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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 2.03
  4. 4 Alexandr Romanov 2.13
  5. 5 Marcus Buchecha 2.15
  6. 6 Ciryl Gane IC 2.22
  7. 7 Robelis Despaigne 2.54
  8. 8 Thomas Petersen 2.62
  9. 9 Jairzinho Rozenstruik 2.63
  10. 10 Karl Williams 2.67
  11. 11 Vitor Petrino 2.76
  12. 12 Derrick Lewis 2.79
  13. 13 Curtis Blaydes 2.84
  14. 14 Valter Walker 2.85
  15. 15 Tom Aspinall C 2.89
  16. 16 Tanner Boser 3.00
  17. 17 Alexander Volkov 3.06
  18. 18 Marcin Tybura 3.26
  19. 19 Andrei Arlovski 3.35
  20. 20 Jhonata Diniz 3.41
  21. 21 Tallison Teixeira 3.45
  22. 22 Don'Tale Mayes 3.54
  23. 23 Sergei Pavlovich 3.58
  24. 24 Waldo Cortes Acosta 3.61
  25. 25 Alex Pereira 3.72
Light Heavyweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Oumar Sy 1.87
  2. 2 Navajo Stirling 2.53
  3. 3 Magomed Ankalaev 2.56
  4. 4 Nikita Krylov 2.59
  5. 5 Austen Lane 2.59
  6. 6 Junior Tafa 2.70
  7. 7 Diyar Nurgozhay 2.85
  8. 8 Aleksandar Rakic 2.86
  9. 9 Johnny Walker 2.88
  10. 10 Tuco Tokkos 3.11
  11. 11 Jan Blachowicz 3.14
  12. 12 Marcin Prachnio 3.15
  13. 13 Azamat Murzakanov 3.29
  14. 14 Jimmy Crute 3.33
  15. 15 Dominick Reyes 3.40
  16. 16 Ion Cutelaba 3.42
  17. 17 Caio Machado 3.44
  18. 18 Billy Elekana 3.59
  19. 19 Ovince Saint Preux 3.80
  20. 20 Brendson Ribeiro 3.81
  21. 21 Modestas Bukauskas 3.86
  22. 22 Alonzo Menifield 3.90
  23. 23 Ibo Aslan 4.00
  24. 24 Julius Walker 4.03
  25. 25 Carlos Ulberg C 4.04
Middleweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Ismail Naurdiev 1.75
  2. 2 Cam Rowston 1.98
  3. 3 Bo Nickal 2.00
  4. 4 Cesar Almeida 2.07
  5. 5 Josh Fremd 2.23
  6. 6 Reinier De Ridder 2.36
  7. 7 Jacob Malkoun 2.41
  8. 8 Ryan Loder 2.46
  9. 9 Dylan Budka 2.48
  10. 10 Christian Leroy Duncan 2.59
  11. 11 Cody Brundage 2.59
  12. 12 Andre Muniz 2.61
  13. 13 Caio Borralho 2.63
  14. 14 Sedriques Dumas 2.66
  15. 15 Robert Valentin 2.72
  16. 16 Nursulton Ruziboev 2.89
  17. 17 Khamzat Chimaev 2.98
  18. 18 Andre Petroski 2.99
  19. 19 Ateba Gautier 3.05
  20. 20 Eric Mcconico 3.05
  21. 21 Marco Tulio 3.09
  22. 22 Anthony Hernandez 3.10
  23. 23 Nassourdine Imavov 3.17
  24. 24 Andrey Pulyaev 3.20
  25. 25 Israel Adesanya 3.22
Welterweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Jeremiah Wells 1.28
  2. 2 Islam Makhachev C 1.45
  3. 3 Michael Page 1.57
  4. 4 Michael Chiesa 1.73
  5. 5 Themba Gorimbo 1.75
  6. 6 Oban Elliott 2.10
  7. 7 Shavkat Rakhmonov 2.17
  8. 8 Trevin Giles 2.39
  9. 9 Neil Magny 2.44
  10. 10 Charles Radtke 2.45
  11. 11 Leon Edwards 2.46
  12. 12 Jake Matthews 2.58
  13. 13 Kamaru Usman 2.67
  14. 14 Myktybek Orolbai 2.70
  15. 15 Sean Brady 2.77
  16. 16 Mike Malott 2.83
  17. 17 Ian Machado Garry 2.86
  18. 18 Muslim Salikhov 2.96
  19. 19 Stephen Thompson 3.00
  20. 20 Joel Alvarez 3.03
  21. 21 Gunnar Nelson 3.06
  22. 22 Colby Covington 3.09
  23. 23 Joaquin Buckley 3.10
  24. 24 Sam Patterson 3.11
  25. 25 Michael Morales 3.21
Lightweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Kaue Fernandes 1.42
  2. 2 Fares Ziam 1.58
  3. 3 Nurullo Aliev 1.73
  4. 4 Arman Tsarukyan 1.80
  5. 5 Joe Solecki 1.90
  6. 6 Grant Dawson 2.20
  7. 7 Quillan Salkilld 2.26
  8. 8 Claudio Puelles 2.62
  9. 9 Beneil Dariush 2.63
  10. 10 Mateusz Gamrot 2.81
  11. 11 Charles Oliveira 3.07
  12. 12 Chase Hooper 3.10
  13. 13 Francis Marshall 3.14
  14. 14 Roosevelt Roberts 3.16
  15. 15 Vinc Pichel 3.17
  16. 16 Clay Guida 3.18
  17. 17 Jeremy Stephens 3.24
  18. 18 Trevor Peek 3.34
  19. 19 Jai Herbert 3.34
  20. 20 Jim Miller 3.42
