Most pro MMA knockout wins among UFC bantamweights

Among UFC bantamweights, John Lineker holds the mark for most pro MMA knockout wins with 18 KO/TKO wins, counting every promotion.

Every professional MMA fight in any promotion, for fighters who have competed in the UFC. Based on the 160 bantamweights whose full record we have; more are added daily. Updated October 20, 2026.

#	Fighter	KO/TKO wins	Fights
1	John Lineker	18	49
2	Thomas Almeida	17	28
3	Eddie Wineland	15	41
3	Kai Asakura	15	29
3	Iuri Alcantara	15	48
6	Norifumi Yamamoto	13	26
6	Sean O'Malley	13	24
8	Adrian Yanez	12	25
9	Masanori Kanehara	11	48
9	Cody Garbrandt	11	23
9	Yves Jabouin	11	31
9	Damacio Page	11	29
9	Khalid Taha	11	23
9	Teruto Ishihara	11	32
9	John Dodson	11	39
16	Urijah Faber	10	46
16	Song Yadong	10	35
16	Cristian Quinonez	10	24
16	David Martinez	10	16
16	Nick Denis	10	14
16	Marlon Moraes	10	38
16	Tony Gravely	10	32
16	Michael McDonald	10	23
16	Francisco Rivera	10	31
25	Johnny Bedford	9	39
25	Ian Loveland	9	28
25	Rob Font	9	32
25	Deiveson Figueiredo	9	34
25	Montel Jackson	9	20
25	Miguel Torres	9	53
25	Bekzat Almakhan	9	16
25	Albert Morales	9	31
25	Jonathan Martinez	9	25
25	Daniel Marcos	9	21
35	Sergey Morozov	8	24
35	Andre Soukhamthath	8	24
35	Cory Sandhagen	8	25
35	Marlon Vera	8	37
35	Randy Costa	8	13
35	Henry Briones	8	25
35	TJ Dillashaw	8	22
35	Johnny Eduardo	8	41
35	Iasmin Lucindo	8	24
35	Payton Talbott	8	13
35	Louis Smolka	8	26
35	Nam Phan	8	38
35	Brian Kelleher	8	40
35	Tom Duquesnoy	8	19
35	Raoni Barcelos	8	28
35	Jumabieke Tuerxun	8	34
35	Charles Jourdain	8	28

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How we count: full professional records come from each fighter's Wikipedia page (CC BY-SA), checked against and topped up with official UFC results.