Fighting families: 36 sets of siblings to fight under the UFC banner

(Editor's note: This list originally published Aug. 4, 2022.)

For some, fighting is the family business.

We've seen siblings break into the UFC together or years apart, and there's been success ranging from championship caliber to irrelevant fizzles.

There's been nearly 40 pairs of siblings, including in-laws, to compete under the UFC banner.

Which other family duos have accomplished the feat? Check below for a complete list.

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Kamaru Usman and Mohammed Usman

Kamaru Usman

Kamaru Usman

UFC debut: July 12, 2015 (The Ultimate Fighter 21 Finale)

UFC record: 15-3

Mohammed Usman

UFC debut: Aug. 6, 2022 (UFC on ESPN 40)

UFC record: 3-2

(NOTE: Mohammad is the younger sibling)

Gilbert Burns and Herbert Burns

Gilbert Burns and Herbert Burns

Gilbert Burns

UFC debut: July 26, 2014 (UFC on FOX 12)

UFC record: 15-7

Herbert Burns

UFC debut: Jan. 25, 2020 (UFC Fight Night 166)

UFC record: 2-2

(NOTE: Herbert is the younger sibling)

Nick Diaz and Nate Diaz

Nate Diaz and Nick Diaz

Nick Diaz

UFC debut: Sept. 26, 2003 (UFC 44)

UFC record: 7-7 with one no contest

Nate Diaz

UFC debut: June 23, 2007 (The Ultimate Fighter 5 Finale)

UFC record: 16-11

(NOTE: Nate is the younger sibling)

Dan Miller and Jim Miller

Jim Miller

Dan Miller

UFC debut: Sept. 17, 2008 (UFC Fight Night 15)

UFC record: 6-7

Jim Miller

UFC debut: Oct. 18, 2008 (UFC 89)

UFC record: 26-17 with one no contest

(NOTE: Jim is the younger sibling)

Antonina Shevchenko and Valentina Shevchenko

Valentina Shevchenko, Antonina Shevchenko

Antonina Shevchenko

UFC debut: Nov. 30, 2018 (The Ultimate Fighter 28 Finale)

UFC record: 4-4

Valentina Shevchenko

UFC debut: Dec. 19, 2015 (UFC on FOX 17)

UFC record: 12-3-1

(NOTE: Valentina is the younger sibling)

Joe Lauzon and Dan Lauzon

Joe Lauzon

Joe Lauzon

UFC debut: Sept. 23, 2006 (UFC 63)

UFC record: 15-12

Dan Lauzon

UFC debut: Oct. 14, 2006 (UFC 64)

UFC record: 0-3

(NOTE: Dan is the younger sibling)

Ken Shamrock and Frank Shamrock

Frank Shamrock

Ken Shamrock

UFC debut: Nov. 12, 1993 (UFC 1)

UFC record: 9-6

Frank Shamrock

UFC debut: Dec. 21, 1997 (UFC 15.5)

UFC record: 5-0

(NOTE: Ken and Frank Shamrock are adoptive brothers; Frank is the younger sibling)

Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira

Antonio Rogerio Nogueira

Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira

UFC debut: July 7, 2007 (UFC 73)

UFC record: 5-6

Antonio Rogerio Nogueira

UFC debut: Nov. 21, 2009 (UFC 106)

UFC record: 6-7

(NOTE: The Nogueira brothers are twins)

Anthony Pettis and Sergio Pettis

Sergio Pettis and Anthony Pettis

Anthony Pettis

UFC debut: June 4, 2011 (The Ultimate Fighter 13 Finale)

UFC record: 11-9

Sergio Pettis

UFC debut: Nov. 16, 2013 (UFC 167)

UFC record: 9-5

(NOTE: Sergio is the younger sibling)

Junior Assuncao and Raphael Assuncao

Raphael Assuncao

Junior Assuncao

UFC debut: Oct. 14, 2006 (UFC 64)

UFC record: 2-3

Raphael Assuncao

UFC debut: March 19, 2011 (UFC 128)

UFC record: 12-7

(NOTE: Raphael is the younger sibling)

Matt Anderson and Jeremy Horn

Jeremy Horn

Matt Anderson

UFC debut: May 17, 1996 (UFC 9)

UFC record: 0-1

Jeremy Horn

UFC debut: May 15, 1998 (UFC 17)

UFC record: 6-7

(NOTE: Anderson and Horn are half-brothers; Jeremy is the younger sibling)

Matt Serra and Nick Serra

Matt Serra

Matt Serra

UFC debut: May 4, 2001 (UFC 31)

