Who has the most wins in UFC title fights?

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Jon Jones has the most wins in UFC title fights. His championship record includes victories across the light heavyweight and heavyweight divisions, giving him more title-fight wins than any other UFC fighter.

Jones first won the light heavyweight belt by stopping Maurício Rua at UFC 128 in 2011. He then built a long reign through victories over challengers including Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, Lyoto Machida, Rashad Evans, Vitor Belfort, Chael Sonnen, Alexander Gustafsson, and Daniel Cormier.

His record is sometimes reported differently because statistics sites may count interim titles, vacant-title bouts, overturned results, or no contests in slightly different ways. Jones’ knockout of Cormier at UFC 214, for example, was overturned to a no contest after a failed drug test, so it is not counted as an official win.

Even with those accounting distinctions, Jones remains the canonical answer. Demetrious Johnson and Georges St-Pierre are among the closest historical challengers, but neither has matched Jones’ total of official UFC championship victories.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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