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Bantamweight · 2026

Best Bantamweight Lowest Strikes Absorbed

Defensive strikers — fewest significant strikes absorbed per minute.

Montel Jackson leads the bantamweight SApM board at 1.39 sig strikes / min absorbed , followed by Bryce Mitchell (1.51) and Jafel Filho (1.52) .

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

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  1. 1
    Montel Jackson
    10-4-0 14 fights #14
    1.39
  2. 2
    Bryce Mitchell
    10-3-0 13 fights #9
    1.51
  3. 3
    Jafel Filho
    3-3-0 6 fights #46
    1.52
  4. 4
    Suyoung You
    4-1-0 5 fights #28
    1.68
  5. 5
    Elijah Smith
    3-0-0 3 fights #21
    1.70
  6. 6
    Rinya Nakamura
    4-2-0 6 fights #34
    1.74
  7. 7
    Umar Nurmagomedov
    8-2-0 10 fights #7
    1.85
  8. 8
    Said Nurmagomedov
    7-4-0 11 fights #26
    2.05
  9. 9
    Nathan Fletcher
    1-2-0 3 fights #60
    2.16
  10. 10
    Muin Gafurov
    2-3-0 5 fights #55
    2.35
  11. 11
    Raul Rosas Jr.
    7-1-0 8 fights #11
    2.40
  12. 12
    David Martinez
    4-0-0 4 fights #10
    2.52
  13. 13
    Changho Lee
    2-1-0 3 fights #49
    2.63
  14. 14
    Chris Gutierrez
    10-4-1 15 fights #20
    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
    Colby Thicknesse
    2-1-0 3 fights #47
    2.93
  18. 18
    Payton Talbott
    6-1-0 7 fights #12
    2.98
  19. 19
    Chad Anheliger
    2-4-0 6 fights #67
    3.00
  20. 20
    Cristian Quinonez
    2-2-0 4 fights #52
    3.02
  21. 21
    Javid Basharat
    4-2-0 7 fights #40
    3.08
  22. 22
    Kai Asakura
    2-2-0 4 fights #48
    3.15
  23. 23
    Timmy Cuamba
    3-3-0 6 fights #54
    3.27
  24. 24
    Sean O'Malley
    12-3-0 16 fights #5
    3.34
  25. 25
    Cameron Smotherman
    1-3-0 4 fights #66
    3.37
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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 Oct 17, 2026.