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Light Heavyweight · 2026

Best Light Heavyweight Takedown Accuracy

Most efficient takedown attempts — highest landed-of-attempted percentage.

Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev leads the light heavyweight TD Acc board at 75% attempts converted , followed by Diyar Nurgozhay (75%) and Modestas Bukauskas (67%) .

Top 25 active light heavyweight fighters by career-window TD Acc. · See full light heavyweight Elo rankings →

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  1. 1
    Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev
    3-0-0 3 fights #12
    75%
  2. 2
    Diyar Nurgozhay
    2-2-0 4 fights #30
    75%
  3. 3
    Modestas Bukauskas
    8-5-0 13 fights #23
    67%
  4. 4
    Carlos Ulberg C
    10-1-0 11 fights #1
    60%
  5. 5
    Jiri Prochazka
    6-3-0 9 fights #8
    60%
  6. 6
    Jimmy Crute
    6-4-2 12 fights #16
    52%
  7. 7
    Ion Cutelaba
    9-11-1 21 fights #29
    51%
  8. 8
    Jan Blachowicz
    12-9-2 23 fights #9
    49%
  9. 9
    Da Woon Jung
    4-4-1 9 fights #25
    48%
  10. 10
    Paulo Costa
    8-4-0 12 fights #6
    43%
  11. 11
    Johnny Walker
    8-7-0 16 fights #22
    40%
  12. 12
    Rodolfo Bellato
    2-1-1 5 fights #24
    38%
  13. 13
    Julius Walker
    1-3-0 4 fights #32
    38%
  14. 14
    Nikita Krylov
    12-10-0 22 fights #18
    38%
  15. 15
    Robert Whittaker
    18-7-0 25 fights #3
    38%
  16. 16
    Brendson Ribeiro
    2-6-0 8 fights #36
    38%
  17. 17
    Navajo Stirling
    6-0-0 6 fights #4
    36%
  18. 18
    Alonzo Menifield
    11-6-1 18 fights #13
    36%
  19. 19
    Oumar Sy
    3-2-0 5 fights #28
    35%
  20. 20
    Tuco Tokkos
    1-3-0 4 fights #39
    35%
  21. 21
    Austen Lane
    1-5-0 7 fights #40
    31%
  22. 22
    Volkan Oezdemir
    9-7-0 16 fights #15
    29%
  23. 23
    Dominick Reyes
    10-5-0 15 fights #7
    29%
  24. 24
    Ovince Saint Preux
    15-13-0 28 fights #26
    28%
  25. 25
    Bruno Lopes
    1-3-0 4 fights #38
    26%
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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.