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Bantamweight · 2026

Best Bantamweight Knockdowns per 15 Minutes

KO threat — most knockdowns landed per 15 minutes of cage time.

Adrian Yanez leads the bantamweight KD / 15 min board at 1.41 knockdowns / 15 min , followed by Montel Jackson (1.40) and Kai Asakura (1.24) .

Top 25 active bantamweight fighters by career-window KD / 15 min. · See full bantamweight Elo rankings →

Knockdowns per 15 Minutes in all divisions →
  1. 1
    Adrian Yanez
    7-3-1 11 fights #18
    1.41
  2. 2
    Montel Jackson
    10-4-0 14 fights #14
    1.40
  3. 3
    Kai Asakura
    2-2-0 4 fights #48
    1.24
  4. 4
    Malcolm Wellmaker
    2-3-0 5 fights #65
    1.24
  5. 5
    Payton Talbott
    6-1-0 7 fights #12
    1.18
  6. 6
    Bekzat Almakhan
    1-3-0 4 fights #61
    0.98
  7. 7
    Cody Garbrandt
    10-8-0 18 fights #27
    0.92
  8. 8
    Santiago Luna
    2-1-0 3 fights #43
    0.92
  9. 9
    Benardo Sopaj
    2-1-0 3 fights #45
    0.81
  10. 10
    Rinya Nakamura
    4-2-0 6 fights #34
    0.81
  11. 11
    John Yannis
    1-2-0 3 fights #58
    0.70
  12. 12
    Jonathan Martinez
    10-5-0 15 fights #24
    0.68
  13. 13
    Marlon Vera
    16-11-0 27 fights #22
    0.66
  14. 14
    Deiveson Figueiredo
    14-8-1 23 fights #16
    0.64
  15. 15
    Elijah Smith
    3-0-0 3 fights #21
    0.59
  16. 16
    Sean O'Malley
    12-3-0 16 fights #5
    0.55
  17. 17
    Garrett Armfield
    2-3-0 5 fights #59
    0.55
  18. 18
    Petr Yan C
    12-4-0 16 fights #2
    0.53
  19. 19
    Song Yadong
    13-4-1 18 fights #3
    0.53
  20. 20
    Victor Henry
    4-2-0 7 fights #36
    0.52
  21. 21
    Charles Jourdain
    9-8-1 18 fights #37
    0.51
  22. 22
    John Castaneda
    4-5-1 10 fights #50
    0.46
  23. 23
    Aoriqileng
    4-6-0 11 fights #62
    0.45
  24. 24
    Chris Gutierrez
    10-4-1 15 fights #20
    0.44
  25. 25
    Pedro Munhoz
    10-10-0 22 fights #32
    0.42
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Career averages, calculated over a fighter's full UFC sample. Provisional fighters (fewer than 4 UFC bouts) and retired fighters are excluded so the leaderboards reflect a real career, not a one-fight outlier. Stat data sourced from UFCStats via our daily pipeline. Updated Oct 17, 2026.