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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 Ciryl Gane IC 61%
  2. 2 Mario Pinto 59%
  3. 3 Brando Pericic 58%
  4. 4 Mick Parkin 58%
  5. 5 Tanner Boser 58%
  6. 6 Tom Aspinall C 57%
  7. 7 Sergei Pavlovich 56%
  8. 8 Martin Buday 56%
  9. 9 Jhonata Diniz 56%
  10. 10 Thomas Petersen 56%
  11. 11 Waldo Cortes Acosta 55%
  12. 12 Lukasz Brzeski 55%
  13. 13 Curtis Blaydes 55%
  14. 14 Aleksandar Rakic 55%
  15. 15 Marcin Tybura 55%
  16. 16 Alexander Volkov 54%
  17. 17 Alexandr Romanov 54%
  18. 18 Ante Delija 53%
  19. 19 Vitor Petrino 53%
  20. 20 Alex Pereira 53%
  21. 21 Jairzinho Rozenstruik 52%
  22. 22 Hamdy Abdelwahab 51%
  23. 23 Kennedy Nzechukwu 51%
  24. 24 Mohammed Usman 51%
  25. 25 Serghei Spivac 51%
Light Heavyweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Oumar Sy 64%
  2. 2 Caio Machado 62%
  3. 3 Iwo Baraniewski 59%
  4. 4 Navajo Stirling 59%
  5. 5 Robert Whittaker 59%
  6. 6 Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev 58%
  7. 7 Dustin Jacoby 58%
  8. 8 Diyar Nurgozhay 57%
  9. 9 Ibo Aslan 56%
  10. 10 Azamat Murzakanov 56%
  11. 11 Volkan Oezdemir 55%
  12. 12 Magomed Ankalaev 55%
  13. 13 Marcin Prachnio 55%
  14. 14 Ivan Erslan 54%
  15. 15 Sedriques Dumas 53%
  16. 16 Gerald Meerschaert 53%
  17. 17 Junior Tafa 52%
  18. 18 Brendson Ribeiro 52%
  19. 19 Jan Blachowicz 52%
  20. 20 Carlos Ulberg C 51%
  21. 21 Alonzo Menifield 51%
  22. 22 Modestas Bukauskas 50%
  23. 23 Dominick Reyes 50%
  24. 24 Felipe Franco 50%
  25. 25 Khalil Rountree Jr. 50%
Middleweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Yousri Belgaroui 70%
  2. 2 Ismail Naurdiev 64%
  3. 3 Donte Johnson 63%
  4. 4 Michael Page 63%
  5. 5 Ozzy Diaz 62%
  6. 6 Sean Strickland C 61%
  7. 7 Michal Oleksiejczuk 60%
  8. 8 Bo Nickal 60%
  9. 9 Caio Borralho 60%
  10. 10 Baisangur Susurkaev 59%
  11. 11 Nassourdine Imavov 59%
  12. 12 Kelvin Gastelum 57%
  13. 13 Andrey Pulyaev 57%
  14. 14 Abus Magomedov 56%
  15. 15 Marvin Vettori 56%
  16. 16 Marco Tulio 56%
  17. 17 Jared Cannonier 56%
  18. 18 Israel Adesanya 56%
  19. 19 Jacob Malkoun 55%
  20. 20 Brad Tavares 55%
  21. 21 Abdul Razak Alhassan 55%
  22. 22 Kamaru Usman 55%
  23. 23 Robert Bryczek 54%
  24. 24 Dricus Du Plessis 54%
  25. 25 Cam Rowston 54%
Welterweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Daniil Donchenko 73%
  2. 2 Seokhyeon Ko 65%
  3. 3 Gabriel Bonfim 64%
  4. 4 Islam Makhachev C 61%
  5. 5 Santiago Ponzinibbio 61%
  6. 6 Sam Patterson 61%
  7. 7 Muslim Salikhov 61%
  8. 8 Jack Della Maddalena 61%
  9. 9 Jake Matthews 61%
  10. 10 Court McGee 60%
  11. 11 Sean Brady 60%
  12. 12 Oban Elliott 60%
  13. 13 Eric Nolan 59%
  14. 14 Mike Malott 59%
