Most pro MMA knockout wins among UFC light heavyweights

Among UFC light heavyweights, Jiri Prochazka holds the mark for most pro MMA knockout wins with 27 KO/TKO wins, counting every promotion.

Every professional MMA fight in any promotion, for fighters who have competed in the UFC. Based on the 133 light heavyweights whose full record we have; more are added daily. Updated October 20, 2026.

#	Fighter	KO/TKO wins	Fights
1	Jiri Prochazka	27	39
2	Wanderlei Silva	25	51
3	Mauricio Rua	21	42
4	Anthony Smith	19	62
5	Fabio Maldonado	18	47
6	Henrique da Silva	17	33
6	Glover Teixeira	17	42
6	Anthony Johnson	17	29
6	Maxim Grishin	17	49
6	Darko Stosic	17	32
11	Thiago Santos	16	38
11	Igor Pokrajac	16	45
13	Jimi Manuwa	15	23
13	Dustin Jacoby	15	33
13	Ike Villanueva	15	32
13	Bogdan Guskov	15	23
17	Thiago Silva	14	33
17	Jeremy Kimball	14	33
17	Ibo Aslan	14	18
17	Volkan Oezdemir	14	29
21	Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou	13	37
21	Ion Cutelaba	13	34
21	John Allan	13	29
21	Zhang Mingyang	13	27
21	Nikita Krylov	13	43
21	Chuck Liddell	13	30
27	Rafael Cavalcante	12	21
27	Seth Petruzelli	12	22
27	Ryan Bader	12	40
27	Paulo Costa	12	20
27	James Irvin	12	29
27	Sean O'Connell	12	31
27	Joey Beltran	12	34
27	Modestas Bukauskas	12	28
35	Da Woon Jung	11	23
35	Alexander Gustafsson	11	26
35	Azamat Murzakanov	11	17
35	Austen Lane	11	22
35	Robert Whittaker	11	36
35	Marcin Prachnio	11	27
35	Chris Daukaus	11	20
35	Houston Alexander	11	36
35	Ovince Saint Preux	11	45
44	Alonzo Menifield	10	26
44	Branden Lee Hinkle	10	29
44	Dominick Reyes	10	21
44	Magomed Ankalaev	10	25
44	Krzysztof Soszynski	10	39
44	Francimar Barroso	10	37
44	James Te Huna	10	25
44	Mike Rodriguez	10	20

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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.