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All Divisions · 2026

Best Lowest Strikes Absorbed in the UFC

Defensive strikers — fewest significant strikes absorbed per minute.

11 divisions ranked by career-window SApM. Tap a division header for the full top-25.

Heavyweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Jailton Almeida 1.32
  2. 2 Mario Pinto 1.81
  3. 3 Louie Sutherland 1.95
  4. 4 Alexandr Romanov 2.13
  5. 5 Marcus Buchecha 2.15
  6. 6 Ciryl Gane IC 2.31
  7. 7 Robelis Despaigne 2.54
  8. 8 Thomas Petersen 2.58
  9. 9 Rizvan Kuniev 2.60
  10. 10 Jairzinho Rozenstruik 2.63
  11. 11 Valter Walker 2.67
  12. 12 Curtis Blaydes 2.76
  13. 13 Vitor Petrino 2.76
  14. 14 Aleksandar Rakic 2.78
  15. 15 Derrick Lewis 2.79
  16. 16 Guilherme Pat 2.82
  17. 17 Tanner Boser 3.00
  18. 18 Alexander Volkov 3.06
  19. 19 Marcin Tybura 3.34
  20. 20 Jhonata Diniz 3.41
  21. 21 Tallison Teixeira 3.45
  22. 22 Don'Tale Mayes 3.57
  23. 23 Sergei Pavlovich 3.58
  24. 24 Waldo Cortes Acosta 3.61
  25. 25 Tom Aspinall C 3.62
Light Heavyweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Oumar Sy 1.87
  2. 2 Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev 2.25
  3. 3 Navajo Stirling 2.46
  4. 4 Magomed Ankalaev 2.49
  5. 5 Austen Lane 2.56
  6. 6 Junior Tafa 2.70
  7. 7 Nikita Krylov 2.75
  8. 8 Diyar Nurgozhay 2.84
  9. 9 Johnny Walker 2.91
  10. 10 Tuco Tokkos 3.11
  11. 11 Marcin Prachnio 3.15
  12. 12 Jan Blachowicz 3.23
  13. 13 Azamat Murzakanov 3.29
  14. 14 Jimmy Crute 3.33
  15. 15 Robert Whittaker 3.40
  16. 16 Dominick Reyes 3.40
  17. 17 Ion Cutelaba 3.42
  18. 18 Caio Machado 3.44
  19. 19 Brendson Ribeiro 3.46
  20. 20 Bogdan Guskov 3.50
  21. 21 Billy Elekana 3.59
  22. 22 Ovince Saint Preux 3.80
  23. 23 Modestas Bukauskas 3.86
  24. 24 Alonzo Menifield 3.90
  25. 25 Ibo Aslan 4.00
Middleweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Ismail Naurdiev 1.75
  2. 2 Donte Johnson 1.82
  3. 3 Cam Rowston 1.98
  4. 4 Bo Nickal 2.00
  5. 5 Cesar Almeida 2.32
  6. 6 Jacob Malkoun 2.33
  7. 7 Christian Leroy Duncan 2.36
  8. 8 Reinier De Ridder 2.36
  9. 9 Robert Valentin 2.37
  10. 10 Ryan Loder 2.46
  11. 11 Dylan Budka 2.48
  12. 12 Andre Muniz 2.61
  13. 13 Caio Borralho 2.63
  14. 14 Sedriques Dumas 2.65
  15. 15 Nursulton Ruziboev 2.68
  16. 16 Kamaru Usman 2.86
  17. 17 Cody Brundage 2.88
  18. 18 Andrey Pulyaev 2.91
  19. 19 Khamzat Chimaev 2.98
  20. 20 Andre Petroski 2.99
  21. 21 Ateba Gautier 3.05
  22. 22 Marco Tulio 3.09
  23. 23 Anthony Hernandez 3.10
  24. 24 Nassourdine Imavov 3.17
  25. 25 Eric Mcconico 3.18
Welterweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Islam Makhachev C 1.42
  2. 2 Jeremiah Wells 1.43
  3. 3 Seokhyeon Ko 1.47
  4. 4 Michael Page 1.57
  5. 5 Michael Chiesa 1.73
  6. 6 Themba Gorimbo 1.75
  7. 7 Shavkat Rakhmonov 2.17
  8. 8 Oban Elliott 2.26
  9. 9 Trevin Giles 2.39
  10. 10 Neil Magny 2.41
  11. 11 Leon Edwards 2.44
