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Most head kick knockouts in UFC history

Donald Cerrone holds the UFC record for most head kick knockouts with 7 head kick KO/TKOs.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

#FighterHead kick KO/TKOsFights
1 Donald Cerrone 7 38
2 Vitor Belfort 4 26
3 Lyoto Machida 3 24
3 Daron Cruickshank 3 13
3 Marlon Vera 3 27
6 Yves Edwards 2 21
6 Paul Taylor 2 9
6 Anthony Johnson 2 19
6 Stephen Thompson 2 22
6 TJ Dillashaw 2 18
6 Nikita Krylov 2 22
6 Vitor Miranda 2 7
6 Thiago Santos 2 24
6 Holly Holm 2 16
6 Robert Whittaker 2 25
6 Magomed Ankalaev 2 17
6 Ignacio Bahamondes 2 11
6 Muslim Salikhov 2 15
6 Roman Kopylov 2 13
20 Pete Williams 1 8
20 Pat Miletich 1 10
20 Chuck Liddell 1 23
20 Tim Sylvia 1 13
20 Brandon Vera 1 16
20 Jon Fitch 1 18
20 Georges St-Pierre 1 22
20 Alan Belcher 1 15
20 Rashad Evans 1 23
20 Gabriel Gonzaga 1 22
20 Cole Miller 1 20
20 Josh Koscheck 1 25
20 Rory Markham 1 3
20 Alessio Sakara 1 15
20 Terry Etim 1 11
20 Matt Hamill 1 15
20 Anderson Silva 1 25
20 Edson Barboza 1 33
20 Anthony Pettis 1 20
20 Justin Lawrence 1 3
20 Andrew Craig 1 7
20 Ben Alloway 1 3
20 Josh Thomson 1 7
20 Junior Dos Santos 1 23
20 Robbie Lawler 1 25
20 Travis Browne 1 17
20 Jeremy Stephens 1 36
20 Luke Barnatt 1 6
20 Albert Tumenov 1 8
20 Louis Smolka 1 17
20 Marcus Brimage 1 8
20 Josh Samman 1 5
20 Dan Hooker 1 25
20 Shawn Jordan 1 10
20 Mairbek Taisumov 1 9
20 Oluwale Bamgbose 1 5
20 Yair Rodriguez 1 16
20 Magnus Cedenblad 1 6
20 Marcin Tybura 1 25
20 Paige VanZant 1 9
20 Nate Marquardt 1 25
20 Lando Vannata 1 14
20 Darren Elkins 1 31
20 Anthony Smith 1 25
20 Humberto Bandenay 1 4
20 Ovince Saint Preux 1 28
20 Ryan Benoit 1 9
20 Nordine Taleb 1 12
20 Rob Font 1 21
20 Jacare Souza 1 16
20 Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos 1 18
20 Marlon Moraes 1 11
20 Dustin Ortiz 1 14
20 Eryk Anders 1 20
20 Geoff Neal 1 14
20 Nik Lentz 1 25
20 Anthony Rocco Martin 1 15
20 Don Madge 1 2
20 Megan Anderson 1 6
20 Jairzinho Rozenstruik 1 15
20 Julio Arce 1 10
20 Aleksandar Rakic 1 12
20 Valentina Shevchenko 1 19
20 Amanda Nunes 1 18
20 Hakeem Dawodu 1 10
20 Niko Price 1 22
20 Kevin Lee 1 19
20 Edmen Shahbazyan 1 16
20 Petr Yan 1 16
20 Randy Costa 1 6
20 Ludovit Klein 1 13
20 Luigi Vendramini 1 4
20 Cory Sandhagen 1 17
20 Adrian Yanez 1 11
20 Giga Chikadze 1 13
20 Alessio Di Chirico 1 11
20 Rose Namajunas 1 19
20 Cheyanne Vlismas 1 4
20 Melsik Baghdasaryan 1 6
20 Abdul Razak Alhassan 1 14
20 Chris Barnett 1 6
20 Rafael Fiziev 1 13
20 Justin Tafa 1 10
20 Shavkat Rakhmonov 1 7
20 Michael Chandler 1 8
20 Bryan Battle 1 9
20 Leon Edwards 1 20
20 Alex Caceres 1 30
20 Ian Machado Garry 1 12
20 Joaquin Buckley 1 18
20 Justin Gaethje 1 16
20 Islam Makhachev 1 19
20 Benoit Saint Denis 1 13
20 Esteban Ribovics 1 9
20 Alex Pereira 1 13
20 Shi Ming 1 1
20 Mauricio Ruffy 1 7
20 Carli Judice 1 5
20 Fatima Kline 1 5
20 Quillan Salkilld 1 6
20 Bo Nickal 1 7
20 Melquizael Costa 1 10
20 Paulo Costa 1 12
20 Ketlen Souza 1 8
20 Muhammad Said 1 1
20 Julia Polastri 1 6
20 Andre Fili 1 28
20 Otari Tanzilovi 1 2

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How we count: results and statistics are from official UFC fight data.