UFC record: 7-7

Nick Serra

UFC debut: June 22, 2002 (UFC 37.5)

UFC record: 0-1

(NOTE: Nick is the younger sibling)

Iuri Alcantara and Ildemar Alcantara

Iuri Alcantara

Iuri Alcantara

UFC debut: Aug. 27, 2011 (UFC 134)

UFC record: 10-7 with one no contest

Ildemar Alcantara

UFC debut: Jan. 19, 2013 (UFC on FX 7)

UFC record: 4-3

(NOTE: Ildemar is the younger sibling)

Jake Ellenberger and Joe Ellenberger

Jake Ellenberger

Jake Ellenberger

UFC debut: Sept. 16, 2009 (UFC Fight Night 19)

UFC record: 10-11

Joe Ellenberger

UFC debut: June 28, 2014

UFC record: 1-1

(NOTE: Jake and Joe are twins)

Danillo Villefort and Yuri Villefort

Danillo Villefort

Danillo Villefort

UFC debut: Aug. 8, 2009 (UFC 101)

UFC record: 0-1

Yuri Villefort

UFC debut: Feb. 23, 2013 (UFC 157)

UFC record: 0-2

(NOTE: Yuri is the younger sibling)

Jake Rosholt and Jared Rosholt

Jared Rosholt

Jake Rosholt

UFC debut: Feb. 7, 2009 (UFC Fight Night 17)

UFC record: 1-2

Jared Rosholt

UFC debut: Nov. 30, 2013 (The Ultimate Fighter 18 Finale)

UFC record: 6-2

(NOTE: Jared is the younger sibling)

Matt Hughes and Mark Hughes

Matt Hughes

Matt Hughes

UFC debut: Sept. 24, 1999

UFC record: 18-7

Mark Hughes

UFC debut: Nov. 17, 2000

UFC record: 1-0

(NOTE: Matt and Mark are twins)

Chris Camozzi and Brian Camozzi

Chris Camozzi

Chris Camozzi

UFC debut: June 19, 2010 (The Ultimate Fighter 11 Finale)

UFC record: 9-10

Brian Camozzi

UFC debut: Dec. 9, 2016 (UFC Fight Night 102)

UFC record: 0-3

(NOTE: Brian is the younger sibling)

Andre Roberts and Tyrone Roberts

Andre Roberts

UFC debut: May 15, 1998 (UFC 17)

UFC record: 2-1

Tyrone Roberts

UFC debut: June 9, 2000 (UFC 26)

UFC record: 1-0

(NOTE: Tyrone is the younger sibling)

Augusto Montano and Erick Montano

Augusto Montano

Augusto Montano

UFC debut: Nov. 15, 2014 (UFC 180)

UFC record: 1-2

Erick Montano

UFC debut: Nov. 21, 2015 (UFC Fight Night 78)

UFC record: 1-2

(NOTE: Erick is the younger sibling)

Daniel Teymur and David Teymur

David Teymur

Daniel Teymur

UFC debut: July 16, 2017 (UFC Fight Night 113)

UFC record: 1-4

David Teymur

UFC debut: Feb. 27, 2016 (UFC Fight Night 84)

UFC record: 5-1

(NOTE: David is the younger sibling)

Alex Reyes and Dominick Reyes

Dominick Reyes

Alex Reyes

Age: 35

UFC debut: Sept. 16, 2017 (UFC Fight Night 116)

UFC record: 0-2

Dominick Reyes

Age: 32

UFC debut: June 25, 2017 (UFC Fight Night 112)

UFC record: 7-4

(NOTE: Dominick is the younger sibling)

Ashkan Mokhtarian and Suman Mokhtarian

Ashkan Mokhtarian

Ashkan Mokhtarian

UFC debut: June 10, 2017 (UFC Fight Night 110)

UFC record: 0-3

Suman Mokhtarian

UFC debut: Dec. 1, 2018 (UFC Fight Night 142)

UFC record: 0-2

(NOTE: Suman is the younger sibling)

Abu Azaitar and Ottman Azaitar

Ottman Azaitar

Abu Azaitar

UFC debut: July 22, 2018 (UFC Fight Night 134)

UFC record: 1-2

Ottman Azaitar

UFC debut: Sept. 7, 2019 (UFC 242)

UFC record: 2-2

(NOTE: Ottman is the younger sibling)

Mizuki Inoue and Naoki Inoue

Naoki Inoue

Mizuki Inoue

UFC debut: Aug. 31, 2019 (UFC Fight Night 157)

