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Lightweight · 2026

Best Lightweight Lowest Strikes Absorbed

Defensive strikers — fewest significant strikes absorbed per minute.

Kaue Fernandes leads the lightweight SApM board at 1.63 sig strikes / min absorbed , followed by Fares Ziam (1.63) and Nurullo Aliev (1.67) .

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

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  1. 1
    Kaue Fernandes
    3-2-0 5 fights #53
    1.63
  2. 2
    Fares Ziam
    8-4-0 12 fights #28
    1.63
  3. 3
    Nurullo Aliev
    4-0-0 4 fights #12
    1.67
  4. 4
    Arman Tsarukyan
    11-2-0 13 fights #3
    1.77
  5. 5
    Joe Solecki
    5-4-0 9 fights #42
    1.90
  6. 6
    Quillan Salkilld
    6-0-0 6 fights #5
    2.02
  7. 7
    Grant Dawson
    12-2-1 15 fights #6
    2.20
  8. 8
    Claudio Puelles
    5-4-0 9 fights #44
    2.62
  9. 9
    Beneil Dariush
    17-8-1 26 fights #11
    2.63
  10. 10
    Tofiq Musayev
    2-1-0 3 fights #45
    2.79
  11. 11
    Mateusz Gamrot
    9-5-0 14 fights #13
    2.79
  12. 12
    Charles Oliveira
    25-11-0 37 fights #2
    3.05
  13. 13
    Chase Hooper
    9-5-0 14 fights #38
    3.05
  14. 14
    Francis Marshall
    4-3-0 7 fights #61
    3.14
  15. 15
    Vinc Pichel
    7-5-0 12 fights #40
    3.17
  16. 16
    Clay Guida
    18-19-0 37 fights #62
    3.18
  17. 17
    Jeremy Stephens
    15-20-0 36 fights #69
    3.25
  18. 18
    Rafael Dos Anjos
    21-16-0 37 fights #24
    3.25
  19. 19
    Matheus Camilo
    2-2-0 4 fights #70
    3.26
  20. 20
    Jai Herbert
    5-5-1 11 fights #52
    3.29
  21. 21
    Jim Miller
    28-18-0 47 fights #15
    3.43
  22. 22
    Mitch Ramirez
    0-3-0 3 fights #83
    3.47
  23. 23
    Damon Jackson
    6-6-1 14 fights #59
    3.47
  24. 24
    Trey Ogden
    3-3-0 7 fights #58
    3.49
  25. 25
    Mauricio Ruffy
    5-2-0 7 fights #19
    3.53
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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.