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Best Takedown Defense in the UFC

Best stuffing wrestlers — highest percentage of opponent takedowns blocked.

11 divisions ranked by career-window TD Def. Tap a division header for the full top-25.

Heavyweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Tom Aspinall C 100%
  2. 2 Mario Pinto 100%
  3. 3 Valter Walker 100%
  4. 4 Steven Asplund 100%
  5. 5 Hamdy Abdelwahab 100%
  6. 6 Guilherme Pat 100%
  7. 7 Martin Buday 93%
  8. 8 Rizvan Kuniev 92%
  9. 9 Aleksandar Rakic 87%
  10. 10 Thomas Petersen 86%
  11. 11 Shamil Gaziev 83%
  12. 12 Vitor Petrino 81%
  13. 13 Kennedy Nzechukwu 81%
  14. 14 Alex Pereira 80%
  15. 15 Josh Hokit 78%
  16. 16 Sergei Pavlovich 75%
  17. 17 Mick Parkin 75%
  18. 18 Ante Delija 75%
  19. 19 Waldo Cortes Acosta 74%
  20. 20 Jairzinho Rozenstruik 72%
  21. 21 Brando Pericic 71%
  22. 22 Marcin Tybura 71%
  23. 23 Tanner Boser 70%
  24. 24 Alexander Volkov 69%
  25. 25 Jhonata Diniz 69%
Light Heavyweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Iwo Baraniewski 100%
  2. 2 Zhang Mingyang 100%
  3. 3 Julius Walker 100%
  4. 4 Bruno Lopes 100%
  5. 5 Rodolfo Bellato 92%
  6. 6 Azamat Murzakanov 89%
  7. 7 Magomed Ankalaev 88%
  8. 8 Ibo Aslan 88%
  9. 9 Carlos Ulberg C 86%
  10. 10 Dominick Reyes 83%
  11. 11 Modestas Bukauskas 82%
  12. 12 Robert Whittaker 80%
  13. 13 Alonzo Menifield 80%
  14. 14 Volkan Oezdemir 80%
  15. 15 Paulo Costa 78%
  16. 16 Ion Cutelaba 76%
  17. 17 Da Woon Jung 76%
  18. 18 Junior Tafa 73%
  19. 19 Jamahal Hill 71%
  20. 20 Jan Blachowicz 70%
  21. 21 Diyar Nurgozhay 70%
  22. 22 Caio Machado 70%
  23. 23 Navajo Stirling 70%
  24. 24 Ivan Erslan 69%
  25. 25 Jiri Prochazka 68%
Middleweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Ateba Gautier 100%
  2. 2 Ikram Aliskerov 100%
  3. 3 Bo Nickal 100%
  4. 4 Cam Rowston 100%
  5. 5 Baisangur Susurkaev 100%
  6. 6 Abus Magomedov 100%
  7. 7 Danny Barlow 100%
  8. 8 Ryan Loder 100%
  9. 9 Kamaru Usman 90%
  10. 10 Roman Kopylov 89%
  11. 11 Khamzat Chimaev 88%
  12. 12 Andre Petroski 86%
  13. 13 Tresean Gore 84%
  14. 14 Mansur Abdul-Malik 82%
  15. 15 Nassourdine Imavov 81%
  16. 16 Eryk Anders 80%
  17. 17 Brad Tavares 80%
  18. 18 Djorden Santos 80%
  19. 19 Donte Johnson 77%
  20. 20 Israel Adesanya 76%
  21. 21 Michel Pereira 76%
  22. 22 Gregory Rodrigues 75%
  23. 23 Caio Borralho 74%
  24. 24 Shara Magomedov 73%
  25. 25 Ismail Naurdiev 73%
Welterweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Jacobe Smith 100%
  2. 2 Charles Radtke 100%
  3. 3 Kevin Jousset 100%
  4. 4 Rinat Fakhretdinov 92%
  5. 5 Islam Makhachev C 91%
  6. 6 Carlos Leal 91%
  7. 7 Belal Muhammad 91%
  8. 8 Trey Waters 90%
  9. 9 Geoff Neal 90%
  10. 10 Michael Morales 88%
  11. 11 Sean Brady 87%
  12. 12 Shavkat Rakhmonov 86%
