100 of the most fascinating UFC facts from the past decade

Some of the most significant in-fight moments and records in UFC history have occurred and been etched in stone over the past decade.

GENERAL FEATS

UFC official weigh-in scale

The UFC began the decade with five weight classes. It ended with 12.

A total of 1,540 different fighters stepped in the octagon to compete over the past decade.

[autotag]Anderson Silva[/autotag]’s company record 16-fight winning streak came to an end in a knockout loss to Chris Weidman at UFC 162 in July 2013.

[autotag]Donald Cerrone[/autotag] had the most UFC fights of the decade, competing 33 times since his debut at UFC 126 in February 2011.

Cerrone had the most wins of the decade, earning a company record 23 victories since his debut in February 2011.

Cerrone had the most finishes of the decade, earning a company record 16 since his debut in February 2011.

Cerrone finished seven different fights by knockout stemming from a head kick, the most of any fighter in company history. No one else has more than four such wins.

Cerrone received the most fight-night bonuses of the decade, earning a company record 18 since his debut in February 2011.

[autotag]Conor McGregor[/autotag] became the only fighter in company history to earn eight consecutive fight-night bonuses with his bout at UFC 205 in November 2016. No other fighter has won bonuses in more than six-straight fights.

Charles Oliveira

[autotag]Charles Oliveira[/autotag] took his record submission wins total to 13. He broke Royce Gracie’s longstanding record of 10 with his win at UFC Fight Night 137 in December 2018.

[autotag]Rousimar Palhares[/autotag] became the first in history to record five leg-lock submission victories in UFC competition.

[autotag]Ronda Rousey[/autotag] became the first female to win a fight under the UFC banner when she defeated Liz Carmouche at UFC 157 in February 2013.

[autotag]Urijah Faber[/autotag] became the only UFC Hall of Fame fighter to earn an octagon victory after being inducted when he won at UFC on ESPN+ 13 in July 2019.

[autotag]Diego Sanchez[/autotag] became the first fighter in company history to fight to a decision 20 times in his loss to Michael Chiesa at UFC 239 in July 2019.

[autotag]Neil Magny[/autotag] was the only fighter over the course of the decade to earn five UFC wins in a calendar year. He accomplished the feat in 2014.

Dan Henderson def. Hector Lombard at UFC 199

[autotag]Dan Henderson[/autotag], 45, became the oldest fighter in company history to earn a knockout victory when he beat Hector Lombard at UFC 199 in June 2016. He owned the previous record set at 44.

[autotag]Sage Northcutt[/autotag], 19, became the youngest fighter in history to earn an octagon victory when he defeated Francisco Trevino at UFC 192 in October 2015.

[autotag]Max Holloway[/autotag], 25, became the youngest fighter in UFC history to earn 15 victories with the organization when he won at UFC 218 in December 2017. He ended the decade with 17 octagon wins.

[autotag]Kelvin Gastelum[/autotag], 21, became the youngest winner of “The Ultimate Fighter” reality show when he won Season 17 of the series in April 2013.

[autotag]Julianna Pena[/autotag] became the first female winner of “The Ultimate Fighter” reality show. She won Season 18 of the series in November 2013.

[autotag]Kron Gracie[/autotag] became the first Gracie family member since 1994 to earn an octagon victory when he won at UFC on ESPN 1 in February 2019.

[autotag]Jeremy Stephens[/autotag] became the only fighter in history to suffer 15 octagon losses when he was defeated by Zabit Magomedsharipov at UFC 235 in March 2019. He ended the decade with 16 UFC defeats.

[autotag]John Lineker[/autotag] became the only fighter in history to miss weight for five separate UFC fights.

[autotag]B.J. Penn[/autotag] became the only fighter in history to suffered seven consecutive octagon losses when he was defeated by Clay Guida at UFC 237 in May 2019.

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