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Best Flyweight Takedown Defense

Best stuffing wrestlers — highest percentage of opponent takedowns blocked.

Lone'Er Kavanagh leads the flyweight TD Def board at 94% opp. takedowns blocked , followed by Matheus Nicolau (90%) and Andre Lima (88%) .

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

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  1. 1
    Lone'Er Kavanagh
    3-1-0 4 fights #17
    94%
  2. 2
    Matheus Nicolau
    7-4-0 11 fights #15
    90%
  3. 3
    Andre Lima
    3-1-0 4 fights #21
    88%
  4. 4
    Azat Maksum
    1-3-0 4 fights #41
    86%
  5. 5
    Alessandro Costa
    4-3-0 7 fights #25
    84%
  6. 6
    Kai Kara-France
    8-5-0 13 fights #13
    84%
  7. 7
    Kevin Borjas
    2-4-0 6 fights #42
    81%
  8. 8
    Manel Kape
    8-3-0 11 fights #3
    79%
  9. 9
    Joshua Van C
    10-1-0 11 fights #2
    76%
  10. 10
    Alex Perez
    8-6-0 14 fights #10
    74%
  11. 11
    Bruno Silva
    9-13-0 22 fights #32
    73%
  12. 12
    Sumudaerji
    6-4-0 10 fights #22
    72%
  13. 13
    Mitch Raposo
    2-2-0 4 fights #30
    71%
  14. 14
    Nyamjargal Tumendemberel
    2-1-0 3 fights #23
    70%
  15. 15
    Alexandre Pantoja
    14-4-0 18 fights #1
    69%
  16. 16
    Charles Johnson
    8-6-0 14 fights #19
    69%
  17. 17
    Steve Erceg
    5-3-0 8 fights #18
    67%
  18. 18
    Daniel Barez
    1-3-0 4 fights #43
    67%
  19. 19
    Jose Ochoa
    2-2-0 4 fights #28
    66%
  20. 20
    Brandon Moreno
    11-7-2 20 fights #9
    65%
  21. 21
    Carlos Hernandez
    3-4-0 7 fights #34
    64%
  22. 22
    Tagir Ulanbekov
    6-2-0 8 fights #8
    63%
  23. 23
    Amir Albazi
    5-2-0 7 fights #7
    63%
  24. 24
    Kyoji Horiguchi
    9-2-0 11 fights #5
    61%
  25. 25
    Cj Vergara
    3-5-0 8 fights #33
    60%
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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.