Top 20 Undefeated Fighters – Part Two | MMA News
In half one of this two-part collection, I gave my listing of undefeated fighters, 11 through 20. Here, in half two, you will notice my listing of top 10 undefeated fighters, which consists of many champions and title contenders.
Top 10 Undefeated Fighters
1. Ilia Topuria (17-0, 9-0 UFC)
Ilia Topuria made his professional debut in April of 2015 in his home nation of Spain. Fighting out of Spain, by manner of Georgia, Topuria went 7-0 on the regional scene including two first-round victories for the Brave CF group in 2019.
Topuria made his UFC debut in October of 2020 defeating Youssef Zalal by unanimous resolution. “El Matador” returned two months later in December of 2020 and defeated Damon Jackson by first spherical KO.
Topuria returned to the octagon in July of 2021 at UFC 264: Poirier vs. McGregor 3, where he defeated Ryan Hall by first spherical KO. He moved up to light-weight for his next combat against British fighter Jai Herbert in March of 2022 on Herbert’s home soil in London, England. Topuria received by second spherical KO and earned his first UFC efficiency bonus. He returned in December of 2022 and grew to become the first man to end Bryce Mitchell, successful the combat by second spherical arm-triangle choke and incomes his second straight efficiency bonus.
Topuria fought in his first UFC main event in June of 2023 when he took on earlier featherweight title challenger Josh Emmett on the UFC on ABC 5 card in Jacksonville, Florida. Topuria received a dominant 5 spherical unanimous resolution in what was the combat of the evening.
In 2024, Topuria had one of the best years of any MMA fighter. In February of 2024, he fought one of the top pound-for-pound fighters in the game in Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 298 in Anaheim, California. Topuria received by second spherical knockout to turn out to be the UFC featherweight champion.
Topuria returned for his first title protection at UFC 308 in Abu Dhabi against Max Holloway. He received by third spherical knockout to cap off a profession 12 months, having completed the top two featherweights in UFC historical past.
Topuria made headlines this past 12 months when he announced that he was relinquishing his UFC featherweight title, citing that he may no longer cut the weight in a healthy fashion. He moved up to light-weight and fought Charles Oliveira for the vacant UFC light-weight title at UFC 317 in June. Topuria continued his superb run and grew to become the tenth fighter in UFC historical past to win titles in two different weight divisions as he knocked out Oliveira in the first spherical.
The 28-year-old is at present the No. 2 pound for pound fighter in the UFC rankings. Topuria has not only been one of the most dominant fighters in MMA, but he has also been one of the most thrilling, having received efficiency bonuses in his last six fights.
It was thought that Topuria might defend his title on the first Paramount + card in 2026; however, Topuria announced in November that he wouldn’t be defending his title until at least the second quarter of 2026 due to personal causes. He might return to combat the winner of Justin Gatje and Paddy Pimblett who are preventing for the UFC interim light-weight title on January 24th on the first Paramount + card.
2. Khamzat Chimaev (15-0, 9-0 UFC)
Khamzat Chimaev made his professional debut in May of 2018. After successful his first two fights in smaller promotions in his home nation of Sweden, Chimaev signed to combat for the Brave CF promotion where he went 4-0 with 4 finishes. Chimaev fought powerful competitors in Brave CF where his opponents had a mixed file of 25-3.
The Chechnya born Chimaev made his UFC debut on July 15, 2020 in Abu Dhabi, taking a short discover combat in the middleweight division against British fighter John Phillips. Chimaev dominated the first spherical with ground and pound and received the combat in the second spherical by D’Arce choke. Chimaev returned just 10 days later in a welterweight combat against Irish fighter Rhys McKee. Chimaev earned his second straight efficiency bonus and broke the file for quickest turnaround between wins in the trendy UFC period. He defeated McKee by first spherical TKO.
Chimaev returned in September of 2020 as he fought middleweight veteran Gerald Meerschaert in what appeared to be a step up in competitors. This time the combat didn’t hit the ground as Chimaev landed the knockout punch, just 17 seconds into the combat. This win set another UFC fashionable period file for Chimaev as he earned the quickest three combat win streak, at 66 days.
After taking over a 12 months off, Chimaev returned in October of 2021 at UFC 267 to combat his first ranked opponent in Chinese welterweight Li Jingliang who was ranked No. 11 at the time. Chimaev steamrolled Jingliang, successful by first spherical rear bare choke.
