longest combined title streak in UFC history (2,204 days) while defending his title nine ...