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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 (1.26) and Malcolm Wellmaker (1.04) .

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 #17
    1.41
  2. 2
    Montel Jackson
    9-4-0 13 fights #22
    1.26
  3. 3
    Malcolm Wellmaker
    2-2-0 4 fights #57
    1.04
  4. 4
    Bekzat Almakhan
    1-3-0 4 fights #65
    0.98
  5. 5
    Rinya Nakamura
    4-1-0 5 fights #30
    0.97
  6. 6
    Cody Garbrandt
    10-8-0 18 fights #29
    0.92
  7. 7
    Santiago Luna
    2-1-0 3 fights #43
    0.92
  8. 8
    Benardo Sopaj
    2-1-0 3 fights #47
    0.81
  9. 9
    Kai Asakura
    1-2-0 3 fights #55
    0.81
  10. 10
    Payton Talbott
    5-1-0 6 fights #15
    0.73
  11. 11
    Marcus Mcghee
    5-1-0 6 fights #19
    0.72
  12. 12
    John Yannis
    1-2-0 3 fights #60
    0.70
  13. 13
    Jonathan Martinez
    10-5-0 15 fights #23
    0.68
  14. 14
    Deiveson Figueiredo
    14-7-1 22 fights #11
    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 #62
    0.55
  18. 18
    Marlon Vera
    15-11-0 26 fights #27
    0.55
  19. 19
    Charles Jourdain
    9-7-1 17 fights #31
    0.54
  20. 20
    Petr Yan C
    12-4-0 16 fights #3
    0.53
  21. 21
    Victor Henry
    4-2-0 7 fights #35
    0.52
  22. 22
    Song Yadong
    12-4-1 17 fights #7
    0.48
  23. 23
    Aoriqileng
    4-5-0 10 fights #59
    0.47
  24. 24
    Chris Gutierrez
    10-4-1 15 fights #20
    0.44
  25. 25
    David Martinez
    3-0-0 3 fights #14
    0.43
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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 Aug 15, 2026.