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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 73% 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
    4-0-0 4 fights #16
    73%
  2. 2
    Seokhyeon Ko
    2-1-0 3 fights #51
    65%
  3. 3
    Gabriel Bonfim
    7-1-0 8 fights #11
    64%
  4. 4
    Islam Makhachev C
    18-1-0 19 fights #1
    61%
  5. 5
    Santiago Ponzinibbio
    12-9-0 21 fights #42
    61%
  6. 6
    Sam Patterson
    5-2-0 7 fights #29
    61%
  7. 7
    Muslim Salikhov
    9-6-0 15 fights #36
    61%
  8. 8
    Jack Della Maddalena
    8-2-0 10 fights #8
    61%
  9. 9
    Jake Matthews
    16-8-0 24 fights #21
    61%
  10. 10
    Court McGee
    11-14-0 25 fights #68
    60%
  11. 11
    Sean Brady
    9-2-0 11 fights #6
    60%
  12. 12
    Oban Elliott
    3-3-0 6 fights #63
    60%
  13. 13
    Eric Nolan
    1-2-0 3 fights #66
    59%
  14. 14
    Mike Malott
    8-1-0 9 fights #9
    59%
  15. 15
    Max Holloway
    24-9-0 33 fights #2
    59%
  16. 16
    Trevin Giles
    7-7-0 14 fights #58
    58%
  17. 17
    Max Griffin
    8-11-0 19 fights #61
    58%
  18. 18
    Michael Chiesa
    15-7-0 22 fights #15
    58%
  19. 19
    Joaquin Buckley
    11-7-0 18 fights #30
    58%
  20. 20
    Michael Morales
    7-0-0 7 fights #3
    57%
  21. 21
    Daniel Rodriguez
    10-5-0 15 fights #23
    57%
  22. 22
    Jonathan Micallef
    3-0-0 3 fights #22
    57%
  23. 23
    Jack Hermansson
    11-8-0 19 fights #41
    57%
  24. 24
    Geoff Neal
    8-6-0 14 fights #33
    57%
  25. 25
    Chidi Njokuani
    6-5-0 11 fights #57
    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 Oct 17, 2026.