Most knockdowns in UFC lightweight history

Melvin Guillard and Michael Johnson share the UFC lightweight records for most knockdowns with 13 knockdowns.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

#	Fighter	Knockdowns	Fights
1	Melvin Guillard	13	20
1	Michael Johnson	13	28
3	Donald Cerrone	11	23
3	Dustin Poirier	11	21
5	Edson Barboza	10	25
5	Drew Dober	10	25
7	Justin Gaethje	9	16
8	Yves Edwards	8	20
8	Dan Hooker	8	18
8	Jalin Turner	8	13
11	Dennis Siver	7	12
11	Jeremy Stephens	7	18
11	Charles Oliveira	7	25
11	King Green	7	30
11	Beneil Dariush	7	26
11	Al Iaquinta	7	15
11	Nasrat Haqparast	7	16
11	Alexander Hernandez	7	16
19	Gray Maynard	6	17
19	Jim Miller	6	44
19	Rafael Dos Anjos	6	25
19	Ross Pearson	6	23
19	Jai Herbert	6	11
19	Matt Frevola	6	12
25	BJ Penn	5	16
25	Efrain Escudero	5	12
25	Francisco Trinaldo	5	21
25	Daron Cruickshank	5	13
25	Rashid Magomedov	5	6
25	Marco Polo Reyes	5	7
25	Lando Vannata	5	12
25	Ignacio Bahamondes	5	9
25	Benoit Saint Denis	5	12
25	Nikolas Motta	5	7
25	Esteban Ribovics	5	9
25	Mauricio Ruffy	5	6
37	Hermes Franca	4	10
37	Clay Guida	4	30
37	John Makdessi	4	19
37	TJ Grant	4	5
37	Yancy Medeiros	4	11
37	James Vick	4	13
37	Mairbek Taisumov	4	9
37	Joaquim Silva	4	12
37	Scott Holtzman	4	13
37	Islam Makhachev	4	16
37	Mike Davis	4	8
37	Arman Tsarukyan	4	13
37	Viacheslav Borshchev	4	10
37	Manuel Torres	4	7
37	Ludovit Klein	4	10
37	Mateusz Rebecki	4	8
37	Kaue Fernandes	4	5

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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.