  13. 13 Max Holloway 81%
  14. 14 Jack Hermansson 81%
  15. 15 Carlos Prates 79%
  16. 16 Gabriel Bonfim 79%
  17. 17 Ange Loosa 78%
  18. 18 Daniil Donchenko 75%
  19. 19 Chidi Njokuani 75%
  20. 20 Randy Brown 75%
  21. 21 Song Kenan 74%
  22. 22 Themba Gorimbo 73%
  23. 23 Mike Malott 73%
  24. 24 Muslim Salikhov 72%
  25. 25 Trevin Giles 72%
Lightweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Trey Ogden 100%
  2. 2 Ottman Azaitar 100%
  3. 3 Anshul Jubli 100%
  4. 4 Ilia Topuria 95%
  5. 5 Gauge Young 92%
  6. 6 Rafael Fiziev 90%
  7. 7 Francis Marshall 89%
  8. 8 Nasrat Haqparast 86%
  9. 9 Mauricio Ruffy 85%
  10. 10 Rongzhu 83%
  11. 11 Beneil Dariush 83%
  12. 12 Nikolas Motta 82%
  13. 13 Daniel Zellhuber 82%
  14. 14 Michael Johnson 81%
  15. 15 Nurullo Aliev 80%
  16. 16 Chris Padilla 80%
  17. 17 Marquel Mederos 78%
  18. 18 Dan Hooker 77%
  19. 19 Rafa Garcia 77%
  20. 20 Quillan Salkilld 77%
  21. 21 Mateusz Gamrot 77%
  22. 22 Kaue Fernandes 77%
  23. 23 Ludovit Klein 77%
  24. 24 Elves Brener 76%
  25. 25 Arman Tsarukyan 75%
Featherweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Fernando Padilla 100%
  2. 2 Jose Aldo 92%
  3. 3 Kevin Vallejos 90%
  4. 4 Gabriel Santos 88%
  5. 5 Sean Woodson 87%
  6. 6 Morgan Charriere 83%
  7. 7 Steve Garcia 80%
  8. 8 Jamall Emmers 80%
  9. 9 John Castaneda 78%
  10. 10 Jean Silva 78%
  11. 11 Yizha 78%
  12. 12 William Gomis 78%
  13. 13 Calvin Kattar 77%
  14. 14 Miles Johns 77%
  15. 15 Bogdan Grad 75%
  16. 16 Diego Lopes 74%
  17. 17 Jack Shore 74%
  18. 18 Jeongyeong Lee 74%
  19. 19 Muhammad Naimov 74%
  20. 20 Nathaniel Wood 73%
  21. 21 Daniel Santos 73%
  22. 22 Danny Silva 73%
  23. 23 Arnold Allen 73%
  24. 24 Ramon Taveras 73%
  25. 25 Cub Swanson 73%
Bantamweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 David Martinez 100%
  2. 2 Rinya Nakamura 100%
  3. 3 Quang Le 100%
  4. 4 Marcus Mcghee 90%
  5. 5 Xiao Long 88%
  6. 6 Raoni Barcelos 88%
  7. 7 Caolan Loughran 88%
  8. 8 Petr Yan C 86%
  9. 9 Daniel Marcos 86%
  10. 10 Felipe Lima 86%
  11. 11 Aiemann Zahabi 84%
  12. 12 Javid Basharat 84%
  13. 13 Pedro Munhoz 82%
  14. 14 Cody Garbrandt 82%
  15. 15 Victor Henry 81%
  16. 16 Cristian Quinonez 80%
  17. 17 John Yannis 80%
  18. 18 Umar Nurmagomedov 79%
  19. 19 Ricky Simon 78%
  20. 20 Taylor Lapilus 77%
  21. 21 Benardo Sopaj 77%
  22. 22 Cody Stamann 76%
  23. 23 Merab Dvalishvili 76%
  24. 24 Adrian Yanez 75%
  25. 25 Kyler Phillips 75%
Flyweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Ramazan Temirov 100%
  2. 2 Matheus Nicolau 90%
  3. 3 Azat Maksum 86%
  4. 4 Alessandro Costa 85%
  5. 5 Kai Kara-France 84%
  6. 6 Lone'Er Kavanagh 83%
  7. 7 Kevin Borjas 81%
  8. 8 Manel Kape 79%
  9. 9 Joshua Van C 76%
  10. 10 Bruno Silva 74%
  11. 11 Sumudaerji 73%
  12. 12 Alex Perez 73%