Chimaev had barely had a punch landed on him in his first 4 UFC fights until he fought Gilbert Burns at UFC 273 in April of 2022. The former title challenger Burns was ranked No. 2 in the UFC welterweight division at the time. Chimaev confirmed he may take some punishment as effectively as dish it out as he defeated Burns by unanimous resolution in a combat of the 12 months candidate. The pair received the combat of the evening and for Chimaev this was 5 efficiency bonuses in 5 fights in the UFC.
Chimaev was scheduled to headline UFC 279 against Nate Diaz in September of 2022. After lacking weight for the welterweight combat, he ended up preventing Kevin Holland in a 180-pound catchweight combat in the co-main event. Chimaev dominated Holland and received by first spherical D’Arce choke.
Due to injury and visa points, Chimaev fought only once in 2023. In a middleweight bout, he received a majority resolution over former welterweight champ Kamaru Usman at UFC 294 in October of 2023, in Abu Dhabi.
After another 12 months off, Chimaev returned in October of 2024 with vengeance against former middleweight champion Robert Whitaker. The combat was scheduled for 5 rounds as the co-main event for UFC 308 in Abu Dhabi. Chimaev defeated Whitaker in the first spherical with one of the most brutal submissions you will notice. He broke Whitaker’s jaw in a face crank, in a submission of the 12 months candidate.
Chimaev received his much-awaited title shot against Dricus Du Plessis in August at UFC 319 in Chicago. He grew to become the UFC middleweight champion by dominating Du Plessis in a unanimous resolution.
The 31-year-old Chimaev is ranked No. 3 in the UFC pound for pound rankings. Chimaev is predicted to defend his UFC middleweight title against Nassourdine Imavov in the second quarter of 2026.
3. Shavkat Rakhmonov (19-0, 7-0 UFC)
Shavkat Rakhmonov made his professional debut in October of 2014 for the Russian based M-1 Challenge promotion. Rakhmonov went 7-0 for the M-1 Challenge promotion including successful their welterweight championship and defending it one time. Rakhmonov went 5-0 for the Kazakhstan Mixed Martial Arts Federation where he received the KZMMAF welterweight title and defended it once.
Rakhmonov was 12-0 with 12 finishes when he made his UFC debut in October of 2020 at UFC 254 in Abu Dhabi. The Kazakh fighter defeated Alex Oliveira by first spherical guillotine choke. He returned in June of 2021 and defeated Michel Prazeres by second spherical rear bare choke. In his next combat, Rakhmonov earned his first KO in the UFC with a first-round spinning hook kick adopted by ground strikes versus Carlston Harris in February of 2022.
In June of 2022, Rakhmonov fought his first ranked opponent in the UFC and defeated Neil Magny by second spherical guillotine choke. In March of 2023 Rakhmonov fought his first top 10 opponent in Geoff Neal. He defeated Neal by rear bare choke with less than a minute to go in the combat. The pair received combat of the evening.
Rakhmonov received another step up in competitors when he fought Stephen Thompson at UFC 296 in December of 2023. Rakhmonov grew to become the first man to submit “Wonderboy”, successful by rear bare choke in the second spherical.
Rakhmonov was set to combat for the UFC welterweight title against Belal Muhammad at UFC 310 in December of 2024. After Muhammad had to withdraw due to injury, Rakhmonov put his title shot on the road when he agreed to face fellow undefeated fighter Ian Machado Garry who was 15-0 at the time, in the co-main event. Going into the Machado Garry combat, Rakhmonov was 18-0 with all 18 wins coming by manner of stoppage. Rakhmonov went to a resolution for the first time in his profession, defeating Machado Garry by a unanimous, 5 spherical resolution.
Rakhmonov was inactive due to injury in 2025. He lately said that he’s healthy and prepared to go in 2026.
The 31-year-old Rakhmonov is at present ranked No. 2 in the UFC welterweight division. Due to his latest inactivity, Rakhmonov will probably have to win one more combat to secure a title shot in a division that has a log jam of fighters at the top vying to combat the champ, UFC’s top pound for pound fighter Islam Makhachev.
