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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 3.20 knockdowns / 15 min , followed by Carlos Prates (2.32) and Daniil Donchenko (2.30) .

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

Knockdowns per 15 Minutes in all divisions →
  1. 1
    Uros Medic
    8-3-0 11 fights #32
    3.20
  2. 2
    Carlos Prates
    7-1-0 8 fights #7
    2.32
  3. 3
    Daniil Donchenko
    3-0-0 3 fights #22
    2.30
  4. 4
    Michael Morales
    7-0-0 7 fights #4
    1.84
  5. 5
    Conor McGregor
    10-5-0 15 fights #13
    1.72
  6. 6
    Sam Patterson
    5-2-0 7 fights #33
    1.27
  7. 7
    Matthew Semelsberger
    5-6-0 11 fights #55
    1.26
  8. 8
    Jacobe Smith
    3-0-0 3 fights #24
    1.13
  9. 9
    Mike Malott
    7-1-0 8 fights #15
    0.98
  10. 10
    Khaos Williams
    7-4-0 11 fights #37
    0.88
  11. 11
    Geoff Neal
    8-6-0 14 fights #36
    0.87
  12. 12
    Punahele Soriano
    7-4-0 11 fights #47
    0.84
  13. 13
    Li Jingliang
    11-7-0 18 fights #43
    0.79
  14. 14
    Jack Della Maddalena
    8-2-0 10 fights #8
    0.76
  15. 15
    Santiago Ponzinibbio
    12-9-0 21 fights #45
    0.70
  16. 16
    Song Kenan
    6-5-0 11 fights #49
    0.70
  17. 17
    Rhys McKee
    1-5-0 6 fights #76
    0.69
  18. 18
    Joaquin Buckley
    11-6-0 17 fights #21
    0.68
  19. 19
    Daniel Rodriguez
    10-5-0 15 fights #25
    0.64
  20. 20
    Muslim Salikhov
    9-5-0 14 fights #29
    0.59
  21. 21
    Rinat Fakhretdinov
    6-0-1 7 fights #9
    0.59
  22. 22
    Tim Means
    15-14-0 30 fights #60
    0.57
  23. 23
    Charles Radtke
    5-2-0 7 fights #46
    0.50
  24. 24
    Max Griffin
    8-11-0 19 fights #64
    0.48
  25. 25
    Stephen Thompson
    12-9-1 22 fights #40
    0.47
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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.