When people talk about MMA fighters, they usually mean those who have fight the most. Not who fights a lot in one year. Who has stepped into the cage many times in their career. Some of these fighters are not well-known. They fight in shows in tiny gyms with few fans watching. But they have fought many times it’s hard to believe.
In this article we mention top 10 most active MMA fighters with the most professional matches. This data is taken from wikipedia and Fight Matrix.
Travis Fulton: 320 Fights
Nobody comes close to Travis “The Ironman” Fulton. The Iowa heavyweight fought an astonishing 320 professional fights between 1996 and 2019, winning 255 of them also this is the most wins in MMA history by a fighter. In his busiest year 1998 he fought more than 40 times. Fulton took part in the UFC and WEC, but the main part of his career happened in small midwest shows where he built his legend one fight at a time. He passed away in 2021.
Shannon Ritch: 153 Fights
Many people know him as The Cannon. Shanno Ritch make his debut in 1988 and he actively fights almost 20 years. His record stands at 58 wins and 87 losses with 4 no-results. Ritch wrestled in many weight classes and companies, including King of the Cage and even dabbled in bare-knuckle boxing later in his life.
Dan Severn: 127 Fights
Dan Severn is a name in the sport. He was a wrestler in college. People call him “The Beast.” He had 127 fights. He won 101 of them lost 19 and had 7 draws. He won the UFC 5 tournament. He also became the IFL Heavyweight Champion. The UFC put him in their Hall of Fame. It’s a deal for a fighter, like Dan Severn.
Jay Ellis: 126 Fights
Jay Ellis has a record that’s really different. He had a lot of fights 126 to be exact. He only won 16 of them and lost 110. Jay Ellis had a time, for a while he lost 27 fights in a row. This happened over four years. People often talk about Jay Ellis when they are discussing fighters who just keep on fighting no matter if they win or lose. Jay Ellis is an example of this he never stopped taking fights.
Jeremy Horn: 118 Fights
Jeremy “Gumby” Horn is known as one of the grapplers of his time. He had 118 fights. Won 92 of them, mostly by making his opponents give up. Horn faced fighter like Chuck Liddell and he beat him once in his fighting career. He also fight with Frank Shamrock and Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira.
Horn became a famous coach and taught the next generation of fighters his grappling skills.
He shared his knowledge with them so they could become fighters too. Jeremy Horn experience and skills made him a respected figure in the fighting world.
Ikuhisa Minowa: 116 Fights
Ikushisa Minowa, aka Minowaman, became very famous in Japan because of his fighting skills. He fights like a samurai he has beaten many great fighters like Bob Sapp and Butterbean. He fought 116 matches in his whole career with many companies worldwide. With the 63 wins.
Minowa was fighting for Japanese companies, including Pancrase, Pride and DREAM. His winning style and celebration made him famous in Japan. Minowa’s fights were exciting because he was a guy who could beat the fighter who is much bigger than him. He is loved by many people in japan for his unique style of fighting.
Yuki Kondo: 115 Fights
Yuki Kondo did most of his fighting in Pancrase. He won 3 titles in three weight divisions. These were middleweight, light heavyweight and openweight. He had over 115 fights. He won 66 of them. Some of his wins were against Frank Shamrock and Minoru Suzuki. Kondo also had fights in the UFC and Pride during his career as a fighter. Kondo’s career had a lot of fights in it.
He was a part of Pancrase for a time. Pancrase is where he got most of his titles. Yuki Kondo fights in the UFC and Pride too. His career was long. Had many fights.
Bryan Robinson: 113 Fights
Some people call him Bryan “Hardcore” Robinson 113 bouts and he won 46 of those. His feud with Travis Fulton is still well remembered by people. He faced Travis Fulton seven times in MMA and he lost seven times, and three times in boxing and he lost in that too. Robinson was fighting in the American MMA scene for a long time, even after taking some tough losses.
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Shaun Lomas: 112 fights
Shaun Lomas was a fighter. 112 Precisely. He won 27 of the fights. Lost 84. Shaun Lomas fought a lot of his fights in shows. There was not a big following for the shows and the fighters did not make much money. Shaun Lomas was like some of the fighters that fought in these smaller shows also. They had to fight a lot and that’s what they did.
Dennis Reed: 105 Fights
Dennis Reed is the person on the list. He is a fighter. Dennis Reed fought a lot at heavyweight. Dennis Reed had one hundred and five fights. He won forty-five times. For years Dennis Reed was a regular fighter in the American MMA circuit.
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