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Light Heavyweight · 2026

Best Light Heavyweight Lowest Strikes Absorbed

Defensive strikers — fewest significant strikes absorbed per minute.

Oumar Sy leads the light heavyweight SApM board at 1.97 sig strikes / min absorbed , followed by Felipe Franco (2.17) and Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev (2.25) .

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

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  1. 1
    Oumar Sy
    3-3-0 6 fights #27
    1.97
  2. 2
    Felipe Franco
    1-2-0 3 fights #32
    2.17
  3. 3
    Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev
    3-0-0 3 fights #13
    2.25
  4. 4
    Reinier De Ridder
    5-2-0 7 fights #8
    2.26
  5. 5
    Navajo Stirling
    6-0-0 6 fights #4
    2.46
  6. 6
    Magomed Ankalaev
    13-2-1 17 fights #2
    2.49
  7. 7
    Austen Lane
    1-5-0 7 fights #42
    2.56
  8. 8
    Sedriques Dumas
    3-6-0 10 fights #41
    2.66
  9. 9
    Junior Tafa
    3-6-0 9 fights #37
    2.70
  10. 10
    Nikita Krylov
    12-10-0 22 fights #20
    2.75
  11. 11
    Diyar Nurgozhay
    2-2-0 4 fights #29
    2.84
  12. 12
    Tuco Tokkos
    1-3-0 4 fights #40
    3.11
  13. 13
    Marcin Prachnio
    4-7-0 11 fights #38
    3.15
  14. 14
    Jan Blachowicz
    12-9-2 23 fights #11
    3.23
  15. 15
    Azamat Murzakanov
    6-1-0 7 fights #5
    3.29
  16. 16
    Jimmy Crute
    6-4-2 12 fights #17
    3.33
  17. 17
    Brendson Ribeiro
    3-6-0 9 fights #33
    3.38
  18. 18
    Robert Whittaker
    18-7-0 25 fights #3
    3.40
  19. 19
    Dominick Reyes
    10-5-0 15 fights #7
    3.40
  20. 20
    Ion Cutelaba
    9-11-1 21 fights #26
    3.42
  21. 21
    Caio Machado
    0-3-0 3 fights #35
    3.44
  22. 22
    Gerald Meerschaert
    12-15-0 27 fights #31
    3.48
  23. 23
    Bogdan Guskov
    4-2-1 7 fights #12
    3.50
  24. 24
    Billy Elekana
    3-1-0 4 fights #21
    3.59
  25. 25
    Julius Walker
    2-3-0 5 fights #30
    3.59
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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.