10 longest losing streaks in UFC history

#3. Takanori Gomi - 5 fights

UFC record: 4-9-0

Overall record: 36-15-0

PRIDE legend Takanori Gomi finally made his long awaited UFC debut in 2010, arriving with a record of 31 wins and just 5 losses. Expectations were high. Unfortunately, his arrival would mark the beginning of the most disappointing stage of his storied career.

"The Fireball Kid" went 1-3-0 in his first four UFC appearances before putting together a pair of wins over Eiji Mitsuoka and Mac Danzig to give him his first consecutive victories in over 2 years. A split decision loss to Diego Sanchez put an end to any hope Gomi may have had of putting together a serious run toward the UFC lightweight title. A little over a year later Gomi picked up what would prove to be his final UFC victory, a unanimous decision win over Isaac Vallie-Flagg.

What followed was a run of bad results which would ultimately see Gomi released from the UFC. Five consecutive losses, all by first round knockout. Let that sink in.

Five first round KO losses in a row.

Gomi left the UFC and added a sixth first-round loss to his streak in his RIZIN debut, this time via submission before finally snapping his run of defeats with a first round KO win against Melvin Guillard (who was carrying his own 7 fight losing streak into the contest) at RIZIN 11 earlier this year.

#4. Rashad Evans - 5 fights

UFC record: 14-8-1

Overall record: 19-8-1

After starting his career with an impressive undefeated run which lasted 13 fights and included winning the second season of The Ultimate Fighter and capturing the UFC light heavyweight title, "Suga" Rashad Evans professional MMA career ended this year following a run of five consecutive losses.

Evans struggled with serious knee injuries which kept him out of the octagon for two years between 2013 and 2015. On his return to the sport, it was clear that something had changed for the former champion. Losses to Ryan Bader and Glover Teixera in his first two fights back in action left Evans looking for inspiration and a way to recapture his old form.

A brief stint at 185lbs failed to change Evans' luck as he added a pair of split decision losses to his record courtesy of Daniel Kelly and Sam Alvey. "Suga" made the decision to leave middleweight behind and head back to 205lbs for one final roll of the dice at UFC 225 against former middleweight Anthony Smith.

Sadly the former champion fell short once again, finding himself on the receiving end of a brutal first round knockout thanks to vicious knee just one minute into the opening round.

Without a win in five years and injuries having taken their toll on the 39-year-old's body, Evans made the difficult decision to hang up the gloves following his loss to Smith, explaining to Ariel Helwani that he just didn't feel the same way about the sport anymore.

“I’m gonna retire,” Evans said. “There’s just so much that goes into it all, but at one point in my life I felt as if fighting was everything. It was everything. I put life second, but now life is taking over and now fighting has become second. Competing in a sport like mixed martial arts where you have a lot of guys who haven’t been to the top of the mountain and haven’t experienced it the things that I’ve experienced, they’re really hungry for it.

“Me, I was just lukewarm. I’ve been through a lot in this sport. I’ve fought a lot of fights and I don’t look at the sport the same way.”