{"id":114,"date":"2026-07-01T08:44:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T08:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/mma\/?p=114"},"modified":"2026-07-01T08:44:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T08:44:11","slug":"top-8-ufc-fighters-most-titles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/mma\/2026\/07\/01\/top-8-ufc-fighters-most-titles\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 8 UFC Fighters With the Most Title Fight Wins in History"},"content":{"rendered":"

Winning a UFC belt is tough, but keeping it? That\u2019s an entirely different beast. Fighting five-round main events back-to-back against killers who have spent months dissecting your film is what separates the flash-in-the-pan champions from the absolute legends. <\/span>Looking at the official record books, the history of the sport is dominated by a few names who made the champion’s life look easy. Let’s look at every single title fight victory for the top eight fighters in UFC history to see exactly how they built their legendary resumes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Jon Jones (16 Title Fight Wins)<\/b><\/h3>\n

Jon Jones began his historic championship run at UFC 128 by defeating Mauricio “Shogun” Rua to capture the light heavyweight championship at just the age of 23, which still makes him the youngest champion in company history. He then embarked on a legendary defense streak at 205 pounds, starting with a rear-naked choke victory over Quinton “Rampage” Jackson at UFC 135, followed by a technical submission of Lyoto Machida at UFC 140.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Jones continued his dominant reign by securing a unanimous decision over his former teammate Rashad Evans at UFC 145 and executing an arm-bar submission against Vitor Belfort at UFC 152. He closed out the first chapter of his title run by outpointing Chael Sonnen at UFC 159, surviving a grueling Hall of Fame fight against Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 165, and shutting down Glover Teixeira at UFC 172.<\/span><\/p>\n

‘Bones’ went on to defeat <\/span>his longtime rival Daniel Cormier<\/span><\/a> at UFC 182 before a series of outside-the-Octagon issues temporarily derailed his career. He later returned to capture the interim light heavyweight title with a victory over Ovince Saint Preux at UFC 197 before meeting Cormier in a highly anticipated rematch at UFC 214. Jones won the bout via third-round knockout, but the result was later overturned to a no contest after he failed a post-fight drug test.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n