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Flyweight · 2026

Best Flyweight Striking Defense

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

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

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

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  1. 1
    Matheus Nicolau
    7-4-0 11 fights #15
    66%
  2. 2
    Kai Kara-France
    8-5-0 13 fights #13
    64%
  3. 3
    Kyoji Horiguchi
    9-2-0 11 fights #5
    64%
  4. 4
    Sumudaerji
    6-4-0 10 fights #22
    62%
  5. 5
    Mitch Raposo
    2-2-0 4 fights #30
    61%
  6. 6
    Jesus Aguilar
    4-4-0 8 fights #27
    61%
  7. 7
    Brandon Moreno
    11-7-2 20 fights #9
    60%
  8. 8
    Alex Perez
    8-6-0 14 fights #10
    60%
  9. 9
    Amir Albazi
    5-2-0 7 fights #7
    59%
  10. 10
    Nyamjargal Tumendemberel
    2-1-0 3 fights #23
    59%
  11. 11
    Jose Ochoa
    2-2-0 4 fights #28
    59%
  12. 12
    Joshua Van C
    10-1-0 11 fights #2
    58%
  13. 13
    Andre Lima
    3-1-0 4 fights #21
    58%
  14. 14
    Joseph Morales
    3-2-0 5 fights #20
    58%
  15. 15
    Allan Nascimento
    4-2-0 6 fights #11
    57%
  16. 16
    Manel Kape
    8-3-0 11 fights #3
    57%
  17. 17
    Hyunsung Park
    3-2-0 5 fights #24
    57%
  18. 18
    Tim Elliott
    10-12-0 22 fights #26
    56%
  19. 19
    Lone'Er Kavanagh
    3-1-0 4 fights #17
    56%
  20. 20
    Matt Schnell
    7-9-0 16 fights #31
    56%
  21. 21
    Charles Johnson
    8-6-0 14 fights #19
    56%
  22. 22
    Steve Erceg
    5-3-0 8 fights #18
    56%
  23. 23
    Victor Altamirano
    2-4-0 6 fights #37
    54%
  24. 24
    Asu Almabayev
    6-1-0 7 fights #6
    54%
  25. 25
    Cj Vergara
    3-5-0 8 fights #33
    53%
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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 Jun 20, 2026.