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UFC first-round finish rate by era

Name: UFC first-round finish rate by era
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In 1994–2000, 70% of UFC fights ended in the first round. In 2020–2026 it is 25%. The high is 70% in 1994–2000; the low 25% in 2013–2019.

How often a UFC fight is over inside one round.

Computed from 8,760 fights · 5 eras · updated 11 October 2026

First-round finish rate by era · every value is in the table below, with the number of fights behind it.

Era	R1 finish rate	First-round finishes	Fights
1994–2000	70%	168	240
2001–2005	40%	100	248
2006–2012	31%	508	1,619
2013–2019	25%	818	3,238
2020–2026	25%	869	3,415

What counts. A first-round finish is a knockout or submission the official record places in round one. 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. Five eras: the no-rules years, the Zuffa reboot, the boom, the expansion decade and the current one. 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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