Fighters
A curated encyclopedia of the most consequential mixed martial artists in history. Each entry covers their record, style profile, titles, and the technical innovations that defined their era.
Jon Jones
"Bones"
Heavyweight (formerly Light Heavyweight)
United States · UFC
28-1-0 (1 NC)
Khabib Nurmagomedov
"The Eagle"
Lightweight
Russia (Dagestan) · UFC
29-0-0
Retired
Anderson Silva
"The Spider"
Middleweight
Brazil · UFC
34-11-0 (1 NC)
Retired
Georges St-Pierre
"GSP / Rush"
Welterweight / Middleweight
Canada · UFC
26-2-0
Retired
Fedor Emelianenko
"The Last Emperor"
Heavyweight
Russia · Pride
40-7-0 (1 NC)
Retired
Demetrious Johnson
"Mighty Mouse"
Flyweight / Bantamweight
United States · ONE
25-4-1
Amanda Nunes
"The Lioness"
Bantamweight / Featherweight
Brazil · UFC
23-5-0
Retired
Israel Adesanya
"The Last Stylebender"
Middleweight
Nigeria / New Zealand · UFC
24-4-0
Alex Pereira
"Poatan"
Light Heavyweight (formerly Middleweight)
Brazil · UFC
12-3-0
Islam Makhachev
Lightweight
Russia (Dagestan) · UFC
27-1-0
Conor McGregor
"The Notorious"
Lightweight / Featherweight
Ireland · UFC
22-6-0
Stipe Miocic
Heavyweight
United States · UFC
20-5-0
Retired
Francis Ngannou
"The Predator"
Heavyweight
Cameroon / France · PFL
17-3-0
Brock Lesnar
"The Beast Incarnate"
Heavyweight
United States · UFC
5-3-0 (1 NC)
Retired
Cain Velasquez
Heavyweight
United States · UFC
14-3-0
Retired
Junior dos Santos
"Cigano"
Heavyweight
Brazil · UFC
21-10-0
Retired
Daniel Cormier
"DC"
Light Heavyweight / Heavyweight
United States · UFC
22-3-0 (1 NC)
Retired
Tom Aspinall
Heavyweight
United Kingdom · UFC
15-3-0
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
"Minotauro"
Heavyweight
Brazil · Pride
34-10-1 (1 NC)
Retired
Mirko Filipović
"Cro Cop"
Heavyweight
Croatia · Pride
38-11-2 (1 NC)
Retired
Randy Couture
"The Natural"
Light Heavyweight / Heavyweight
United States · UFC
19-11-0
Retired
Chuck Liddell
"The Iceman"
Light Heavyweight
United States · UFC
21-9-0
Retired
Tito Ortiz
"The Huntington Beach Bad Boy"
Light Heavyweight
United States · UFC
21-12-1
Retired
Wanderlei Silva
"The Axe Murderer"
Middleweight / Light Heavyweight
Brazil · Pride
35-14-1 (1 NC)
Retired
Quinton Jackson
"Rampage"
Light Heavyweight
United States · UFC
38-14-0
Retired
Mauricio Rua
"Shogun"
Light Heavyweight
Brazil · UFC
27-14-1
Retired
Glover Teixeira
Light Heavyweight
Brazil · UFC
33-9-0
Retired
Jiří Procházka
"Denisa / BJP"
Light Heavyweight
Czech Republic · UFC
31-5-1
Magomed Ankalaev
Light Heavyweight
Russia (Dagestan) · UFC
20-1-1
Robert Whittaker
"The Reaper"
Middleweight
Australia / New Zealand · UFC
26-7-0
Sean Strickland
"Tarzan"
Middleweight
United States · UFC
30-6-0
Dricus du Plessis
"Stillknocks / DDP"
Middleweight
South Africa · UFC
23-2-0
Khamzat Chimaev
"Borz"
Middleweight (formerly Welterweight)
Russia (Chechnya) / Sweden · UFC
14-0-0
Kamaru Usman
"The Nigerian Nightmare"
Welterweight
Nigeria / United States · UFC
20-4-0
Matt Hughes
Welterweight
United States · UFC
45-9-0
Retired
Leon Edwards
"Rocky"
Welterweight
Jamaica / United Kingdom · UFC
22-4-0
Jorge Masvidal
"Gamebred"
Welterweight
United States (Cuban-Peruvian heritage) · UFC
35-17-0
Charles Oliveira
"Do Bronx"
Lightweight
Brazil · UFC
35-10-0 (1 NC)
Justin Gaethje
"The Highlight"
Lightweight
United States · UFC
26-5-0
