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All Divisions · 2026

Best Striking Defense in the UFC

Best at avoiding shots — highest percentage of opponent strikes that miss or get blocked.

11 divisions ranked by career-window Str Def. Tap a division header for the full top-25.

Heavyweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Tom Aspinall C 65%
  2. 2 Ciryl Gane IC 62%
  3. 3 Mick Parkin 60%
  4. 4 Jhonata Diniz 58%
  5. 5 Brando Pericic 58%
  6. 6 Mario Pinto 58%
  7. 7 Tanner Boser 58%
  8. 8 Andrei Arlovski 56%
  9. 9 Sergei Pavlovich 56%
  10. 10 Martin Buday 56%
  11. 11 Thomas Petersen 56%
  12. 12 Lukasz Brzeski 55%
  13. 13 Marcin Tybura 55%
  14. 14 Waldo Cortes Acosta 55%
  15. 15 Alexander Volkov 54%
  16. 16 Karl Williams 54%
  17. 17 Alexandr Romanov 54%
  18. 18 Curtis Blaydes 54%
  19. 19 Ante Delija 53%
  20. 20 Alex Pereira 53%
  21. 21 Jairzinho Rozenstruik 52%
  22. 22 Serghei Spivac 52%
  23. 23 Mohammed Usman 51%
  24. 24 Kennedy Nzechukwu 51%
  25. 25 Vitor Petrino 51%
Light Heavyweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Oumar Sy 67%
  2. 2 Caio Machado 62%
  3. 3 Navajo Stirling 59%
  4. 4 Diyar Nurgozhay 59%
  5. 5 Dustin Jacoby 58%
  6. 6 Magomed Ankalaev 56%
  7. 7 Ibo Aslan 56%
  8. 8 Azamat Murzakanov 56%
  9. 9 Volkan Oezdemir 55%
  10. 10 Marcin Prachnio 55%
  11. 11 Iwo Baraniewski 54%
  12. 12 Ivan Erslan 54%
  13. 13 Junior Tafa 52%
  14. 14 Jan Blachowicz 52%
  15. 15 Brendson Ribeiro 51%
  16. 16 Aleksandar Rakic 51%
  17. 17 Alonzo Menifield 51%
  18. 18 Carlos Ulberg C 51%
  19. 19 Modestas Bukauskas 51%
  20. 20 Khalil Rountree Jr. 50%
  21. 21 Dominick Reyes 50%
  22. 22 Johnny Walker 49%
  23. 23 Paulo Costa 49%
  24. 24 Da Woon Jung 49%
  25. 25 Bruno Lopes 48%
Middleweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Ismail Naurdiev 65%
  2. 2 Ozzy Diaz 63%
  3. 3 Sean Strickland C 61%
  4. 4 Bo Nickal 60%
  5. 5 Caio Borralho 60%
  6. 6 Robert Whittaker 60%
  7. 7 Baisangur Susurkaev 59%
  8. 8 Nassourdine Imavov 59%
  9. 9 Michal Oleksiejczuk 58%
  10. 10 Andrey Pulyaev 57%
  11. 11 Kelvin Gastelum 57%
  12. 12 Jared Cannonier 56%
  13. 13 Marco Tulio 56%
  14. 14 Marvin Vettori 56%
  15. 15 Abus Magomedov 56%
  16. 16 Israel Adesanya 56%
  17. 17 Jacob Malkoun 55%
  18. 18 Robert Bryczek 55%
  19. 19 Abdul Razak Alhassan 55%
  20. 20 Brad Tavares 55%
  21. 21 Cam Rowston 54%
  22. 22 Ateba Gautier 54%
  23. 23 Gerald Meerschaert 54%
  24. 24 Roman Kopylov 53%
  25. 25 Armen Petrosyan 53%
Welterweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Gabriel Bonfim 64%
  2. 2 Muslim Salikhov 62%
  3. 3 Islam Makhachev C 62%
  4. 4 Michael Page 62%
  5. 5 Santiago Ponzinibbio 62%
  6. 6 Court McGee 61%
  7. 7 Oban Elliott 61%
  8. 8 Jack Della Maddalena 61%
  9. 9 Jake Matthews 61%
  10. 10 Tim Means 60%
