The UFC, or the Ultimate Fight Competition, has been around since November 1993 and is the largest mixed martial arts organization in the world. The UFC was created to find out who the world’s best fighters are. That’s why we’ve created a list of the top 10 longest winning streaks of all time. All these wins were achieved in the UFC, so no other wins are taken into account. By the word win streak we mean uninterrupted victories in sports. The more wins a fighter has, the higher the winning streak will become.
There have been some incredibly high winning streaks achieved by fighters throughout the present and history of UFC. Which fighter has the highest winning streak of all time? And who has the current longest win streak in the UFC? Check it out here!
Longest UFC win streaks of all time
The top 10 longest UFC win streaks of all time will be listed in this article. Here you can see the number of consecutive fights won per fighter. When determining whether a fighter is active, we decided to choose active if the fighter is currently still fighting and therefore maintains his UFC win streak. If the fighter no longer has an active win streak, a reason will be given for ending the win streak. The period in which the fighter had a UFC win streak will be shown in years. In the last column you can see what his or her highest rank is within the UFC.
| Fighter | Winning streak | Active winning streak | Reason for termination | Period | Highest Rank Achieved |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Jones | 18 | Yes | – | 2010-2023 | Champion |
| Anderson Silva | 16 | No | Stopped | 2006-2012 | Champion |
| Kamaru Usman | 15 | No | Lost (Leon Edwards) | 2015-2021 | Champion |
| Islam Makhachev | 14 | Yes | – | 2016-2023 | Champion |
| Khabib Nurmagomedov | 13 | No | Stopped | 2012-2020 | Champion |
| Georges St. Pierre | 13 | No | Stopped | 2007-2017 | Champion |
| Max Holloway | 13 | No | Lost (Dustin Poirier) | 2014-2018 | Champion |
| Demetrious Johnson | 13 | No | Lost (Henry Cejudo) | 2012-2017 | Champion |
| Alexander Volkanovsky Amanda Nunes | 12 | No No No | Lost (Islam Makhachev) Lost (Julianna Pena) Lost (Justin Gaethje) | 2016-2022 2015-2021 | Champion Champion |
| Leon Edwards Charles Oliveira Royce Gracie | 11 | Yes No No | – Lost (Islam Makhachev) Draw (Ken Shamrock) | 2016-2023 2018-2022 1993-1994 | Champion Champion Champion |
Notable UFC win streaks
Jon Jones with a winning streak of 18 is currently still active and last won against Ciryl Gane with a guillotine choke in the first round with a time of 2 minutes 4 seconds.
Furthermore, Islam Makhachev and Leon Edwards also have an active winning streak. Leon Edwards dethroned titleholder Kamaru Usman with a knockout that shocked everyone.
Anderson Silva retired in 2012, Khabib Nurmagomedov retired 3 years ago in 2020 after beating Justin Gaethje and Georges St. Pierre retired after 10 years because he felt the championship brought great stress.
Royce Gracie’s first long winning streak has stopped due to a draw against Ken Shamrock. To recap: Shamrock takes Gracie to the ground and lays on him for 36 minutes, the match is declared a draw, and that’s it!
Both Alexander Volkanovski and Charles Oliveira have both lost to Islam Makhachev. Volkanovski lost by decision (in the second fight he was knocked out in the first round) and Oliveira was caught with a triangle grip in the second round, making Makhachev the new lightweight champion.
Max Holloway and Demetrious Johnson both lost on a 13-win win streak.
Poirier defeated Holloway in a fight that will be remembered for a long time. Holloway had remarkable resilience, but was kicked with a knee in the 4th round and suffered a huge gash on his forehead. Poirier won in the fifth round by unanimous decision with a score of 49-46.
Demetrious Johnson lost to Henry Cejudo with a very special decision to snatch the flyweight belt, namely: a split decision of 48-47, 47-48, 48-47, bizarre, right?
Amanda Nunes lost to Julianna Pena by taking her to the mat and choking her 3:26 into the round for a stunning defeat.
To top it all off, the fight between Justin Gaethje and Tony Ferguson was also a memorable one. In the fifth round three or four straight punches to the head staggered Ferguson, we don’t know what the record is for the most facial cuts but Ferguson comes pretty close. After many big blows, the referee decided to end it and Ferguson lost.
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