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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 Michael Morales (1.84) .

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 #28
    3.20
  2. 2
    Carlos Prates
    7-1-0 8 fights #7
    2.32
  3. 3
    Michael Morales
    7-0-0 7 fights #3
    1.84
  4. 4
    Daniil Donchenko
    4-0-0 4 fights #16
    1.83
  5. 5
    Conor McGregor
    10-5-0 15 fights #14
    1.72
  6. 6
    Sam Patterson
    5-2-0 7 fights #29
    1.27
  7. 7
    Matthew Semelsberger
    5-6-0 11 fights #53
    1.26
  8. 8
    Mike Malott
    8-1-0 9 fights #9
    1.07
  9. 9
    Jacobe Smith
    4-0-0 4 fights #19
    1.01
  10. 10
    Geoff Neal
    8-6-0 14 fights #33
    0.87
  11. 11
    Khaos Williams
    7-5-0 12 fights #43
    0.77
  12. 12
    Jack Della Maddalena
    8-2-0 10 fights #8
    0.76
  13. 13
    Punahele Soriano
    7-5-0 12 fights #46
    0.74
  14. 14
    Santiago Ponzinibbio
    12-9-0 21 fights #42
    0.70
  15. 15
    Song Kenan
    6-5-0 11 fights #47
    0.70
  16. 16
    Rhys McKee
    1-5-0 6 fights #72
    0.69
  17. 17
    Joaquin Buckley
    11-7-0 18 fights #30
    0.65
  18. 18
    Daniel Rodriguez
    10-5-0 15 fights #23
    0.64
  19. 19
    Ignacio Bahamondes
    7-4-0 11 fights #38
    0.59
  20. 20
    Rinat Fakhretdinov
    6-0-1 7 fights #10
    0.59
  21. 21
    Muslim Salikhov
    9-6-0 15 fights #36
    0.53
  22. 22
    Charles Radtke
    5-2-0 7 fights #44
    0.50
  23. 23
    Max Griffin
    8-11-0 19 fights #61
    0.48
  24. 24
    Stephen Thompson
    12-9-1 22 fights #37
    0.47
  25. 25
    Billy Ray Goff
    1-3-0 4 fights #70
    0.46
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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.