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Heavyweight · 2026

Best Heavyweight Striking Defense

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

Tom Aspinall leads the heavyweight Str Def board at 65% opp. strikes blocked , followed by Ciryl Gane (62%) and Mick Parkin (60%) .

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

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  1. 1
    Tom Aspinall C
    8-1-0 9 fights #4
    65%
  2. 2
    Ciryl Gane IC
    11-2-0 13 fights #1
    62%
  3. 3
    Mick Parkin
    4-1-0 5 fights #19
    60%
  4. 4
    Jhonata Diniz
    3-2-0 5 fights #27
    58%
  5. 5
    Brando Pericic
    3-0-0 3 fights #10
    58%
  6. 6
    Mario Pinto
    3-0-0 3 fights #12
    58%
  7. 7
    Tanner Boser
    5-6-0 11 fights #32
    58%
  8. 8
    Andrei Arlovski
    23-18-0 41 fights #25
    56%
  9. 9
    Sergei Pavlovich
    9-3-0 12 fights #5
    56%
  10. 10
    Martin Buday
    7-1-0 8 fights #11
    56%
  11. 11
    Thomas Petersen
    3-3-0 6 fights #34
    56%
  12. 12
    Lukasz Brzeski
    1-6-0 7 fights #42
    55%
  13. 13
    Marcin Tybura
    14-10-0 24 fights #21
    55%
  14. 14
    Waldo Cortes Acosta
    10-3-0 13 fights #8
    55%
  15. 15
    Alexander Volkov
    14-5-0 19 fights #2
    54%
  16. 16
    Karl Williams
    3-1-0 4 fights #23
    54%
  17. 17
    Alexandr Romanov
    7-3-0 10 fights #13
    54%
  18. 18
    Curtis Blaydes
    14-6-0 20 fights #7
    54%
  19. 19
    Ante Delija
    1-2-0 3 fights #36
    53%
  20. 20
    Alex Pereira
    10-3-0 13 fights #3
    53%
  21. 21
    Jairzinho Rozenstruik
    9-6-0 15 fights #16
    52%
  22. 22
    Serghei Spivac
    9-6-0 15 fights #17
    52%
  23. 23
    Mohammed Usman
    4-2-0 6 fights #26
    51%
  24. 24
    Kennedy Nzechukwu
    8-6-1 15 fights #24
    51%
  25. 25
    Vitor Petrino
    7-2-0 9 fights #15
    51%
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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.