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UFC knockout rate by era

Name: UFC knockout rate by era
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In 1994–2000, 43% of UFC fights ended by knockout. In 2020–2026 it is 33%. The high is 49% in 2001–2005; the low 32% in 2013–2019.

How often a UFC fight ends in a knockout — the number itself, not a highlight reel, every bout on the official record since 1994.

Computed from 8,723 fights · 5 eras · updated 20 September 2026

Knockout rate by era · every value is in the table below, with the number of fights behind it.

Era	Knockout rate	Knockouts	Fights
1994–2000	43%	103	240
2001–2005	49%	121	248
2006–2012	33%	542	1,619
2013–2019	32%	1,040	3,238
2020–2026	33%	1,107	3,378

What counts. A knockout here is any bout the official record ends by KO/TKO, including a doctor’s stoppage, which UFCStats files as its own method. A fight is a UFC bout on the official record with a result. Draws, no-contests and overturned results are excluded from every count on this page; disqualifications and could-not-continues are counted as fights, which is why the knockout, submission and decision shares do not add up to 100%. How this table is cut. Five eras: the no-rules years, the Zuffa reboot, the boom, the expansion decade and the current one. Check us. Every number here is recomputed from the official UFC statistical record on each build — nothing on this page is typed in by hand. Search every fight to filter the same record yourself, or start from the year-by-year archive.

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