10 longest losing streaks in UFC history

UFC 182: Lombard v Burkman
UFC 182: Lombard v Burkman

#9. Phil Baroni - 6 fights

Phil Baroni
Phil Baroni

UFC record: 3-7-0

Overall record: 16-18-0

"The New York Badass" Phil Baroni is pretty unique compared to the majority of this list. Where most fighters in this top 10 started off building a strong record before suffering a sharp decline at the end of their careers, Baroni had what could only be described as a consistently inconsistent career.

Making his promotional debut at UFC 30 in just his second professional fight, Baroni won three of his first four contests before losing four straight fights. A unanimous decision loss to Matt Lindland at UFC 41 was followed by a pair of defeats to Evan Tanner before Pete Sell put a temporary end to Baroni's UFC career with a third round guillotine.

A stint in PRIDE, a couple of appearances in Strikeforce and a handful of fights in smaller promotions ultimately paved the way for Baroni making his UFC return in November 2009. "The New York Badass" was welcomed back to the promotion by the comparatively inexperienced Amir Sadollah (1-1-0) who went on to claim a unanimous decision win, leaving Baroni with five straight UFC losses. A little over a year passed before Baroni fought again, facing the undefeated prospect Brad Tavares in January 2011. Despite the disparity in their experience levels, the fight went as many predicted with Tavares finishing Baroni 4 minutes in to the first round to leave the New York native with six straight UFC losses and once again cut loose by the promotion.


#10. Hector Lombard - 6 fights (and counting)

Hector Lombard
Hector Lombard

UFC record: 3-8-0 (1 no contest)

Overall record: 34-10-1

Hector Lombard's current predicament is a far cry from the early days of his career. Undefeated in 25 fights between November 2006 and July 2012, Lombard arrived in the UFC with high expectations and a fearsome reputation. What followed could only be described as disappointing. A split decision loss to Tim Boetsch in his UFC debut started a four fight period of alternating losses and wins before Lombard appeared to be finding his feet, putting together his first pair of consecutive victories since joining the promotion. Was Lombard about to fulfill his potential?

No.

A no contest against Josh Burkman followed before the Cuban kicked off his current run of six consecutive losses, three of which have come via stoppage. In 2018 alone, Lombard has added two additional losses to his record. A disqualification for late punches at the end of the first round of his fight with CB Dolloway at UFC 222 was followed by a unanimous decision loss to Thales Leites at UFC Sao Paulo to leave the 40-year-old tied for the most consecutive losses in UFC history.

While Lombard doesn't currently have a fight booked, he is still technically part of the UFC roster, for now at least. At 40 years old and without a win in the last four years, Lombard may not get another chance to add a final W to his UFC record.

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