4. Michael Morales (19-0, 7-0 UFC)
Morales made his professional debut in August of 2017 at just 18 years outdated. He went 11-0 on the regional scene, preventing mainly in his native nation of Ecuador.
In September of 2021, Morales received his shot on Dana White’s Contender Series where he defeated Nicolay Veretennikov by unanimous resolution, incomes a UFC contract.
Morales had a powerful matchup in his UFC debut against Trevin Giles who at the time was 14-3, 5-3 UFC. Morales received by first spherical TKO.
Morales received 4 straight in the UFC before preventing his first ranked opponent in Neil Magny in August of 2024. Morales received by first spherical TKO incomes his first efficiency of the evening bonus.
The Ecuadorian fighter had a enormous 12 months in 2025 that has him in talks of a title shot in the UFC welterweight division. In May, Morales headlined his first UFC event against former title challenger and perennial welterweight contender Gilbert Burns. Morales made fast work of Burns with a first spherical TKO. Morales returned in November in his highest profile combat to date on the UFC 322 pay per view main card against Sean Brady who was ranked No. 2 at the time in the UFC welterweight division. Morales earned yet another first spherical TKO over world class opposition and earned his third straight efficiency bonus.
The 26-year-old is at present ranked No. 4 in the UFC welterweight division.
5. Usman Nurmagomedov (20-0, 7-0 Bellator, 2-0 PFL)
The youthful brother of top UFC bantamweight contender and latest UFC title challenger Umar Nurmagomedov, Usman seems to comply with in his cousin Khabib’s footsteps as a top undefeated MMA fighter. He made his professional debut in March of 2017. Usman has fought for the Federation of MMA Samara and Gorilla Fighting Championships in Russia and Brave CF and UAE Warriors in the Middle East.
Nurmagomedov was 11-0 when he made his Bellator debut in April of 2021. He went 4-0 in Bellator before preventing Patricky Pitbull for the Bellator light-weight title in November of 2022. Nurmagomedov received by unanimous resolution after 5 arduous fought rounds against his more skilled Brazilian opponent.
He returned in March of 2023 to defend his title against former UFC light-weight champ and Bellator title contender Benson Henderson. The younger Dagestani fighter defeated Henderson by first spherical rear bare choke submission.
Nurmagomedov headlined the Bellator 300 card, which featured three title fights, in October of 2023. He defeated Brent Primus by unanimous resolution; however, the combat was later overturned to a no contest when Nurmagomedov failed a drug take a look at due to a banned substance in a prescription medication.
Nurmagomedov had just one combat in 2024. He defended his Bellator light-weight title against fellow countryman Alexander Shabliy (24-3) at a Bellator Champions Series event in San Diego in September of 2024.
Nurmagomedov had two of the best fights in the PFL this past 12 months as he fought top PFL light-weight contender Paul Hughes to two thrilling, arduous fought resolution victories. The Dagestani fighter defeated his Irish rival by majority resolution in January to retain his Bellator title in a combat of the 12 months candidate. In October, he defeated Hughes by unanimous resolution to win the inaugural PFL light-weight world championship.
The 27-year-old is set to defend his PFL light-weight title against 2025 PFL light-weight world match winner Alfie Davis in February.
6. Movsar Evloev (19-0, 9-0 UFC)
Movsar Evloev made his professional debut in November of 2014 for the M-1 Challenge group in his native Russia. He went 10-0 for the promotion including successful and defending the group’s bantamweight title.
Evloev moved up to featherweight when he made his UFC debut in April of 2019 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. He defeated Seung Woo Choi by unanimous resolution.
From 2021 to 2023, Evloev made his manner up the UFC featherweight ranks with notable victories over Nik Lentz, Hakeem Dawodu, Dan Ige and Diego Lopes.
In January of 2024 at UFC 297, Evloev received a unanimous resolution against Arnold Allen who was ranked No. 4 at the time. Evloev returned at UFC 310 in December to defeat former UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling, by unanimous resolution.
Evloev was inactive in 2025 due to injury. The undefeated Russian will probably have to win one more combat to get a shot at the UFC featherweight title, at present held by Alexander Volkanovski.
The 31-year-old is at present ranked No. 1 in the UFC featherweight division and seems to be one combat away from a title shot.