  13. 13 Andre Lima 72%
  14. 14 Mitch Raposo 71%
  15. 15 Nyamjargal Tumendemberel 70%
  16. 16 Alexandre Pantoja 69%
  17. 17 Steve Erceg 67%
  18. 18 Charles Johnson 67%
  19. 19 Daniel Barez 67%
  20. 20 Ode Osbourne 66%
  21. 21 Jose Ochoa 66%
  22. 22 Brandon Moreno 65%
  23. 23 Carlos Hernandez 64%
  24. 24 Tagir Ulanbekov 63%
  25. 25 Amir Albazi 63%
Women's Bantamweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Kayla Harrison C 100%
  2. 2 Hailey Cowan 100%
  3. 3 Ketlen Vieira 90%
  4. 4 Luana Santos 86%
  5. 5 Jacqueline Cavalcanti 86%
  6. 6 Montse Rendon 86%
  7. 7 Melissa Mullins 86%
  8. 8 Irene Aldana 78%
  9. 9 Karol Rosa 73%
  10. 10 Ailin Perez 73%
  11. 11 Norma Dumont 72%
  12. 12 Priscila Cachoeira 70%
  13. 13 Melissa Croden 67%
  14. 14 Luana Carolina 65%
  15. 15 Mayra Bueno Silva 63%
  16. 16 Raquel Pennington 63%
  17. 17 Macy Chiasson 63%
  18. 18 Joselyne Edwards 62%
  19. 19 Miesha Tate 59%
  20. 20 Josiane Nunes 58%
  21. 21 Tainara Lisboa 53%
  22. 22 Julia Avila 53%
  23. 23 Yana Santos 52%
  24. 24 Daria Zhelezniakova 50%
  25. 25 Irina Alekseeva 50%
Women's Flyweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Tereza Bleda 100%
  2. 2 Natalia Silva 90%
  3. 3 Manon Fiorot 88%
  4. 4 Wang Cong 86%
  5. 5 Carli Judice 83%
  6. 6 Jamey-Lyn Horth 81%
  7. 7 Eduarda Moura 80%
  8. 8 Ernesta Kareckaite 79%
  9. 9 Erin Blanchfield 78%
  10. 10 Valentina Shevchenko C 76%
  11. 11 Jasmine Jasudavicius 75%
  12. 12 Viviane Araujo 75%
  13. 13 Victoria Leonardo 71%
  14. 14 Casey O'Neill 70%
  15. 15 Gabriella Fernandes 69%
  16. 16 Ariane Da Silva 68%
  17. 17 JJ Aldrich 68%
  18. 18 Lauren Murphy 67%
  19. 19 Dione Barbosa 67%
  20. 20 Diana Belbita 64%
  21. 21 Zhang Weili 64%
  22. 22 Rose Namajunas 62%
  23. 23 Ivana Petrovic 61%
  24. 24 Melissa Gatto 59%
  25. 25 Tracy Cortez 58%
Women's Strawweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Alexia Thainara 100%
  2. 2 Talita Alencar 100%
  3. 3 Yazmin Jauregui 100%
  4. 4 Nicolle Caliari 100%
  5. 5 Alice Ardelean 86%
  6. 6 Amanda Ribas 82%
  7. 7 Piera Rodriguez 82%
  8. 8 Mizuki 81%
  9. 9 Rayanne Dos Santos 80%
  10. 10 Stephanie Luciano 78%
  11. 11 Loopy Godinez 77%
  12. 12 Jessica Andrade 75%
  13. 13 Karolina Kowalkiewicz 75%
  14. 14 Virna Jandiroba 73%
  15. 15 Angela Hill 73%
  16. 16 Luana Pinheiro 71%
  17. 17 Loma Lookboonmee 70%
  18. 18 Iasmin Lucindo 69%
  19. 19 Cory McKenna 67%
  20. 20 Denise Gomes 66%
  21. 21 Fatima Kline 65%
  22. 22 Yan Xiaonan 65%
  23. 23 Amanda Lemos 63%
  24. 24 Sam Hughes 63%
  25. 25 Tecia Pennington 63%
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Career averages, calculated over each fighter's full UFC sample. Provisional fighters (fewer than 4 UFC bouts) and retired fighters are excluded. Source: UFCStats via daily pipeline. Updated Aug 15, 2026.