10 Longest-Tenured UFC Veterans Right Now

In a sport that can wear the body down in a hurry, not many MMA fighters have the durability to last more than a decade at the highest level.
The remaining The Ultimate Fighter 1 participants are six months away from reaching that milestone, but t…

In a sport that can wear the body down in a hurry, not many MMA fighters have the durability to last more than a decade at the highest level.

The remaining The Ultimate Fighter 1 participants are six months away from reaching that milestone, but they are dropping quickly. Forrest Griffin, Stephan Bonnar, Kenny Florian and Chris Leben have all been removed from the UFC roster over recent years, leaving Diego Sanchez, Josh Koscheck and Mike Swick as the only three TUFcompetitors remaining.

Where do Sanchez, Koscheck and Swick rank among the longest-tenured UFC fighters going? Based on time competing under the UFC banner without appearing in another organization, here are the top 10 contracted UFC fighters who have been with the promotion the longest.

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