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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 1.88
  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 2.38
  8. 8 Thomas Petersen 2.58
  9. 9 Vitor Petrino 2.60
  10. 10 Rizvan Kuniev 2.60
  11. 11 Jairzinho Rozenstruik 2.63
  12. 12 Valter Walker 2.67
  13. 13 Curtis Blaydes 2.70
  14. 14 Tanner Boser 2.78
  15. 15 Aleksandar Rakic 2.78
  16. 16 Derrick Lewis 2.79
  17. 17 Guilherme Pat 2.82
  18. 18 Johnny Walker 2.92
  19. 19 Alexander Volkov 3.06
  20. 20 Jhonata Diniz 3.33
  21. 21 Marcin Tybura 3.34
  22. 22 Waldo Cortes Acosta 3.43
  23. 23 Tallison Teixeira 3.45
  24. 24 Don'Tale Mayes 3.57
  25. 25 Sergei Pavlovich 3.58
Light Heavyweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Oumar Sy 1.97
  2. 2 Felipe Franco 2.17
  3. 3 Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev 2.25
  4. 4 Reinier De Ridder 2.26
  5. 5 Navajo Stirling 2.46
  6. 6 Magomed Ankalaev 2.49
  7. 7 Austen Lane 2.56
  8. 8 Sedriques Dumas 2.66
  9. 9 Junior Tafa 2.70
  10. 10 Nikita Krylov 2.75
  11. 11 Diyar Nurgozhay 2.84
  12. 12 Tuco Tokkos 3.11
  13. 13 Marcin Prachnio 3.15
  14. 14 Jan Blachowicz 3.23
  15. 15 Azamat Murzakanov 3.29
  16. 16 Jimmy Crute 3.33
  17. 17 Brendson Ribeiro 3.38
  18. 18 Robert Whittaker 3.40
  19. 19 Dominick Reyes 3.40
  20. 20 Ion Cutelaba 3.42
  21. 21 Caio Machado 3.44
  22. 22 Gerald Meerschaert 3.48
  23. 23 Bogdan Guskov 3.50
  24. 24 Billy Elekana 3.59
  25. 25 Julius Walker 3.59
Middleweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Michael Page 1.40
  2. 2 Donte Johnson 1.82
  3. 3 Yousri Belgaroui 1.93
  4. 4 Cam Rowston 1.98
  5. 5 Bo Nickal 2.00
  6. 6 Ryan Gandra 2.00
  7. 7 Nursulton Ruziboev 2.20
  8. 8 Ismail Naurdiev 2.22
  9. 9 Cesar Almeida 2.32
  10. 10 Jacob Malkoun 2.33
  11. 11 Christian Leroy Duncan 2.34
  12. 12 Robert Valentin 2.37
  13. 13 Ryan Loder 2.46
  14. 14 Dylan Budka 2.48
  15. 15 Andre Muniz 2.61
  16. 16 Caio Borralho 2.63
  17. 17 Kamaru Usman 2.86
  18. 18 Cody Brundage 2.88
  19. 19 Andrey Pulyaev 2.95
  20. 20 Khamzat Chimaev 2.98
  21. 21 Andre Petroski 2.99
  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 Chiesa 1.73
  5. 5 Themba Gorimbo 1.75
  6. 6 Daniil Donchenko 2.14
  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 Mike Malott 2.74
  17. 17 Sean Brady 2.77
  18. 18 Sam Patterson 2.80
  19. 19 Stephen Thompson 3.00
  20. 20 Gunnar Nelson 3.06
  21. 21 Colby Covington 3.09
  22. 22 Joaquin Buckley 3.16
  23. 23 Muslim Salikhov 3.20
  24. 24 Michael Morales 3.21
  25. 25 Ramiz Brahimaj 3.23
Lightweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Kaue Fernandes 1.63
  2. 2 Fares Ziam 1.63
  3. 3 Nurullo Aliev 1.67
  4. 4 Arman Tsarukyan 1.77
  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 Chase Hooper 3.05
  14. 14 Francis Marshall 3.14
  15. 15 Vinc Pichel 3.17
  16. 16 Clay Guida 3.18
  17. 17 Jeremy Stephens 3.25
  18. 18 Rafael Dos Anjos 3.25
  19. 19 Matheus Camilo 3.26
  20. 20 Jai Herbert 3.29
  21. 21 Jim Miller 3.43
  22. 22 Mitch Ramirez 3.47
  23. 23 Damon Jackson 3.47
  24. 24 Trey Ogden 3.49
  25. 25 Mauricio Ruffy 3.53
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 Austin Bashi 2.35
  12. 12 Joanderson Brito 2.35
  13. 13 William Gomis 2.60
  14. 14 Lerone Murphy 2.65
  15. 15 Chepe Mariscal 2.66
  16. 16 Felipe Lima 2.77
