Conquest

Beat a fighter and they are yours, with everyone they held; lose and it all passes to whoever beat you. The rules

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The biggest empire Islam Makhachev 29-1 · Welterweight 4,844fighters held · 2.6% of 187,584 2010 to today, peak 4,846 Unbeaten since17 Sep 2016 17 wins Last takeoverIan Machado Garry 33 taken · 15 Aug 2026 Best holdingCarlos Prates 2,274 Elo

The map

The 20 biggest empires drawn to scale against each other; every fighter is one unit of land. Hover a block, click for the holdings.
Islam Makhachev: 4,844 fighters, 2.6% of the board Islam Makhachev 4,844 Khabib Nurmagomedov: 4,722 fighters, 2.5% of the board Khabib Nurmagomedov 4,722 Petr Yan: 2,999 fighters, 1.6% of the board Petr Yan 2,999 Georges St-Pierre: 2,776 fighters, 1.5% of the board Georges St-Pierre 2,776 Francis NGannou: 2,649 fighters, 1.4% of the board Francis NGannou 2,649 Ciryl Gane: 1,585 fighters, 0.8% of the board Ciryl Gane 1,585 Jon Jones: 1,525 fighters, 0.8% of the board Jon Jones 1,525 Sean Strickland: 1,406 fighters, 0.7% of the board Strickland 1,406 Joshua Van: 1,370 fighters, 0.7% of the board Van 1,370 Yadong Song: 1,363 fighters, 0.7% of the board Song 1,363 Usman Nurmagomedov: 1,024 fighters, 0.5% of the board Nurmagomedov 1,024 Vadim Nemkov: 793 fighters, 0.4% of the board Nemkov 793 Arman Tsarukyan: 751 fighters, 0.4% of the board Tsarukyan 751 Abubakar Vagaev: 735 fighters, 0.4% of the board Vagaev 735 Elbek Alyshov: 691 fighters, 0.4% of the board Alyshov 691 Ramazan Kuramagomedov: 673 fighters, 0.4% of the board Kuramagomedov 673 Valentina Shevchenko: 664 fighters, 0.4% of the board Shevchenko 664 Movlid Khaybulaev: 583 fighters, 0.3% of the board 583 Amanda Nunes: 536 fighters, 0.3% of the board 536 Costello van Steenis: 532 fighters, 0.3% of the board 532
These 20 hold 17.2% of the 187,584 fighters on the board; the rest is in 49,332 smaller holdings.