Related: Top 20 Undefeated Fighters – Part One
7. Seika Izawa (18-0, 12-0 Rizin)
Seika Izawa made her MMA debut in October of 2020 for the Deep Jewels promotion in her native Japan. In June of 2021, in her third professional combat, she received the Deep Jewels interim strawweight title by first spherical armbar over Miki Motono.
At 4-0, Izawa made her Rizin debut against tremendous atomweight (108 pound) champ Ayaka Hamasaki in a non-title bout. This was on a big stage at the Saitama Super Arena on New Years Eve in 2021. Izawa defeated Hamasaki, who was 23-4, by second spherical TKO. This set up the rematch for the title in April of 2022. Izawa received by unanimous resolution to turn out to be the Rizin tremendous atomweight champion.
Izawa returned in July of 2022 to combat fellow undefeated fighter Laura Fontoura (7-0) in the quarter finals of the Rizin Super Atomweight Grand Prix. Izawa received by guillotine choke in the first spherical. She returned in September of 2022 to defeat Anistasiya Svetkivska by second spherical armbar in the semifinals. Izawa returned on New Year’s Eve of 2022 and defeated Si Woo Park by break up resolution to win the Rizin tremendous atomweight grand prix.
After defending her Rizin tremendous atomweight title, Izawa returned to Deep Jewels in March of 2024 to combat for their atomweight (105 pound) title. She defeated Si Yoon Park by second spherical ninja choke turn out to be the Deep Jewels atomweight champion. Izawa received two more fights in Rizin to spherical out her 2024 with three wins.
Izawa received another nontitle combat in Rizin in July. She defended her Rizin title for the second time in November with a unanimous resolution victory over Saori Oshima (15-6). The 28-year-0ld returned in just under two months to defend her title once again at the Rizin New Year’s Eve show. She defeated Rena Kubota (15-5) by guillotine choke in the second spherical.
Izawa is widely thought of the top atomweight in the world and one of the top pound for pound feminine fighters in the world. With talks of the UFC returning to Japan in 2026, may we see the UFC convey in Izawa and the atomweight division?
8. Lerone Murphy (17-0-1, 9-0-1 UFC)
Murphy made his professional debut in March of 2016. He went 8-0 on the UK regional scene.
The British featherweight made his UFC debut at UFC 242 in Abu Dhabi in September of 2019, preventing Russian veteran Zubaira Tukhugov to a hard-fought draw. Murphy returned in July of 2020 with a first spherical TKO over Ricardo Ramos.
Murphy scored spectacular victories over veterans Douglas Silva de Andrade and Makwan Amirkhani in 2021.
After not preventing in 2022, Murphy received a pair of choices in 2023 against Gabrial Santos and Josh Culibao.
Murphy had a breakout 12 months in 2024, with wins over two ranked featherweights. He fought in his first UFC main event against perennial contender Edson Barboza, successful a unanimous resolution in what was the combat of the evening. Murphy received a hard-fought unanimous resolution over Dan Ige at UFC 308
The 34-year-old British fighter is coming off a profession 12 months that had him in talks for a title combat in the UFC featherweight division. He defeated Josh Emmett by unanimous resolution in April. At UFC 319 in August, Murphy capitalized on his highest profile combat to date against Aaron Pico who was coming to the UFC with a lot hype from PFL / Bellator. Murphy received by first spherical KO from a spinning back elbow that was a knockout of the 12 months candidate.
Murphy is at present ranked No. 4 in the UFC featherweight division.
9. Razhabali (*20*) (17-0, 6-0 RIzin)
At 18 years outdated, (*20*) made his skilled debut in March of 2019 and went 5-0 on the regional scene in his native Kyrgyzstan. He then had three fights in 2022 in ACA Young Eagles occasions in Russia where he had three second spherical finishes over Russian prospects.
In June of 2023, the Kyrgyzstani fighter defeated Ji Yong Yang (5-0) by first spherical rear bare choke in the Road FC promotion in South Korea. In October of 2023, he stepped up in competitors again defeating Magomed Al-Abdullah (12-1-1) by second spherical rear bare choke in the UAE Warriors promotion in Abu Dhabi.
At 11-0, (*20*) made his Rizin debut in June of 2024 at Rizin 47. He defeated Koji Takeda (16-6) by first spherical rear bare choke. He returned in September of 2024 at Rizin 48 where he fought his most credentialed opponent in former Rizin and Bellator bantamweight champion Juan Archuleta (29-6). He received by first spherical armbar. He capped off his breakout 2024 12 months at the Rizin New Year’s Eve show with a second spherical TKO over Yuta Kubo.