UFC record: 1-1

Naoki Inoue

UFC debut: June 17, 2017 (UFC Fight Night 111)

UFC record: 1-1

(NOTE: Mizuki and Naoki are the first brother and sister in UFC history; Naoki is the younger subling)

Erick Silva and Gabriel Silva

Erick Silva

Erick Silva

UFC debut: Aug. 27, 2011 (UFC 134)

UFC record: 7-8

Gabriel Silva

UFC debut: July 20, 2019 (UFC on ESPN 4)

UFC record: 1-1

(NOTE: Gabriel is the younger sibling)

Chris Daukaus and Kyle Daukaus

Chris Daukaus

Chris Daukaus

UFC debut: Aug. 15, 2020 (UFC 252)

UFC record: 4-4

Kyle Daukaus

UFC debut: June 27, 2020 (UFC on ESPN 12)

UFC record: 2-3 with one no contest

(NOTE: Kyle is the younger sibling)

Deiveson Figueiredo and Francisco Figueiredo

Deiveson Figueiredo

Deiveson Figueiredo

UFC debut: June 3, 2017 (UFC 212)

UFC record: 13-3-1

Francisco Figueiredo

UFC debut: Jan. 20, 2021

UFC record: 2-1

(NOTE: Francisco is the younger sibling)

Orion Cosce and Louis Cosce

Orion Cosce

Orion Cosce

UFC debut: July 31, 2021 (UFC on ESPN 28)

UFC record: 1-2

Louis Cosce

UFC debut: Nov. 21, 2020 (UFC 255)

UFC record: 0-2

(NOTE: Louis is the younger sibling)

Stephen Thompson and Chris Weidman

Stephen Thompson

Stephen Thompson

UFC debut: Feb. 4, 2012 (UFC 143)

UFC record: 12-7-1

Chris Weidman

UFC debut: March 3, 2011 (UFC on VERSUS 3)

UFC record: 12-7

(NOTE: Thompson and Weidman are brothers-in-law; Weidman is the younger sibling)

Tyson Pedro and Tai Tuivasa

Tai Tuivasa

Tyson Pedro

UFC debut: Nov. 26, 2016 (UFC Fight Night 101)

UFC record: 6-5

Tai Tuivasa

UFC debut: Nov. 18, 2017 (UFC Fight Night 121)

UFC record: 8-7

(NOTE: Pedro and Tuivasa are brothers-in-law; Tuivasa is the younger sibling)

Jose Quinonez and Christian Quinonez

Jose Quinonez

UFC debut: Nov. 15, 2014 (UFC 180)

UFC record: 5-4

Christian Quinonez

UFC debut: Sept. 3, 2022 (UFC Fight Night 209)

UFC record: 1-2

(NOTE: Christian is the younger sibling)

Ismael Bonfim and Gabriel Bonfim

Gabriel and Ismael Bonfim

Ismael Bonfim

UFC debut: Jan. 21, 2023 (UFC 283)

UFC record: 2-1

Gabriel Bonfim

UFC debut: Jan. 21, 2023 (UFC 283)

UFC record: 3-1

(NOTE: Gabriel is the younger sibling)

Javid Basharat and Farid Basharat

Javid Basharat

Javid Basharat

UFC debut: March 12, 2023 (UFC Fight Night 203)

UFC record: 3-1 with one no contest

Farid Basharat

UFC debut: March 4, 2023 (UFC 285)

UFC record: 3-0

(NOTE: Farid is the younger sibling)

Junior Tafa and Justin Tafa

Justin Tafa

Justin Tafa

UFC debut: Oct. 5, 2019 (UFC 243)

UFC record: 3-1 with one no contest

Junior Tafa

UFC debut: April 22, 2023

UFC record: 4-4 with one no contest

(NOTE: Junior is the younger sibling)

Johnny Walker and Valter Walker

Valter Walker and Johnny Walker

Johnny Walker

UFC debut: Nov. 17, 2018 (UFC Fight Night 140)

UFC record: 7-6 with one no contest

Valter Walker

UFC debut: April 6, 2024 (UFC Fight Night 240)

UFC record: 0-1

(NOTE: Valter is the younger sibling)

Ilia Topuria and Aleksandre Topuria

Ilia Topuria

Ilia Topuria

UFC debut: Oct. 10, 2020 (UFC Fight Night 179)

UFC record: 7-0

Aleksandre Topuria

UFC debut: TBD

UFC record: 0-0

(NOTE: Ilia is the younger sibling)

This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: Fighting families: 36 sets of siblings to fight under the UFC banner