Nearly 57% of UFC fights in 2026 have ended inside the distance

Across 412 completed bouts this year, 233 ended early and 179 went to the judges. 125 were over in the first round.

We have been building a record of every UFC bout this year from the promotion's own results data. Across 412 completed fights, 233 — 57% — ended inside the distance.

125 of those finished in the opening round.

A sample of this year's first-round finishes

• Sean King III beat Jessie Rosas, round 1 (0:36)
• Yousri Belgaroui beat Djorden Santos, round 1 (4:25)
• Christian Natividad beat Colton Loud, round 1 (1:10)
• Quentin Pasley beat Arlind Berisha, round 1 (4:41)
• Losene Keita beat Muhammad Naimov, round 1 (2:54)
• Salahdine Parnasse beat Dan Hooker, round 1 (2:35)
• Axel Sola beat Farés Ziam, round 1 (1:40)
• Matthieu Letho Duclos beat Luis Felipe Dias, round 1 (4:35)
• Modestino Rodrigues beat Brandon Holmes, round 1 (0:15)
• Gabriel Lorenço beat Charlie Cleveland, round 1 (2:02)

A note on method: our results source records the winner, the round and the time, but not whether a finish came by knockout or submission. Rather than infer it from the clock — which would be guesswork — we record the method only where it is certain. A fight that runs the full final round is a decision; everything else is listed as a finish without specifying how.

Figures cover completed bouts held in 2026 that we have ingested, and will change as the year goes on.