UFC Most Knockouts Record: KO Wins, Losses, and Streaks

“Most UFC knockouts” is one of those searches that looks simple until the details matter. Are doctor stoppages included? Does a TKO count the same as a clean one-punch KO? What about fighters who both knocked out a lot of opponents and got stopped a lot themselves?

For the record tables below, FightAlpha counts UFC fights officially listed as KO/TKO. Doctor stoppages are important, but they are recorded as a separate result type, so they are noted separately instead of being folded into the headline totals.

Where the numbers came from: FightAlpha used UFCStats-derived UFC fight history through June 6, 2026. The sample includes 8,726 UFC fights, with 2,748 exact KO/TKO results and 98 additional doctor stoppages listed separately. Overturned fights, DQs, “Could Not Continue,” and “Other” are not counted as KO/TKO records. See the article data summary.

🥊Most UFC KO/TKO wins

Derrick Lewis is still the clean headline. In this count, he has 16 UFC KO/TKO wins, three clear of Matt Brown at 13. The next group is crowded, with Drew Dober, Vitor Belfort, Anderson Silva, Thiago Santos, and Anthony Johnson all sitting on 11.

Punch line: the top of the knockout leaderboard is not only heavyweight power. Lewis is the record-holder, but Matt Brown did his damage at welterweight, and Max Holloway appears near the top despite being remembered as a volume striker more than a single-shot knockout artist.

⚠️Who has been knocked out the most?

The other side of the record book is a mileage warning. Six fighters are tied at eight UFC KO/TKO losses in the exact-method count: Andrei Arlovski, Derrick Lewis, Frank Mir, Stefan Struve, Gabriel Gonzaga, and Alistair Overeem.

This is why knockout records need context. Lewis appears in both tables: most KO/TKO wins and tied for most KO/TKO losses. That does not make him “good” or “bad” by itself. It says his UFC career has lived in high-variance heavyweight exchanges where both sides of the danger show up. That is why KO loss totals should be normalized by opponent quality, age, and recent defensive decline before turning into a fade.

🔥Most consecutive UFC KO/TKO wins

Total knockouts reward longevity. Streaks show something different: a fighter catching a window where every UFC appearance ended with the same kind of violence. By that measure, Chuck Liddell’s seven-fight KO/TKO run from 2004 to 2006 is the top streak in this sample.

Sergei Pavlovich is the modern monster on the list with six straight UFC KO/TKO wins. The five-fight club is strong too: Conor McGregor, Francis Ngannou, Junior Dos Santos, Matt Brown, Stipe Miocic, Tai Tuivasa, Steve Garcia, and others all hit five.

📊Which UFC divisions produce the most KO/TKOs?

The division split explains why heavyweight names flood both record tables. Heavyweight had 379 KO/TKO results in 756 fights, a 50.1% KO/TKO rate in this dataset. Light heavyweight was next among major divisions at 42.9%.

The lower half of the table is important too. Women’s bantamweight, flyweight, and strawweight all clear the sample threshold, but their KO/TKO rates are lower than the men’s power divisions. That does not mean smaller divisions lack finishers. It means one punch at heavyweight changes the math faster. For betting, heavyweight finish history should usually change both winner pricing and round-total assumptions; in lighter divisions, pace, control time, volume, and decision equity may matter more than raw KO labels.

🧠How to use the signal

KO records are useful as a first question, not a final pick. The bettor’s mistake is treating “most knockouts” as proof that a fighter should always be favored, or treating “most KO losses” as proof that a fighter is finished.

• Total KO/TKO wins can show finishing threat, but it also rewards long UFC careers.
• Consecutive KO/TKO wins can identify a cleaner hot window, especially when the opponents were UFC-level and not all late-career names.
• KO/TKO losses should trigger durability, age, defense, and layoff questions, not an automatic fade.
• Division context matters. Heavyweight knockout risk is not the same as flyweight knockout risk.

FightAlpha’s practical read: use knockout records to shape the scouting checklist. Then price the actual matchup, stance, pace, grappling threat, recent strike absorption, age, activity, and odds.

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