Most knockdowns in UFC light heavyweight history

Chuck Liddell and Mauricio Rua and Khalil Rountree Jr. share the UFC light heavyweight records for most knockdowns with 14 knockdowns.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

#	Fighter	Knockdowns	Fights
1	Chuck Liddell	14	19
1	Mauricio Rua	14	24
1	Khalil Rountree Jr.	14	18
4	Lyoto Machida	11	15
5	Alexander Gustafsson	9	17
6	Quinton Jackson	8	12
7	Ryan Bader	7	20
7	Jan Blachowicz	7	23
7	Volkan Oezdemir	7	16
7	Dominick Reyes	7	15
7	Magomed Ankalaev	7	17
7	Alonzo Menifield	7	19
7	Dustin Jacoby	7	16
7	Carlos Ulberg	7	11
15	Luiz Cane	6	8
15	Azamat Murzakanov	6	7
17	Wanderlei Silva	5	5
17	Anderson Silva	5	4
17	Jon Jones	5	22
17	Glover Teixeira	5	23
17	Anthony Johnson	5	8
17	Ovince Saint Preux	5	26
17	Nikita Krylov	5	19
17	Tyson Pedro	5	11
17	Johnny Walker	5	16
17	Thiago Santos	5	9
17	Mike Rodriguez	5	8
17	Michal Oleksiejczuk	5	8
17	Ryan Spann	5	12
17	Jiri Prochazka	5	9
17	Alex Pereira	5	7
32	Rich Franklin	4	7
32	Thiago Silva	4	12
32	Brandon Vera	4	9
32	Rogerio Nogueira	4	13
32	Igor Pokrajac	4	13
32	Ryan Jimmo	4	7
32	Ilir Latifi	4	12
32	Anthony Smith	4	18
32	Aleksandar Rakic	4	11
32	Jimmy Crute	4	12
32	Jamahal Hill	4	11
32	Bogdan Guskov	4	7
32	Iwo Baraniewski	4	4
45	Vitor Belfort	3	7
45	James Irvin	3	8
45	Jason Lambert	3	7
45	Houston Alexander	3	5
45	Wilson Gouveia	3	6
45	Cyrille Diabate	3	8
45	Jimi Manuwa	3	12
45	Gian Villante	3	15
45	Sean O'Connell	3	7
45	Sam Alvey	3	8
45	Da Woon Jung	3	9
45	Zak Cummings	3	1

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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.