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UFC finish rate by round

In Round 1, 53% of UFC fights ended inside the distance. In Round 5 it is 11%.

How often a UFC fight ends before the final bell — knockouts and submissions together.
Computed from 8,760 fights · 5 rounds · updated 11 October 2026
Finish rate by round5 bars. Highest: Round 1 at 53% from 8,760 fights. The table below carries every value.0%15%30%45%60%Round 1: 53% (8,760 fights)Round 1Round 2: 35% (6,276 fights)Round 2Round 3: 16% (4,832 fights)Round 3Round 4: 22% (389 fights)Round 4Round 5: 11% (338 fights)Round 5
Finish rate by round · every value is in the table below, with the number of fights behind it.
RoundFinish rateFinishesFights
Round 153%4,6608,760
Round 235%2,1976,276
Round 316%7804,832
Round 422%87389
Round 511%37338
See also. This page is how often; these are the extremes on the same record: Latest finishes in UFC history
What counts. A finish is a knockout (KO/TKO, including a doctor’s stoppage) or a submission. A fight is a UFC bout on the official record with a result. Draws, no-contests and overturned results are excluded from every count on this page; disqualifications and could-not-continues are counted as fights, which is why the knockout, submission and decision shares do not add up to 100%. How this table is cut. Each row is the fights that REACHED that round, so the share is the chance of it happening once the round has started — not a share of all fights. A fight that went three rounds is counted in all three rows, which is why these do not add up. Check us. Every number here is recomputed from the official UFC statistical record on each build — nothing on this page is typed in by hand. Search every fight to filter the same record yourself, or start from the year-by-year archive.
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