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 →

1

Tom Aspinall C

8-1-0 · 9 UFC fights · #4 division

65%

Elo 1654
2

Ciryl Gane IC

11-2-0 · 13 UFC fights · #1 division

62%

Elo 1691
3

Mick Parkin

4-1-0 · 5 UFC fights · #19 division

60%

Elo 1542
4

Jhonata Diniz

3-2-0 · 5 UFC fights · #27 division

58%

Elo 1477
5

Brando Pericic

3-0-0 · 3 UFC fights · #10 division

58%

Elo 1566
6

Mario Pinto

3-0-0 · 3 UFC fights · #12 division

58%

Elo 1564
7

Tanner Boser

5-6-0 · 11 UFC fights · #32 division

58%

Elo 1446
8

Andrei Arlovski

23-18-0 · 41 UFC fights · #25 division

56%

Elo 1489
9

Sergei Pavlovich

9-3-0 · 12 UFC fights · #5 division

56%

Elo 1619
10

Martin Buday

7-1-0 · 8 UFC fights · #11 division

56%

Elo 1565
11

Thomas Petersen

3-3-0 · 6 UFC fights · #34 division

56%

Elo 1444
12

Lukasz Brzeski

1-6-0 · 7 UFC fights · #42 division

55%

Elo 1375
13

Marcin Tybura

14-10-0 · 24 UFC fights · #21 division

55%

Elo 1526
14

Waldo Cortes Acosta

10-3-0 · 13 UFC fights · #8 division

55%

Elo 1601
15

Alexander Volkov

14-5-0 · 19 UFC fights · #2 division

54%

Elo 1656
16

Karl Williams

3-1-0 · 4 UFC fights · #23 division

54%

Elo 1495
17

Alexandr Romanov

7-3-0 · 10 UFC fights · #13 division

54%

Elo 1562
18

Curtis Blaydes

14-6-0 · 20 UFC fights · #7 division

54%

Elo 1610
19

Ante Delija

1-2-0 · 3 UFC fights · #36 division

53%

Elo 1439
20

Alex Pereira

10-3-0 · 13 UFC fights · #3 division

53%

Elo 1655
21

Jairzinho Rozenstruik

9-6-0 · 15 UFC fights · #16 division

52%

Elo 1553
22

Serghei Spivac

9-6-0 · 15 UFC fights · #17 division

52%

Elo 1546
23

Mohammed Usman

4-2-0 · 6 UFC fights · #26 division

51%

Elo 1482
24

Kennedy Nzechukwu

8-6-1 · 15 UFC fights · #24 division

51%

Elo 1494
25

Vitor Petrino

7-2-0 · 9 UFC fights · #15 division

51%

Elo 1554

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Strikes Landed per Minute Striking Accuracy Lowest Strikes Absorbed Takedowns per 15 Minutes Takedown Accuracy Takedown Defense Submission Attempts per 15 Min Knockdowns per 15 Minutes Control Time per 15 Minutes

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.