Today’s generation, everyone thinks UFC is a fighting style but No. UFC is an organization where fighters fight in the Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) style. If you follow UFC you know many fighters like Jon Jones, Khabib, Conor Mcgregor, and Islam; these are the icons of UFC. There is a different division of fight. There are six divisions in the UFC: Lightweight, Featherweight, Middleweight, Light Heavyweight, Heavyweight, and Strawweight.
There are many fighters who compete in two divisions. So when a fighter stands up with double-digit wins in title fights, that shows their greatness because this is not normal for many of them.
In this article we mention the top 10 UFC fighters with the most championship fight wins.
Jon Jones: 16 title fight wins
The absolute legend of UFC. Jon Jones started his UFC career in lightweight in 2008. He got his first title match in 2011 against Maurico “Shogun” Rua; he beat him and got his first title in 2011. Then he defended his title against many fighters, including Rampage Jackson, Lyoto Machida and Alexander Gustafsson in one of the greatest fights ever. After three years after the title picture, he moved to heavyweight and beat Ciryl Gane for the vacant belt, then closed out his championship with a TKO win over Stipe Miocic. He has sixteen title wins in UFC history; no one is closer to him.
Georges St-Pierre: 13 title fight wins
Everyone calls him GSP. he ruled the welterweight division for years with unique wrestling and striking. He won the belt by defeating Matt Hughes and then he lost to Matt Serra; this is one of the biggest upsets in UFC history. After a few days he defeated Matt Serra and reclaimed his welterweight championship again. Then he defended BJ Penn, nick Diaz and Johny Hendricks. He capped his career off in 2017 by moving up to middleweight and submitting Michael Bisping for a thirteenth title win before retiring for good.
Demetrious Johnson: 12 title fight wins
Demetrious Johnson, aka Mighty Mouse, became the UFC’s first flyweight champion in 2012 and then went on one of the best title runs in the UFC ever. He also set the record for consecutive title defense. After his record reign, he finished off his historic streak with an unforgettable mid-air submission of Ray Borg. Mouse is widely considered one of the most technically gifted fighters ever to compete and his 12 titles show how hard it was to beat him in his prime.
Amanda Nunes: 11 title fights wins
Amanda Nunes made one of the greatest runs in women’s MMA. She won the bantamweight title by beating Miesha Tate via Submission. Then she knocked out one of the biggest names in UFC and wrestling, Ronda Rousey in less than a minute. After Bantamweight she competed in the Featherweight division too. She is the only woman who has won two division titles in UFC. she retired with 11 championship wins and she is the greatest women’s fighter of all time.
Valentina Shevchenko: 11 title fights wins
Shevchenko made the women’s division her own thing after she won the empty title in 2018. She kept the title by beating people up and making decisions when she fought the toughest women in the division, like Jessica Andrade and Taila Santos. Shevchenko had a time fighting Alexa Grasso but she came back strong. Then in 2025 Shevchenko moved up to fight Zhang Weili who was the strawweight champion. She won that fight too which was her eleventh time winning a title. Shevchenko did a good job and she is still the women’s flyweight champion.
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Anderson Silva: 11 title fight wins
Anderson Silva, aka “The Spider.” The Brazilian beast is the most dominant middleweight champion ever. Silva won the title in 2006 and defended his title with many fighters. He is famous for his unique style, power and kick knockout of Vitor Belfort and a legendary submission over Chael Sonnen after being defeated for four rounds. He defended his title for almost seven years.
Matt Hughes: 9 title fight wins
Matt Hughes was the original dominant fighter at Welterweight. He is known for his brutal wrestling and ground control. Hughes is built different; he won the title, then lost it, then won it back. He defeated Carlos Newton, Frank Trigg, BJ Penn, and many more fighters as well. He won 9 titles in the UFC.
Randy Couture: 9 title fight wins
Randy Couture has an unique career. Randy Couture is also known as “The Natural”. He won UFC titles in two weight classes. At one point Randy Couture was 43 years old. He beat a much younger guy named Tim Sylvia to get the heavyweight belt. Randy Couture also won the heavyweight title two times. This made Randy Couture the first fighter to win a UFC championship in two divisions. In Randy Couture won nine UFC titles.
Alexander Volkanovski: 8 title fight wins
Volkanovski is a good fighter. He is one of the featherweight champions in the history of the UFC. Volkanovski won the title by beating Max Holloway. Then he defended the title against some guys. Volkanovski even got to try for the title.
Volkanovski is good, at striking. He never gets tired. This helped Volkanovski win the championship a lot of times. He won the championship eight times when he was the champion. Volkanovski is a featherweight champion.
Jose Aldo and Israel Adesanya: 8 title fight wins (tied)
Jose Aldo was the featherweight fighter for almost ten years. He first fought for WEC. Then for the UFC. Jose Aldo did not lose a fight, for years. Then his time as the best fighter came to an end.
Israel Adesanya is another fighter. He is a fighter. Israel Adesanya won fights by using counter-striking moves. Israel Adesanya became the champion in 2019. He then defended his title against some of the middleweight fighters.
Jose Aldo and Israel Adesanya are tied for place. They both have eight championship wins. Jose Aldo has eight championship wins. Israel Adesanya has eight championship wins.
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