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Featherweight · 2026

Best Featherweight Striking Defense

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

Felipe Lima leads the featherweight Str Def board at 68% opp. strikes blocked , followed by Miles Johns (67%) and Mairon Santos (66%) .

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

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  1. 1
    Felipe Lima
    3-1-0 4 fights #35
    68%
  2. 2
    Miles Johns
    7-5-0 13 fights #46
    67%
  3. 3
    Mairon Santos
    4-0-0 4 fights #10
    66%
  4. 4
    Yadier Del Valle
    3-1-0 4 fights #34
    66%
  5. 5
    Youssef Zalal
    8-4-1 13 fights #27
    65%
  6. 6
    Steve Garcia
    8-3-0 11 fights #17
    63%
  7. 7
    Danny Silva
    3-1-0 4 fights #38
    62%
  8. 8
    William Gomis
    5-2-0 7 fights #25
    62%
  9. 9
    Movsar Evloev
    10-0-0 10 fights #2
    61%
  10. 10
    Luke Riley
    3-0-0 3 fights #24
    61%
  11. 11
    Marwan Rahiki
    2-1-0 3 fights #45
    61%
  12. 12
    Lerone Murphy
    9-1-1 11 fights #4
    60%
  13. 13
    Giga Chikadze
    8-5-0 13 fights #29
    60%
  14. 14
    Arnold Allen
    12-3-0 15 fights #6
    60%
  15. 15
    Tommy Mcmillen
    3-0-0 3 fights #21
    60%
  16. 16
    Josh Emmett
    10-7-0 17 fights #28
    60%
  17. 17
    Aljamain Sterling
    18-5-0 23 fights #3
    59%
  18. 18
    Jordan Leavitt
    6-4-0 10 fights #41
    59%
  19. 19
    Jamall Emmers
    6-4-0 10 fights #42
    59%
  20. 20
    Alexander Volkanovski C
    15-3-0 18 fights #1
    59%
  21. 21
    Sean Woodson
    8-2-1 11 fights #23
    59%
  22. 22
    Kevin Vallejos
    4-0-0 4 fights #8
    59%
  23. 23
    Cub Swanson
    16-10-0 26 fights #19
    59%
  24. 24
    Vinicius Oliveira
    5-1-0 6 fights #20
    59%
  25. 25
    Jose Aldo
    14-9-0 23 fights #16
    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.