  11. 11 Rafael Dos Anjos 60%
  12. 12 Sean Brady 60%
  13. 13 Billy Ray Goff 59%
  14. 14 Joaquin Buckley 59%
  15. 15 Trevin Giles 58%
  16. 16 Max Griffin 58%
  17. 17 Michael Chiesa 58%
  18. 18 Michael Morales 57%
  19. 19 Daniel Rodriguez 57%
  20. 20 Chidi Njokuani 57%
  21. 21 Mike Malott 57%
  22. 22 Jonathan Micallef 57%
  23. 23 Jack Hermansson 57%
  24. 24 Geoff Neal 57%
  25. 25 Li Jingliang 57%
Lightweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Fares Ziam 64%
  2. 2 Nasrat Haqparast 63%
  3. 3 Kaue Fernandes 63%
  4. 4 King Green 62%
  5. 5 Ilia Topuria 62%
  6. 6 Rafa Garcia 61%
  7. 7 Bolaji Oki 61%
  8. 8 Clay Guida 61%
  9. 9 Mateusz Gamrot 60%
  10. 10 Alexander Hernandez 60%
  11. 11 Renato Moicano 60%
  12. 12 Mauricio Ruffy 60%
  13. 13 Damir Hadzovic 59%
  14. 14 Michael Johnson 59%
  15. 15 Nurullo Aliev 59%
  16. 16 Max Holloway 59%
  17. 17 Jeremy Stephens 58%
  18. 18 Viacheslav Borshchev 57%
  19. 19 Evan Elder 57%
  20. 20 Beneil Dariush 57%
  21. 21 Jim Miller 57%
  22. 22 Matt Frevola 57%
  23. 23 Ismael Bonfim 56%
  24. 24 Kai Kamaka Iii 56%
  25. 25 Mike Davis 56%
Featherweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Mairon Santos 66%
  2. 2 Youssef Zalal 65%
  3. 3 Yadier Del Valle 64%
  4. 4 Steve Garcia 63%
  5. 5 Danny Silva 62%
  6. 6 Jarno Errens 62%
  7. 7 William Gomis 62%
  8. 8 Movsar Evloev 61%
  9. 9 Giga Chikadze 61%
  10. 10 Aljamain Sterling 61%
  11. 11 Lerone Murphy 60%
  12. 12 Arnold Allen 60%
  13. 13 Josh Culibao 60%
  14. 14 Josh Emmett 60%
  15. 15 Jamall Emmers 59%
  16. 16 Sean Woodson 59%
  17. 17 Jordan Leavitt 59%
  18. 18 Alexander Volkanovski C 59%
  19. 19 Kevin Vallejos 59%
  20. 20 Cub Swanson 59%
  21. 21 Vinicius Oliveira 59%
  22. 22 Jose Aldo 58%
  23. 23 Jack Jenkins 58%
  24. 24 Melsik Baghdasaryan 57%
  25. 25 Dooho Choi 57%
Bantamweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Suyoung You 70%
  2. 2 David Martinez 70%
  3. 3 Aiemann Zahabi 68%
  4. 4 Santiago Luna 68%
  5. 5 Miles Johns 67%
  6. 6 Javid Basharat 66%
  7. 7 Felipe Lima 65%
  8. 8 Rinya Nakamura 64%
  9. 9 Chris Gutierrez 63%
  10. 10 Taylor Lapilus 63%
  11. 11 John Yannis 63%
  12. 12 Farid Basharat 62%
  13. 13 Umar Nurmagomedov 61%
  14. 14 Raoni Barcelos 61%
  15. 15 Cody Stamann 60%
  16. 16 Sean O'Malley 60%
  17. 17 Ricky Simon 60%
  18. 18 Jake Hadley 60%
  19. 19 Petr Yan C 60%
  20. 20 Cameron Smotherman 60%
  21. 21 Muin Gafurov 59%
  22. 22 Montel Jackson 59%
  23. 23 Daniel Marcos 59%
  24. 24 Kyler Phillips 59%
  25. 25 Bryce Mitchell 59%
Flyweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Matheus Nicolau 66%
  2. 2 Kai Kara-France 64%
  3. 3 Kyoji Horiguchi 64%
  4. 4 Sumudaerji 62%
  5. 5 Mitch Raposo 61%
  6. 6 Jesus Aguilar 61%
  7. 7 Brandon Moreno 60%
  8. 8 Alex Perez 60%
  9. 9 Amir Albazi 59%
