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Welterweight · 2026

Best Welterweight Knockdowns per 15 Minutes

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

Uros Medic leads the welterweight KD / 15 min board at 2.88 knockdowns / 15 min , followed by Carlos Prates (2.32) and Michael Morales (1.84) .

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

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  1. 1
    Uros Medic
    7-3-0 10 fights #34
    2.88
  2. 2
    Carlos Prates
    7-1-0 8 fights #7
    2.32
  3. 3
    Michael Morales
    7-0-0 7 fights #4
    1.84
  4. 4
    Gilbert Urbina
    1-3-0 4 fights #72
    1.43
  5. 5
    Matthew Semelsberger
    5-6-0 11 fights #54
    1.26
  6. 6
    Jacobe Smith
    3-0-0 3 fights #25
    1.13
  7. 7
    Mike Malott
    7-1-0 8 fights #14
    0.98
  8. 8
    Khaos Williams
    7-4-0 11 fights #32
    0.88
  9. 9
    Geoff Neal
    8-6-0 14 fights #31
    0.87
  10. 10
    Punahele Soriano
    7-4-0 11 fights #45
    0.84
  11. 11
    Li Jingliang
    11-7-0 18 fights #42
    0.79
  12. 12
    Jack Della Maddalena
    8-2-0 10 fights #8
    0.76
  13. 13
    Santiago Ponzinibbio
    12-8-0 20 fights #39
    0.73
  14. 14
    Song Kenan
    6-5-0 11 fights #47
    0.70
  15. 15
    Rhys McKee
    1-5-0 6 fights #74
    0.69
  16. 16
    Billy Ray Goff
    1-2-0 3 fights #68
    0.68
  17. 17
    Joaquin Buckley
    11-6-0 17 fights #21
    0.68
  18. 18
    Daniel Rodriguez
    10-4-0 14 fights #18
    0.65
  19. 19
    Muslim Salikhov
    9-5-0 14 fights #28
    0.59
  20. 20
    Rinat Fakhretdinov
    6-0-1 7 fights #9
    0.59
  21. 21
    Tim Means
    15-14-0 29 fights #58
    0.58
  22. 22
    Sam Patterson
    4-2-0 6 fights #38
    0.55
  23. 23
    Chidi Njokuani
    5-5-0 10 fights #63
    0.53
  24. 24
    Charles Radtke
    5-2-0 7 fights #44
    0.50
  25. 25
    Myktybek Orolbai
    5-1-0 6 fights #23
    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 Jun 20, 2026.