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Welterweight · 2026

Best Welterweight Striking Defense

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

Daniil Donchenko leads the welterweight Str Def board at 70% opp. strikes blocked , followed by Seokhyeon Ko (65%) and Gabriel Bonfim (64%) .

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

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  1. 1
    Daniil Donchenko
    3-0-0 3 fights #22
    70%
  2. 2
    Seokhyeon Ko
    2-1-0 3 fights #53
    65%
  3. 3
    Gabriel Bonfim
    7-1-0 8 fights #10
    64%
  4. 4
    Muslim Salikhov
    9-5-0 14 fights #29
    62%
  5. 5
    Michael Page
    4-1-0 5 fights #19
    62%
  6. 6
    Islam Makhachev C
    18-1-0 19 fights #1
    61%
  7. 7
    Santiago Ponzinibbio
    12-9-0 21 fights #45
    61%
  8. 8
    Sam Patterson
    5-2-0 7 fights #33
    61%
  9. 9
    Court McGee
    11-13-0 24 fights #66
    61%
  10. 10
    Jack Della Maddalena
    8-2-0 10 fights #8
    61%
  11. 11
    Jake Matthews
    16-8-0 24 fights #20
    61%
  12. 12
    Rafael Dos Anjos
    21-15-0 36 fights #28
    60%
  13. 13
    Tim Means
    15-14-0 30 fights #60
    60%
  14. 14
    Sean Brady
    9-2-0 11 fights #6
    60%
  15. 15
    Oban Elliott
    3-3-0 6 fights #68
    60%
  16. 16
    Joaquin Buckley
    11-6-0 17 fights #21
    59%
  17. 17
    Max Holloway
    24-9-0 33 fights #2
    59%
  18. 18
    Trevin Giles
    7-7-0 14 fights #62
    58%
  19. 19
    Max Griffin
    8-11-0 19 fights #64
    58%
  20. 20
    Michael Chiesa
    15-7-0 22 fights #14
    58%
  21. 21
    Michael Morales
    7-0-0 7 fights #4
    57%
  22. 22
    Daniel Rodriguez
    10-5-0 15 fights #25
    57%
  23. 23
    Mike Malott
    7-1-0 8 fights #15
    57%
  24. 24
    Jonathan Micallef
    3-0-0 3 fights #23
    57%
  25. 25
    Jack Hermansson
    11-8-0 19 fights #44
    57%
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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 Aug 15, 2026.