  15. 15 Max Holloway 59%
  16. 16 Trevin Giles 58%
  17. 17 Max Griffin 58%
  18. 18 Michael Chiesa 58%
  19. 19 Joaquin Buckley 58%
  20. 20 Michael Morales 57%
  21. 21 Daniel Rodriguez 57%
  22. 22 Jonathan Micallef 57%
  23. 23 Jack Hermansson 57%
  24. 24 Geoff Neal 57%
  25. 25 Chidi Njokuani 57%
Lightweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Matheus Camilo 66%
  2. 2 Fares Ziam 63%
  3. 3 Ilia Topuria 62%
  4. 4 Nasrat Haqparast 62%
  5. 5 King Green 61%
  6. 6 Bolaji Oki 61%
  7. 7 Axel Sola 61%
  8. 8 Clay Guida 61%
  9. 9 Rafa Garcia 61%
  10. 10 Rafael Dos Anjos 60%
  11. 11 Kaue Fernandes 60%
  12. 12 Mateusz Gamrot 60%
  13. 13 Renato Moicano 60%
  14. 14 Alexander Hernandez 60%
  15. 15 Damir Hadzovic 59%
  16. 16 Mauricio Ruffy 59%
  17. 17 Michael Johnson 59%
  18. 18 Jeremy Stephens 58%
  19. 19 Viacheslav Borshchev 57%
  20. 20 Evan Elder 57%
  21. 21 Beneil Dariush 57%
  22. 22 Diego Ferreira 57%
  23. 23 Jim Miller 57%
  24. 24 Matt Frevola 57%
  25. 25 Mike Davis 56%
Featherweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Felipe Lima 68%
  2. 2 Miles Johns 67%
  3. 3 Mairon Santos 66%
  4. 4 Yadier Del Valle 66%
  5. 5 Youssef Zalal 65%
  6. 6 Steve Garcia 63%
  7. 7 Danny Silva 62%
  8. 8 William Gomis 62%
  9. 9 Movsar Evloev 61%
  10. 10 Luke Riley 61%
  11. 11 Marwan Rahiki 61%
  12. 12 Lerone Murphy 60%
  13. 13 Giga Chikadze 60%
  14. 14 Arnold Allen 60%
  15. 15 Tommy Mcmillen 60%
  16. 16 Josh Emmett 60%
  17. 17 Aljamain Sterling 59%
  18. 18 Jordan Leavitt 59%
  19. 19 Jamall Emmers 59%
  20. 20 Alexander Volkanovski C 59%
  21. 21 Sean Woodson 59%
  22. 22 Kevin Vallejos 59%
  23. 23 Cub Swanson 59%
  24. 24 Vinicius Oliveira 59%
  25. 25 Jose Aldo 58%
Bantamweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 David Martinez 72%
  2. 2 Suyoung You 70%
  3. 3 Aiemann Zahabi 68%
  4. 4 Santiago Luna 68%
  5. 5 Javid Basharat 64%
  6. 6 Chris Gutierrez 63%
  7. 7 John Yannis 63%
  8. 8 Rinya Nakamura 62%
  9. 9 Farid Basharat 61%
  10. 10 Umar Nurmagomedov 61%
  11. 11 Cody Stamann 60%
  12. 12 Jake Hadley 60%
  13. 13 Montel Jackson 60%
  14. 14 Raoni Barcelos 60%
  15. 15 Ricky Simon 60%
  16. 16 Sean O'Malley 60%
  17. 17 Cameron Smotherman 60%
  18. 18 Petr Yan C 60%
  19. 19 Muin Gafurov 59%
  20. 20 Kyler Phillips 59%
  21. 21 Bryce Mitchell 59%
  22. 22 Cody Garbrandt 59%
  23. 23 Daniel Marcos 58%
  24. 24 Rob Font 58%
  25. 25 Timmy Cuamba 58%
Flyweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Alden Coria 68%
  2. 2 Matheus Nicolau 66%
  3. 3 Kai Kara-France 64%
  4. 4 Sumudaerji 64%
  5. 5 Kyoji Horiguchi 64%
  6. 6 Ramazan Temirov 62%
  7. 7 Mitch Raposo 61%
  8. 8 Jesus Aguilar 61%
  9. 9 Joseph Morales 60%
  10. 10 Brandon Moreno 60%
