Question for stat lovers: who has highest winning % in UFC (min. 10 fights) & never won a belt?

[Straatblaffer]

In his last 10, Do Bronx is 9-1, so 90%..

 

[DS66]

Excluding anyone who has won a UFC belt, interim belt, or tournament champ. Min 10 UFC fights.

Leon Edwards: 10-2 (83.3%)
Francis Ngannou: 10-2 (83.3%)
Santiago Ponzinibbio: 9-2 (81.8%)
Gilbert Burns: 12-3 (80%)
Vicente Luque: 12-3 (80%)
Yair Rodriguez: 8-1-1 (80%)
Kevin Holland: 8-2 (80%)
Aljamain Sterling: 11-3 (78.6%)
Jon Fitch: 14-3-1 (77.8%)
Ryan Bader: 15-5 (75%)
Curtis Blaydes: 9-2-1 (75%) - He has one W that was overturned to a NC due to a positive marijuana test. Counting that as a W, he'd be tied at the top with Leon and Francis.
Joe Benavidez: 14-5 (73.7%)

This type of stat definitely favors younger/current fighters, who haven't fought long at the top levels yet or haven't declined out of their prime. Guys like Yoel, Jacare, Gus, Wonderboy, Rory, etc were all elite fighters who never won belts, however they had a couple more losses cause they fought more title fights at the top and hung around longer and had losses after their prime.

 

[Zebra Cheeks]

Excluding anyone who has won a UFC belt, interim belt, or tournament champ. Min 10 UFC fights.

Leon Edwards: 10-2 (83.3%)
Francis Ngannou: 10-2 (83.3%)
Yair Rodriguez: 8-1-1 (80%)
Gilbert Burns: 12-3 (80%)
Vicente Luque: 12-3 (80%)
Aljamain Sterling: 11-3 (78.6%)
Jon Fitch: 14-3-1 (77.8%)
Curtis Blaydes: 9-2-1 (75%) - He has one W that was overturned to a NC due to a positive marijuana test. Counting that as a W, he'd be tied at the top with Leon and Francis.
Elias Theodoreau: 9-3 (75%)
Joe Benavidez: 14-5 (73.7%)

This type of stat definitely favors younger/current fighters, who haven't fought long at the top levels yet or haven't declined out of their price. Guys like Yoel, Jacare, Gus, Wonderboy, Rory, etc were all elite fighters who never won belts, however they had a couple more losses cause they fought more title fights at the top and hung around longer and had losses after their prime.

Yup, exactly. A lot of dudes I looked at went on gnarly slides at the end like koscheck and Hendricks. They had great blocks of success though

 

[Zebra Cheeks]

Ryan bader was 16-5 in the ufc

 

[MMAProfessional]

Not sure... but John Fitch during his permanent #2 to GSP run has to be near the top. Dude was 12-1 in the UFC at one point.

13-1

 

[mjfan23]

Cowboy

 

[sampuncher]

That would make him 80% winning percentage. Below Francis, Tony and Leon.

Yeah I was just finding some other cool ones, I thought i had it with Ortega aswell but hes 8-1-1 again

 

[DS66]

Ponzi is 9-2 and will likely join Francis and Leon in the 10-2 club after he beats the Leech next weekend.

 

[Mohawk Banditó]

I think we've found sort of the golden ratio for non-title/tournament winners with the 5/6. Im pretty sure anyone above that has won some sort of gold, unless there's another fighter with 11 wins in 13 fights

 

[bleeder]

razor blaydes

 

[sampuncher]

Cowboy

He has 11 losses.

 

[Daelh]

Some other guys:
Kevin Holland 8-2
Derek Brunson 15-6
Sean Strickland 9-3
Michel Prazeres 10-3
Santiago Ponzinibbio 9-2
Rob Font 8-3
Brandon Moreno 7-2-2
Beneil Dariush 13-4-1
Francisco Trinaldo 16-6
Elizeu dos Santos 8-3
Belal Muhammad 8-3

 

[AmericanUppercut]

10-2 seems to be the mark to beat.
Unless that is Francis + Leon = final answer

Side note, freaking Oliveira has 27 UFC fights
all UFC since 2010!
19-8.
Dude is LONG TIME warrior.

 

[sampuncher]

Ponzi is 9-2 and will likely join Francis and Leon in the 10-2 club after he beats the Leech next weekend.

If we can be really cheeky and include contender series fights then Kevin Holland is 10-2 aswell I think

 

[mjfan23]

He has 11 losses.

Yes but he has 500+ wins. Dana and Joe said he’s the winningest fighter ever.