Yes, clearly: when both fighters were finishers, 64.4% of UFC fights ended inside the distance, against 53.2% of all UFC fights and 30.7% between two decision winners.
Styles make fights, and a fighter's record of finishing carries over. Two finishers make a stoppage more likely than the average fight, and two fighters who usually go the distance make one less likely.
Correlation is not causation. Finishing records also track weight class: heavier divisions finish more fights, so part of this is which division the fight is in.
The most recent UFC fights counted in the headline row (two finishers).
| Group | Fights | Win rate | 95% range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Two finishers (headline) | 550 | 64.4% | 60.3 to 68.3% |
| A finisher and a decision winner | 443 | 48.8% | 44.1 to 53.4% |
| Two decision winners | 238 | 30.7% | 25.2 to 36.8% |
| Years | Fights | Win rate | 95% range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 to 2005 | 30 | 70.0% | 52.1 to 83.3% |
| 2006 to 2015 | 168 | 65.5% | 58.0 to 72.2% |
| 2016 to today | 352 | 63.4% | 58.2 to 68.2% |
Every UFC bout on the official statistical record from 11 March 1994 to 10 October 2026 that had a winner. Draws, no-contests and overturned results are left out of every count. Both fighters need at least 3 UFC wins before the bout. A finisher won at least two thirds of them inside the distance; a decision winner won at most a third that way; anyone in between is left out. A finish is a KO, TKO, doctor's stoppage or submission. The comparison line is every UFC fight with a winner.
Anything built from a fighter's history (debuts, runs, breaks, previous meetings) only looks at UFC bouts dated before the fight, and leaves out the few names the register holds for two different fighters. A row needs at least 30 fights to be drawn or quoted; smaller rows are listed as too few to call. The 95% range is a Wilson interval: where the true rate probably sits, given how many fights there are.