5 UFC records you have probably never heard of

#5 Most knockdowns in a fight – Forrest Petz vs. Sammy Morgan (5)

The largely-forgotten Forrest Petz holds the record for most knockdowns in a UFC fight

Quite whether this record is an impressive one or a damning one is a bit of a question mark for me; few fans probably remember Forrest Petz, who fought 5 times in the UFC between 2006 and 2007, but he holds the record for the most knockdowns in a UFC fight – 5, during his debut fight against TUF veteran Sammy Morgan in August 2006.

Morgan, who had been viciously knocked out by Josh Burkman in his own UFC debut in October 2005, went down so many times that it seemed impossible that the fight would go the distance, and yet somehow Petz wasn’t able to put him away.

It’s debatable whether this showed a lack of knockout power on the behalf of Petz – who ended his MMA career in 2013 with 12 knockout wins of 26 overall victories – or simply showed a phenomenal chin on the part of Morgan; given ‘The Squeeze’ had only been knocked out once prior to the fight seems to suggest the latter.

Either way, Petz’s victory ended up being one of the most one-sided in UFC history, with one judge – Marcos Rosales – scoring the fight 30-23 in his favour. Given that he also dominated in the grappling department – 6 successful takedowns to Morgan’s 0, with 7 defended – it would simply appear that Petz was on another level to his opponent.