4. Wanderlei Silva (KO’d 6x)
Wanderlei is the perfect example of a fighter who once had a granite chin, only for it to get worn away to nothing.
We know that Silva has been knocked out 6 times in his MMA career. We don’t know how many times he has been knocked out elsewhere however. Silva comes from the famed Chute Box team, which has a culture of sparring hard. That heavy sparring may have played a role in Silva’s chin wasting away like it did.
In particular, it was Silva’s loss to Chris Leben that made it apparent he could no longer engage in the wild brawls that made him famous. Leben knocked him out in just 27 seconds.
Quinton Jackson, Dan Henderson, Cro Crop, and Vitor Belfort are the more well known names that have knocked Silva out.
Krazy Horse also claims to have knocked Silva out backstage at a show in Japan.