  12. 12 Charles Radtke 2.45
  13. 13 Myktybek Orolbai 2.49
  14. 14 Jake Matthews 2.58
  15. 15 Ian Machado Garry 2.59
  16. 16 Sean Brady 2.77
  17. 17 Sam Patterson 2.80
  18. 18 Daniil Donchenko 2.80
  19. 19 Mike Malott 2.83
  20. 20 Muslim Salikhov 2.96
  21. 21 Stephen Thompson 3.00
  22. 22 Gunnar Nelson 3.06
  23. 23 Colby Covington 3.09
  24. 24 Joaquin Buckley 3.10
  25. 25 Michael Morales 3.21
Lightweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Fares Ziam 1.58
  2. 2 Kaue Fernandes 1.63
  3. 3 Nurullo Aliev 1.67
  4. 4 Arman Tsarukyan 1.80
  5. 5 Joe Solecki 1.90
  6. 6 Quillan Salkilld 2.02
  7. 7 Grant Dawson 2.20
  8. 8 Claudio Puelles 2.62
  9. 9 Beneil Dariush 2.63
  10. 10 Tofiq Musayev 2.79
  11. 11 Mateusz Gamrot 2.79
  12. 12 Charles Oliveira 3.05
  13. 13 Matheus Camilo 3.05
  14. 14 Chase Hooper 3.05
  15. 15 Francis Marshall 3.14
  16. 16 Vinc Pichel 3.17
  17. 17 Clay Guida 3.18
  18. 18 Roosevelt Roberts 3.19
  19. 19 Jeremy Stephens 3.25
  20. 20 Trevor Peek 3.34
  21. 21 Jai Herbert 3.34
  22. 22 Jim Miller 3.43
  23. 23 Mitch Ramirez 3.47
  24. 24 Damon Jackson 3.47
  25. 25 Trey Ogden 3.49
Featherweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Yadier Del Valle 0.90
  2. 2 Pat Sabatini 1.16
  3. 3 Jordan Leavitt 1.63
  4. 4 Isaac Dulgarian 1.65
  5. 5 Erik Silva 1.66
  6. 6 Youssef Zalal 1.79
  7. 7 Steve Garcia 2.01
  8. 8 Aljamain Sterling 2.15
  9. 9 Mairon Santos 2.24
  10. 10 Jack Shore 2.31
  11. 11 Joanderson Brito 2.32
  12. 12 Austin Bashi 2.35
  13. 13 William Gomis 2.60
  14. 14 Lerone Murphy 2.65
  15. 15 Chepe Mariscal 2.66
  16. 16 Movsar Evloev 2.80
  17. 17 Bogdan Grad 2.84
  18. 18 Jonathan Pearce 2.85
  19. 19 Muhammad Naimov 2.85
  20. 20 Lucas Alexander 2.87
  21. 21 Vinicius Oliveira 2.88
  22. 22 Miles Johns 2.89
  23. 23 Christian Rodriguez 2.92
  24. 24 Melsik Baghdasaryan 2.96
  25. 25 Josh Culibao 3.04
Bantamweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Raul Rosas Jr. 1.34
  2. 2 Montel Jackson 1.37
  3. 3 Bryce Mitchell 1.51
  4. 4 Jafel Filho 1.52
  5. 5 Rinya Nakamura 1.52
  6. 6 Elijah Smith 1.70
  7. 7 Umar Nurmagomedov 1.86
  8. 8 Said Nurmagomedov 2.05
  9. 9 Suyoung You 2.13
  10. 10 Nathan Fletcher 2.16
  11. 11 Rei Tsuruya 2.28
  12. 12 Muin Gafurov 2.35
  13. 13 Taylor Lapilus 2.61
  14. 14 Changho Lee 2.63
  15. 15 Chris Gutierrez 2.65
  16. 16 Santiago Luna 2.76
  17. 17 Merab Dvalishvili 2.80
  18. 18 David Martinez 2.83
  19. 19 Chad Anheliger 2.90
  20. 20 Felipe Lima 2.91
  21. 21 Colby Thicknesse 2.93
  22. 22 Payton Talbott 3.00
  23. 23 Cristian Quinonez 3.02
  24. 24 Javid Basharat 3.08
  25. 25 Kai Asakura 3.34
Flyweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Jose Johnson 1.85
  2. 2 Nyamjargal Tumendemberel 1.92
  3. 3 Asu Almabayev 1.94
  4. 4 Joseph Morales 2.05
  5. 5 Kyoji Horiguchi 2.08
  6. 6 Alden Coria 2.21
  7. 7 Sumudaerji 2.29
  8. 8 Jesus Aguilar 2.48
  9. 9 Andre Lima 2.88
  10. 10 Mitch Raposo 2.88
