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Bantamweight · 2026

Best Bantamweight Striking Defense

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

David Martinez leads the bantamweight Str Def board at 72% opp. strikes blocked , followed by Suyoung You (70%) and Aiemann Zahabi (68%) .

Top 25 active bantamweight fighters by career-window Str Def. · See full bantamweight Elo rankings →

Striking Defense in all divisions →
  1. 1
    David Martinez
    4-0-0 4 fights #10
    72%
  2. 2
    Suyoung You
    4-1-0 5 fights #28
    70%
  3. 3
    Aiemann Zahabi
    8-3-0 11 fights #15
    68%
  4. 4
    Santiago Luna
    2-1-0 3 fights #43
    68%
  5. 5
    Javid Basharat
    4-2-0 7 fights #40
    64%
  6. 6
    Chris Gutierrez
    10-4-1 15 fights #20
    63%
  7. 7
    John Yannis
    1-2-0 3 fights #58
    63%
  8. 8
    Rinya Nakamura
    4-2-0 6 fights #34
    62%
  9. 9
    Farid Basharat
    7-0-0 7 fights #4
    61%
  10. 10
    Umar Nurmagomedov
    8-2-0 10 fights #7
    61%
  11. 11
    Cody Stamann
    7-7-1 15 fights #42
    60%
  12. 12
    Jake Hadley
    3-4-0 7 fights #57
    60%
  13. 13
    Montel Jackson
    10-4-0 14 fights #14
    60%
  14. 14
    Raoni Barcelos
    11-5-0 16 fights #13
    60%
  15. 15
    Ricky Simon
    10-7-1 18 fights #29
    60%
  16. 16
    Sean O'Malley
    12-3-0 16 fights #5
    60%
  17. 17
    Cameron Smotherman
    1-3-0 4 fights #66
    60%
  18. 18
    Petr Yan C
    12-4-0 16 fights #2
    60%
  19. 19
    Muin Gafurov
    2-3-0 5 fights #55
    59%
  20. 20
    Kyler Phillips
    6-4-0 10 fights #33
    59%
  21. 21
    Bryce Mitchell
    10-3-0 13 fights #9
    59%
  22. 22
    Cody Garbrandt
    10-8-0 18 fights #27
    59%
  23. 23
    Daniel Marcos
    5-1-0 7 fights #19
    58%
  24. 24
    Rob Font
    12-9-0 21 fights #25
    58%
  25. 25
    Timmy Cuamba
    3-3-0 6 fights #54
    58%
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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.