8 UFC Records That Will Be Broken (And 8 That Won't)
11. WILL - Most Pay-Per-View Main Events
Record: Randy Couture - 18
Next Best: Anderson Silva - 17
Another record in the books for The Natural Randy Couture, but unlike his first entry on this list, this is a record that won't be standing within the next 18 months to two years.
Couture celebrated his very first PPV main event by capturing his first of five UFC Championships in 1997, capping off the company's first Japanese show. He would go on to headline an astonishing 17 more pay-per-views across his storied career, with the last of those coming at UFC 109 in 2010.
What makes that achievement so remarkable is that there was a 13-year gap between his first and last main event, the latter coming when Couture was just shy of his 47th birthday!
While Anderson Silva is just one behind, it would appear that the Spider's main event days are over, headlining just one PPV in the last five years - which in itself was only by default when Robert Whittaker had to pull out of his UFC 234 title defence, allowing Silva to move up into the headlining position.
The real threat comes from Jon Jones, who sits four behind Couture with 14 under the belt. Still just 32 years of age, it's hard to see Jones not headlining any show he appears on, especially with the Light Heavyweight Championship still firmly around his waist.
Look for Jones to equal, then knock this one off, in the next two years.