  11. 11 Hyunsung Park 2.89
  12. 12 Matheus Nicolau 2.98
  13. 13 Jose Ochoa 2.99
  14. 14 Tim Elliott 3.00
  15. 15 Tatsuro Taira 3.10
  16. 16 Alex Perez 3.23
  17. 17 Ode Osbourne 3.24
  18. 18 Kai Kara-France 3.24
  19. 19 Tagir Ulanbekov 3.44
  20. 20 Carlos Hernandez 3.51
  21. 21 Victor Altamirano 3.62
  22. 22 Brandon Moreno 3.64
  23. 23 Ramazan Temirov 3.65
  24. 24 Felipe Dos Santos 3.80
  25. 25 Alessandro Costa 3.81
Women's Bantamweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Kayla Harrison C 1.10
  2. 2 Bia Mesquita 1.27
  3. 3 Ailin Perez 1.58
  4. 4 Nora Cornolle 2.04
  5. 5 Melissa Croden 2.13
  6. 6 Norma Dumont 2.33
  7. 7 Luana Santos 2.45
  8. 8 Julianna Pena 2.56
  9. 9 Macy Chiasson 2.76
  10. 10 Tainara Lisboa 2.88
  11. 11 Jacqueline Cavalcanti 2.98
  12. 12 Yana Santos 3.12
  13. 13 Miesha Tate 3.19
  14. 14 Joselyne Edwards 3.26
  15. 15 Julia Avila 3.28
  16. 16 Raquel Pennington 3.32
  17. 17 Daria Zhelezniakova 3.38
  18. 18 Luana Carolina 3.51
  19. 19 Montse Rendon 3.65
  20. 20 Ketlen Vieira 3.73
  21. 21 Hailey Cowan 3.92
  22. 22 Melissa Mullins 4.15
  23. 23 Chelsea Chandler 4.27
  24. 24 Karol Rosa 4.28
  25. 25 Tamires Vidal 4.46
Women's Flyweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Valentina Shevchenko C 2.00
  2. 2 Ivana Petrovic 2.05
  3. 3 Miranda Maverick 2.25
  4. 4 Natalia Silva 2.36
  5. 5 Dione Barbosa 2.40
  6. 6 Zhang Weili 2.63
  7. 7 Jamey-Lyn Horth 2.64
  8. 8 Karine Silva 2.64
  9. 9 Eduarda Moura 2.65
  10. 10 Melissa Gatto 2.67
  11. 11 Maycee Barber 2.70
  12. 12 Wang Cong 2.82
  13. 13 Tereza Bleda 2.94
  14. 14 Veronica Hardy 3.24
  15. 15 Brogan Walker 3.32
  16. 16 Jasmine Jasudavicius 3.38
  17. 17 Rose Namajunas 3.38
  18. 18 Manon Fiorot 3.58
  19. 19 Ravena Oliveira 3.71
  20. 20 Alexa Grasso 3.71
  21. 21 Tracy Cortez 3.71
  22. 22 Juliana Miller 3.84
  23. 23 Andrea Lee 3.91
  24. 24 Erin Blanchfield 4.25
  25. 25 JJ Aldrich 4.34
Women's Strawweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Tatiana Suarez 1.63
  2. 2 Jaqueline Amorim 2.06
  3. 3 Josefine Knutsson 2.40
  4. 4 Loma Lookboonmee 2.45
  5. 5 Fatima Kline 2.46
  6. 6 Alexia Thainara 2.66
  7. 7 Polyana Viana 2.74
  8. 8 Iasmin Lucindo 2.80
  9. 9 Gillian Robertson 2.83
  10. 10 Virna Jandiroba 2.86
  11. 11 Carla Esparza 2.87
  12. 12 Marina Rodriguez 3.02
  13. 13 Denise Gomes 3.07
  14. 14 Amanda Lemos 3.22
  15. 15 Yan Xiaonan 3.23
  16. 16 Talita Alencar 3.24
  17. 17 Shauna Bannon 3.25
  18. 18 Piera Rodriguez 3.25
  19. 19 Elise Reed 3.26
  20. 20 Amanda Ribas 3.29
  21. 21 Tecia Pennington 3.48
  22. 22 Stephanie Luciano 3.60
  23. 23 Mackenzie Dern C 3.74
  24. 24 Ketlen Souza 3.89
  25. 25 Bruna Brasil 3.90
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Career averages, calculated over each fighter's full UFC sample. Provisional fighters (fewer than 4 UFC bouts) and retired fighters are excluded. Source: UFCStats via daily pipeline. Updated Aug 15, 2026.