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Bantamweight · 2026

Best Bantamweight Lowest Strikes Absorbed

Defensive strikers — fewest significant strikes absorbed per minute.

Raul Rosas Jr. leads the bantamweight SApM board at 1.34 sig strikes / min absorbed , followed by Montel Jackson (1.37) and Bryce Mitchell (1.51) .

Top 25 active bantamweight fighters by career-window SApM. · See full bantamweight Elo rankings →

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  1. 1
    Raul Rosas Jr.
    6-1-0 7 fights #12
    1.34
  2. 2
    Montel Jackson
    9-4-0 13 fights #21
    1.37
  3. 3
    Bryce Mitchell
    10-3-0 13 fights #10
    1.51
  4. 4
    Jafel Filho
    3-3-0 6 fights #48
    1.52
  5. 5
    Rinya Nakamura
    4-1-0 5 fights #30
    1.52
  6. 6
    Elijah Smith
    3-0-0 3 fights #20
    1.70
  7. 7
    Umar Nurmagomedov
    8-1-0 9 fights #3
    1.86
  8. 8
    Said Nurmagomedov
    7-4-0 11 fights #26
    2.05
  9. 9
    Suyoung You
    3-1-0 4 fights #37
    2.13
  10. 10
    Nathan Fletcher
    1-2-0 3 fights #68
    2.16
  11. 11
    Muin Gafurov
    2-3-0 5 fights #57
    2.35
  12. 12
    Taylor Lapilus
    6-2-0 8 fights #27
    2.61
  13. 13
    Changho Lee
    2-1-0 3 fights #51
    2.63
  14. 14
    Chris Gutierrez
    10-4-1 15 fights #19
    2.65
  15. 15
    Santiago Luna
    2-1-0 3 fights #43
    2.76
  16. 16
    Merab Dvalishvili
    14-3-0 17 fights #1
    2.80
  17. 17
    David Martinez
    3-0-0 3 fights #14
    2.83
  18. 18
    Chad Anheliger
    2-3-0 5 fights #69
    2.90
  19. 19
    Felipe Lima
    2-1-0 3 fights #45
    2.91
  20. 20
    Colby Thicknesse
    2-1-0 3 fights #49
    2.93
  21. 21
    Javid Basharat
    4-2-0 6 fights #41
    2.96
  22. 22
    Miles Johns
    6-5-0 11 fights #50
    2.98
  23. 23
    Payton Talbott
    5-1-0 6 fights #15
    3.00
  24. 24
    Cristian Quinonez
    2-2-0 4 fights #52
    3.02
  25. 25
    Farid Basharat
    6-0-0 6 fights #5
    3.09
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Career averages, calculated over a fighter's full UFC sample. Provisional fighters (fewer than 4 UFC bouts) and retired fighters are excluded so the leaderboards reflect a real career, not a one-fight outlier. Stat data sourced from UFCStats via our daily pipeline. Updated Jun 20, 2026.