The empires

The 50 biggest of 49,352 holdings
#Owner Held Share Run Since Last takeover Best holding Most ever
1 Islam Makhachev29-1 · Welterweight 4,844 2.6% 17W 17 Sep 2016 Ian Machado Garry 33 Carlos Prates 2,274 4,846
2 Khabib Nurmagomedov29-0 · Lightweight 4,722 2.5% 29W 13 Sep 2008 Justin Gaethje 452 Kenny Florian 1,820 4,768
3 Petr Yan20-5 · Bantamweight 2,999 1.6% 4W 9 Mar 2024 Merab Dvalishvili 2,624 Merab Dvalishvili 2,175 3,009
4 Georges St-Pierre26-2 · Middleweight 2,776 1.5% 13W 25 Aug 2007 Michael Bisping 1,215 Dan Henderson 1,983 2,800
5 Francis NGannou19-3 · Heavyweight 2,649 1.4% 8W 24 Nov 2018 Philipe Lins 9 Daniel Cormier 2,234 2,651
6 Ciryl Gane14-2 (1) · Heavyweight 1,585 0.8% 3W 2 Sep 2023 Alex Pereira 1,584 Alex Pereira 2,198 1,586
7 Jon Jones28-1 (1) · Heavyweight 1,525 0.8% 19W 21 Mar 2010 Stipe Miocic 1 Ciryl Gane 2,241 1,528
8 Sean Strickland31-7 · Middleweight 1,406 0.7% 2W 21 Feb 2026 Khamzat Chimaev 1,250 Khamzat Chimaev 2,291 1,411
9 Joshua Van18-2 · Flyweight 1,370 0.7% 8W 14 Sep 2024 Tatsuro Taira 116 Alexandre Pantoja 2,005 1,375
10 Yadong Song24-9-1 (1) · Bantamweight 1,363 0.7% 2W 30 May 2026 Umar Nurmagomedov 1,363 Mario Bautista 2,089 1,364
11 Usman Nurmagomedov23-0 (1) · Lightweight 1,024 0.5% 23W 26 Mar 2017 Archie Colgan 351 Paul Hughes 2,003 1,027
12 Vadim Nemkov21-2 (1) · Heavyweight 793 0.4% 14W 17 Jun 2016 Renan Ferreira 1 Corey Anderson 2,191 803
13 Arman Tsarukyan24-3 · Lightweight 751 0.4% 6W 17 Dec 2022 Mauricio Ruffy 67 Olivier Aubin-Mercier 2,043 751
14 Abubakar Vagaev25-4 · Welterweight 735 0.4% 4W 2 Sep 2023 Saygid Izagakhmaev 1 Phil De Fries 2,121 745
15 Elbek Alyshov11-0 · Featherweight 691 0.4% 11W 14 Oct 2017 Enkh-Orgil Baatarkhuu 664 Fabricio de Andrade 1,795 692
16 Ramazan Kuramagomedov14-0 · Welterweight 673 0.4% 14W 30 Aug 2014 Shamil Musaev 381 Yaroslav Amosov 2,124 674
17 Valentina Shevchenko26-4-1 · Women's flyweight 664 0.4% 3W 14 Sep 2024 Weili Zhang 411 Weili Zhang 1,896 666
18 Movlid Khaybulaev23-0-1 (2) · Featherweight 583 0.3% 23W 22 Oct 2011 Tae Kyun Kim 3 Aliyar Sarkerov 1,773 626
19 Amanda Nunes23-5 · Women's bantamweight 536 0.3% 2W 30 Jul 2022 Irene Aldana 29 Cris Cyborg 1,937 548
20 Costello van Steenis18-3 · Middleweight 532 0.3% 4W 17 May 2024 Fabian Edwards 83 Johnny Eblen 2,043 540
21 Olivier Aubin-Mercier23-5 · Lightweight 527 0.3% 10W 10 Jun 2021 Clay Collard 15 Zabit Magomedsharipov 1,955 550
22 Magomedrasul Khasbulaev34-8 · Featherweight 472 0.3% 6W 16 Nov 2018 Ramazan Kishev 96 Salman Zhamaldaev 1,755 498
23 Rafael Lovato Jr.11-0 · Middleweight 456 0.2% 11W 26 Sep 2014 Taiga Iwasaki 8 Jay Hieron 1,691 473
24 Tom Aspinall15-3 (1) · Heavyweight 434 0.2% 3W 22 Jul 2023 Curtis Blaydes 93 Walt Harris 1,700 453
25 Anatoly Malykhin15-1 · Heavyweight 426 0.2% 1W 15 May 2026 Oumar Kane 427 Vadim Nemkov 2,264 427
26 Movsar Evloev20-0 · Featherweight 418 0.2% 20W 25 Nov 2014 Lerone Murphy 283 Aljamain Sterling 2,144 422
27 Magomedrasul Gasanov23-2 · Middleweight 416 0.2% 18W 7 May 2016 Albert Tumenov 2 Ruslan Shamilov 1,990 424
28 Justin Gaethje28-5 · Lightweight 415 0.2% 3W 8 Mar 2025 Ilia Topuria 343 Charles Oliveira 2,355 454
29 Razhabali Shaydullaev20-0 · Featherweight 383 0.2% 20W 23 Mar 2019 AJ McKee Jr. 128 AJ McKee Jr. 2,046 383
30 Magomed Magomedkerimov35-6 · Welterweight 379 0.2% 6W 1 Jul 2022 Sadibou Sy 346 Magomedrasul Gasanov 2,116 401
31 Pavel Andrusca9-0 · Featherweight 363 0.2% 9W 13 Mar 2021 Nathaniel Wood 333 Losene Keita 1,920 365
32 Eduard Vartanyan28-4 · Welterweight 345 0.2% 11W 10 Nov 2018 Uzair Abdurakov 1 Yusuf Raisov 1,914 354
33 Josiel Silva24-7 (1) · Bantamweight 344 0.2% 6W 26 Jan 2024 Renat Ondar 11 Osimkhon Rakhmonov 1,795 346
34 Corey Anderson23-6 (1) · Light Heavyweight 328 0.2% 4W 16 Jun 2023 Dovlet Yagshimuradov 149 Denis Goltsov 1,995 339
35 Paweł Pawlak26-4-1 · Middleweight 324 0.2% 12W 8 Jun 2019 Mamed Khalidov 213 Salahdine Parnasse 2,117 326
36 Nassourdine Imavov17-4 (1) · Middleweight 324 0.2% 5W 3 Feb 2024 Caio Borralho 151 Caio Borralho 2,001 330
37 Anatoly Kondratiev13-4 · Flyweight 319 0.2% 5W 24 Dec 2023 Azamat Pshukov 141 Aren Akopyan 1,810 322
38 Phil De Fries29-6 (1) · Heavyweight 302 0.2% 17W 27 Oct 2017 Marcin Wójcik 25 Štefan Vojčák 1,877 308
39 Avazbek Kholmirzaev17-2 · Bantamweight 286 0.2% 8W 6 Dec 2024 Yuya Wakamatsu 241 Joshua Pacio 1,886 290
40 Akbar Abdullaev14-0 · Lightweight 279 0.1% 14W 24 Oct 2020 Ednilson Santos 2 Kai Tang 1,914 285
41 Abdulmalik Mugidinov10-2 · Featherweight 278 0.1% 6W 21 Aug 2022 Khabib Bulachov 95 Artur Soloviev 1,759 279
42 Evgeny Goncharov24-3 (1) · Heavyweight 275 0.1% 9W 19 Dec 2020 Jailton Almeida 1 Alikhan Vakhaev 1,927 276
43 Farid Basharat16-0 · Bantamweight 273 0.1% 16W 14 Apr 2018 John Garza 12 Taylor Lapilus 1,980 275
44 Abdul-Aziz Abdulvakhabov22-2 · Lightweight 265 0.1% 7W 16 Feb 2019 Ali Bagov 44 Daud Shaikhaev 1,971 270
45 Muslim Magomedov17-0 · Light Heavyweight 262 0.1% 17W 4 Mar 2017 Elmar Gasanov 25 Elmar Gasanov 1,848 262
46 Cris Cyborg30-2 (1) · Women's catchweight 250 0.1% 10W 27 Jul 2019 Ketlen Vieira 46 Kayla Harrison 1,918 250
47 Pat Sabatini22-5 · Featherweight 219 0.1% 4W 12 Oct 2024 William Gomis 147 Joanderson Brito 1,947 223
48 Manel Kape23-7 · Flyweight 211 0.1% 4W 14 Dec 2024 Kyoji Horiguchi 90 Kyoji Horiguchi 1,989 441
49 Christian Lee18-4 (1) · Welterweight 195 0.1% 3W 26 Aug 2022 Alibeg Rasulov 67 Cezary Oleksiejczuk 1,891 196
50 Aung La N Sang31-15 (1) · Light Heavyweight 195 0.1% 1W 3 Oct 2025 Zebaztian Kadestam 199 Roberto Soldić 1,915 199

