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Flyweight · 2026

Best Flyweight Striking Defense

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

Alden Coria leads the flyweight Str Def board at 68% opp. strikes blocked , followed by Matheus Nicolau (66%) and Kai Kara-France (64%) .

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

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  1. 1
    Alden Coria
    3-1-0 4 fights #19
    68%
  2. 2
    Matheus Nicolau
    7-4-0 11 fights #16
    66%
  3. 3
    Kai Kara-France
    8-5-0 13 fights #13
    64%
  4. 4
    Sumudaerji
    7-4-0 12 fights #17
    64%
  5. 5
    Kyoji Horiguchi
    9-2-0 11 fights #6
    64%
  6. 6
    Ramazan Temirov
    3-0-0 3 fights #7
    62%
  7. 7
    Mitch Raposo
    2-2-0 4 fights #31
    61%
  8. 8
    Jesus Aguilar
    4-3-0 7 fights #25
    61%
  9. 9
    Joseph Morales
    3-3-0 6 fights #23
    60%
  10. 10
    Brandon Moreno
    12-7-2 21 fights #9
    60%
  11. 11
    Amir Albazi
    5-2-0 7 fights #8
    59%
  12. 12
    Andre Lima
    5-1-0 6 fights #11
    59%
  13. 13
    Nyamjargal Tumendemberel
    2-1-0 3 fights #26
    59%
  14. 14
    Jose Ochoa
    2-2-0 4 fights #29
    59%
  15. 15
    Alex Perez
    8-7-0 16 fights #15
    58%
  16. 16
    Joshua Van C
    11-1-0 12 fights #1
    57%
  17. 17
    Manel Kape
    8-3-0 11 fights #3
    57%
  18. 18
    Hyunsung Park
    3-2-0 5 fights #27
    57%
  19. 19
    Tim Elliott
    11-12-0 23 fights #24
    56%
  20. 20
    Steve Erceg
    5-4-0 9 fights #22
    56%
  21. 21
    Charles Johnson
    9-7-0 16 fights #18
    56%
  22. 22
    Matt Schnell
    7-9-0 17 fights #32
    55%
  23. 23
    Alessandro Costa
    5-3-0 8 fights #21
    54%
  24. 24
    Stewart Nicoll
    0-4-0 4 fights #46
    54%
  25. 25
    Asu Almabayev
    7-1-0 8 fights #5
    54%
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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.