8 UFC Records That Will Be Broken (And 8 That Won't)
14. WON'T - Longest Single Title Reign
Record: Anderson Silva - 2,457 days
Next Best: Demetrious Johnson - 2,142 days
Anderson Silva's remarkable seven-year reign atop the middleweight division is one of the more incredible achievements in the sport, and one that few have even come close to in company history.
Beating Rich Franklin back in 2006 to capture his first piece of UFC gold, The Spider went on a spectacular run of ten successive title defences against some of the division's biggest names, including Dan Henderson, Demian Maia, Vitor Belfort and Chael Sonnen... twice!
It's easy to see why he's considered one of the greatest of all time, often putting in performances that looked like he was bored by the lack of competition.
His reign famously ended with one bit of showboating too many for the lanky Brazilian, being knocked out by Chris Weidman in 2013, but his place in history had already been booked.
In terms of competition to the record, only two other fighters have ever passed the 2,000 days mark. Demetrious Johnson came closest, dominating the Flyweight division that he helped start, but still fell short by nearly a full year after losing to Henry Cejudo.
Jon Jones probably should have already broken this record, if not for the tumultuous history out of the Octagon that cost him his first Light Heavyweight reign in 2015.
The longest active streak with any title is Amanda Nunes' Bantamweight reign, currently sitting at 1,278 days.