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Most pro MMA knockout wins among UFC lightweights

Among UFC lightweights, Melvin Guillard holds the mark for most pro MMA knockout wins with 22 KO/TKO wins, counting every promotion.

Every professional MMA fight in any promotion, for fighters who have competed in the UFC. Based on the 252 lightweights whose full record we have; more are added daily. Updated October 20, 2026.

#FighterKO/TKO winsFights
1 Melvin Guillard 22 62
2 Justin Gaethje 21 33
3 Tofiq Musayev 19 30
4 Johnny Case 18 41
4 Jeremy Stephens 18 53
6 Frank Camacho 16 32
6 Yves Edwards 16 66
6 Mairbek Taisumov 16 33
6 Eddie Alvarez 16 40
10 Dustin Poirier 15 41
11 Edson Barboza 14 39
11 Takanori Gomi 14 52
13 Zhang Lipeng 13 51
13 Daron Cruickshank 13 38
13 Mauricio Ruffy 13 17
13 Damir Ismagulov 13 30
13 Drew Dober 13 45
13 Adriano Martins 13 43
19 King Green 12 56
19 Jalin Turner 12 25
19 Jesse Ronson 12 41
19 Diego Lopes 12 36
19 Roger Huerta 12 40
24 Milos Janicic 11 23
24 Khama Worthy 11 32
24 Michael Chandler 11 34
24 Dan Hooker 11 39
28 Mateusz Rebecki 10 26
28 Nasrat Haqparast 10 25
28 Kazuki Tokudome 10 33
28 John Alessio 10 54
28 Tony Sims 10 16
28 Devonte Smith 10 15
28 Mizuto Hirota 10 31
28 Paul Felder 10 23
28 Anthony Njokuani 10 35
28 Marcus LeVesseur 10 29
28 Nikolas Motta 10 22
28 Jamie Mullarkey 10 27
28 Charles Oliveira 10 49
28 Michael Johnson 10 44
28 Kyle Prepolec 10 29
28 Jai Herbert 10 22
28 Magomed Mustafaev 10 17
28 Spencer Fisher 10 33
28 Arman Tsarukyan 10 27
47 Terrance McKinney 9 27
47 Shane Campbell 9 32
47 Sean Sherk 9 41
47 David Michaud 9 24
47 Alexander Yakovlev 9 39
47 Gabriel Benitez 9 35
47 Sam Stout 9 33
47 Rafael Fiziev 9 19
47 Joe Lauzon 9 43
47 Salahdine Parnasse 9 26
47 Christos Giagos 9 32
47 Nate Landwehr 9 27
47 Dan Lauzon 9 23
47 Rich Clementi 9 69
47 Rashid Magomedov 9 34
47 Manuel Torres 9 21
47 John Gunderson 9 53
47 Ottman Azaitar 9 16
47 Tae Hyun Bang 9 28
47 Esteban Ribovics 9 20
47 KJ Noons 9 23
47 John Makdessi 9 27
47 Alexander Hernandez 9 28
47 Ludovit Klein 9 31
47 Leonardo Mafra 9 22

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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.