Women's Bantamweight · 2026

Best Women's Bantamweight Striking Defense

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

Bia Mesquita leads the women's bantamweight Str Def board at 71% opp. strikes blocked , followed by Jacqueline Cavalcanti (69%) and Kayla Harrison (66%) .

Top 25 active women's bantamweight fighters by career-window Str Def. · See full women's bantamweight Elo rankings →

1

Bia Mesquita

3-0-0 · 3 UFC fights · #6 division

71%

Elo 1565
2

Jacqueline Cavalcanti

5-1-0 · 6 UFC fights · #3 division

69%

Elo 1573
3

Kayla Harrison C

3-0-0 · 3 UFC fights · #1 division

66%

Elo 1594
4

Luana Santos

6-1-0 · 7 UFC fights · #2 division

64%

Elo 1577
5

Norma Dumont

9-3-0 · 12 UFC fights · #5 division

64%

Elo 1566
6

Daria Zhelezniakova

2-2-0 · 4 UFC fights · #23 division

64%

Elo 1444
7

Raquel Pennington

13-6-0 · 19 UFC fights · #7 division

61%

Elo 1564
8

Melissa Croden

2-1-0 · 3 UFC fights · #15 division

59%

Elo 1492
9

Montse Rendon

2-2-0 · 4 UFC fights · #25 division

57%

Elo 1441
10

Julianna Pena

8-4-0 · 12 UFC fights · #10 division

57%

Elo 1545
11

Ailin Perez

6-1-0 · 7 UFC fights · #4 division

57%

Elo 1572
12

Irene Aldana

8-6-0 · 14 UFC fights · #11 division

56%

Elo 1521
13

Klaudia Sygula

2-1-0 · 3 UFC fights · #17 division

56%

Elo 1474
14

Nora Cornolle

3-3-0 · 6 UFC fights · #19 division

56%

Elo 1467
15

Julia Avila

3-3-0 · 6 UFC fights · #21 division

56%

Elo 1453
16

Melissa Mullins

2-3-0 · 5 UFC fights · #28 division

53%

Elo 1422
17

Yana Santos

7-5-0 · 12 UFC fights · #13 division

53%

Elo 1505
18

Mayra Bueno Silva

5-7-1 · 13 UFC fights · #24 division

52%

Elo 1444
19

Luana Carolina

6-4-0 · 10 UFC fights · #16 division

52%

Elo 1475
20

Miesha Tate

7-7-0 · 14 UFC fights · #18 division

52%

Elo 1471
21

Josiane Nunes

3-3-0 · 6 UFC fights · #22 division

52%

Elo 1445
22

Pannie Kianzad

5-6-0 · 11 UFC fights · #20 division

51%

Elo 1460
23

Ketlen Vieira

10-5-0 · 15 UFC fights · #8 division

51%

Elo 1547
24

Joselyne Edwards

9-4-0 · 13 UFC fights · #9 division

50%

Elo 1545
25

Karol Rosa

8-5-0 · 13 UFC fights · #12 division

50%

Elo 1510

Other women's bantamweight leaderboards

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.