Women's Strawweight · 2026

Best Women's Strawweight Striking Defense

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

Stephanie Luciano leads the women's strawweight Str Def board at 65% opp. strikes blocked , followed by Molly McCann (63%) and Loopy Godinez (62%) .

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

1

Stephanie Luciano

2-1-0 · 3 UFC fights · #23 division

65%

Elo 1479
2

Molly McCann

7-7-0 · 14 UFC fights · #33 division

63%

Elo 1440
3

Loopy Godinez

9-6-0 · 15 UFC fights · #16 division

62%

Elo 1524
4

Iasmin Lucindo

5-2-0 · 7 UFC fights · #9 division

62%

Elo 1547
5

Tecia Pennington

11-8-0 · 19 UFC fights · #18 division

62%

Elo 1516
6

Alice Ardelean

3-2-0 · 5 UFC fights · #25 division

61%

Elo 1475
7

Angela Hill

14-16-0 · 30 UFC fights · #27 division

60%

Elo 1468
8

Yan Xiaonan

9-4-0 · 13 UFC fights · #6 division

60%

Elo 1558
9

Amanda Ribas

7-6-0 · 13 UFC fights · #20 division

60%

Elo 1496
10

Luana Pinheiro

2-4-0 · 6 UFC fights · #39 division

60%

Elo 1415
11

Rayanne Dos Santos

0-3-0 · 3 UFC fights · #44 division

60%

Elo 1390
12

Istela Nunes

0-5-0 · 5 UFC fights · #48 division

60%

Elo 1349
13

Sam Hughes

6-6-0 · 12 UFC fights · #24 division

58%

Elo 1475
14

Julia Polastri

2-3-0 · 5 UFC fights · #34 division

58%

Elo 1440
15

Tabatha Ricci

7-4-0 · 11 UFC fights · #12 division

58%

Elo 1538
16

Fatima Kline

3-1-0 · 4 UFC fights · #15 division

57%

Elo 1526
17

Karolina Kowalkiewicz

9-10-0 · 19 UFC fights · #32 division

57%

Elo 1444
18

Gillian Robertson

14-6-0 · 20 UFC fights · #2 division

56%

Elo 1601
19

Marina Rodriguez

7-6-2 · 15 UFC fights · #21 division

56%

Elo 1491
20

Virna Jandiroba

9-4-0 · 13 UFC fights · #4 division

56%

Elo 1569
21

Jaqueline Amorim

5-2-0 · 7 UFC fights · #8 division

55%

Elo 1550
22

Yazmin Jauregui

3-2-0 · 5 UFC fights · #29 division

55%

Elo 1457
23

Carla Esparza

10-6-0 · 16 UFC fights · #14 division

54%

Elo 1531
24

Jessica Andrade

17-13-0 · 30 UFC fights · #17 division

54%

Elo 1521
25

Talita Alencar

4-1-0 · 5 UFC fights · #11 division

54%

Elo 1540

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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.