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Most knockdowns in a fight in UFC bantamweight history

Montel Jackson holds the UFC bantamweight record for most knockdowns in a fight with 4 knockdowns, against JP Buys at UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Spann.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

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1 Montel Jackson 4 JP Buys UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Spann Sep 18, 2021
2 Hugo Viana 3 Reuben Duran The Ultimate Fighter: Team Carwin vs. Team Nelson Finale Dec 15, 2012
2 Andre Soukhamthath 3 Alejandro Perez UFC Fight Night: Pettis vs. Moreno Aug 5, 2017
2 Pedro Munhoz 3 Brett Johns UFC 227: Dillashaw vs. Garbrandt 2 Aug 4, 2018
2 Petr Yan 3 Urijah Faber UFC 245: Usman vs. Covington Dec 14, 2019
2 Jonathan Martinez 3 Frankie Saenz UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Shahbazyan Aug 1, 2020
2 Ronnie Lawrence 3 Mana Martinez UFC 271: Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2 Feb 12, 2022
2 Douglas Silva de Andrade 3 Sergey Morozov UFC 271: Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2 Feb 12, 2022
2 Marlon Vera 3 Rob Font UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Vera Apr 30, 2022
2 Marlon Vera 3 Dominick Cruz UFC Fight Night: Vera vs. Cruz Aug 13, 2022
2 Marlon Vera 3 Charles Jourdain UFC 331: Van vs. Pantoja 2 Sep 19, 2026
12 Takeya Mizugaki 2 Cole Escovedo UFC 135: Jones vs Rampage Sep 24, 2011
12 Walel Watson 2 Joseph Sandoval UFC Live: Cruz vs Johnson Oct 1, 2011
12 Michael McDonald 2 Alex Soto UFC 139: Shogun vs Henderson Nov 19, 2011
12 Johnny Bedford 2 Marcos Vinicius The Ultimate Fighter: Team Carwin vs. Team Nelson Finale Dec 15, 2012
12 Michael McDonald 2 Brad Pickett UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs Sonnen Aug 17, 2013
12 TJ Dillashaw 2 Renan Barao UFC 173: Barao vs Dillashaw May 24, 2014
12 Cody Garbrandt 2 Marcus Brimage UFC 182: Jones vs Cormier Jan 3, 2015
12 Anthony Birchak 2 Joe Soto UFC Fight Night: Boetsch vs Henderson Jun 6, 2015
12 Matheus Nicolau 2 Bruno Korea UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs Henderson 3 Nov 7, 2015
12 John Lineker 2 Michael McDonald UFC Fight Night: McDonald vs. Lineker Jul 13, 2016
12 Jose Quinonez 2 Joey Gomez UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Johnson Sep 17, 2016
12 Eddie Wineland 2 Takeya Mizugaki UFC on FOX: VanZant vs. Waterson Dec 17, 2016
12 Cody Garbrandt 2 Dominick Cruz UFC 207: Nunes vs. Rousey Dec 30, 2016
12 Tom Duquesnoy 2 Patrick Williams UFC on FOX: Johnson vs. Reis Apr 15, 2017
12 Jimmie Rivera 2 Thomas Almeida UFC Fight Night: Weidman vs. Gastelum Jul 22, 2017
12 TJ Dillashaw 2 Cody Garbrandt UFC 217: Bisping vs. St-Pierre Nov 4, 2017
12 Marlon Moraes 2 Aljamain Sterling UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Ortega Dec 9, 2017
12 Rob Font 2 Thomas Almeida UFC 220: Miocic vs. Ngannou Jan 20, 2018
12 John Lineker 2 Brian Kelleher UFC 224: Nunes vs. Pennington May 12, 2018
12 Petr Yan 2 Teruto Ishihara UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Edwards Jun 23, 2018
12 TJ Dillashaw 2 Cody Garbrandt UFC 227: Dillashaw vs. Garbrandt 2 Aug 4, 2018
12 Andre Soukhamthath 2 Jonathan Martinez UFC Fight Night: Oezdemir vs. Smith Oct 27, 2018
12 Ricky Simon 2 Rani Yahya UFC 234: Adesanya vs. Silva Feb 9, 2019
12 Petr Yan 2 Jimmie Rivera UFC 238: Cejudo vs. Moraes Jun 8, 2019
12 Eddie Wineland 2 Grigory Popov UFC 238: Cejudo vs. Moraes Jun 8, 2019
12 Randy Costa 2 Boston Salmon UFC Fight Night: Reyes vs. Weidman Oct 18, 2019
12 Adrian Yanez 2 Gustavo Lopez UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Holland Mar 20, 2021
12 Montel Jackson 2 Jesse Strader UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Holland Mar 20, 2021
12 Sean O'Malley 2 Thomas Almeida UFC 260: Miocic vs. Ngannou Mar 27, 2021
12 Tony Gravely 2 Anthony Birchak UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Gastelum Apr 17, 2021
12 Raoni Barcelos 2 Timur Valiev UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Volkov Jun 26, 2021
12 Jose Aldo 2 Rob Font UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Aldo Dec 4, 2021
12 Mana Martinez 2 Ronnie Lawrence UFC 271: Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2 Feb 12, 2022
12 Chad Anheliger 2 Jesse Strader UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Hill Feb 19, 2022
12 Jack Shore 2 Timur Valiev UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Aspinall Mar 19, 2022
12 Jonathan Martinez 2 Cub Swanson UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs. Araujo Oct 15, 2022
12 Mana Martinez 2 Brandon Davis UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs. Araujo Oct 15, 2022
12 Rinya Nakamura 2 Toshiomi Kazama UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivac Feb 4, 2023
12 Song Yadong 2 Ricky Simon UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Simon Apr 29, 2023
12 Jonathan Martinez 2 Adrian Yanez UFC Fight Night: Yusuff vs. Barboza Oct 14, 2023
12 Victor Henry 2 Rani Yahya UFC Fight Night: Nicolau vs. Perez Apr 27, 2024
12 Santiago Luna 2 Quang Le Noche UFC: Lopes vs. Silva Sep 13, 2025
12 Montel Jackson 2 Ricky Simon UFC Fight Night: Rosas Jr. vs. Barcelos Sep 26, 2026
12 Payton Talbott 2 Deiveson Figueiredo UFC 332: Silva vs. Wang Oct 3, 2026

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How we count: results and statistics are from official UFC fight data. Strike and takedown numbers only exist for fights where the UFC recorded them.