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Women's Bantamweight · 2026

Best Women's Bantamweight Lowest Strikes Absorbed

Defensive strikers — fewest significant strikes absorbed per minute.

Kayla Harrison leads the women's bantamweight SApM board at 1.10 sig strikes / min absorbed , followed by Bia Mesquita (1.27) and Ailin Perez (1.79) .

Top 25 active women's bantamweight fighters by career-window SApM. · See full women's bantamweight Elo rankings →

Lowest Strikes Absorbed in all divisions →
  1. 1
    Kayla Harrison C
    3-0-0 3 fights #2
    1.10
  2. 2
    Bia Mesquita
    3-0-0 3 fights #5
    1.27
  3. 3
    Ailin Perez
    7-1-0 8 fights #1
    1.79
  4. 4
    Nora Cornolle
    4-3-0 7 fights #14
    1.95
  5. 5
    Melissa Croden
    2-2-0 4 fights #19
    2.17
  6. 6
    Norma Dumont
    9-4-0 13 fights #6
    2.34
  7. 7
    Luana Santos
    6-1-0 7 fights #3
    2.45
  8. 8
    Julianna Pena
    8-4-0 12 fights #9
    2.56
  9. 9
    Macy Chiasson
    8-6-0 14 fights #12
    2.76
  10. 10
    Alice Pereira
    2-1-0 3 fights #13
    2.79
  11. 11
    Tainara Lisboa
    2-2-0 4 fights #24
    2.88
  12. 12
    Jacqueline Cavalcanti
    5-1-0 6 fights #4
    2.98
  13. 13
    Yana Santos
    7-5-0 12 fights #11
    3.12
  14. 14
    Miesha Tate
    7-7-0 14 fights #16
    3.19
  15. 15
    Joselyne Edwards
    9-4-0 13 fights #8
    3.26
  16. 16
    Julia Avila
    3-3-0 6 fights #18
    3.28
  17. 17
    Daria Zhelezniakova
    2-3-0 5 fights #26
    3.43
  18. 18
    Luana Carolina
    6-4-0 10 fights #15
    3.51
  19. 19
    Montse Rendon
    2-2-0 4 fights #23
    3.65
  20. 20
    Ketlen Vieira
    10-5-0 15 fights #7
    3.73
  21. 21
    Hailey Cowan
    0-4-0 4 fights #30
    3.92
  22. 22
    Chelsea Chandler
    4-3-0 7 fights #17
    4.11
  23. 23
    Melissa Mullins
    2-3-0 5 fights #25
    4.15
  24. 24
    Karol Rosa
    8-5-0 13 fights #10
    4.28
  25. 25
    Tamires Vidal
    1-3-0 4 fights #27
    4.46
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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.