  21. 21 Diego Ferreira 3.46
  22. 22 Ludovit Klein 3.48
  23. 23 Damon Jackson 3.52
  24. 24 Renato Moicano 3.55
  25. 25 King Green 3.61
Featherweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Yadier Del Valle 0.93
  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 Aljamain Sterling 2.01
  8. 8 Steve Garcia 2.01
  9. 9 Bogdan Grad 2.21
  10. 10 Mairon Santos 2.24
  11. 11 Jack Shore 2.31
  12. 12 Joanderson Brito 2.32
  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 Jonathan Pearce 2.85
  18. 18 Muhammad Naimov 2.85
  19. 19 Lucas Alexander 2.87
  20. 20 Vinicius Oliveira 2.88
  21. 21 Christian Rodriguez 2.92
  22. 22 Melsik Baghdasaryan 2.96
  23. 23 Josh Culibao 3.04
  24. 24 Daniel Pineda 3.13
  25. 25 Arnold Allen 3.15
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 Muin Gafurov 2.35
  12. 12 Taylor Lapilus 2.61
  13. 13 Changho Lee 2.63
  14. 14 Chris Gutierrez 2.65
  15. 15 Santiago Luna 2.76
  16. 16 Merab Dvalishvili 2.80
  17. 17 David Martinez 2.83
  18. 18 Chad Anheliger 2.90
  19. 19 Felipe Lima 2.91
  20. 20 Colby Thicknesse 2.93
  21. 21 Javid Basharat 2.96
  22. 22 Miles Johns 2.98
  23. 23 Payton Talbott 3.00
  24. 24 Cristian Quinonez 3.02
  25. 25 Farid Basharat 3.09
Flyweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Jose Johnson 1.85
  2. 2 Nyamjargal Tumendemberel 1.92
  3. 3 Allan Nascimento 1.93
  4. 4 Asu Almabayev 1.99
  5. 5 Joseph Morales 2.05
  6. 6 Kyoji Horiguchi 2.08
  7. 7 Rei Tsuruya 2.28
  8. 8 Sumudaerji 2.35
  9. 9 Jesus Aguilar 2.48
  10. 10 Andre Lima 2.65
  11. 11 Mitch Raposo 2.88
  12. 12 Hyunsung Park 2.89
  13. 13 Matheus Nicolau 2.98
  14. 14 Jose Ochoa 2.99
  15. 15 Tim Elliott 3.00
  16. 16 Tatsuro Taira 3.10
  17. 17 Alex Perez 3.19
  18. 18 Kai Kara-France 3.24
  19. 19 Tagir Ulanbekov 3.44
  20. 20 Lone'Er Kavanagh 3.47
  21. 21 Carlos Hernandez 3.51
  22. 22 Victor Altamirano 3.62
  23. 23 Brandon Moreno 3.64
  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 Hailey Cowan 3.71
  21. 21 Ketlen Vieira 3.73
  22. 22 Pannie Kianzad 4.09
  23. 23 Melissa Mullins 4.15
  24. 24 Chelsea Chandler 4.27
  25. 25 Karol Rosa 4.28
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 Wang Cong 2.28
  5. 5 Natalia Silva 2.36
  6. 6 Dione Barbosa 2.52
  7. 7 Zhang Weili 2.63
  8. 8 Jamey-Lyn Horth 2.64
  9. 9 Karine Silva 2.64
  10. 10 Eduarda Moura 2.65
  11. 11 Melissa Gatto 2.67
  12. 12 Maycee Barber 2.70
  13. 13 Tereza Bleda 2.94
  14. 14 Tracy Cortez 3.06
  15. 15 Veronica Hardy 3.24
  16. 16 Brogan Walker 3.32
  17. 17 Mariya Agapova 3.32
  18. 18 Jasmine Jasudavicius 3.38
  19. 19 Rose Namajunas 3.38
  20. 20 Manon Fiorot 3.58
  21. 21 Alexa Grasso 3.71
  22. 22 Andrea Lee 3.91
  23. 23 Lucie Pudilova 4.07
  24. 24 Juliana Miller 4.14
  25. 25 Erin Blanchfield 4.25
Women's Strawweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Tatiana Suarez 1.63
  2. 2 Jaqueline Amorim 2.06
  3. 3 Alexia Thainara 2.20
  4. 4 Josefine Knutsson 2.40
  5. 5 Loma Lookboonmee 2.45
  6. 6 Fatima Kline 2.71
  7. 7 Polyana Viana 2.74
  8. 8 Iasmin Lucindo 2.80
  9. 9 Gillian Robertson 2.86
  10. 10 Virna Jandiroba 2.86
  11. 11 Carla Esparza 2.87
  12. 12 Amanda Lemos 3.01
  13. 13 Marina Rodriguez 3.02
  14. 14 Denise Gomes 3.07
  15. 15 Yan Xiaonan 3.23
  16. 16 Talita Alencar 3.24
  17. 17 Shauna Bannon 3.25
  18. 18 Elise Reed 3.26
  19. 19 Stephanie Luciano 3.29
  20. 20 Amanda Ribas 3.29
  21. 21 Piera Rodriguez 3.38
  22. 22 Tecia Pennington 3.48
  23. 23 Ravena Oliveira 3.72
  24. 24 Ketlen Souza 3.89
  25. 25 Bruna Brasil 3.90

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 Jun 20, 2026.