  10. 10 Nyamjargal Tumendemberel 59%
  11. 11 Jose Ochoa 59%
  12. 12 Joshua Van C 58%
  13. 13 Andre Lima 58%
  14. 14 Joseph Morales 58%
  15. 15 Allan Nascimento 57%
  16. 16 Manel Kape 57%
  17. 17 Hyunsung Park 57%
  18. 18 Tim Elliott 56%
  19. 19 Lone'Er Kavanagh 56%
  20. 20 Matt Schnell 56%
  21. 21 Charles Johnson 56%
  22. 22 Steve Erceg 56%
  23. 23 Victor Altamirano 54%
  24. 24 Asu Almabayev 54%
  25. 25 Cj Vergara 53%
Women's Bantamweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Bia Mesquita 71%
  2. 2 Jacqueline Cavalcanti 69%
  3. 3 Kayla Harrison C 66%
  4. 4 Luana Santos 64%
  5. 5 Norma Dumont 64%
  6. 6 Daria Zhelezniakova 64%
  7. 7 Raquel Pennington 61%
  8. 8 Melissa Croden 59%
  9. 9 Montse Rendon 57%
  10. 10 Julianna Pena 57%
  11. 11 Ailin Perez 57%
  12. 12 Irene Aldana 56%
  13. 13 Klaudia Sygula 56%
  14. 14 Nora Cornolle 56%
  15. 15 Julia Avila 56%
  16. 16 Melissa Mullins 53%
  17. 17 Yana Santos 53%
  18. 18 Mayra Bueno Silva 52%
  19. 19 Luana Carolina 52%
  20. 20 Miesha Tate 52%
  21. 21 Josiane Nunes 52%
  22. 22 Pannie Kianzad 51%
  23. 23 Ketlen Vieira 51%
  24. 24 Joselyne Edwards 50%
  25. 25 Karol Rosa 50%
Women's Flyweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Manon Fiorot 67%
  2. 2 Natalia Silva 66%
  3. 3 Dione Barbosa 64%
  4. 4 Jamey-Lyn Horth 64%
  5. 5 Rose Namajunas 64%
  6. 6 Valentina Shevchenko C 64%
  7. 7 Wang Cong 63%
  8. 8 JJ Aldrich 62%
  9. 9 Miranda Maverick 62%
  10. 10 Andrea Lee 61%
  11. 11 Carli Judice 60%
  12. 12 Erin Blanchfield 59%
  13. 13 Alexa Grasso 59%
  14. 14 Eduarda Moura 59%
  15. 15 Tracy Cortez 58%
  16. 16 Casey O'Neill 58%
  17. 17 Maycee Barber 58%
  18. 18 Lauren Murphy 57%
  19. 19 Ivana Petrovic 56%
  20. 20 Viviane Araujo 56%
  21. 21 Melissa Gatto 54%
  22. 22 Mariya Agapova 54%
  23. 23 Ernesta Kareckaite 54%
  24. 24 Karine Silva 54%
  25. 25 Zhang Weili 53%
Women's Strawweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Stephanie Luciano 65%
  2. 2 Molly McCann 63%
  3. 3 Loopy Godinez 62%
  4. 4 Iasmin Lucindo 62%
  5. 5 Tecia Pennington 62%
  6. 6 Alice Ardelean 61%
  7. 7 Angela Hill 60%
  8. 8 Yan Xiaonan 60%
  9. 9 Amanda Ribas 60%
  10. 10 Luana Pinheiro 60%
  11. 11 Rayanne Dos Santos 60%
  12. 12 Istela Nunes 60%
  13. 13 Sam Hughes 58%
  14. 14 Julia Polastri 58%
  15. 15 Tabatha Ricci 58%
  16. 16 Fatima Kline 57%
  17. 17 Karolina Kowalkiewicz 57%
  18. 18 Gillian Robertson 56%
  19. 19 Marina Rodriguez 56%
  20. 20 Virna Jandiroba 56%
  21. 21 Jaqueline Amorim 55%
  22. 22 Yazmin Jauregui 55%
  23. 23 Carla Esparza 54%
  24. 24 Jessica Andrade 54%
  25. 25 Talita Alencar 54%

Career averages, calculated over each fighter's full UFC sample. Provisional fighters (fewer than 4 UFC bouts) and retired fighters are excluded. Source: UFCStats via daily pipeline. Updated Jun 20, 2026.