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Most knockout wins in UFC lightweight history

Drew Dober holds the UFC lightweight record for most knockout wins with 12 KO/TKO wins.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

#FighterKO/TKO winsFights
1 Drew Dober 12 25
2 Dustin Poirier 9 21
3 Melvin Guillard 7 20
3 Edson Barboza 7 25
3 Justin Gaethje 7 16
6 BJ Penn 6 16
6 Joe Lauzon 6 27
6 Jim Miller 6 44
6 Michael Johnson 6 28
6 Donald Cerrone 6 23
6 Alexander Hernandez 6 16
6 Jalin Turner 6 13
13 Yves Edwards 5 20
13 Ross Pearson 5 23
13 King Green 5 30
13 Diego Ferreira 5 18
13 Mairbek Taisumov 5 9
13 Dan Hooker 5 18
13 Terrance McKinney 5 14
13 Arman Tsarukyan 5 13
13 Benoit Saint Denis 5 12
22 Jeremy Stephens 4 18
22 Rafael Dos Anjos 4 25
22 Tony Ferguson 4 21
22 Al Iaquinta 4 15
22 Paul Felder 4 14
22 Francisco Trinaldo 4 21
22 Gregor Gillespie 4 8
22 Charles Oliveira 4 25
22 Joel Alvarez 4 9
22 Rafael Fiziev 4 13
22 Manuel Torres 4 7
22 Mauricio Ruffy 4 6
34 Laverne Clark 3 4
34 Roger Huerta 3 8
34 Dennis Siver 3 12
34 Daron Cruickshank 3 13
34 Abel Trujillo 3 11
34 Magomed Mustafaev 3 5
34 Marco Polo Reyes 3 7
34 Beneil Dariush 3 26
34 Joaquim Silva 3 12
34 Kevin Lee 3 16
34 Mateusz Gamrot 3 14
34 Ignacio Bahamondes 3 9
34 Matt Frevola 3 12
34 Nazim Sadykhov 3 7
34 Esteban Ribovics 3 9
34 Quillan Salkilld 3 6
50 Jens Pulver 2 9
50 Josh Thomson 2 7
50 Hermes Franca 2 10
50 Spencer Fisher 2 15
50 Joe Stevenson 2 13
50 Matt Wiman 2 18
50 Kenny Florian 2 12
50 Frankie Edgar 2 13
50 Clay Guida 2 30
50 Evan Dunham 2 20
50 Takanori Gomi 2 13
50 John Makdessi 2 19
50 Danny Castillo 2 14
50 Anthony Pettis 2 14
50 Joe Proctor 2 7
50 Ramsey Nijem 2 9
50 Rustam Khabilov 2 12
50 TJ Grant 2 5
50 Myles Jury 2 7
50 Jason Saggo 2 6
50 Adriano Martins 2 7
50 Stevie Ray 2 11
50 Alex Oliveira 2 3
50 Leonardo Santos 2 10
50 David Teymur 2 6
50 Eddie Alvarez 2 8
50 Nik Lentz 2 17
50 Marc Diakiese 2 15
50 James Vick 2 13
50 Damir Hadzovic 2 10
50 Gilbert Burns 2 10
50 Islam Makhachev 2 16
50 Scott Holtzman 2 13
50 Devonte Smith 2 5
50 Nasrat Haqparast 2 16
50 Ottman Azaitar 2 5
50 Mike Davis 2 8
50 Gabriel Benitez 2 5
50 Jordan Leavitt 2 8
50 Michael Chandler 2 8
50 Uros Medic 2 3
50 Grant Dawson 2 11
50 Jamie Mullarkey 2 13
50 Paddy Pimblett 2 9
50 Steve Garcia 2 4
50 Jai Herbert 2 11
50 Viacheslav Borshchev 2 10
50 Ilia Topuria 2 3
50 Drakkar Klose 2 14
50 Nikolas Motta 2 7
50 Mateusz Rebecki 2 8
50 Elves Brener 2 6
50 Francisco Prado 2 4
50 Jared Gordon 2 15
50 Renato Moicano 2 11
50 Kaue Fernandes 2 5
50 Chris Padilla 2 6
50 Fares Ziam 2 12

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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.