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Light Heavyweight · 2026

Best Light Heavyweight Striking Defense

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

Oumar Sy leads the light heavyweight Str Def board at 67% opp. strikes blocked , followed by Caio Machado (62%) and Navajo Stirling (59%) .

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

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  1. 1
    Oumar Sy
    3-2-0 5 fights #27
    67%
  2. 2
    Caio Machado
    0-3-0 3 fights #36
    62%
  3. 3
    Navajo Stirling
    5-0-0 5 fights #4
    59%
  4. 4
    Diyar Nurgozhay
    1-2-0 3 fights #33
    59%
  5. 5
    Dustin Jacoby
    10-6-1 17 fights #12
    58%
  6. 6
    Magomed Ankalaev
    12-2-1 15 fights #2
    56%
  7. 7
    Ibo Aslan
    2-3-0 5 fights #34
    56%
  8. 8
    Azamat Murzakanov
    6-1-0 7 fights #3
    56%
  9. 9
    Volkan Oezdemir
    9-7-0 16 fights #14
    55%
  10. 10
    Marcin Prachnio
    4-7-0 11 fights #37
    55%
  11. 11
    Iwo Baraniewski
    3-0-0 3 fights #10
    54%
  12. 12
    Ivan Erslan
    1-3-0 4 fights #31
    54%
  13. 13
    Junior Tafa
    3-6-0 9 fights #35
    52%
  14. 14
    Jan Blachowicz
    12-8-2 22 fights #8
    52%
  15. 15
    Brendson Ribeiro
    2-5-0 7 fights #32
    51%
  16. 16
    Aleksandar Rakic
    6-5-0 11 fights #20
    51%
  17. 17
    Alonzo Menifield
    11-6-1 18 fights #11
    51%
  18. 18
    Carlos Ulberg C
    10-1-0 11 fights #1
    51%
  19. 19
    Modestas Bukauskas
    8-5-0 13 fights #22
    51%
  20. 20
    Khalil Rountree Jr.
    10-7-0 17 fights #13
    50%
  21. 21
    Dominick Reyes
    10-5-0 15 fights #6
    50%
  22. 22
    Johnny Walker
    8-7-0 15 fights #21
    49%
  23. 23
    Paulo Costa
    8-4-0 12 fights #5
    49%
  24. 24
    Da Woon Jung
    4-4-1 9 fights #24
    49%
  25. 25
    Bruno Lopes
    1-2-0 3 fights #30
    48%
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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.