This past May, (*20*) fought for the Rizin featherweight title against Brazilan Kleber Koike (35-7-1) and received by TKO in just 1:02 of the first spherical. He returned to the Rizin ring in September and defeated Viktor Kolesnik (26-4-1) in just 33 seconds of the first spherical. (*20*) is coming off headlining Rizin’s signature New Years Eve card where he defended his featherweight title for the second time. He defeated Mikuru Asakura (19-5) by first spherical TKO at the two:54 mark.
The youngest fighter on this listing at just 25-year-old, (*20*) has completed all 17 of his opponents with eleven submissions and six KO’s. In his three Rizin title fights, all in 2025, he fought for only 4:29 in complete.
10. Dakota Ditcheva (15-0, 10-0 PFL)
Ditcheva’s mom, Lisa Howarth, was a multiple-time world kickboxing champion. Ditcheva adopted in her mom’s footsteps getting into fight sports activities through kickboxing and muay thai. After a adorned early profession in the hanging arts, Ditcheva made her professional MMA debut in April of 2021. The British fighter went 5-0 on the regional scene before making her PFL debut in August of 2022. Ditcheva turned heads with a first-round knee to the liver KO in an undercard bout on the PFL Playoffs card. She returned in November of 2022 on the PFL Championships card and received again by first spherical knockout.
Ditcheva entered the first PFL Europe season in March of 2023 and earned her first and only submission victory with a first-round rear bare choke over Malin Hermansson. She returned in September in the semifinals with a third spherical KO over Cornelia Holm. She returned in December of 2023 to win the first PFL Europe title with a doctor stoppage victory at the end of the first spherical over Valentina Scatizzi. This earned Ditcheva $100,000 test and a spot in the 2024 PFL global season.
In the 2024 PFL season, Ditcheva received her two common season matchups in April and June with first spherical knockouts over Lisa Mauldin and Chelsea Hackett, respectively. The two first spherical knockouts earned Ditcheva the first seed going into the semifinals. Ditcheva confronted her hardest take a look at to date in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt Jenna Bishop. “Dangerous” Dakota handed with flying colours with another first spherical knockout.
In her 2024 PFL Championship combat, Ditcheva confronted by far her most skilled and hardest fighter in Taila Santos (22-3). Santos had fought Valentina Shevchenko to a break up resolution loss in 2022 in a UFC flyweight title combat. Going into the Ditcheva combat, Santos was widely thought of a top 5 flyweight in the world. Dicheva stopped Santos in the second spherical with physique photographs to win the one-million-dollar test, changing into PFL’s first flyweight champion.
After a very energetic 2024, Ditcheva wasn’t practically as energetic in 2025, having only fought once this past 12 months. Ditcheva defeated Sumiko Inaba by unanimous resolution in July.
Ditcheva was scheduled to face Denise Kielholtz in February but sadly had to pull out of the combat due to injury.
In a ladies’s flyweight division where the ending charge isn’t high, the 27-year-old Ditcheva has stopped 13 out of her 15 opponents, 12 by KO.
*Jon Jones (28-1, 22-1 UFC)
The youngest champ in UFC historical past, Jones would simply be at the top of this listing if it wasn’t for a disqualification loss to Matt Hamill in 2009. Jones was disqualified for a 12 to 6 downward elbow, a rule that was modified in 2024.
It’s price mentioning Jones right here, as many take into account him undefeated. The MMA GOAT has quite a few UFC information, the most spectacular being the most wins in UFC title fights, with 16. To put it in perspective, that’s one more title combat win than Khamzat Chimaev has professional fights.
Will we see Jones combat again? He has been campaigning to combat on the White House card in June. Will we see Jones have his first “real” loss before he calls it a profession for good?
Who will keep their O’s in 2026?
It always makes it more attention-grabbing when an “O” is on the road. After highlighting the careers of the top 20 undefeated blended martial artists, will probably be attention-grabbing to see which fighters will stay undefeated. Being undefeated makes a fighter more marketable, however, when fighters keep preventing the best in the world, there’s an elevated likelihood of shedding their O’s.
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