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Bantamweight · 2026

Best Bantamweight Striking Defense

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

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

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

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  1. 1
    Suyoung You
    3-1-0 4 fights #37
    70%
  2. 2
    David Martinez
    3-0-0 3 fights #14
    70%
  3. 3
    Aiemann Zahabi
    8-3-0 11 fights #13
    68%
  4. 4
    Santiago Luna
    2-1-0 3 fights #43
    68%
  5. 5
    Felipe Lima
    2-1-0 3 fights #45
    65%
  6. 6
    Rinya Nakamura
    4-1-0 5 fights #30
    64%
  7. 7
    Javid Basharat
    4-2-0 7 fights #40
    64%
  8. 8
    Chris Gutierrez
    10-4-1 15 fights #20
    63%
  9. 9
    Taylor Lapilus
    6-2-0 8 fights #26
    63%
  10. 10
    John Yannis
    1-2-0 3 fights #60
    63%
  11. 11
    Umar Nurmagomedov
    8-1-0 9 fights #2
    61%
  12. 12
    Farid Basharat
    7-0-0 7 fights #4
    61%
  13. 13
    Raoni Barcelos
    11-4-0 15 fights #9
    61%
  14. 14
    Cody Stamann
    7-7-1 15 fights #42
    60%
  15. 15
    Ricky Simon
    10-6-1 17 fights #28
    60%
  16. 16
    Jake Hadley
    3-4-0 7 fights #58
    60%
  17. 17
    Sean O'Malley
    12-3-0 16 fights #5
    60%
  18. 18
    Cameron Smotherman
    1-3-0 4 fights #70
    60%
  19. 19
    Petr Yan C
    12-4-0 16 fights #3
    60%
  20. 20
    Muin Gafurov
    2-3-0 5 fights #54
    59%
  21. 21
    Montel Jackson
    9-4-0 13 fights #22
    59%
  22. 22
    Kyler Phillips
    6-4-0 10 fights #34
    59%
  23. 23
    Bryce Mitchell
    10-3-0 13 fights #10
    59%
  24. 24
    Cody Garbrandt
    10-8-0 18 fights #29
    59%
  25. 25
    Daniel Marcos
    5-1-0 7 fights #18
    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 Aug 15, 2026.