  17. 17 Movsar Evloev 2.80
  18. 18 Bogdan Grad 2.84
  19. 19 Lucas Alexander 2.87
  20. 20 Vinicius Oliveira 2.88
  21. 21 Miles Johns 2.89
  22. 22 Christian Rodriguez 2.92
  23. 23 Melsik Baghdasaryan 2.96
  24. 24 Muhammad Naimov 2.98
  25. 25 Arnold Allen 3.15
Bantamweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Montel Jackson 1.39
  2. 2 Bryce Mitchell 1.51
  3. 3 Jafel Filho 1.52
  4. 4 Suyoung You 1.68
  5. 5 Elijah Smith 1.70
  6. 6 Rinya Nakamura 1.74
  7. 7 Umar Nurmagomedov 1.85
  8. 8 Said Nurmagomedov 2.05
  9. 9 Nathan Fletcher 2.16
  10. 10 Muin Gafurov 2.35
  11. 11 Raul Rosas Jr. 2.40
  12. 12 David Martinez 2.52
  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 Colby Thicknesse 2.93
  18. 18 Payton Talbott 2.98
  19. 19 Chad Anheliger 3.00
  20. 20 Cristian Quinonez 3.02
  21. 21 Javid Basharat 3.08
  22. 22 Kai Asakura 3.15
  23. 23 Timmy Cuamba 3.27
  24. 24 Sean O'Malley 3.34
  25. 25 Cameron Smotherman 3.37
Flyweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Jose Johnson 1.85
  2. 2 Nyamjargal Tumendemberel 1.92
  3. 3 Asu Almabayev 1.94
  4. 4 Rei Tsuruya 2.02
  5. 5 Kyoji Horiguchi 2.08
  6. 6 Sumudaerji 2.10
  7. 7 Jesus Aguilar 2.48
  8. 8 Alden Coria 2.50
  9. 9 Joseph Morales 2.72
  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 3.05
  15. 15 Andre Lima 3.05
  16. 16 Tatsuro Taira 3.10
  17. 17 Alex Perez 3.17
  18. 18 Ode Osbourne 3.24
  19. 19 Kai Kara-France 3.24
  20. 20 Tagir Ulanbekov 3.44
  21. 21 Carlos Hernandez 3.51
  22. 22 Ramazan Temirov 3.65
  23. 23 Brandon Moreno 3.69
  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 1.79
  4. 4 Nora Cornolle 1.95
  5. 5 Melissa Croden 2.17
  6. 6 Norma Dumont 2.34
  7. 7 Luana Santos 2.45
  8. 8 Julianna Pena 2.56
  9. 9 Macy Chiasson 2.76
  10. 10 Alice Pereira 2.79
  11. 11 Tainara Lisboa 2.88
  12. 12 Jacqueline Cavalcanti 2.98
  13. 13 Yana Santos 3.12
  14. 14 Miesha Tate 3.19
  15. 15 Joselyne Edwards 3.26
  16. 16 Julia Avila 3.28
  17. 17 Daria Zhelezniakova 3.43
  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 Chelsea Chandler 4.11
  23. 23 Melissa Mullins 4.15
  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 Dione Barbosa 2.40
  5. 5 Eduarda Moura 2.54
  6. 6 Zhang Weili 2.63
  7. 7 Jamey-Lyn Horth 2.64
  8. 8 Karine Silva 2.64
  9. 9 Natalia Silva 2.66
  10. 10 Maycee Barber 2.70
  11. 11 Melissa Gatto 2.76
  12. 12 Tereza Bleda 2.94
  13. 13 Wang Cong 3.23
  14. 14 Veronica Hardy 3.24
  15. 15 Brogan Walker 3.32
  16. 16 Rose Namajunas 3.38
  17. 17 Jasmine Jasudavicius 3.45
  18. 18 Ravena Oliveira 3.71
  19. 19 Tracy Cortez 3.71
  20. 20 Manon Fiorot 3.76
  21. 21 Alexa Grasso 3.78
  22. 22 Juliana Miller 3.84
  23. 23 Andrea Lee 3.91
  24. 24 Erin Blanchfield 4.10
  25. 25 Ernesta Kareckaite 4.35
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 Marina Rodriguez 3.02
  12. 12 Denise Gomes 3.12
  13. 13 Amanda Lemos 3.22
  14. 14 Yan Xiaonan 3.24
  15. 15 Talita Alencar 3.24
  16. 16 Shauna Bannon 3.25
  17. 17 Piera Rodriguez 3.25
  18. 18 Amanda Ribas 3.29
  19. 19 Tecia Pennington 3.48
  20. 20 Stephanie Luciano 3.60
  21. 21 Mackenzie Dern C 3.74
  22. 22 Bruna Brasil 3.90
  23. 23 Loopy Godinez 3.96
  24. 24 Ketlen Souza 4.00
  25. 25 Viktoriia Dudakova 4.02
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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 Oct 17, 2026.