Tim Sylvia, twice holder of the UFC heavyweight belt, was always in MMA fans’ sights, mainly the American ones, for being a boring, uninspired fighter. However, the big man, who recently left the American organization to join manager Monte Cox’s latest enterprise (Andrenaline MMA), doesn’t even need to defend himself from persecution, the numbers do it for him.
According to the site TheFightNetwork.com, Sylvia leads the list of heavyweights with the highest career knockout rates, winnning 57% of his fights in this way (16 of 27). In second place comes Mirko Cro Cop, whose days at Pride brought him to the 52% mark.
Completing the list is former IFL fighter Ben Rothwell, with 50%, former UFC fighter Andre Arlovsky, with 47%, Alexander Emelianenko (44%), Randy Couture (29%), Gabriel Napao (27%), Fedor Emelianenko (21%), Fabricio Werdum (21%), Heath Herring (17%), Josh Barnett (15%) and Rodrigo Minotauro (8%).
