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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
    3-0-0 3 fights #14
    100%
  2. 2
    Rinya Nakamura
    4-1-0 5 fights #30
    100%
  3. 3
    Quang Le
    1-3-0 4 fights #73
    100%
  4. 4
    Marcus Mcghee
    5-1-0 6 fights #18
    90%
  5. 5
    Xiao Long
    1-3-0 4 fights #70
    88%
  6. 6
    Raoni Barcelos
    11-4-0 15 fights #9
    88%
  7. 7
    Caolan Loughran
    2-2-0 4 fights #53
    88%
  8. 8
    Daniel Marcos
    5-1-0 6 fights #16
    86%
  9. 9
    Felipe Lima
    2-1-0 3 fights #45
    86%
  10. 10
    Petr Yan C
    12-3-0 15 fights #2
    86%
  11. 11
    Aiemann Zahabi
    8-3-0 11 fights #13
    84%
  12. 12
    Javid Basharat
    4-2-0 6 fights #41
    83%
  13. 13
    Pedro Munhoz
    10-10-0 20 fights #32
    82%
  14. 14
    Cody Garbrandt
    10-7-0 17 fights #23
    82%
  15. 15
    Victor Henry
    4-2-0 6 fights #34
    81%
  16. 16
    Cristian Quinonez
    2-2-0 4 fights #52
    80%
  17. 17
    John Yannis
    1-2-0 3 fights #64
    80%
  18. 18
    Umar Nurmagomedov
    8-1-0 9 fights #3
    79%
  19. 19
    Miles Johns
    6-5-0 11 fights #50
    79%
  20. 20
    Ricky Simon
    10-6-1 17 fights #29
    78%
  21. 21
    Taylor Lapilus
    6-2-0 8 fights #27
    77%
  22. 22
    Benardo Sopaj
    2-1-0 3 fights #47
    77%
  23. 23
    Cody Stamann
    7-7-1 15 fights #44
    76%
  24. 24
    Merab Dvalishvili
    14-3-0 17 fights #1
    76%
  25. 25
    Kyler Phillips
    6-4-0 10 fights #33
    75%
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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 Jun 20, 2026.