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He may not have reached Antonio McKee levels* yet, but Jon Fitch has certainly attracted an unwanted reputation for taking fights to the scorecards. When he faces Thiago Alves at UFC 117, he has the opportunity to break the record for most decision fights in the Octagon by an active UFC fighter. (Update: And he’s done it.) Check out the list below to see who’s currently leading the UFC in fights that go the distance. As with our performance bonus leaderboard, we’ll update this thing whenever possible; if we’ve missed any names that should be on the list, please let us know in the comments section…

Fighters With 11 Decisions in the UFC
Jon Fitch: 9-1-1 in those fights

Fighters With 10 Decisions in the UFC
Diego Sanchez: 7-3; last three fights have gone to decision
Tyson Griffin: 6-4
Tito Ortiz: 5-4-1
Sam Stout: 5-5

Fighters With 9 Decisions in the UFC
Georges St. Pierre: 9-0; last four fights have gone to decision
Gleison Tibau: 6-3
Matt Serra: 4-5
Stephan Bonnar: 4-5; last two fights have gone to decision

Fighters With 8 Decisions in the UFC
Gray Maynard: 7-0-1
Rashad Evans: 7-0-1
Frank Edgar: 6-1-1
Sean Sherk: 6-2; last three fights have gone to decision
Yushin Okami: 6-2
Josh Koscheck: 5-3
Clay Guida: 4-4; last two fights have gone to decision
Spencer Fisher: 4-4
BJ Penn: 1-5-2; last two fights have gone to decision

Fighters With 7 Decisions in the UFC
Forrest Griffin: 6-1
Thiago Tavares: 4-2-1
Demian Maia: 4-3; last seven fights have gone to decision
Rick Story: 4-3; last four fights have gone to decision
Matt Wiman: 4-3; last three fights have gone to decision
Michael Bisping: 4-3
Cheick Kongo: 3-3-1
Jeremy Stephens: 3-4; last two fights have gone to decision
Dan Miller: 2-5; last three fights have gone to decision
Nate Diaz: 2-5

Fighters With 6 Decisions in the UFC
Jacob Volkmann: 5-1; last five fights have gone to decision
Lyoto Machida: 5-1
Nik Lentz: 4-1-1
Martin Kampmann: 4-2; last four fights have gone to decision
Quinton Jackson: 4-2
Jim Miller: 4-2
Mike Pierce: 3-3; last three fights have gone to decision
Brandon Vera: 3-3
Yves Edwards: 3-3
Paul Taylor: 2-4

* Of course, Antonio McKee (26-4-2, 22 total decisions) isn’t even close to being the overall active decision leader in MMA; he’s just one of the guys we like to rag on the most. From what we can gather, the two active fighters who have seen the most judges’ decisions in their careers are Keiichiro Yamamiya (42-27-10, 52 total decisions) and Shonie Carter (50-28-7, 49 total decisions).

Last updated: 1/29/12