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Middleweight · 2026

Best Middleweight Lowest Strikes Absorbed

Defensive strikers — fewest significant strikes absorbed per minute.

Ismail Naurdiev leads the middleweight SApM board at 1.75 sig strikes / min absorbed , followed by Donte Johnson (1.82) and Cam Rowston (1.98) .

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

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  1. 1
    Ismail Naurdiev
    4-3-0 7 fights #40
    1.75
  2. 2
    Donte Johnson
    3-0-0 3 fights #22
    1.82
  3. 3
    Cam Rowston
    3-0-0 3 fights #19
    1.98
  4. 4
    Bo Nickal
    6-1-0 7 fights #16
    2.00
  5. 5
    Cesar Almeida
    3-3-0 6 fights #43
    2.32
  6. 6
    Jacob Malkoun
    6-3-0 9 fights #31
    2.33
  7. 7
    Christian Leroy Duncan
    8-2-0 10 fights #14
    2.36
  8. 8
    Reinier De Ridder
    4-2-0 6 fights #23
    2.36
  9. 9
    Robert Valentin
    2-3-0 5 fights #58
    2.37
  10. 10
    Ryan Loder
    1-2-0 3 fights #64
    2.46
  11. 11
    Dylan Budka
    0-3-0 3 fights #68
    2.48
  12. 12
    Andre Muniz
    6-4-0 10 fights #30
    2.61
  13. 13
    Caio Borralho
    8-1-0 9 fights #7
    2.63
  14. 14
    Sedriques Dumas
    3-5-0 9 fights #67
    2.65
  15. 15
    Nursulton Ruziboev
    5-1-0 6 fights #18
    2.68
  16. 16
    Kamaru Usman
    16-4-0 20 fights #3
    2.86
  17. 17
    Cody Brundage
    6-8-0 16 fights #57
    2.88
  18. 18
    Andrey Pulyaev
    1-3-0 4 fights #62
    2.91
  19. 19
    Khamzat Chimaev
    9-1-0 10 fights #2
    2.98
  20. 20
    Andre Petroski
    8-5-0 13 fights #34
    2.99
  21. 21
    Ateba Gautier
    5-0-0 5 fights #11
    3.05
  22. 22
    Marco Tulio
    2-2-0 4 fights #47
    3.09
  23. 23
    Anthony Hernandez
    9-3-0 12 fights #12
    3.10
  24. 24
    Nassourdine Imavov
    9-2-0 12 fights #6
    3.17
  25. 25
    Eric Mcconico
    2-3-0 5 fights #59
    3.18
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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 Aug 15, 2026.