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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 #13
    75%
  2. 2
    Diyar Nurgozhay
    2-2-0 4 fights #29
    75%
  3. 3
    Modestas Bukauskas
    9-5-0 14 fights #19
    67%
  4. 4
    Carlos Ulberg C
    10-1-0 11 fights #1
    60%
  5. 5
    Jiri Prochazka
    6-3-0 9 fights #9
    60%
  6. 6
    Jimmy Crute
    6-4-2 12 fights #17
    52%
  7. 7
    Ion Cutelaba
    9-11-1 21 fights #26
    51%
  8. 8
    Jan Blachowicz
    12-9-2 23 fights #11
    49%
  9. 9
    Julius Walker
    2-3-0 5 fights #30
    45%
  10. 10
    Felipe Franco
    1-2-0 3 fights #32
    44%
  11. 11
    Roman Dolidze
    9-6-0 15 fights #16
    44%
  12. 12
    Paulo Costa
    8-4-0 12 fights #6
    43%
  13. 13
    Rodolfo Bellato
    2-2-1 6 fights #28
    38%
  14. 14
    Nikita Krylov
    12-10-0 22 fights #20
    38%
  15. 15
    Robert Whittaker
    18-7-0 25 fights #3
    38%
  16. 16
    Brendson Ribeiro
    3-6-0 9 fights #33
    38%
  17. 17
    Navajo Stirling
    6-0-0 6 fights #4
    36%
  18. 18
    Oumar Sy
    3-3-0 6 fights #27
    36%
  19. 19
    Tuco Tokkos
    1-3-0 4 fights #40
    35%
  20. 20
    Alonzo Menifield
    12-6-1 19 fights #10
    32%
  21. 21
    Austen Lane
    1-5-0 7 fights #42
    31%
  22. 22
    Volkan Oezdemir
    9-7-0 16 fights #15
    29%
  23. 23
    Reinier De Ridder
    5-2-0 7 fights #8
    29%
  24. 24
    Gerald Meerschaert
    12-15-0 27 fights #31
    29%
  25. 25
    Dominick Reyes
    10-5-0 15 fights #7
    29%
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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.