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Middleweight · 2026

Best Middleweight Knockdowns per 15 Minutes

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

Ryan Gandra leads the middleweight KD / 15 min board at 11.25 knockdowns / 15 min , followed by Damian Pinas (7.07) and Ateba Gautier (2.93) .

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

Knockdowns per 15 Minutes in all divisions →
  1. 1
    Ryan Gandra
    3-0-0 3 fights #25
    11.25
  2. 2
    Damian Pinas
    3-0-0 3 fights #21
    7.07
  3. 3
    Ateba Gautier
    5-1-0 6 fights #17
    2.93
  4. 4
    Gilbert Urbina
    2-3-0 5 fights #55
    2.04
  5. 5
    Jackson Mcvey
    2-2-0 4 fights #45
    1.80
  6. 6
    Yousri Belgaroui
    3-0-0 3 fights #15
    1.55
  7. 7
    Abdul Razak Alhassan
    6-7-0 14 fights #44
    1.53
  8. 8
    Azamat Bekoev
    2-2-0 4 fights #54
    1.49
  9. 9
    Marco Tulio
    2-2-0 4 fights #49
    1.30
  10. 10
    Michal Oleksiejczuk
    10-8-0 19 fights #38
    1.11
  11. 11
    Ikram Aliskerov
    5-1-0 6 fights #11
    1.10
  12. 12
    Gregory Rodrigues
    11-3-0 14 fights #8
    1.06
  13. 13
    Joe Pyfer
    7-1-0 8 fights #9
    1.05
  14. 14
    Roman Kopylov
    8-5-0 13 fights #29
    1.00
  15. 15
    Bo Nickal
    6-1-0 7 fights #16
    0.88
  16. 16
    Edmen Shahbazyan
    10-6-0 16 fights #27
    0.85
  17. 17
    Wes Schultz
    1-2-0 3 fights #62
    0.81
  18. 18
    Ihor Potieria
    2-6-0 8 fights #65
    0.78
  19. 19
    Nursulton Ruziboev
    5-2-0 7 fights #28
    0.76
  20. 20
    Vicente Luque
    17-9-0 26 fights #13
    0.66
  21. 21
    Donte Johnson
    3-0-0 3 fights #24
    0.65
  22. 22
    Israel Adesanya
    13-6-0 19 fights #10
    0.60
  23. 23
    Cam Rowston
    3-0-0 3 fights #19
    0.56
  24. 24
    Brunno Ferreira
    6-5-0 11 fights #42
    0.51
  25. 25
    Cody Brundage
    6-8-0 16 fights #57
    0.49
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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.