Most knockout wins in UFC middleweight history

Anderson Silva and Uriah Hall and Thiago Santos share the UFC middleweight records for most knockout wins with 8 KO/TKO wins.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

#	Fighter	KO/TKO wins	Fights
1	Anderson Silva	8	21
1	Uriah Hall	8	19
1	Thiago Santos	8	15
4	Chris Leben	7	22
4	Michael Bisping	7	24
4	Yoel Romero	7	13
4	Derek Brunson	7	21
4	Gregory Rodrigues	7	14
9	Nate Marquardt	6	23
9	Edmen Shahbazyan	6	16
9	Roman Kopylov	6	13
12	Vitor Belfort	5	13
12	Nate Quarry	5	10
12	Yushin Okami	5	18
12	Jorge Rivera	5	15
12	Tim Boetsch	5	17
12	Robert Whittaker	5	19
12	Gegard Mousasi	5	11
12	Israel Adesanya	5	18
12	Jared Cannonier	5	14
12	Michal Oleksiejczuk	5	11
12	Christian Leroy Duncan	5	11
23	Evan Tanner	4	12
23	David Loiseau	4	9
23	Rich Franklin	4	10
23	Alan Belcher	4	13
23	Mark Munoz	4	14
23	Chris Weidman	4	18
23	Jacare Souza	4	15
23	Sam Alvey	4	16
23	Paulo Costa	4	10
23	Dricus Du Plessis	4	11
23	Joaquin Buckley	4	9
23	Marc-Andre Barriault	4	17
23	Bruno Silva	4	11
23	Nassourdine Imavov	4	11
23	Roman Dolidze	4	11
23	Cody Brundage	4	15
23	Joe Pyfer	4	8
23	Ateba Gautier	4	6
41	Matt Lindland	3	11
41	Drew McFedries	3	8
41	Dan Henderson	3	10
41	Gerald Harris	3	4
41	Brian Stann	3	6
41	Constantinos Philippou	3	9
41	Lyoto Machida	3	9
41	Luke Rockhold	3	10
41	Vitor Miranda	3	6
41	Kelvin Gastelum	3	18
41	Anthony Smith	3	7
41	Jack Hermansson	3	18
41	Eryk Anders	3	15
41	Punahele Soriano	3	7
41	Kevin Holland	3	16
41	Dusko Todorovic	3	11
41	Alex Pereira	3	5
41	Chris Curtis	3	10
41	Brunno Ferreira	3	11
41	Ikram Aliskerov	3	6
41	Nursulton Ruziboev	3	6
41	Bo Nickal	3	7
41	Yousri Belgaroui	3	3
41	Ryan Gandra	3	3
41	Damian Pinas	3	3

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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.