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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 →

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  1. 1
    Bia Mesquita
    3-0-0 3 fights #6
    71%
  2. 2
    Jacqueline Cavalcanti
    5-1-0 6 fights #3
    69%
  3. 3
    Kayla Harrison C
    3-0-0 3 fights #1
    66%
  4. 4
    Luana Santos
    6-1-0 7 fights #2
    64%
  5. 5
    Norma Dumont
    9-3-0 12 fights #5
    64%
  6. 6
    Daria Zhelezniakova
    2-2-0 4 fights #22
    64%
  7. 7
    Raquel Pennington
    13-6-0 19 fights #7
    61%
  8. 8
    Melissa Croden
    2-1-0 3 fights #15
    59%
  9. 9
    Montse Rendon
    2-2-0 4 fights #24
    57%
  10. 10
    Julianna Pena
    8-4-0 12 fights #10
    57%
  11. 11
    Ailin Perez
    6-1-0 7 fights #4
    57%
  12. 12
    Irene Aldana
    8-6-0 14 fights #11
    56%
  13. 13
    Klaudia Sygula
    2-1-0 3 fights #17
    56%
  14. 14
    Nora Cornolle
    3-3-0 6 fights #19
    56%
  15. 15
    Julia Avila
    3-3-0 6 fights #20
    56%
  16. 16
    Melissa Mullins
    2-3-0 5 fights #27
    53%
  17. 17
    Yana Santos
    7-5-0 12 fights #13
    53%
  18. 18
    Luana Carolina
    6-4-0 10 fights #16
    52%
  19. 19
    Miesha Tate
    7-7-0 14 fights #18
    52%
  20. 20
    Josiane Nunes
    3-3-0 6 fights #21
    52%
  21. 21
    Mayra Bueno Silva
    5-7-1 14 fights #23
    52%
  22. 22
    Ketlen Vieira
    10-5-0 15 fights #8
    51%
  23. 23
    Joselyne Edwards
    9-4-0 13 fights #9
    50%
  24. 24
    Karol Rosa
    8-5-0 13 fights #12
    50%
  25. 25
    Tamires Vidal
    1-3-0 4 fights #28
    49%
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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.