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Heavyweight · 2026

Best Heavyweight Lowest Strikes Absorbed

Defensive strikers — fewest significant strikes absorbed per minute.

Jailton Almeida leads the heavyweight SApM board at 1.32 sig strikes / min absorbed , followed by Mario Pinto (1.88) and Louie Sutherland (1.95) .

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

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  1. 1
    Jailton Almeida
    8-3-0 11 fights #9
    1.32
  2. 2
    Mario Pinto
    4-0-0 4 fights #8
    1.88
  3. 3
    Louie Sutherland
    1-3-0 4 fights #45
    1.95
  4. 4
    Alexandr Romanov
    7-3-0 10 fights #15
    2.13
  5. 5
    Marcus Buchecha
    0-2-1 3 fights #40
    2.15
  6. 6
    Ciryl Gane IC
    11-2-0 14 fights #1
    2.31
  7. 7
    Robelis Despaigne
    2-2-0 4 fights #36
    2.38
  8. 8
    Thomas Petersen
    3-4-0 7 fights #39
    2.58
  9. 9
    Vitor Petrino
    8-2-0 10 fights #11
    2.60
  10. 10
    Rizvan Kuniev
    2-1-0 3 fights #23
    2.60
  11. 11
    Jairzinho Rozenstruik
    9-6-0 15 fights #17
    2.63
  12. 12
    Valter Walker
    5-1-0 6 fights #14
    2.67
  13. 13
    Curtis Blaydes
    15-6-0 22 fights #5
    2.70
  14. 14
    Tanner Boser
    6-6-0 12 fights #32
    2.78
  15. 15
    Aleksandar Rakic
    7-5-0 12 fights #19
    2.78
  16. 16
    Derrick Lewis
    20-12-0 32 fights #16
    2.79
  17. 17
    Guilherme Pat
    1-2-0 3 fights #43
    2.82
  18. 18
    Johnny Walker
    9-7-0 17 fights #18
    2.92
  19. 19
    Alexander Volkov
    14-5-0 19 fights #3
    3.06
  20. 20
    Jhonata Diniz
    3-3-0 6 fights #33
    3.33
  21. 21
    Marcin Tybura
    14-11-0 25 fights #24
    3.34
  22. 22
    Waldo Cortes Acosta
    10-4-0 14 fights #10
    3.43
  23. 23
    Tallison Teixeira
    2-2-0 4 fights #31
    3.45
  24. 24
    Don'Tale Mayes
    4-7-0 12 fights #44
    3.57
  25. 25
    Sergei Pavlovich
    9-3-0 12 fights #6
    3.58
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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.