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Most pro MMA knockout wins among UFC middleweights

Among UFC middleweights, Gegard Mousasi 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 245 middleweights whose full record we have; more are added daily. Updated October 20, 2026.

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1 Gegard Mousasi 27 60
2 Joe Riggs 26 70
3 Maiquel Falcao 25 61
4 Anderson Silva 20 46
4 Hector Lombard 20 49
4 Sam Alvey 20 54
4 Bruno Silva 20 36
8 John Phillips 19 35
9 Vitor Belfort 18 41
9 Makhmud Muradov 18 39
11 Michael Bisping 17 39
11 Alex Nicholson 17 35
13 Israel Adesanya 16 30
13 Dan Henderson 16 47
13 Michal Oleksiejczuk 16 33
13 Alessio Sakara 16 37
13 Jeremy Horn 16 120
18 Dequan Townsend 15 40
18 David Loiseau 15 34
18 Rich Franklin 15 37
18 Scott Smith 15 30
22 Denis Kang 14 55
22 Abus Magomedov 14 37
22 Jorge Rivera 14 29
22 Luiz Cane 14 25
26 Dylan Andrews 13 30
26 Michael Page 13 29
26 Nick Diaz 13 38
26 Jason Lambert 13 39
26 Nursulton Ruziboev 13 51
26 Edmen Shahbazyan 13 23
26 Roman Kopylov 13 21
26 Yoel Romero 13 24
26 Ismail Naurdiev 13 34
26 Dongi Yang 13 18
26 Tomasz Drwal 13 29
26 Jack Marshman 13 33
26 Terry Martin 13 35
39 Amar Suloev 12 31
39 Marc-Andre Barriault 12 30
39 Shara Magomedov 12 18
39 Gerald Harris 12 35
39 Scott Askham 12 27
39 Chris Leben 12 34
39 Abdul Razak Alhassan 12 20
39 Uriah Hall 12 28
39 Robert Bryczek 12 26
39 Ikuhisa Minowa 12 117
39 Sean Strickland 12 38
50 Guy Mezger 11 46
50 Gregory Rodrigues 11 26
50 Ildemar Alcantara 11 44
50 Nate Marquardt 11 58
50 Lyoto Machida 11 38
50 Bryan Barberena 11 30
50 Jared Hamman 11 20
50 Riki Fukuda 11 34
50 Keiichiro Yamamiya 11 90
50 Tim Boetsch 11 34
50 Andrei Semenov 11 45
50 Phil Baroni 11 35
50 Vicente Luque 11 38
50 Michel Pereira 11 49
50 Derek Brunson 11 33
50 Rob Wilkinson 11 26

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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.