Flyweight · 2026

Best Flyweight Lowest Strikes Absorbed

Defensive strikers — fewest significant strikes absorbed per minute.

Jose Johnson leads the flyweight SApM board at 1.85 sig strikes / min absorbed , followed by Nyamjargal Tumendemberel (1.92) and Allan Nascimento (1.93) .

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

1

Jose Johnson

1-3-0 · 4 UFC fights · #40 division

1.85

Elo 1405
2

Nyamjargal Tumendemberel

2-1-0 · 3 UFC fights · #23 division

1.92

Elo 1478
3

Allan Nascimento

4-2-0 · 6 UFC fights · #11 division

1.93

Elo 1522
4

Asu Almabayev

6-1-0 · 7 UFC fights · #6 division

1.99

Elo 1573
5

Joseph Morales

3-2-0 · 5 UFC fights · #20 division

2.05

Elo 1493
6

Kyoji Horiguchi

9-2-0 · 11 UFC fights · #5 division

2.08

Elo 1578
7

Rei Tsuruya

3-1-0 · 4 UFC fights · #12 division

2.28

Elo 1520
8

Sumudaerji

6-4-0 · 10 UFC fights · #22 division

2.35

Elo 1485
9

Jesus Aguilar

4-4-0 · 8 UFC fights · #27 division

2.48

Elo 1462
10

Andre Lima

3-1-0 · 4 UFC fights · #21 division

2.65

Elo 1488
11

Mitch Raposo

2-2-0 · 4 UFC fights · #30 division

2.88

Elo 1454
12

Hyunsung Park

3-2-0 · 5 UFC fights · #24 division

2.89

Elo 1470
13

Matheus Nicolau

7-4-0 · 11 UFC fights · #15 division

2.98

Elo 1512
14

Jose Ochoa

2-2-0 · 4 UFC fights · #28 division

2.99

Elo 1462
15

Tim Elliott

10-12-0 · 22 UFC fights · #26 division

3.00

Elo 1463
16

Tatsuro Taira

8-2-0 · 10 UFC fights · #4 division

3.10

Elo 1597
17

Alex Perez

8-6-0 · 14 UFC fights · #10 division

3.19

Elo 1523
18

Kai Kara-France

8-5-0 · 13 UFC fights · #13 division

3.24

Elo 1519
19

Tagir Ulanbekov

6-2-0 · 8 UFC fights · #8 division

3.44

Elo 1552
20

Lone'Er Kavanagh

3-1-0 · 4 UFC fights · #17 division

3.47

Elo 1506
21

Carlos Hernandez

3-4-0 · 7 UFC fights · #34 division

3.51

Elo 1424
22

Victor Altamirano

2-4-0 · 6 UFC fights · #37 division

3.62

Elo 1410
23

Brandon Moreno

11-7-2 · 20 UFC fights · #9 division

3.64

Elo 1540
24

Felipe Dos Santos

1-3-0 · 4 UFC fights · #36 division

3.80

Elo 1414
25

Alessandro Costa

4-3-0 · 7 UFC fights · #25 division

3.81

Elo 1469

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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.