  11. 11 Amir Albazi 59%
  12. 12 Andre Lima 59%
  13. 13 Nyamjargal Tumendemberel 59%
  14. 14 Jose Ochoa 59%
  15. 15 Alex Perez 58%
  16. 16 Joshua Van C 57%
  17. 17 Manel Kape 57%
  18. 18 Hyunsung Park 57%
  19. 19 Tim Elliott 56%
  20. 20 Steve Erceg 56%
  21. 21 Charles Johnson 56%
  22. 22 Matt Schnell 55%
  23. 23 Alessandro Costa 54%
  24. 24 Stewart Nicoll 54%
  25. 25 Asu Almabayev 54%
Women's Bantamweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Bia Mesquita 71%
  2. 2 Jacqueline Cavalcanti 69%
  3. 3 Kayla Harrison C 66%
  4. 4 Alice Pereira 66%
  5. 5 Luana Santos 64%
  6. 6 Norma Dumont 64%
  7. 7 Daria Zhelezniakova 62%
  8. 8 Melissa Croden 59%
  9. 9 Nora Cornolle 58%
  10. 10 Montse Rendon 57%
  11. 11 Julianna Pena 57%
  12. 12 Ailin Perez 57%
  13. 13 Julia Avila 56%
  14. 14 Klaudia Sygula 55%
  15. 15 Melissa Mullins 53%
  16. 16 Yana Santos 53%
  17. 17 Luana Carolina 52%
  18. 18 Miesha Tate 52%
  19. 19 Josiane Nunes 52%
  20. 20 Mayra Bueno Silva 52%
  21. 21 Ketlen Vieira 51%
  22. 22 Joselyne Edwards 50%
  23. 23 Karol Rosa 50%
  24. 24 Tamires Vidal 49%
  25. 25 Priscila Cachoeira 46%
Women's Flyweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Manon Fiorot 66%
  2. 2 Dione Barbosa 64%
  3. 3 Jamey-Lyn Horth 64%
  4. 4 Rose Namajunas 64%
  5. 5 Valentina Shevchenko C 64%
  6. 6 Natalia Silva 63%
  7. 7 Katlyn Cerminara 62%
  8. 8 JJ Aldrich 62%
  9. 9 Miranda Maverick 62%
  10. 10 Andrea Lee 61%
  11. 11 Carli Judice 60%
  12. 12 Erin Blanchfield 60%
  13. 13 Alexa Grasso 60%
  14. 14 Eduarda Moura 59%
  15. 15 Casey O'Neill 58%
  16. 16 Maycee Barber 58%
  17. 17 Wang Cong 57%
  18. 18 Lauren Murphy 57%
  19. 19 Ivana Petrovic 56%
  20. 20 Viviane Araujo 56%
  21. 21 Melissa Gatto 56%
  22. 22 Karine Silva 54%
  23. 23 Tracy Cortez 54%
  24. 24 Zhang Weili 53%
  25. 25 Gabriella Fernandes 53%
Women's Strawweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Stephanie Luciano 64%
  2. 2 Molly McCann 63%
  3. 3 Iasmin Lucindo 62%
  4. 4 Loopy Godinez 62%
  5. 5 Fatima Kline 62%
  6. 6 Tecia Pennington 62%
  7. 7 Alice Ardelean 61%
  8. 8 Angela Hill 60%
  9. 9 Yan Xiaonan 60%
  10. 10 Amanda Ribas 60%
  11. 11 Rayanne Dos Santos 60%
  12. 12 Istela Nunes 60%
  13. 13 Luana Pinheiro 60%
  14. 14 Julia Polastri 58%
  15. 15 Sam Hughes 58%
  16. 16 Tabatha Ricci 58%
  17. 17 Karolina Kowalkiewicz 57%
  18. 18 Gillian Robertson 57%
  19. 19 Marina Rodriguez 56%
  20. 20 Virna Jandiroba 56%
  21. 21 Yazmin Jauregui 55%
  22. 22 Jaqueline Amorim 55%
  23. 23 Jessica Andrade 54%
  24. 24 Talita Alencar 54%
  25. 25 Loma Lookboonmee 54%
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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 Oct 17, 2026.