Dustin Poirier
"The Diamond"
Lightweight
United States · UFC
30-9-0 (1 NC)
Tony Ferguson
"El Cucuy"
Lightweight
United States · UFC
25-10-0
BJ Penn
"The Prodigy"
Lightweight / Welterweight
United States (Hawaiian) · UFC
16-14-2
Retired
José Aldo
"Junior / Scarface"
Featherweight / Bantamweight
Brazil · UFC
32-9-0
Max Holloway
"Blessed"
Featherweight / Lightweight
United States (Hawaiian) · UFC
26-8-0
Alexander Volkanovski
"The Great"
Featherweight
Australia · UFC
27-4-0
Ilia Topuria
"El Matador"
Lightweight (formerly Featherweight)
Spain / Georgia · UFC
17-0-0
Sean O'Malley
"Suga"
Bantamweight
United States · UFC
18-2-0 (1 NC)
Aljamain Sterling
"Funk Master"
Featherweight (formerly Bantamweight)
United States · UFC
24-5-0
Dominick Cruz
"The Dominator"
Bantamweight
United States · UFC
24-4-0
Retired
Henry Cejudo
"Triple C"
Bantamweight / Flyweight
United States · UFC
16-5-0
Merab Dvalishvili
"The Machine"
Bantamweight
Georgia · UFC
20-4-0
Alexandre Pantoja
"The Cannibal"
Flyweight
Brazil · UFC
29-5-0
Valentina Shevchenko
"Bullet"
Women's Flyweight
Kyrgyzstan / Peru · UFC
24-4-1
Zhang Weili
"Magnum"
Women's Strawweight
China · UFC
25-3-0
Rose Namajunas
"Thug Rose"
Women's Flyweight (formerly Strawweight)
United States (Lithuanian heritage) · UFC
13-6-0
Joanna Jędrzejczyk
"Joanna Champion"
Women's Strawweight
Poland · UFC
16-5-0
Retired
Ronda Rousey
"Rowdy"
Women's Bantamweight
United States · UFC
12-2-0
Retired
Cris Cyborg
Women's Featherweight
Brazil · Bellator
27-2-0 (1 NC)
Royce Gracie
Open Weight
Brazil · UFC
14-2-3
Retired
Frank Shamrock
Middleweight / Light Heavyweight
United States · UFC
23-10-2
Retired
Kazushi Sakuraba
"The Gracie Hunter"
Heavyweight (cross-weight bouts)
Japan · Pride
26-17-1 (2 NC)
Retired
Brandon Moreno
"The Assassin Baby"
Flyweight
Mexico · UFC
22-8-2
Belal Muhammad
"Remember the Name"
Welterweight
United States (Palestinian heritage) · UFC
25-3-0 (1 NC)
Kayla Harrison
Women's Bantamweight (formerly PFL lightweight)
United States · UFC
19-1-0
Mackenzie Dern
Women's Strawweight
United States (Brazilian heritage) · UFC
14-5-0
Larissa Pacheco
"Pitbull"
Women's Lightweight
Brazil · PFL
22-4-0
Raquel Pennington
"Rocky"
Women's Bantamweight
United States · UFC
17-9-0
Colby Covington
"Chaos"
Welterweight
United States · UFC
17-4-0
Michael Chandler
"Iron"
Lightweight
United States · UFC
23-10-0
Petr Yan
"No Mercy"
Bantamweight
Russia · UFC
18-5-0
Cory Sandhagen
"The Sandman"
Bantamweight
United States · UFC
18-5-0
Edson Barboza
Featherweight (formerly Lightweight)
Brazil · UFC
24-12-0
Diego Sanchez
"The Dream"
Welterweight (formerly Lightweight)
United States · UFC
30-13-0
Retired
Ken Shamrock
"The World's Most Dangerous Man"
Heavyweight (cross-weight)
United States · UFC
28-17-2
Retired
Bas Rutten
"El Guapo"
Heavyweight
Netherlands · UFC
28-4-1
Retired
Mark Coleman
"The Hammer"
Heavyweight
United States · UFC
16-10-0
Retired
Don Frye
"The Predator"
Heavyweight
United States · UFC
20-9-1
Retired
Mark Hunt
"The Super Samoan"
Heavyweight
New Zealand (Samoan heritage) · UFC
13-14-1 (1 NC)
Retired
Lyoto Machida
"The Dragon"
Middleweight (formerly Light Heavyweight)
Brazil · Bellator
26-12-0
Carlos Condit
"The Natural Born Killer"
Welterweight
United States · UFC
32-14-0
Forrest Griffin
Light Heavyweight
United States · UFC
19-7-0
Retired