Biggest takeovers

The most land to change hands in one night
  1. Khabib Nurmagomedov took Conor McGregor 6 Oct 2018 · Sub R4 · empire of 3,797 3,120taken
  2. Islam Makhachev took Jack Della Maddalena 15 Nov 2025 · Dec · empire of 4,830 3,063taken
  3. Jack Della Maddalena took Belal Muhammad 10 May 2025 · Dec · empire of 3,066 3,012taken
  4. Petr Yan took Merab Dvalishvili 6 Dec 2025 · Dec · empire of 3,009 2,624taken
  5. Belal Muhammad took Leon Edwards 27 Jul 2024 · Dec · empire of 3,023 2,495taken
  6. Merab Dvalishvili took Sean O'Malley 14 Sep 2024 · Dec · empire of 2,460 2,266taken
  7. Leon Edwards took Kamaru Usman 20 Aug 2022 · KO/TKO R5 · empire of 2,514 2,238taken
  8. Eddie Alvarez took Rafael dos Anjos 7 Jul 2016 · KO/TKO R1 · empire of 2,101 2,100taken
  9. Conor McGregor took Eddie Alvarez 12 Nov 2016 · KO/TKO R2 · empire of 3,148 2,094taken
  10. Stipe Miocic took Daniel Cormier 17 Aug 2019 · KO/TKO R4 · empire of 2,075 2,075taken
  11. Francis NGannou took Stipe Miocic 27 Mar 2021 · KO/TKO R2 · empire of 2,258 2,069taken
  12. Sean O'Malley took Aljamain Sterling 19 Aug 2023 · KO/TKO R2 · empire of 2,222 2,049taken

Biggest empires ever

The most anyone held at once
  1. 1 Islam Makhachev15 Aug 2026 · holds 4,844 today 4,846
  2. 2 Khabib Nurmagomedov24 Oct 2020 · holds 4,722 today 4,768
  3. 3 Conor McGregor12 Nov 2016 · holds 0 today 3,148
  4. 4 Jack Della Maddalena10 May 2025 · holds 0 today 3,066
  5. 5 Belal Muhammad27 Jul 2024 · holds 0 today 3,023
  6. 6 Petr Yan6 Dec 2025 · holds 2,999 today 3,009
  7. 7 Georges St-Pierre4 Nov 2017 · holds 2,776 today 2,800
  8. 8 Francis NGannou19 Oct 2024 · holds 2,649 today 2,651
  9. 9 Merab Dvalishvili18 Jan 2025 · holds 0 today 2,630
  10. 10 Leon Edwards20 Aug 2022 · holds 0 today 2,514

Recent takeovers

Fifty or more changing hands
  1. Arman Tsarukyan took Mauricio Ruffy19 Sep 2026 · now holds 751 67taken
  2. Marlon Vera took Charles Jourdain19 Sep 2026 · now holds 56 56taken
  3. Rongzhu took Rafa García12 Sep 2026 · now holds 153 148taken
  4. Brandon Moreno took Joseph Morales12 Sep 2026 · now holds 78 78taken
  5. Razhabali Shaydullaev took AJ McKee Jr.10 Sep 2026 · now holds 383 128taken
  6. Pavel Andrusca took Nathaniel Wood5 Sep 2026 · now holds 365 333taken
  7. Yadong Song took Umar Nurmagomedov29 Aug 2026 · now holds 1,364 1,363taken
  8. Rei Tsuruya took Kevin Borjas29 Aug 2026 · now holds 64 62taken