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Bantamweight · 2026

Best Bantamweight Takedown Defense

Best stuffing wrestlers — highest percentage of opponent takedowns blocked.

David Martinez leads the bantamweight TD Def board at 100% opp. takedowns blocked , followed by Rinya Nakamura (100%) and Quang Le (100%) .

Top 25 active bantamweight fighters by career-window TD Def. · See full bantamweight Elo rankings →

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  1. 1
    David Martinez
    4-0-0 4 fights #10
    100%
  2. 2
    Rinya Nakamura
    4-2-0 6 fights #34
    100%
  3. 3
    Quang Le
    1-3-0 4 fights #63
    100%
  4. 4
    Xiao Long
    1-4-0 5 fights #68
    88%
  5. 5
    Caolan Loughran
    2-2-0 4 fights #51
    88%
  6. 6
    Petr Yan C
    12-4-0 16 fights #2
    86%
  7. 7
    Raoni Barcelos
    11-5-0 16 fights #13
    86%
  8. 8
    Daniel Marcos
    5-1-0 7 fights #19
    86%
  9. 9
    Aiemann Zahabi
    8-3-0 11 fights #15
    84%
  10. 10
    Javid Basharat
    4-2-0 7 fights #40
    84%
  11. 11
    Pedro Munhoz
    10-10-0 22 fights #32
    82%
  12. 12
    Cody Garbrandt
    10-8-0 18 fights #27
    82%
  13. 13
    Victor Henry
    4-2-0 7 fights #36
    81%
  14. 14
    Cristian Quinonez
    2-2-0 4 fights #52
    80%
  15. 15
    John Yannis
    1-2-0 3 fights #58
    80%
  16. 16
    Umar Nurmagomedov
    8-2-0 10 fights #7
    79%
  17. 17
    Ricky Simon
    10-7-1 18 fights #29
    79%
  18. 18
    Benardo Sopaj
    2-1-0 3 fights #45
    77%
  19. 19
    Cody Stamann
    7-7-1 15 fights #42
    76%
  20. 20
    Merab Dvalishvili
    14-3-0 17 fights #1
    76%
  21. 21
    Adrian Yanez
    7-3-1 11 fights #18
    75%
  22. 22
    Alatengheili
    6-3-1 10 fights #31
    75%
  23. 23
    Kyler Phillips
    6-4-0 10 fights #33
    75%
  24. 24
    John Castaneda
    4-5-1 10 fights #50
    74%
  25. 25
    Song Yadong
    13-4-1 18 fights #3
    74%
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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.