Most knockout wins in UFC light heavyweight history

Chuck Liddell holds the UFC light heavyweight record for most knockout wins with 9 KO/TKO wins.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

#	Fighter	KO/TKO wins	Fights
1	Chuck Liddell	9	19
2	Mauricio Rua	8	24
3	Khalil Rountree Jr.	7	18
3	Magomed Ankalaev	7	17
3	Dustin Jacoby	7	16
6	Rashad Evans	6	20
6	Thiago Silva	6	12
6	Glover Teixeira	6	23
6	Ovince Saint Preux	6	26
6	Dominick Reyes	6	15
6	Johnny Walker	6	16
6	Carlos Ulberg	6	11
13	Tito Ortiz	5	23
13	Rich Franklin	5	7
13	Matt Hamill	5	15
13	Ryan Bader	5	20
13	Alexander Gustafsson	5	17
13	Jon Jones	5	22
13	Jimi Manuwa	5	12
13	Anthony Johnson	5	8
13	Jan Blachowicz	5	23
13	Volkan Oezdemir	5	16
13	Alonzo Menifield	5	19
13	Jiri Prochazka	5	9
13	Azamat Murzakanov	5	7
13	Alex Pereira	5	7
27	Lyoto Machida	4	15
27	Rogerio Nogueira	4	13
27	Gian Villante	4	15
27	Nikita Krylov	4	19
27	Tyson Pedro	4	11
27	Ion Cutelaba	4	21
27	Modestas Bukauskas	4	13
27	Jamahal Hill	4	11
27	Kennedy Nzechukwu	4	11
36	Vitor Belfort	3	7
36	James Irvin	3	8
36	Jason Lambert	3	7
36	Michael Bisping	3	5
36	Quinton Jackson	3	12
36	Luiz Cane	3	8
36	Anderson Silva	3	4
36	James Te Huna	3	9
36	Corey Anderson	3	15
36	Ilir Latifi	3	12
36	Anthony Smith	3	18
36	Thiago Santos	3	9
36	Michal Oleksiejczuk	3	8
36	Ryan Spann	3	12
36	Bogdan Guskov	3	7
36	Zhang Mingyang	3	5
36	Iwo Baraniewski	3	4
36	Navajo Stirling	3	6

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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.